Comments on: Reviews of New TV Shows

By: popculturenerd

popculturenerd — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:10:17 +0000

When I saw the Ford Mustang in the TV movie, I thought, “Say what?” It seems they went backwards on the cool scale.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:45:45 +0000

FLASHBACK TO 1982! When you said that Justin Bruening was standard pretty-boy fare with no standout qualities I thought you said David Hasselhoff. And as much as I like Val “Would you qualify that as a launch problem or a design problem? ” Kilmer, he can’t lay on the sarcastically superior tone of William Daniels. (Besides, KITT should always and forever be a Trans Am.)

By: popculturenerd

popculturenerd — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:37:21 +0000

I received a screener of the Knight Rider movie for Emmy consideration (!) so I watched it and thought it wasn’t the worst thing ever but Justin Bruening was so dull. He’s just standard pretty-boy fare with no standout qualities. Your description of the series’ cheesiness isn’t surprising.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:03:01 +0000

Another new program that I was disappointed in is the new Knight Rider. You might wonder why I would have positive expectations to begin with, but it wasn’t my fault. In February I thought that I’d get a couple of laughs watching the new TV movie/pilot. I thought that it was surprisingly good. (In retrospect, not a difficult achievement since I went into it with low expectations.) So, when the series debuted this fall, I was looking forward to it. I watched the first episode and was let down. I think that the TV movie had a low special effects budget, so they fell back on relying on plot. Once the series got green-lighted (greenlit?) they must have given them a bigger budged, because they spent more time portraying the car as a Transformer and showing it driving 300 miles an hour while on fire. Plus they added a bunch of new characters seemingly out of nowhere. Anyway, I watched the first episode and my DVR has watched a few more for me, but I think that they may go bye-bye before I devote the time to watch them.

By: popculturenerd

popculturenerd — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:14:33 +0000

You're NOT the only person who doesn't like Two and a Half Men; I don't either! And I love Life! Damian Lewis is fantastic. Been meaning to write a blog plugging this show so thank you for mentioning it!

By: Eddy

Eddy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:14:34 +0000

I agree with you except that I haven’t been tempted to watch the The Ex List. It doesn’t grab me for some reason. I had high hopes for Kath and Kim and I gave it one more episode shot than you did and erased it from the DVR half way through the second episode. I think that I didn’t like it for the same reasons that I don’t like Two and a Half Men, no likable characters. (I know, I’m the only person in the world that doesn’t like Two and a Half Men. I don’t like The Office either, so sue me.) But I am liking the Mentalist and Life on Mars so far. Also, from last season I’m still enjoying Life and (my favorite) The Big Bang Theory.