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i just watched the first episode, a kind of semi pilot i guess, i remember seeing another hour long one a while back ago, but no series following it, now i've seen a second and NBC is apparently playing it weekly on wednesday now, another hour long one like the last.
i really liked it a lot, some people are being very harsh on it, mainly for the fact that KITT is a Ford in this series and also because this recent episode shows him kind of "transforming" into an F-150, despite that i think the episodes i've seen so far were very very good, although they really should have laughed at Ford and went with Dodge to be sure, the new charger would have made a much better "new KITT", also coming under fire for the expanded cast as the old series have a very limited cast of returning supporting character (the ones who you actually get a name for, the same 10 villians they used nearly every episode definetly don't count for this, as they're mostly the same people in the old series, just a different disguise mainly), as the series does go back and forth between scenes of either michael and KITT driving (with a new woman, named sarah, sometimes driving with them) and michael's short exits from the car to (i'm guessing this is the part people are booing at mostly) the Knight Industries "base" type area, where KITT is serviced and the people who run computer simulations for problems unforseen to prevent michael/sarah from being killed.
the car (despite being a Ford
) is much the same though, updated to be sure, but still has the same old KITT feeling for me at least, an example : the old KITT was supposedly indestructible because of the way it was built or the materials or something like that, the new one however is pretty much indestructible thanks to a new system of nanotechnology that allows KITT to "transform" into the F-150 and also mainly facilitates instant repairs of any and all damage KITT may sustain, the older hour long episode showed how that worked a bit more in depth, KITT and michael are chasing a rather large SUV and due to circumstances (KITT's computer being hacked, which is now not possible since then) he has a limited amount of power and is forced to over take the larger vehicle and turn his computer systems back on momentarily to stop in front of the large SUV to stop it, the hacking of course made it so that KITT needed to be off (as a normal car at least) to give more time untill he was hacked and taken control of, it was a very good ending, he speeds ahead fairly damaged from his computer being off and not repairing because of that to turn the computer back on to force the SUV to wreck hitting him as he instantly repairs and drives away perfectly fine with the vehicle doing the hacking (and computer which facilitated the hacking) disabled in the crash.
so far, from what i can tell, KITT's "Turbo Boost" is no longer a feature to allow KITT to jump, but excessive speeds, although it's only the first episode in the NBC series and i'm guessing they don't have the budget to have KITT performing jumps which would damage it (the original dukes of hazzard, had about 5 to 8 chargers they rebuilt for every single episode) so we may see some of that later as the series hopefully prospers and the budget gets larger.
so, if you've watched it, what do you think?
personally, i could do nothing less than give this series a 4 out of 5 stars rating, only because KITT should have been the new charger and not some crap ass Ford.
i really liked it a lot, some people are being very harsh on it, mainly for the fact that KITT is a Ford in this series and also because this recent episode shows him kind of "transforming" into an F-150, despite that i think the episodes i've seen so far were very very good, although they really should have laughed at Ford and went with Dodge to be sure, the new charger would have made a much better "new KITT", also coming under fire for the expanded cast as the old series have a very limited cast of returning supporting character (the ones who you actually get a name for, the same 10 villians they used nearly every episode definetly don't count for this, as they're mostly the same people in the old series, just a different disguise mainly), as the series does go back and forth between scenes of either michael and KITT driving (with a new woman, named sarah, sometimes driving with them) and michael's short exits from the car to (i'm guessing this is the part people are booing at mostly) the Knight Industries "base" type area, where KITT is serviced and the people who run computer simulations for problems unforseen to prevent michael/sarah from being killed.
the car (despite being a Ford
) is much the same though, updated to be sure, but still has the same old KITT feeling for me at least, an example : the old KITT was supposedly indestructible because of the way it was built or the materials or something like that, the new one however is pretty much indestructible thanks to a new system of nanotechnology that allows KITT to "transform" into the F-150 and also mainly facilitates instant repairs of any and all damage KITT may sustain, the older hour long episode showed how that worked a bit more in depth, KITT and michael are chasing a rather large SUV and due to circumstances (KITT's computer being hacked, which is now not possible since then) he has a limited amount of power and is forced to over take the larger vehicle and turn his computer systems back on momentarily to stop in front of the large SUV to stop it, the hacking of course made it so that KITT needed to be off (as a normal car at least) to give more time untill he was hacked and taken control of, it was a very good ending, he speeds ahead fairly damaged from his computer being off and not repairing because of that to turn the computer back on to force the SUV to wreck hitting him as he instantly repairs and drives away perfectly fine with the vehicle doing the hacking (and computer which facilitated the hacking) disabled in the crash.so far, from what i can tell, KITT's "Turbo Boost" is no longer a feature to allow KITT to jump, but excessive speeds, although it's only the first episode in the NBC series and i'm guessing they don't have the budget to have KITT performing jumps which would damage it (the original dukes of hazzard, had about 5 to 8 chargers they rebuilt for every single episode) so we may see some of that later as the series hopefully prospers and the budget gets larger.
so, if you've watched it, what do you think?
personally, i could do nothing less than give this series a 4 out of 5 stars rating, only because KITT should have been the new charger and not some crap ass Ford.
, to be honest, the original show was near the beginning a show you could do most of from your garage and neighborhood if you really wanted to, writing aside of course.
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