Not too long ago I got done watching Season 4's first three episodes and the stupid gimmicks on KITT got repetitive so quickly. I don't even know if I'll bother to finish the final season.
The only seasons I really liked was the first and third, second and fourth are just a load of bollocks.
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P.S. I hate to be criticising Knight Rider as I grew up watching it and I love it but sometimes, stuff is so bad that it's just hard to defend it.
I couldn't stand RC or RJ or whatever his name was. He served no purpose and brought nothing to the show. Plus I couldn't stand the "super pursuit mode". If it's not broke, then don't fix it. You need to finish watching it. I grew up watching this show also and at times I find it corny, I pick it apart, however I wouldn't want to watch anything else. I watch this, ATeam, Miami Vice, Chip's, not to mention that I have a lot of 80's movies recorded so I have a variety of things to watch. The CRAP that's on nowadays, especially those reality shows, is just plain horrible.I personally think that those reality shows are making our kids more and more dumb each and every day. To me the shows from the 70's to the late 80's was the best. Sure life was simpler. And people talked to one another. Anyway I didn't mean to ramble on. I wouldn't trade these shows for anything.
shareI wouldn't want to watch anything else. I watch this, A-Team, Miami Vice, CHiP's, not to mention that I have a lot of 80's movies recorded so I have a variety of things to watch. The CRAP that's on nowadays, especially those reality shows, is just plain horrible
Agreed. It totally sucks when a viewer is so thrilled to watch a show and its future seasons and then the network announces they cancelled it. I'm still annoyed at HBO for tanking The Brink, I really liked that comedic series and was different from the rest.
*sigh* IMDb's discussion boards are going to be shut down later this month so it'll be a bit hard to keep track of news for newly remastered old shows, renewed series or whatever.
"I couldn't stand RC or RJ or whatever his name was. He served no purpose and brought nothing to the show. Plus I couldn't stand the "super pursuit mode". If it's not broke, then don't fix it."
What? You didn't absolutely love a token character that was introduced for the same reason they always are?
I agree about the 'super pursuit mode' - it was the wrong way to go, and an unnecessary gimmick. Why would K.I.T.T. need it, when it's ALREADY the fastest car on the planet? It didn't add anything significant.
But the saying is, "If it ain't broken, don't fix it". The words "broke" and "broken" mean completely different things. Someone that's 'broke' has no money or wealth. Something that's 'broken' is not functioning well, or as designed or meant.
While I agree with broken and broke being two different words, I would argue that the actual saying does use the word "broke". I don't think that any sentence using ain't is really concerned with proper usage. Also if the saying used "broken" we would have had the funny pun using "baroque" instead.
Exactly. And I wouldn't have it any other way!
shareI think most episodes in general are "painfully boring to get through." The plots are mostly interchangeable with e.g., The A-Team or MacGyver.
There are only two one-hour '80s TV shows that still hold up for me: Magnum, P.I. and The Dukes of Hazzard. Hasselhoff doesn't have the charisma nor acting chops of Selleck, nor does the main cast of Knight Rider have the amazing chemistry of Magnum, Higgins, Rick, and TC. Also, unlike Magnum, P.I., there's hardly any comedy (of the kind that's actually funny) to be found in Knight Rider.
Comedy is also the main reason that The Dukes of Hazzard still holds up for me, especially from Boss Hogg and Rosco P. Coltrane. Also, Catherine Bach was hotter than Patricia McPherson and Rebecca Holden combined, and a third-generation Pontiac Firebird isn't even in the same league as a second-generation Dodge Charger (nor a Ferrari 308, for that matter).
The series should have ended after the third season. The fourth went nowhere fast.
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