NBC releases first episode of Knight Rider online
Click above to watch first episode of Knight Rider after the jump
As promised, NBC has released the first episode of the revived Knight Rider series online at its website and Hulu.com. Fortunately, the video is embeddable so you can watch it right after the jump on Autoblog. We're literally watching it and writing this at the same time, and – WHOA! KITT just transformed into his new Attack Mode. Some sort of nuclear fission occurred in his combustion chambers and he just leaped from his parking spot over some baddies. Anyway, we won't ruin anything else for you. Hit the jump to watch it yourself or save your virgin eyes for our own live blog of the series premiere next Wednesday when Alex will give us his minute-by-minute judgment of KITT's return to the small screen.
[Source: Hulu.com]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Brent 1:37PM (9/18/2008)
Please keep this show off of my TV.
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Hardy 3:59PM (9/18/2008)
I think the best review I can come up with is
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Maybe they should put that on their next promo for it... CRITICS ARE RAVING "...." SAYS SOME GUY ON THE INTERNET!!!
cyborg 4:59PM (9/18/2008)
good thing KITT was stolen!....
:|
Bryan 1:52PM (9/18/2008)
Wow, reminds me of VIP with Pam Anderson. Thats not a good thing!
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GeoSB8K 2:05PM (9/18/2008)
LOL! Awesome call on VIP with Pam.
carl 2:04PM (9/18/2008)
The CG on this show is actually really good.
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Torrent 2:10PM (9/18/2008)
too bad the rest of the show is worse than Mariah Carey in 'Glitter'.
Bryant 2:08PM (9/18/2008)
That was *crap*
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geo.stewart 3:16PM (9/18/2008)
Wow, really?, because I thought it was...
okay, okay, I cant finish that line without cracking up.
based on posts to date, my curiosity just died along with schroedinger's cat
Jeff 2:22PM (9/18/2008)
Wow. I urge you all not to do what I just did and waste nearly an hour of your life. I loved this show as a kid, but this...wow. No words to describe the...ugh. So awful.
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Robert Kamanzi 1:10PM (9/19/2008)
I'll have to agree with everyone here. The 2 hour made-for-TV movie was (I hate to say this) a million times better than the new knight rider show. And most critics weren't impressed with it either. What with the low budget feel? it felt like one of those Dolph Lundgren low budget action movies despite the special effects. The plot was terrible and I can't believe the first episode was that bad. NBC risked bad PR on the show by airing it online (or on-demand on cable) before they aired it on TV, I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled the plug within weeks. I'll watch it for another 2 weeks, if it doesn't improve, that's one less show to clutter my dvr's hard drive.
tanooki2003 2:28PM (9/18/2008)
MEH
I think it would be more entertaining to watch the waist of Oprah grow vs the new Knight Rider.
That show sucked hairy goat nads.
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J.D. 2:35PM (9/18/2008)
What idiotic NBC execs sat down in a theater, watched this episode, and said, "Yes, this is mighty fine television! Let's air it!" ?
Can't believe they found this broadcast-worthy. Where the HELL is TopGear USA?
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Fuzzball 7:39PM (9/18/2008)
What I want to know is what execs sat down in the meeting after the pilot aired with all of the rating numbers and decided on how to make a decent pilot into a lametastic TV series. The pilot wasn't really bad. It wasn't really great It was decent. The could have kept on running with what they had and just improved on their storytelling and getting the actors more into their roles. They just had to F with the whole thing.
Exec 1: Ok. The ratings are positive, so let's "Roll Out".
Assistant 1: That's Transformers, sir.
Exec 1: Whatever. Get me some more coffee.
Exec 2: We need to spruce the show up. It needs to be pimped.
Exec 3: The Attack mode thingy need to look more like a drag race car since those go really fast!
Exec 4: We need to do Turbo Boost from the old series, but it needs to be more realistic. I think the exhaust pipes should turn down and act like rocket boosters since that's what it looked like in the old series.
Exec 1: I don't like how KITT looks when he talks. In the old series it was some lame light thing you see on sound stuff. Make it look like those purple electric ball thingys.
Ford Exec: Hey our truck sales are really down. You should make one of its modes an F-150 so you can haul stuff and go off-roading and stuff.
Exec 3: Holy cow! We could do so much with a KITT truck!
Exec 2: Michael needs to be called Michael Knight in this series, but we need to pay homage so let's throw in the name Michael Long in there.
Exec 4: And we need to make everyone thing that the original Michael is dead so nobody from his dark past comes looking for him, just like the original.
Exec 1: I like BSG and that Billy guy that they killed off. Let's bring him on to the show and call him Billy too.
Exec 3: All the old KITT jokes need to come back. I LMAO every time Michael and KITT got into it over "keep your eyes peeled". What a hoot.
Exec 5: Lair! We so need a lair! The semi is too slow, the C-130 is too expensive, and people will start to notice if we reuse the C-130 shot too many times. Lair!
Exec 2: And we need more sex! Sex sells. I want everybody boning everybody.
tekdemon 2:34AM (9/20/2008)
The best part of the episode was when Hulu put a GM Employee discount ad in the middle of a show that's one giant Ford commercial (did they *HAVE* to put in that F-150?! SERIOUSLY?!).
I think the worst part so far is how you apparently treat suffocating and heat shock by...zapping people's chests with electricity. Because that's exactly what you should do when people have fainted from being too hot and having no oxygen-electrocute them until they're ok.
Seriously who the hell wrote this crap, it's so awful that a 4 year old could have come up with a better plot playing with hotwheels. *sigh*
octoberasian 2:42PM (9/18/2008)
Watching this reminded me WHY I DON'T watch TV anymore.
Nothing is ever the same as the old days.
Nowadays, shows like this are materialistic, bloated, unnecessary with no sign of plot or actual acting. This show is a complete insult to the original TV show.
I expect this to be canceled after the first season.
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indiano 2:44PM (9/18/2008)
booooooooooooooo!!!
i could only watch up until the opening credits. what a pile of sh*t!
i would rather watch a closed circuit security camera than this rubbish.
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Ratt 2:44PM (9/18/2008)
This show is really bad. Just watched it and there are some many things wrong.
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james 2:57PM (9/18/2008)
This was one of the worst things I have ever seen on tv... sigh.. I thought the old Knight Rider had a flimsy plot.. the old show looks like the sopranos in comparison. I would rather watch reruns of Team Knight Rider than ever be subjected to this pile of Dung again .. Now we know where the writers for the bionic woman went...lol.
They need to bring Back ALF... a more Dark and Edgy version.. hey NBC gimme a job
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MajorGeek 3:08PM (9/18/2008)
Ok, I am old school having frown up watching the show, heres my initial reaction doubting it will be read or help at all by anyone who can save this.
The car is the biggest problem with the show. Yes, I know its a car, but you get my point. He should sound like the original KITT and should be funny. It should have been a new Camaro all hopped up. Attack mode in the first 5 minutes? Transformation in the next 3 minutes? Really? Its like a bad commercial 8 minutes in, except I am not following the story, I never was.
So, in short, they actually stuck to some of the overdramatic acting cheesieness (car and people) that made the original great but failed at 2 VERY important things; The car and the story.
This should be over before first season ends and replaced with Arrested Devlopment.
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