<![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @MazdaEric: Tape, yeah. No DVR, no digital cable. And I didn't think about it being plopped up on NBC.com to screw over the writers even more. (They still aren't getting a cut of that stuff, are they?)

Boter

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> HA HA is it just me or that side rear view mirror get crushed like 3 times and still reappears in the chase. They should of been way more careful with things like this... after all .. it's a pilot episode, people will rewatch it several times.

Mustang sucks by the way... they should of had gotten a corvette. And Val Kilmer... oh man don't get me started.

rbgs1020

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @16X4ME: The Focus in the commercials has a more modern suspension.

Morphine

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> The worst show ever conceived/scripted/casted/marketed/etc...but I friggin love it b/c it is hilarious! So many things to laught at - the best ones being:

- A Ford Edge can give a Ford Shelby Cobra GT500KR a
run for it's money & has super brakes!

- The chick has an emotional monologue while, in the
background, the ranger guy is draining the lizard!

- The old professor has mini robot spiders, spare
super car parts, and nanotechnology all-up-in-his
house/lab, has a super-secret passageway out of the
house, but has to RUN his wrinkly arse 5 bazillion
miles to Michael Knight's old lady's place!

- The chick cranks down the window manually to shoot
the the other car! Of course, power windows only
work w/nanotechnology.

- The chick is crackin' jokes at the ranger guy
right before his mom's funeral.

Hands down - the best show to hit the air since Top Gear!










40Valve

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> Oh and don't forget, the nanobots only work when the computer is activated. I also enjoyed that this mustang gets 110mpg by absorbing solar energy into it's hybrid system.. Umm, correct me if I'm wrong, but nearly the entire episode was filmed at night, so that theory of traveling over 700 miles without refueling is sort of debunked. Even though this is cheesy, and the Ford sync system commercials tied into the show was lame, this show does have a fraction of hope to be a decent show.

toyotaboy

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> Car good, script bad. Although I was happy to see BEERCHECK make a cameo.

mutedthud

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> Oh and another thing; the old KITT was apparently sprayed with a 'molecular bondage shell' which is what kept it indestructible. And is about a million times easier to digest than 'nano-robots', and worked when the computer was off, AND seemed to do the job just fine. Why mess with what worked?

And as a sidebar, I also Tivo'd Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and watched it after, and holy crap, I was hysterical crying at the end. No way this new KR can ever compete with that.

Buzz Killington

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @Ray Wert: Funny is right. I didn't get to see it, was working all night, but from what I've seen thus far, this show is going to make Fast Lane look good. At least we got to see chicks making out and sweet cars between the commercials.

Turboner

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> Err...I just went and looked at a longer clip of this scene...
Can someone explain why...if there was a hostage in the Yukon...who may or may not have had a seatbelt on...would KITT or Michael think it's a great idea to cause the Yukon to come to a dead stop like that?

I love how the chick goes "My father's in there" and Michael's like "You think I don't know that?" right before causing the Yukon to go splat. Because that's what we do to our loved ones on the new Knight Rider.

tekdemon

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> On the brighter side, I watched 'Bullit' on MOJO just before said Ford commercial- it was WAAAAYYY more fun to watch that Charger lose 7 hubcaps in the famuz chase scene. I want one of every car I saw in 'Bullit', especially the yellow Porsche Cabrio with the skinny-ass bike tires on it!

BartMack

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> That's very good, Jalopnikites... research indicates that verbally expressing the root of an emotion diminishes it's effects. Was that research innacurate? No KITT, it wasn't. The show sucked, and the more we say so, the better we'll all feel.

BartMack

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @16X4ME:
Maybe it was a straight drag race for 600 miles. You know how great that live rear axle is for straight line driving!

tekdemon

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @Boter: three hour TAPE? welcome to 1985 my friend :)

Mazda Plainview

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> That made my physics hurt

ClutchPlease

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> Man, that was poor. I was surprised that the car wasn't protesting "Michael, Michael, please stop ramming me into that horrible SUV". Speaking of which, what was up with the dubs on that thing?

Euromobile

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @16X4ME: COTD

RoninianHoon

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> F'n blows... Everbody knows Ford Mustangs can't take a side impact like that. Erghhh

SLR_BlowerMania

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> What I want to know is how a car that can supposedly travel over 600 miles in just over 3 hours is unable to outrun a Ford Edge in the chase at the beginning of the movie.

Maybe it's the live rear axle.

16X4ME

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> Haha. This show is horrible.

944turb0

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @Dr. Spaceman: @wild zero: I overthunk it. Obviously a talking car would be constructed of and powered by dark matter. Everyone knows that.

Number_Six

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @Number_Six: Laws of physics? Who has time for those. In the case that physics is being obeyed, where can one purchase a set of tyres with the kind of grip that can keep a car stationary when hit by an SUV.

the good dr zero

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @McBrace: YOU'RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING!!!

I saw it, and I know.

thunder

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @Bento: Sorry, the Hoff is barely Uwe Bollian.

@RoninianHoon: DataKitt is funnier than Dane Cook.

Maymar - now with 37% less anonymity

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @Number_Six: Word, yo, conservation of momentum is for bitches.

Dr. Spaceman, Esq.

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> The muzzle flashes looked totally added on post-production. I'm almost 100% sure they were because they are so fake looking/drawn on splats.
I think they should lose the guy and just let KITT do everything. He's obviously the brains and the brawn. As Binder would say, Why does he need the meat sack tagging along?


NovaloadMissesPolar

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @Maymar: Thats an insult to Ed Wood (I have a bunch of Ed Wood Movies on DVD...they rock!)

Indiana Bento and the lost Temple of Citroens

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> They might as well of used Dane Cook as the driver, at least his jokes would have been funny...

RoninianHoon

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> [imdb.com] - Scroll to the last bit of trivia, about "The Man of Six Words"

I'm just saying, The Hoff ain't Shakespearean. He's barely Ed Woodian. This movie scores fairly well in the "cool futuristic talking car driving around" bit, unless there was another reason we liked the original that I'm missing.

Maymar - now with 37% less anonymity

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> Oh, good, I had to leave just before 8 (EST), so my three hour tape probably didn't catch the end. I'll watch this when I finish with the tape I recorded it onto next weekend.

Boter

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> Ratings for last night:

9:00 p.m.

ABC - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Viewers: 13.82 million (#1), A18-49: 4.7/11 (#2)

CBS - Cold Case
Viewers: 9.45 million (#3), A18-49: 2.1/ 5 (#4)

NBC - Movie: Knight Rider
Viewers: 12.35 million (#2), A18-49: 4.8/11 (#1)

Fox - Family Guy
Viewers: 7.23 million (#4), A18-49: 3.6/ 8 (#3)

CW - Girlfriends (R)
Viewers: 861,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

Barely won in 18-49 sector and lost overall the Extreme Makeover. (It went on to win the 10 oclock hour):

ABC - Brothers & Sisters
Viewers: 8.83 million (#2), A18-49: 3.1/ 8 (#2)

CBS - Dexter (debut on CBS)
Viewers: 8.30 million (#3), A18-49: 2.3/ 6 (#3)

NBC - Movie: Knight Rider
Viewers: 12.75 million (#1), A18-49: 5.0/12 (#1)

But look at its competition.









Indiana Bento and the lost Temple of Citroens

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> Stupid english knigit

Buckster

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> Completely ignoring the fact that the Mustang's four contact patches where the tires touch the road could not under any circumstances generate enough friction to keep it stationary under that kind of impact. The physics are impossible; even if you could suspend your disbelief enough to buy into the whole 'nano-robots' reasoning, the car would still have to slide sideways, regardless.

The show did suck big time BTW. And the liveblog here was spot on... it mirrored my own thoughts almost exactly.

Buzz Killington

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> Sooo, is KITT 20 ton, or just 4 ton, like the real one.

Buckster

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> Well, wasn't Isaac Newton all full of shit and stuff. I always knew he was a dumbass, what with the apple and all.

Number_Six

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> I heard that Mustangs did well in side impacts. I had no idea.

cargogh

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @Ray Wert: Do you think that Pierre Hoffman works on Hondas? I could totally use those Nanorobots.

My Geico bill would probably be cut in half!

SwatLax

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> cruise cntrl for kool ^^

why is it that people on tv always grip gear levers like they are phalluses? is it because all the 280zx commercial guys started it?

chase42

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> ACTING!

...and I don't think anyone could survive a car wreck like that? Oh wait, am I now pointing out realities on Knight Rider?

Mazda Plainview

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @McBrace: Go to Ford.com and constantly re-load the web page for the Mustang. You've done something more productive than waste your time with this shit hole "movie".

Hoser Dave

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> Prometheus is the US military satellite weapons system, which is based on KITT's AI.

TriShield

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @Ray Wert: Were there any car chases in "Jumper" we can show or sumtin???? Isn't there a ZR-1 Hood Window story we can read????? If I have to hear Val Kilmers Pie filled mouth again, I'm gonna scream!

Indiana Bento and the lost Temple of Citroens

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> NO DONT GET OVER IT UPLOAD IT ALL :( lol I KNOW ITS ILLEGAL BUT IM IN THE UK AND I WANT TO FREAKING SEE THIS FILM THINGY GAH SOMEONE FIND IT FOR ME AND I WILL PAY THEM IN GOLD... (fish...) I JUST WANT TO SEE THE FILM!!!!!!!!!!

McBrace

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> WOW...and I thought the A-Team cast had bad aim. This is almost as disappointing as the new Highlander film. Yes, I am that much of a nerd that I went to a Knight Rider post and made a Highlander reference :P

Mazda Plainview

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> KR sucketh beyond belief. Okay no more KR.

dolo54

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> Waiting to read the news where someone actually tries this and dies a horrible death. Then the next of kin decide to sue the pants off of Knight Industries and bankrupt them, so the evil doers will crack the hard drive encryption and blow everyone up.

Hoser Dave

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> @Bento: Aren't we all. It's a slow news day. Blame President's Day. Plus frankly, this shit is funny.

Ray Wert

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> I need some back story! What is 'Prometheus' and why do they want in?

Also, thank for letting me know how my Gran Turismo cars avoided damage all those years.

SwatLax

]]> <![CDATA[Knight Rider's Not-So-Surprising Climax, Yukon Smash]]> JALOPNIKNIGHTRIDER24/7.....Totally over it!

Indiana Bento and the lost Temple of Citroens

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