Who caught tonight’s premier of Ford’s two-hour commercial….er, the new Knight Rider? I haven’t seen a cargasm like that since GM’s Transformers movie last year. And who knew that the Ford Edge could hang with a Mustang GT in a car chase?
All in all, I give it a solid “meh”. There’s the original theme, so that’s cool. Decent chase scenes, but they’re ruined for me by the gratuitous focus on the Mustang Cobra emblem, and that they zoom in on every friggin’ Ford vehicle (which is almost every one in this fantasy world) during it. Bad guys which are at once ruthless killers and yet strangely inept at their jobs at the same time. Way to hire the best anonymous crime lord. But it also had the Hoff at the end, too. So who knows….maybe I’ll give it another shot since they had to establish a lot of background for this one.
Personally, I’m still waiting for the Knight Rider / Airwolf crossover event.
On a related note, I happened to finally watch the movie Death Proof this weekend, which stars Sydney Tamiia Poitier - who also happens to be the FBI agent in the new Knight Rider. Whoa! If you haven’t seen it, check it out. It’s an intense, awesome movie. Tarantino rocks.
February 19th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Meh, it was alright. KITT was a bad-ass as always, but I prefer Professor Feeney’s voice. Can’t figure out how technology makes it so KITT doesn’t move an inch when rammed by a SUV full of people traveling at 80+ mph. I’m okay with KITT surviving w/o scratches, but at least have it be pushed a couple of feet.
How did you figure out it was a Mustang Cobra….I didn’t see any evidence supporting that…. :confused:
February 19th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Duh….nanotechnology allows you to defy physics, too!