The first Knight Rider series was a guilty pleasure from my youth. I used to love watching it. For the younger me, the real star was KITT. I was too young to be impressed by David Hasselhoff's roguish charm. But a talking, invulnerable car? Sign me up.
I have fond memories of my father saying "turbo boost" when the family station wagon entered a highway. So, I was hesitant to watch the Knight Rider movie tonight. Especially after what NBC did with the Bionic Woman revamp. But the wife and I watched it anyway.
And whatever they did wrong with Bionic Woman they did right with Knight Rider. Where the Bionic Woman was morose, the Knight Rider had just a little bit of fun.
It wasn't campy as the original series. But there was enough humor to make the watching interesting. The only problem was that the power went out in my condo four times during the show. Each time, my cable box had to reboot, and it took about 10 minutes each time. So we missed a good part of the show.
I don't know how many people watched it, but I kinda hope they pick it up for a series. The cast is pretty good (Sydney Poitier, Bruce Davidson) and Val Kilmer is perfect as the voice of KITT. I wouldn't mind seeing more of this version of Knight Rider.
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