# Knight Rider!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065 "2008-02-18T04:43:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tannim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Tannim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tannim)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065/41 "2008-02-20T20:08:21Z")
[QUOTE=Green Bean] Some thoughts: –Good casting for Michael, part deux. The actor definitely looked like he could have been closely related to the Hoff who shall not be Hasseled. What did the rest of you think? [/QUOTE] The Hoff was what Michael Knight looked like after extensive plastic surgery to hide his original id as a police officer that had supposedly been killed. They could have made his kid look like anything. And on the age thing the kid could have been conceived before he “died” as a police officer which also explains why he never was contacted by Michael Knight. Wow that stuff really stuck with me from back then I am so ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065/42 "2008-02-20T22:43:16Z")
[QUOTE=Tannim] The Hoff was what Michael Knight looked like after extensive plastic surgery to hide his original id as a police officer that had supposedly been killed. They could have made his kid look like anything. [/QUOTE] Well, that’s true, of course. But I suppose that’s a bit much to expect the casual viewer to remember and/or consider. I think it’s good that they cast someone with a passing resemblance. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065/43 "2008-02-20T23:35:32Z")
Hated Justice Groaning\*. When will Billy Jack die? He was the least interesting character. \*deliberate spell check overcorrection ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065/44 "2008-02-21T00:34:41Z")
Did Not Like. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065/45 "2008-02-21T10:10:19Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] It’s a [backdoor pilot](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backdoor_pilot#Backdoor_pilots). Which means NBC hasn’t announced whether it will be picked up as a series. If it doesn’t become a series, it still has served a purpose as a stand-alone movie in that advertisers, particularly Ford, have paid for the commercial time to air it. [/QUOTE] [It apparently did well in the ratings.](http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=48751) > [@](#): > > NBC’s two-hour \*Knight Rider \*movie topped the Feb. 17 TV ratings among young adults and scored the best demographics for a movie on television in nearly three years, _Variety_ reported. > > The good ratings increase the likelihood that the peacock network will green-light a series based on the backdoor pilot, an update of and sequel to the 1980s TV series of the same name. ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065/46 "2008-02-21T14:20:53Z")
Hmmm…Tucker’s post makes me want to ask, “Is this the beginning of the return of action/adventure television?” You know, there was a whole action/adventure decade there in the 80’s…Airwolf, Knight Rider, The A-Team, McGyver… I don’t know about anyone else, but I could use a little more action-adventure on my TV, and less reality TV and game shows… ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065/47 "2008-02-21T16:02:35Z")
Oh, God, yes, **DirkGntly**. And less “drama” of the sort that is mostly prime-time soap-opera. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065/48 "2008-03-02T17:30:54Z")
OK. I didn’t hate it. Much better than the Bionic Woman remake. Not great, but I’d give it a second look. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065/49 "2008-04-10T09:51:38Z")
[It’s been picked up for a series.](http://screenrant.com/archives/knight-rider-to-benefit-from-b-1540.html) > [@](#): > > When the remake of The Bionic Woman bailed on ratings, it supposedly left some lessons in it’s wake that NBC hopes to apply to the upcoming remake of the 1980’s series: Knight Rider. > > Rushing The Bionic Woman into production after the pilot aired hurt NBC creatively, and obviously the quality level of the show also took a hit. What is it my mom used to say? Haste makes waste? After the first episode, the ratings plummeted like swirling water in a tub. No, faster. Tub water swirls, slowing the decrease of water in the tub. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065/50 "2008-04-10T10:20:06Z")
That’s good to hear. If Fox renews The Sarah Connor Chronicles, as inside sources are reporting, there will be a couple of hours of decent TV programming in the fall. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065/51 "2008-04-10T11:17:15Z")
So I take it this is some kind of remake of _My Mother the Car_? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065/52 "2008-04-10T12:22:21Z")
I don’t expect it to be very popular. The ratings for the pilot movie were due to curiosity, I think. My guess is most people who watched it probably won’t follow it to series. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065/53 "2008-04-10T13:16:49Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] I don’t expect it to be very popular. The ratings for the pilot movie were due to curiosity, I think. My guess is most people who watched it probably won’t follow it to series. [/QUOTE] I’d watch it. ---
**Author:** ![mazinger\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mazinger\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazinger_z)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065/54 "2008-04-10T15:49:20Z")
I agree, the ratings were due to curiosity. This show sucked big time. It ran again like within a month later, and if it had any ratings (which I guess it did because it got picked up), I speculate that the ratings were to show people how unusually bad it was. If I had to choose between this and The Bionic Woman, I guess I’m the only one who would easily choose The Bionic Woman. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065/55 "2008-04-10T15:54:07Z")
[QUOTE=Green Bean] But was there a point to the whole lesbian thing? [/QUOTE] Mff! And you call yourself a geek! There’s **always** a point to the lesbian thing! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knight-rider/438065.md?page=2)