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“Knight
Rider: Season Two“
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Reviewed
by: |
Wayne A. Klein |
| Genre: |
Action |
| Video: |
1.33:1 Full
screen |
| Audio: |
Dolby Digital
5.1 |
| Languages |
English |
| Subtitles |
English,
Spanish, French |
| Length |
19 hours
and 31 minutes |
| Rating |
NR |
| Release Date |
4/12/05 |
| Studio |
Universal
Home Video |
| Commentary:
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None |
| Documentaries:
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None |
| Featurettes:
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None |
| Filmography/Biography:
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None |
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Interviews: |
None |
| Trailers/TV
Spots: |
None |
| Alternate/Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
| Music
Video: |
None |
| Other:
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None |
| Cast
and Crew: |
David Hasselhoff,
Edward Mulhare, Patricia McPherson |
| Written
By: |
Glen A. Larson,
Richard Christian Matheson, Hannah Louise Shearer |
| Produced
By: |
Glen A. Larson
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| Directed
By: |
Robert Foster,
Bruce Seth Green, Charles Bail |
| Music:
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Glen A. Larson
and Stu Phillips |
| The
Review: |
Inspired by the ELO song “Nightrider”,
“Knight Rider” pulled onto the freeway of fast action TV series
in the 80’s. Just kidding about the first bit folks ELO had
nothing to do with “Knight Rider”. K.I.T.T. kat (William Daniels)
and Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff pre-Speedo) cruised to
high ratings during its sophomore season. Featuring a two-part
opening episode in which Knight and his talking car (luckily
it didn’t have the reincarnated soul of his mother otherwise
Jerry Van Dyke would probably of had a major role in this
series)meet their evil twins Garthe (Hasselhoff again) and
G.O.L.I.A.T.H. Needless to say their argument isn’t over steel
belted tires. This episode is where more than rubber meets
the road. There hasn’t been such bad acting on TV as Hasselhoff
plays dual roles since William Shatner’s Kirk on the original
“Star Trek” was split in two. ***
Geena Davis appears in an episode
that borrows a bit from Hitchcock’s classic “To Catch a Thief”.
If Robert Wagner had made a cameo we could have had two classic
references (Wagner played the title role in the TV show “It
Takes a Thief” in the 70’s) in one. Bill Gates makes a cameo
in spirit in the third episode “Soul Survivor” in which a
teen uses a device to manipulate K.I.T.T. and make his body
do bad things while his “soul” is housed elsewhere. The fourth
episode also has fun with te characters in addition to some
cheesy plot twists. In “Knightmares” (all these puns in the
titles suggest the writers were having a lot of fun putting
this stuff together) Michael Knight suffers from amnesia losing
all of the memories of his current identity. He believes he’s
on a show called “Bay Watch” and a life guard to boot (just
pulling your leg again folks). This could complicate your
love life if you were married. Unfortunately, Knight isn’t
married as this plot twist could have made the episode a blast.
***
For those folks who enjoyed “Knight
Rider” or considered it a guilty pleasure, you’ll be happy
to know that these episodes are intact with the curious exception
of one episode where Universal had to replace the music. Other
than that, these are not the syndicated episodes but the original
first run episodes form the 80’s. ---
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| Image
and Sound: |
“Knight
Rider” looks surprisingly spry twenty years on. Taking a glimpse
under the hood reveals episodes that have nice sharp colors
and episodes that can go from zero to sixty in a couple of seconds.
When you listen to Michael rev up K.I.T.T.’s engine (no sexual
pun intended here folks although you have to wonder about their
rather intimate relationship), the sound comes across clear
and sharp. If the sound is a bit flat on occasion this is more
than made up for by the inflated 80’s soundtrack. Since this
was recorded in mono that one dimensional sound is to be expected.
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| The
Extras: |
Taking
a look in the trunk I was disappointed to see…absolutely nothing.
There’s not even a tire jack in there.
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| Commentary:
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At the very
least I expected K.I.T.T. to make one of his droll remarks but,
alas, that ain’t the case. |
| Final
Words: |
Open the
door, have a seat and turn on the ignition for excitement in
the second season of “Knight Rider”. Sadly K.I.T.T. and Michael
don’t have much to say. Universal doesn’t allow us to peek under
the hood to see what made this baby really go during its original
run on network TV. As far as escapist fun goes, “Knight Rider”
was it baby during the 80’s. Between this show and “Miami Vice”
car fans will get their fix of pedal-to-the-metal action for
some time. |
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