We watched the new Knight Rider movie this evening, of course, and it was about what I was expecting: focus on the car, one long Ford commercial, some fighting, show off more of KITT driving, etc.
I’ll refrain from spoiling too much in case any loyal readers (*cough*Kenny*cough*) forgot to set their Tivos and instead must resort to watching the replay next Saturday.
21 minutes in, KITT and Sarah are driving down a winding mountain road. Sarah asks if her father had a chance to test all of KITT’s systems yet. KITT responds, “Not extensively, no” and we see a list of field tests on the screen:
Knight Industries 3000 Field Tests
High Speed Maneuvering – Incomplete
Passenger Impact Safety Test – Complete
High Speed Impact Test – Pending (yeah, pending the climax of the movie perhaps)
Structural Integrity Test – Incomplete
Nanoskin modification speed test – Incomplete
[something] Impact Test – Incomplete (thanks, NBC, for covering the screen with one of your little promos)
High Velocity Breaking Index – Complete
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Breaking? Shouldn’t that be ‘Braking’?
Surely the most advanced car ever invented, with its real-time satellite access, nanotechnology and artificial intelligence, would at least have a spell check function? Or maybe Ford’s Microsoft-powered SYNC technology, which they shamelessly plugged throughout the commercials, shining through. The four-part commercial between Mike and KITT was cute however.
It was a fun movie evening, if nothing more than indulging in a guilty pleasure. I’d watch the series if it makes it.
i noticed that. congrats on being the only google result for it!
I only saw a few minutes of it and I wanted to stab out my eyes.
Oh, and Nanotechnology is the modern deus ex machina, don’t you think?
That is all.
Ya know Brian, perhaps
“High Velocity Breaking Index – Complete”
is refering to actually “breaking” KITT at high velocity…..
just a thought. Maybe a cliff like when KARR decided to “self preserve”? or perhaps a pool of acid? A giant semi being driven by Garth Knight, Wilton’s angry son?
Since the writers caved we may never see good low quality series rehashes now…..dangit.