Comments on: Airdate: Knight Rider telemovie

By: Leanne

Leanne — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:11:07 +0000

We watched the telemovie and loved it! Being a little too young to appreciate the original series, I was pleasantly surprised by this one!
So, it’s almost December now, and not a word about the actual series and when it’s airing!
Can anybody shed some light for us as to when we can expect to see the show on TV please?

By: Kel

Kel — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:12:08 +0000

I was a kid during the original series and loved it. Didn’t mind the movie and will give the series a go with my own kids. Didn’t really care for the plot holes – 200 mph on US highways and not another car or police car in sight!?!? Wouldn’t that be nice for the drive to work each day…

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:40:55 +0000

Any Idea on when 7 are going to screen the series? I enjoyed the 2 hour movie which 7 aired on GF night.

By: Grinspoon

Grinspoon — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:39:34 +0000

Ok, seen the first episode of the series, I liked it. I will keep watching, wasn’t convinced from the movie. The series is good, It’s fun and a little over the top, but it’s got a good tone and good entertainment.

By: Grinspoon

Grinspoon — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:21:03 +0000

Bionic Woman would have lasted longer if it wasn’t network tv. Genre shows are really hard to take off on network tv.

Lost is probably the most successful sci-fi network show of recent times, but people didn’t even know it was a sci-fi show to begin with, so they snuck that in.

By: RichoTB

RichoTB — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:12:08 +0000

I think The Office (US) is better than the British version. But that’s comedy, not sci-fi. I wonder what would happen if the US tried to remake Doctor Who. They’d probably get bomb threats lol

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:14:06 +0000

I reckon this will suffer the same fate as “Bionic Woman”. II’m struggling to think of US remakes that have actually worked – maybe Battlestar Galactica?

By: Grinspoon

Grinspoon — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:05:40 +0000

I thought it was decent, but it was set up as a badly thought out sci-fi series. The rules of what the car can and can’t do were just plain silly. It’ll lead to it never being consistent. The whole, “well why didn’t they just do such and such, which they did in last weeks episode, that’d get them out of this situation”.

However the show runner said he had a lot of issues with the movie and he only agreed to do it, if he could make the changes he wanted. So in some ways, it’s going to be separate from the series. If the series kicks ass, I could see the telemovie as putting people off. Honestly I wouldn’t be overly interested to check the series out, based just on this.

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:31:03 +0000

Just in case anyone is interested…. I’ve seen it…. IT IS #$@*^!% AWESOME!!! possibly the best remake ever. Look out for a possible link to Las Vegas now that the show has been canned (same production company). Should answer a few questions from the series finale…. (not yet shown in aus)

By: PT Ryan

PT Ryan — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:02:00 +0000

I’ll give it a go. It can’t possibly be worse than last year’s Bionic Woman remake…right?

By: Sephiroth_FF

Sephiroth_FF — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:41:16 +0000

I have a feeling that this show won’t last (in Australia). I’m not sure about the US though…

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:01:46 +0000

Rick, the new car is a Ford Mustang. The telemovie was OK. As a fan of the original I’ll give the new series a go…

By: RichoTB

RichoTB — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:39:21 +0000

The Knight Rider TV movie would bomb on a Thursday night. Its better off on a Saturday as its more “family fare”. Its alright, its nothing special. Its good for a 2 hr dose of mindless fun. Although I doubt the series will rate very highly when it airs on Seven, its likely to be the next Bionic Woman.

By: Jerome

Jerome — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:16:03 +0000

why a telemovie on saturday, that is exactly what ch7 needs for a thursday night to finish off the strip, i think as soon as people miss one episode of it they will never go back. 2 hour ghost whisperer, i’m sorry, just does not do the job.

anyway ch9 deserves it putting underbelly against packed to the rafters, that should be some unwritten golden rule: do not put australian dramas against each other. especially the good ones

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:11:51 +0000

Channel seven does such great line ups and promotes them really well. A ‘Car’ themed saturday night is awsome, both Cars and knight rider are really good movies.

By: Mac

Mac — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:03:15 +0000

This telemovie is a watchable bit of disposable fun, nothing more, nothing less. The lead guy is pretty limp in the role and I agree with Sephiroth’s disappointment in Will Arnett not being in it. Val Kilmer overacts big. And he’s playing a flipping CAR!

Will be interesting to see whether this goes the way of Battlestar with strong writing, or the way of Knight Boat with convenient plot fjords.