VIDEO: KITT vs. KARR, the official preview
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Alex should be writing this post, as he's the sharp end of the stick with which we've been poking NBC for the past 11 episodes of the new Knight Rider. His Knight Rider Liveblogs are ruthless and hilarious at the same time, and next weeks will be a high watermark for his creative series of posts. That's because episode 12 of what will surely be the first and last season of Knight Rider in the modern era will feature the showdown between our beloved KITT and his nemesis KARR. In the original series, KARR (Knight Automated Roving Robot) was the prototype version of KITT and a little rougher around the edges compared to KITT himself, i.e. he had a programming error that made him "unstable" and liable to kill an innocent pedestrian with a Turbo Boost to the chest. The modern KARR, however, is a full on Transformer that's bipedal and has a mean right hook. Take a gander at the official preview after the jump that appeared at the end of episode of 11, and come back next Wednesday night when Alex enters the ring with KITT and KARR and only one comes out alive.
[Source: YouTube]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Kimura 4:40PM (1/15/2009)
I want to watch this one episode, if only to hear Optimus Prime's voice :D
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Concerned Citizen 4:51PM (1/15/2009)
I can only imagine which Ford product KITT can possibly turn into to win this battle...
Every time I watch any part of this show, I'm amazed that even going into it with the lowest possible expectations, ti still under-delivers. Terrible. Makes me pine for bad Micheal Bay movies.
CtK 4:43PM (1/15/2009)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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KARR 4:52PM (1/15/2009)
At the end of this day one shall stand, one shall fall......
oh wait...
KITT MUST DIE!
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Kimura 9:18PM (1/15/2009)
Maybe KITT will turn into Barricade. o.O
Cash 4:23AM (1/16/2009)
Kick his ass Peter Cullen!!
Mobius_1 4:57PM (1/15/2009)
Let's just suppose actually loads of people tune in to see that final episode, NBC would probably sign it up for more seasons. Which means KARR winning the fight and killing off KITT and Mike would be the only way to avoid a revival of the series in the near future. C'mon KARR!
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CH 2:53AM (1/16/2009)
I remember in the original series that KITT was drowned in a pond of some sort of extreme acid and died. After that he was rebuilt in a "Sister Act 2" kind of way by some criminal teenagers. (I might be remembering wrong...) After that he had this super pursuit mode that was later copied in Taxi 2 from Luc Besson.
I bet KARR wins and, given the case the show wont be killed, KITT comes back as a better and faster car (maybe he wont have a live rear axle anymore) ;-)
Cash 4:29AM (1/16/2009)
You've got your ep's mixed up. KITT got dumped in the acid vat in "Trust doesn't Rust," which was a season 2 ep, and he was rebuilt by the Knight Foundation, although it took most of the ep for him to get his nerve back because hey, a near death experience will shake anyone up, even talking cars. In effect, that ep was more like "How Stella Got Her Groove Back."
The second time KITT got his turbo boost handed to him was in the final season premiere. I forget how it happened, but he got the snot knocked out of him, and had to be rebuilt in this garage in the ghetto by the local shop class during this god awful Michael Bolton 80's music montage because Knight Industries was off limits for some reason. That last season was such horrible crap, I've forgotten most of the details now to be honest.
CH 7:02AM (1/16/2009)
Oh, yeah you're right, it was like 20 years ago when I watched those.
Anyhow if I ever get to see these new episodes, I will be biased already just because of Alex's liveblogs. Even though I didn't see anyone of them (I'm in central Europe), I enjoyed every liveblog and almost could imagine what the series really is like.
Mazda FTW! 5:03PM (1/15/2009)
I dunno why you guys want the show to end. We get the hilarious live blogging and the show itself is stupid, pointless fun you can sit to watch with your gf and make jokes and make her laugh. Win-win.
NBC will probably just replace this with yet reality show about tennagers.
That sound good? I didn't think so.
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pmalloy4391 5:05PM (1/15/2009)
Although some of your points are true. I, as a 23 year old actually enjoy the show. Is the acting good no the commercials for ford are annoying but the action is pretty good, plus its good bonding time for me and my little bro.
All in all i think that Autoblog has been a little TOO hard on knight rider. If it wasnt called "knight rider" I think the overall feelings towards the show may be alot higher.
mod me down, im waiting for it
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Alex Nunez 7:25PM (1/15/2009)
No. It's crap under any name.
homunculus 5:13PM (1/15/2009)
one things for sure, KARR will somehow limit itself to places accessible by automobile.
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autoholic 5:30PM (1/15/2009)
Die Kitt Die! Please stop blogging this horrid show! You waste valuable space that matters to car enthusiasts.
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Level 5:51PM (1/15/2009)
The show is still entertaining to watch. It's not like if somethings else is on thats better.
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donny 9:15PM (1/15/2009)
I'm waiting for Goliath to make it's entry as a Smart For-Two now.
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justin 9:23PM (1/15/2009)
lol just download the exciting portion from Torrent or soemthing
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DChamp 7:28AM (1/16/2009)
The BIGGEST reason I love KR is to come here the next day and read the post about it!!
Ok, how about this for an ender:
Michael gets kidnapped by a baddie, and his dad (yes, David Hasselhoff) comes to rescue him in Kitt ("OK, now this car is a lot different than my KITT... do you have turbo... WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!")
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KITT's Official Driver...lol 9:09AM (1/16/2009)
I think FORD is gonna revive the series back...
Later this year.
As KITT returns as KITT 2.0...
as the 2010 Mustang Shelby GT500!!!!
(I could see that happening, cause 2010Gt500 comes out in april or so...so??)
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