AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

alexanderdavies-99382 From "Universal" studios, "Knight Rider" was amongst the last American t.v show of its kind. To emphasise this, "Knight Rider" came at a time in the 1980s when American television was changing and in a big way. Shows like "Miami Vice" and to a certain extent "The Equalizer" represented a more violent and gritty kind of entertainment. The above series contains violence that was still of a more "comic strip" variety, there were no swear words and sexual content was minimal. That is all very well and at least "Knight Rider" can be enjoyed by younger viewers in particular. However, the tone of the show meant that it resembled ones from the 1970s where the same kind of content still applied. I like "Knight Rider" for the shows gimmick of a highly advanced car (naturally), for the music, the stories and for the nostalgia. The feature length pilot episode really sets up the shows premise effectively. In a previous life, a police officer called Michael Long is shot during an undercover operation. The bullet is deflected by a metal plate which is inserted into his skull. Now disfigured, he comes into contact with a multi millionaire named Knight who is the inventor of a highly advanced car called "K.I.T.T." Knight is dying and hasn't much time. He lives long enough to see the result of Michael Long having had plastic surgery (now David Hasslehoff). The car is complete and ready. Knight succumbs to his illness in quite a touching scene and leaves the car to Michael Long, now re-named Michael Knight. He seeks those who shot him and exacts revenge in a thrilling 90 minute episode. Everything clicked into place and the shows success was assured. In all honesty, the best episodes are from seasons 1 and 3. Edward Mulhare gives excellent support as Michael Knight's boss, Devon Miles. David Hasslehoff fits the bill in the lead but in some ways, the K.I.T.T car is the star of the show. It is given much personality, courtesy of William Daniels. The car and Knight strike up a lasting friendship and the car's built-in voice circuits, give the impression of a real conversation taking place. Speaking of "K.I.T.T," the car is equipped with all sorts of gadgets and weapons. It is truly one of a kind. The critics weren't all that complimentary to "Knight Rider" but who cares? The public couldn't get enough and the show lasted 4 seasons and nearly 100 episodes. It is a well made show and part of my childhood was spent enjoying the latest crime-fighting by Michael Knight and his unique car.

jshorva65 What part of "campy adventure show" do some of the posters of negative reviews not understand? Was K.I.T.T.'s Super Pursuit Mode any less realistic than Lost In Space with its 7-foot-tall talking robot? Theatrical greatness, neither show could claim, but both were entertaining! I was 17 when Knight Rider premiered, but the concept of a car capable of driving itself appealed to me on multiple levels.1 -- Being severely nearsighted and thus knowing that driving was forever beyond my ability barring some massive technological breakthrough.2 -- Familiarity due to many years of self-taught electronics knowledge with technologies known as "Loran C" (a precursor of GPS) and an early versions of "Global Hawk" capable of navigating a 4,000-mile flight within an accuracy of +/- 1/4 inch. Such technology required a human operator only to navigate in the presence of other moving objects, but could navigate a fixed path automatically in the absence of other traffic.The 2008 series which I affectionately call "Knight Rider Jr." among fellow fans is also very entertaining. I'm a weekly viewer of "Knight Rider Jr." at 43 just as I was of the original show when I was 18.

Atreyu_II 'Knight Rider' is one of those classic 80's TV show I grew up with. It deserves all the classic status it gets. It is a great and nostalgic TV series, a symbol of those good old times (the 80's). TV series of reference like this is something that doesn't exist in modern times. When I was a kid, I never missed a single episode of this. I had a great time watching this TV series over and over as a kid. This TV show was inspiring for me and offered me lots of fun. I miss this great TV show. As a kid, I'd get stick like glue to the screen watching the adventures of Michael Knight and his loyal KITT.This memorable TV show is solid in entertainment and combines the ingredients that make the nostalgic and unique 80's atmosphere, like classic humor, fun, some action (but without exaggerating) and lots of adventure. But the 80's trademark doesn't end here: this is all combined with a dressing style and hairstyles typical from the 80's and the music is also a "must". Who can ever forget that fantastic opening song? It is so expressive, so timeless, so fresh, so 80's.Michael Knight is the role that made David Hasselhoff a superstar. This role was a landmark for him, the pinnacle of his career.Michael Knight's adventure partner is KITT, a modified 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, equipped with artificial intelligence (as a kid, I always thought it was a Ferrari or a Chevrolet Corvette C4). KITT can talk through a supercomputer aboard and is brilliantly voiced by William Daniels. His voice is calm and pacific, reminding the voice of the HAL 9000 computer from "2001: A Space Odyssey". KITT means Knight Industries Two Thousand. Like Herbie, KITT is not an ordinary car. Both are very special cars, but KITT is more extraordinary than Herbie. KITT is a highly-advanced machine with a massive number of special equipments and technologies that would ashame any modern car. The car's futuristic interior is still light-years ahead of any modern car. It is 'space age' design at the highest sense (which includes a very unusual steering-wheel), something like a plane's cockpit or a spaceship. KITT can do everything, even things that could make my jaw hit the floor. KITT is one heck of a car, a gorgeous and fine piece of machinery. KITT is a dream under wheels and it was my dream car as a kid (together with Herbie). Who wouldn't want to drive and own that "out-of-this-world" car? In fact, to a degree, KITT exists in real life. There are replicas of KITT, which are Pontiac Firebird Trans Am models that were modified to look exactly like KITT, both outside and inside. These replicas have everything (the functions, buttons and all) KITT has, except the William Daniels's voice and a button for the cars to give spectacular jumps like KITT does.

Bats_Breath Crooked small town cops, evil business men in three piece suits, roundhouse karate kicks, these are the trademarks of any number of 80's action adventure TV shows. You also know you are dealing with an 80s TV show if there are a lot of stories about revolutionaries in Mexico or some unknown Latin American country, cattle rustlers, or if there are plenty of car chases using cheap looking 1970s styled cars. Nearly every TV show from 1977 to 1986 featured these plot devices. Knight Rider may very well have been the silliest of the bunch.Before David Hasselhoff became an embarrassing alcoholic, and even before his Baywatch years with Pamela Anderson in the 90s, the man played Michael Knight back in the early-mid 1980s. Teamed up with a talking super car named KITT, the two battled evil forces in California and it's nearby surrounding states. Distinguished actor Edward Mulhare brought some respectability amid all the stupidity. The episodes tended to be consistently formulaic, with next to zero continuity between episodes, characters often said and did things that directly contradicted the previous week's episodes. One episode had Knight's boss Devon tell us that Michael better be careful because he is about to tangle with the man that ordered the hit on Knight when he was previously known as "Michael Long". Yet in the pilot episode of Knight Rider, Michael Long was merely an unlucky police officer who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time out in the desert, thus why he was murdered. There was no "hit" ordered on him. Does anyone remember that episode of Knight Rider where Hasselhoff's character orders a hamburger and then just leaves? Germans love David Hasselhoff, but he was a star for NBC from 1982 to '86.