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kickahaNBC's Knight Rider relaunch.
*twitch*
Makes the Bionic Woman relaunch look like Firefly. Really.
Avoid. I know, I know, you thought you didn't need to be told, but really. Avoid. It's worse than you thought.
*twitch*
Makes the Bionic Woman relaunch look like Firefly. Really.
Avoid. I know, I know, you thought you didn't need to be told, but really. Avoid. It's worse than you thought.
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Date: 2008-02-21 10:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-21 10:31 pm (UTC)And I agree. He's even more mechanical, and it just falls flat. Right timbre, wrong delivery. Total phone-in.
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Date: 2008-02-21 11:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-21 11:32 pm (UTC)(Please tell me they thought to ask William Daniels.)
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Date: 2008-02-22 12:15 am (UTC)This site (http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/02/07/arnett-out-and-kilmer-in-as-voice-of-kitt-blame-gm/) may have said it best:
KITT: "Hurry up, Michael."
Mike: "Actually, I go by Mike."
KITT: "That's fine Michael, but we really need to get going. I don't want to miss Matlock."
Mike: "Well could you hurry up, he's going to get away."
KITT: "The posted speed limit is 35, Michael."
Mike: "Yeah, but you're going 20, KITT."
KITT: "Better to be safe than sorry. (mutters) Damned kids always in such a damned hurry all the damned time!"
Mike: "What'd you say, KITT?"
KITT: "Nothing, Michael. When we get home I want you to sit in the garage with me for awhile ... to talk."
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Date: 2008-02-22 12:23 am (UTC)Yeah, okay, he's 80, but he's still working. (Hell, he was in Blades of Glory, for Chrissakes, so he obviously needs the money.) And all this would require is to have him sit in a recording studio. I have no idea if time has been kind or not and if he could still do The Voice, but if he could, I don't see a reason to replace him. I mean, if he up and dies on you, you could come up with a reason for KITT's voice to change then. *shrug*
Jesucristo, why do I care? The original show was crap, I know that now, watching it again as an adult, but god, whenever I hear that music ....
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Date: 2008-02-22 02:04 am (UTC)I mean, can you imagine the flashbacks?
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Date: 2008-02-22 02:36 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-22 02:42 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-22 05:21 pm (UTC)*smugly rides off into sunset*
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Date: 2008-02-22 05:29 pm (UTC)You mean the proto-techno? :) Yeah. They used the main intro sequence as an intro riff in the new theme, and I'll admit it, I got all a-tingly. Then it went into the bad synthmetal they've apparently decided is necessary. I couldn't even being to hum or describe the new theme... it's just not memorable.
I think it was a pervasive issue with the pilot. :P
OTOH, the last minute or so made me think it might get more interesting. Remember the long hauler they used as a roving base? And how KITT would roll out the back while it was going down the road? (Okay, KITT did it *once* and then they just labeled it 'stock footage' and kept reusing it...) Exit semi, enter large cargo plane doing a touch-and-go. Now that was neat. And much more practical, IMO. It was one of the few bits that showed any thought had gone into the ep.
Kilmer needs to not phone it in. Live actors need acting lessons. Writers need lessons on plot and character development. Carpr0n needs to be turned waaaaaaaaaaaay down. Composer needs to be replaced.
Other than those details, it was peachy. ;)
Ah well. Like you said, why do we care??