09 Oct, 2008
Why Are We Here Again Knight Rider?
Posted by: Justin Rasmussen In: Article| Entertainment| Rants
Really? Again?
I thought we talked about this, you know about how much you destroy people’s dreams of what a good show should be. Now this is in no way meant to be a review of television but seriously someone must stop these people, not the show, just the people.
What’s The Big Deal?
It may seem that the show is drab, pedestrian, esoteric at times but the foolishness must stop. It was painful to watch video played on a screen: run, stop, and run again from the same position as time had obviously moved forward on a surveillance mission, then to see that same footage later in the show as a on-scene location shot made me want to drown myself.
Then KITT has all these feelings, office staff go into the field, three of the bad guys look alike, they stole missiles from Knight Industries, they can’t track them…….I was searching for sharp object, heck, I would have settled for blunt objects to put myself out of that misery.
But Wait I Forgot!
The opening scene, if you had any respect for this franchise you might want to stop reading or you may form a healthy addiction from sheer distraught and angst. There is an intruder at Knight Industries, near where KITT is located, the scene is dark, you see the feet of the intruder for a second, cut to Michael who knows the intruder is present, cut to more feet, cut back to Michael turning a corner, slouching behind a tool cart, cut to more feet (ugly boots by the way), cut to tool cart moving and creaking in a complete silent room, cut to feet moving down the stairs (we get it, there’s bloody feet there and there going to attempt to kill Michael or the emotional, morose KITT), cut to wide squirt guns spray crossing over KITT.
Seriously!?!?!?!?
No one at this seemingly fictional government contracted business has any friends to see, family to meet, bar to drink at, crimes to commit. Nothing! No, of course they would rather frolic around Knight Industries playing with squirt guns around the most advanced quasi-military war-machine turned emo-punk. I’m not saying we should see something as serious as West Wing or The Unit but a little respect for subject and the franchise would be nice.
Whatever!
Oh Knight Rider, you and I have quite a checkered past but I like a mistreated lover come back because I know it’ll get better, you can change right? I hope you all learn something from this!
Two-Cent Lesson
- When it feels wrong, it is, just stop and hire writers
- If you’re going to act like you have a badass war-machine, have one
