--I really do try not to mention the credits every time because you know, they're the *credits* but I love the car porn element to them--random flashes of KITT's tail lights, and side mirror, and bits of the dashboard. It's all very fun and hot. In an automotive way.
It's all about Kitt, really, isn't it? ;) And my goodness, but Kitt deserves - and can handle - the attention. I love how the car drives up to the camera and then disappears under it in the first frames, and then drives away at the end. They don't make credits like they used to!
To paraphrase from an absolutely awesome anime fan parody: It takes a man who's very secure in his heterosexuality to wear black suit with a pale pink shirt, tie, pocket square, and even a pink flower as a boutonniere.
And a car that doesn't technically have a gender to get away with recommending a paisley tie.
--The fact that there's a black TransAm that can drive itself is like the Worst Kept Secret in the *universe*. :D KITT just got himself out of valet parking in front of two valets.
Did you notice how the two cars that Kitt shoves out of the way to meet Michael have protective padding wrapped around their bumpers - and it's blatantly obvious! There's a big honking close-up of both cars.
And on another random note, why does Kitt have ramps for his back wheels when he's parked outside ME's beach house? To keep the sand out of his turbines? So that he looks better pointing forward? Are they starters blocks?
--Subminion: "You always carry a purse when you go to the beach." Michael: "Well it keeps my suntan lotion from melting."
Michael's posturing when he says that is hilarious. Great comic timing from the Hoff.
--So KITT uses the turbo boost and jumps off the cliff. As madeleinestjust pointed out this is the the same footage they used of KARR going off the cliff in "Trust Doesn't Rust". KITT demonstrates his superiority to KARR by not being destroyed by the same jump that killed KARR.
And the footage is originally from The Car (hence the blocky, non-Kitt- like shape of the flying car!) Of course, the same jump didn't kill KARR, because he reappears in KvK - I have no idea what the explosion could have been, perhaps the mother of all backfires, but the MBS would probably protect both cars, if not the computers inside. Which would explain why KARR is a bit shook in KvK. And I am taking this far too seriously!
--ME, for all that she's the sensible one of the two GotWs, clearly has an aversion to wearing clothes. For this scene she's just in a towel. Oy!
Oy, indeed! That towel is indecent! She could have at least picked a bath sheet and not a hand towel - it just about covers the necessary .. uh .. points. I was actually quite shocked, in a family-viewing sort of way, when I first saw this scene! This is Knight Rider, for heaven's sake! ;)
Michael: "Yeah. Promise to cruise a hamburger joint with me someday." KITT: "If we must." ::flails and flails and collapses in a swoon::
I knew you'd love that when I read the '1956 Chevrolet' comment before ;) Kitt is more offended about Michael driving other cars than he about the women - which shows that Kitt does think of himself as a car as well as a computer (to return to our previous debate!) In 'Chariot of Gold', Michael refers to a Rolls Royce, and Kitt is decidedly miffed - 'Had you used a more domestic brand as your model ...' Michael tells him to forget it, but adds, 'You are as good as gold to me' :D And then in 'Diamonds Aren't A Girl's Best Friend', Michael threatens Kitt with having to rent a car in Mexico if Kitt won't agree to get on a plane and join him - 'A *rental* car?' Kitt sputters.
Overall, I think Michael ditches them both - dating Micki would be taking advantage, and ME is far too much of a daddy's girl to bother with him under ordinary circumstances (I think she was getting off on the danger) - and takes Kitt to a hamburger joint. (Did anyone see a plot bunny around here?)
Sorry to labour on every other point, but I'm revelling in the better episodes (of which this isn't a prime example, but it is fun!)
I love how the car drives up to the camera and then disappears under it in the first frames, and then drives away at the end.
Eeeee! OMG I love that part! And the fact that anything that's not a shot of *KITT* is on his monitor screen. Everything through his eyes. :D That's a nice thing.
why does Kitt have ramps for his back wheels when he's parked outside ME's beach house? To keep the sand out of his turbines? So that he looks better pointing forward? Are they starters blocks?
OMG I totally didn't notice this! ::runs to go watch and see if I can see this::
Wow! How odd! Good spotting.
::scratches head:: I bet from a filming point of view it was so that KITT would show better and not be hidden behind that other car there. But for the Making Sense of Canon Game, maybe that's so he can get a quick start out if they have to leave in a hurry--starters blocks as you say.
I also totally missed the padded bumpers on the cars KITT pushes out of the way. Heee!!
Of course, the same jump didn't kill KARR, because he reappears in KvK
I haven't seen KvK since it originally aired, but I got the impression that the *computer* survived the jump off the cliff but the car was schmeissed (computers being that much sturdier than specially indestructable cars, of course). Is that not right?
She could have at least picked a bath sheet and not a hand towel - it just about covers the necessary .. uh .. points. I was actually quite shocked, in a family-viewing sort of way, when I first saw this scene!
OMG I know!! ME really does seem to have an aversion to wearing clothes--which given the clothes she does wear makes some sense--she looks much better in the bathing suits. :D I'm wondering if the itty-bitty towel thing wasn't part of her trying to manipulate Michael to ignore Micki's problems and get his mind back on her father. Sort of: "I'm a helpless waif who needs you too, see, and I'm only wearing a towel."
Kitt is more offended about Michael driving other cars than he about the women - which shows that Kitt does think of himself as a car as well as a computer (to return to our previous debate!)
Okay, so returning to the previous discussion...maybe KITT realizes that one of the things he offers to this partnership is the *car*, not the special features of the Knight 2000, but just the vehicular transport element of being a car. So if Michael's in another car (especially an inferior one like a rental), well then it makes one of KITT's major contributions less, erm, necessary. I'm not explaining this well, but if Michael's valuing other cars as *cars* then that takes a bit away from what he's valuing KITT for. Maybe. Or maybe that just doesn't make any sense at all.
I haven't seen "Diamonds Aren't A Girl's Best Friend" but I wonder if there isn't some element there of Michael in an inferior car being more at risk...or maybe I just *hope* for that. KITT being unwilling to trust Michael to just any old vehicle.
But yes, KITT does have a definite affinity for other cars and, though they're not sentient the way he is, he feels for them--in the episode with the blind girl he goes on a bit of a rant about all those poor cars abandoned out in the shopping center parking lot, forgotten. And in "Custom KITT" the way they convince him to let them tart him up is because of all those poor cars being customized against their will.
Overall, I think Michael ditches them both
I like this idea. I think they do a bit of cursory cruising around, just because he has to do *something* with them once he's there, and then drops them back at the beach house and goes off with KITT.
(Did anyone see a plot bunny around here?)
Oh, I'll help you wrangle that bunny if you'll write it! :D Because OMG what fun that would be! And I'd so love to read another story by you....::bats eyelashes::
Sorry to labour on every other point
NO no no no! Please don't apologize. This is precisely why I post these--because I love to talk about this stuff!!
This isn't one of the best episodes, but I do really enjoy it, despite poor dimwitted Micki.
I haven't seen KvK since it originally aired, but I got the impression that the *computer* survived the jump off the cliff but the car was schmeissed (computers being that much sturdier than specially indestructable cars, of course). Is that not right?
Nope, that's the end of KvK - Michael says 'Never say never, pal' when Kitt asks him to promise they'll never have to go through that ('that' being KARR) again, and then it cuts to a shot of KARR's sparkly black box blinking and chirping away amidst the wreckage (doesn't anybody at the Foundation clear up after themselves?) A third KARR revival was obviously on the cards, but they never got around to it, sadly - I would much rather have had a KARR trilogy than a Stevie lovefest.
Anyway! Supposedly, KARR didn't explode when he shot off the cliff, but merely got washed back up on the beach and buried in sand. For two years. The saltwater bleached his scanner and voice modulator from red to pale yellow, and also grew him a licence plate! There are so many holes and inconsistencies in KvK, but honestly, I don't care - and the writers obviously didn't either (Kitt's line: 'But I saw him explode! *You* saw him explode!' is no doubt aimed at the viewers, warning us to just suspend our disbelief and get on with it!) KARR is fantastic, he really is, from waking up with a 'Wrowr!' sort of sound, to actually using the phrase 'lo and behold'. In fact, I think I prefer KvK KARR to TDR KARR, except for the loss of his innocence - the scene where he starts to cook Mandy to death in his cabin is very well done, and quite scary.
Oh, I'll help you wrangle that bunny if you'll write it! :D Because OMG what fun that would be! And I'd so love to read another story by you....::bats eyelashes::
Stay tuned. I might come a-grovelling for a second opinion very soon! ;)
'KvK' is a 'safe' episode for me - which mainly means that Michael isn't on the verge of a nervous breakdown again, and the team are still together! KARR is wonderful - he's voiced by a different actor (Paul Frees) and is much more 'eeevil'. I suppose it makes sense - before he was just afraid of being deactivated again, now he's out for blood.
And you have to read alryssa's review of the KARR episode from the new Knight Rider series - I was in stitches: Knight to King's Pawn (thanks to vespurrs for the rec!) I mean, for god's sake - Transformers? I know Peter Cullen was the voice of Optimus Prime, but this is just taking the piss.
It's all about Kitt, really, isn't it? ;) And my goodness, but Kitt deserves - and can handle - the attention. I love how the car drives up to the camera and then disappears under it in the first frames, and then drives away at the end. They don't make credits like they used to!
To paraphrase from an absolutely awesome anime fan parody: It takes a man who's very secure in his heterosexuality to wear black suit with a pale pink shirt, tie, pocket square, and even a pink flower as a boutonniere.
And a car that doesn't technically have a gender to get away with recommending a paisley tie.
--The fact that there's a black TransAm that can drive itself is like the Worst Kept Secret in the *universe*. :D KITT just got himself out of valet parking in front of two valets.
Did you notice how the two cars that Kitt shoves out of the way to meet Michael have protective padding wrapped around their bumpers - and it's blatantly obvious! There's a big honking close-up of both cars.
And on another random note, why does Kitt have ramps for his back wheels when he's parked outside ME's beach house? To keep the sand out of his turbines? So that he looks better pointing forward? Are they starters blocks?
--Subminion: "You always carry a purse when you go to the beach." Michael: "Well it keeps my suntan lotion from melting."
Michael's posturing when he says that is hilarious. Great comic timing from the Hoff.
--So KITT uses the turbo boost and jumps off the cliff. As madeleinestjust pointed out this is the the same footage they used of KARR going off the cliff in "Trust Doesn't Rust". KITT demonstrates his superiority to KARR by not being destroyed by the same jump that killed KARR.
And the footage is originally from The Car (hence the blocky, non-Kitt- like shape of the flying car!) Of course, the same jump didn't kill KARR, because he reappears in KvK - I have no idea what the explosion could have been, perhaps the mother of all backfires, but the MBS would probably protect both cars, if not the computers inside. Which would explain why KARR is a bit shook in KvK. And I am taking this far too seriously!
--ME, for all that she's the sensible one of the two GotWs, clearly has an aversion to wearing clothes. For this scene she's just in a towel. Oy!
Oy, indeed! That towel is indecent! She could have at least picked a bath sheet and not a hand towel - it just about covers the necessary .. uh .. points. I was actually quite shocked, in a family-viewing sort of way, when I first saw this scene! This is Knight Rider, for heaven's sake! ;)
Michael: "Yeah. Promise to cruise a hamburger joint with me someday." KITT: "If we must." ::flails and flails and collapses in a swoon::
I knew you'd love that when I read the '1956 Chevrolet' comment before ;) Kitt is more offended about Michael driving other cars than he about the women - which shows that Kitt does think of himself as a car as well as a computer (to return to our previous debate!) In 'Chariot of Gold', Michael refers to a Rolls Royce, and Kitt is decidedly miffed - 'Had you used a more domestic brand as your model ...' Michael tells him to forget it, but adds, 'You are as good as gold to me' :D And then in 'Diamonds Aren't A Girl's Best Friend', Michael threatens Kitt with having to rent a car in Mexico if Kitt won't agree to get on a plane and join him - 'A *rental* car?' Kitt sputters.
Overall, I think Michael ditches them both - dating Micki would be taking advantage, and ME is far too much of a daddy's girl to bother with him under ordinary circumstances (I think she was getting off on the danger) - and takes Kitt to a hamburger joint. (Did anyone see a plot bunny around here?)
Sorry to labour on every other point, but I'm revelling in the better episodes (of which this isn't a prime example, but it is fun!)
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Eeeee! OMG I love that part! And the fact that anything that's not a shot of *KITT* is on his monitor screen. Everything through his eyes. :D That's a nice thing.
why does Kitt have ramps for his back wheels when he's parked outside ME's beach house? To keep the sand out of his turbines? So that he looks better pointing forward? Are they starters blocks?
OMG I totally didn't notice this! ::runs to go watch and see if I can see this::
Wow! How odd! Good spotting.
::scratches head:: I bet from a filming point of view it was so that KITT would show better and not be hidden behind that other car there. But for the Making Sense of Canon Game, maybe that's so he can get a quick start out if they have to leave in a hurry--starters blocks as you say.
I also totally missed the padded bumpers on the cars KITT pushes out of the way. Heee!!
Of course, the same jump didn't kill KARR, because he reappears in KvK
I haven't seen KvK since it originally aired, but I got the impression that the *computer* survived the jump off the cliff but the car was schmeissed (computers being that much sturdier than specially indestructable cars, of course). Is that not right?
She could have at least picked a bath sheet and not a hand towel - it just about covers the necessary .. uh .. points. I was actually quite shocked, in a family-viewing sort of way, when I first saw this scene!
OMG I know!! ME really does seem to have an aversion to wearing clothes--which given the clothes she does wear makes some sense--she looks much better in the bathing suits. :D I'm wondering if the itty-bitty towel thing wasn't part of her trying to manipulate Michael to ignore Micki's problems and get his mind back on her father. Sort of: "I'm a helpless waif who needs you too, see, and I'm only wearing a towel."
Kitt is more offended about Michael driving other cars than he about the women - which shows that Kitt does think of himself as a car as well as a computer (to return to our previous debate!)
Okay, so returning to the previous discussion...maybe KITT realizes that one of the things he offers to this partnership is the *car*, not the special features of the Knight 2000, but just the vehicular transport element of being a car. So if Michael's in another car (especially an inferior one like a rental), well then it makes one of KITT's major contributions less, erm, necessary. I'm not explaining this well, but if Michael's valuing other cars as *cars* then that takes a bit away from what he's valuing KITT for. Maybe. Or maybe that just doesn't make any sense at all.
I haven't seen "Diamonds Aren't A Girl's Best Friend" but I wonder if there isn't some element there of Michael in an inferior car being more at risk...or maybe I just *hope* for that. KITT being unwilling to trust Michael to just any old vehicle.
But yes, KITT does have a definite affinity for other cars and, though they're not sentient the way he is, he feels for them--in the episode with the blind girl he goes on a bit of a rant about all those poor cars abandoned out in the shopping center parking lot, forgotten. And in "Custom KITT" the way they convince him to let them tart him up is because of all those poor cars being customized against their will.
Overall, I think Michael ditches them both
I like this idea. I think they do a bit of cursory cruising around, just because he has to do *something* with them once he's there, and then drops them back at the beach house and goes off with KITT.
(Did anyone see a plot bunny around here?)
Oh, I'll help you wrangle that bunny if you'll write it! :D Because OMG what fun that would be! And I'd so love to read another story by you....::bats eyelashes::
Sorry to labour on every other point
NO no no no! Please don't apologize. This is precisely why I post these--because I love to talk about this stuff!!
This isn't one of the best episodes, but I do really enjoy it, despite poor dimwitted Micki.
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Nope, that's the end of KvK - Michael says 'Never say never, pal' when Kitt asks him to promise they'll never have to go through that ('that' being KARR) again, and then it cuts to a shot of KARR's sparkly black box blinking and chirping away amidst the wreckage (doesn't anybody at the Foundation clear up after themselves?) A third KARR revival was obviously on the cards, but they never got around to it, sadly - I would much rather have had a KARR trilogy than a Stevie lovefest.
Anyway! Supposedly, KARR didn't explode when he shot off the cliff, but merely got washed back up on the beach and buried in sand. For two years. The saltwater bleached his scanner and voice modulator from red to pale yellow, and also grew him a licence plate! There are so many holes and inconsistencies in KvK, but honestly, I don't care - and the writers obviously didn't either (Kitt's line: 'But I saw him explode! *You* saw him explode!' is no doubt aimed at the viewers, warning us to just suspend our disbelief and get on with it!) KARR is fantastic, he really is, from waking up with a 'Wrowr!' sort of sound, to actually using the phrase 'lo and behold'. In fact, I think I prefer KvK KARR to TDR KARR, except for the loss of his innocence - the scene where he starts to cook Mandy to death in his cabin is very well done, and quite scary.
Oh, I'll help you wrangle that bunny if you'll write it! :D Because OMG what fun that would be! And I'd so love to read another story by you....::bats eyelashes::
Stay tuned. I might come a-grovelling for a second opinion very soon! ;)
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And you have to read alryssa's review of the KARR episode from the new Knight Rider series - I was in stitches: Knight to King's Pawn (thanks to vespurrs for the rec!) I mean, for god's sake - Transformers? I know Peter Cullen was the voice of Optimus Prime, but this is just taking the piss.
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I'm now very interested in seeing KvK...but I'll get there eventually. :D
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