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I watched the first episode of the series Knight Rider (2008), which I mentioned in a recent post. It looks like this is the last episode of this show I'll ever watch — and not just for me.

In the morning, before I started downloading from TvTorrents.com, I dropped by EZTV.it out of habit to make sure the episode was there, and out of curiosity read the comments on the release. I was wrong to be skeptical about those messages back then — after watching it I can agree with every one of the reviews written there, even though I usually don't agree with upset fanboys.

A question came up while watching. Is this show really supposed to be a sci-fi action series? It comes across like some kind of comedic parody… I didn't think anyone could make trash like this with a straight face, and on top of that in the pilot episode and under a name as big as Knight Rider. I can understand the writers of "Smallville," who exhausted themselves by season 8 and write nonsense, but this is the first episode of the first season. And even so, Smallville is taken more seriously than this, and I was even unhappy with what was going on in "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"…

The February movie is perfectly watchable — at least the sci-fi stayed within some bounds, with none of these ridiculous situations. Of course, a show like this will suit kids, but it's hardly going to be watched by those who once watched "Knight Rider," and they could have made something worthwhile for a wider audience. All that's left is to see how the second episode rates — plenty of people watched the first one, after a relatively decent movie. Maybe this is exactly what the average American needs; the ratings will tell.

Still, there's an upside — I think the nostalgia it stirred up will push up sales of the Knight Rider (1982-1986) series on DVD, along with the seed ratings of whoever's seeding it on torrents. Ah, where could I find "The Knight Rider" with the ICTV dub? The DTV "Knight Rider" is everywhere, but it's not the same, and besides, in Ukraine they always translated and dubbed series better than the Russian TV channels did, which can't be said about the movies.