this show was an example among 1000 others of what happens when you make a reboot just for the sake of cashing in on the name and not actually trying to make a tv series with its own story, character arcs and charm.
I can definitely see why the series tanked. Too much flash, not enough substance. The original KITT kept it simple, but VERY effective and very classic.
Not to mention, that the Knight Industries Car was programmed to protect human life, especialy the driver's one. And we can clearly see at 3:13 that the car now definitly would've killed his opponent with those machineguns. And there the authors are wondering why the fans of the original series didn't like that new one
True, they have overdone it. Original Kitt only had one other (pursuit) mode. I would have done something similiar with the 2008 Kitt. There was one unnecessary scene f.e. when he became a Pickup for literally 10secs. But on the other hand they tried something new and I mean transformers was hyped before :D
you know why they call it KITT KR 8.. its because that after micheal Ended the final series the KITT KR 82 wasnt used anymore but then micheal came back and change the appearance with transformation KITT with computer reprogram So with that being said Micheal had a son. So kitt's voice box sounded like K.A.R.R. And yes, based on the true story the KITT KR 8 is a 2008 shelby Car and an old shelby 82 aka the KITT KR 8 2000, meewhile the KITT KR 8 is the same but with advanced technology. keep it in mind im changing topics.
So it's not just actors getting fat while aging, it happens also to cars ... I have to say, the original KITT was a wonderful car among 80's trashcans, this one looks like being pimped for some MTV show, in a very childish way also.
While the original customized Pontiac Firebird will always stay as the ideal K.I.T.T. car, I quite enjoyed the Mustang Shelby GT500KR. It just makes more sense to have K.I.T.T. be a regular, albeit a special kind of vehicle instead of a custom one of a kind (well not really lol) black wedge of awesomeness. Probably should've kept the transformations just to the Attack Mode and even then, I would've preferred the smaller-winged, more subtle version from the pilot instead. K.A.R.R. was awesome though and genuinely made me feel scared as a kid.
I was around 12 when I first watched this,thought it was the coolest car ever ,yeah when you look at the 80s it was kinda better without the cgi but even with its trash cgi I liked it
i had almost forgoten how cool this show was it is a shame NBC, and several other stations, always takes off all of there good shows and replace them with ones they think are better
the reason why it ended so fast was due to its inpopularity. ppl dont like it when a cgi gay rustang takes the place where the real kitt ended. look at it this way. the new one is a fake knightrider mustang. and the old one was a pontiac firebird. the original series is so mutch better. and kitts voice is mutch better in the original too. so its a no brainer.
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There was far too much green screen used and for me ruined by the fact of how KITT could now transform into different vehicles, from a car to a pickup etc! Also this KITT now has machine guns that were just super weak too!
