Knight Rider Season 3 Reviews and General comments

[KivaWolf]

Here is the addy to E-Mail Universal for replacement discs.


http://www.universalstudios.com/homepag ... mail_id=10



Kiva Wolf

[Julius May]

Is the same problems also happens on Season 1 and 2 DVD's and what I should I do when I do get the DVDs of the show, which discs should I replace of the 3 sets, seasons 1,2 and 3

[MLAM]

Its just season 3 thats affected, Season 1 and 2 are fine.

[Karan]

what the heck - how come they dont have Canada as one of the countries on that link you just posted KivaWolf?

[KivaWolf]

Woah! That is serious! I didn't notice that. You could still try using it. I found an E-Mail address but its only for if you got problems with buying something on their online store. I would suggest to just use United States and then make a statement about it below and then continue to say about your DVDs.

[KivaWolf]

Well I got a reply from them and this is what they exactly said in the E-mail:

"Thank you for contacting Universal Studios Home Entertainment. We strive to provide the highest standard in product quality and customer care.

As you are aware, "Knight Rider, Season 3" will be reworked. As soon as we are given a date that the replacement discs will be available, we will send you return instructions. In the meantime, we hope that you will enjoy the series.

We appreciate your patronage and hope that you will continue to enjoy Universal releases."


Well at least they ARE doing something the right thing.

[neps]

They just called me on the phone. They still don't have a full plan from Universal yet (timeline, procedure, which discs are being replaced). They're waiting to hear back from the replicator to find how how long it will take to get new discs as well.

Once they have that info they will contact us again.

[Joe Huth]

The big question I suppose is: will they get it right the second time? Making a list of all the audio errors would take quite a bit of time and effort...hopefully they know what they're doing.

Joe

[neps]

Right, they don't have a punch list of what was changed. If they released that, and maybe looked at these threads and other forums, even asked anyone who poured over these (I'd nominate Skav)... I'd feel a little more confident.

Think of how much better these sets could be if they embraced any community. We'd work on these things for free if they would just let us.

Remember, they almost got the Intro text on the package wrong.

[Karan]

well atleast theres some hope for the future. I'm just gonna stay optimistic...and hang onto my receipt a little longer

[pavie]

it's interesting that they are releasing Season 4 on April 4th 2006.

Thats exactly 20 years since the the last new episode Voo-Doo knight aired on April 4 1986

I wonder what else they may be planning?

[spyhunter]

Hate to mention it, but they could make more or different mistakes the second time around as well...

We will probably have Season 4 in our hands before the re-release of Season 3, let's cross our fingers that they at least hit the mark with Season 4...

SH

[KivaWolf]

Yes it is interesting that it lands on the exact date. Makes ya wonder if this was David Hasselhoff's idea. He does own the entire rights to it.

[Joe Huth]

There is one interesting thing about the botched Season 3 DVDs...you get to hear some scenes the way that the actors did when they were filming it. Perfect example: Check out "Knight Strike", immediately after the first commercial break (or is it immediately before the break?) when bullets are bouncing off K.I.T.T.'s body. Instead of the normal ricochet sound, you actually hear the squibs on the Trans Am going off. Kind of cool!

Joe

[ReddawgKnight]

i finally got my S 3 set today...i must say im really pleased with it aswell.

[krfan1]

I think the whole April 4th thing is just coincidence. I highly doubt it had anything to do with David or Universal planning it. Just luck, I guess.

krfan1

[Julius May]

Its just season 3 thats affected, Season 1 and 2 are fine.

SO I should get 1 and 2 and wait a while for 3 until the problems are corrected? Someone should post a complete list of audio errors on the season 3 set and let the company that owns the KR rights know

[Lost Knight]

My girlfriend just bought me the Season 3 set and so far I've checked out "Lost Knight" and "Junk Yard Dog." I didn't notice any sound effect differences in "Junk Yard Dog" at all, and I found that the few missing in "Lost Knight" didn't affect my viewing experience at all. In fact, I probably wouldn't have noticed anything was gone (if I didn't read about it first) as it's been a while since I've seen a lot of these. But, it is a matter of principle that it should have been done right the first time.

EDIT: One thing I forgot to mention was that I noticed that there was no teaser music for "Junk Yard Dog." Was this another Universal screw up or did it originally air this way?

[MLAM]

EDIT: One thing I forgot to mention was that I noticed that there was no teaser music for "Junk Yard Dog." Was this another Universal screw up or did it originally air this way?

I'm sure my Universal Playback VHS Boxset which has this episode has the teaser music in the background.

Another strange obmission i think.

[whet]

Yes the teaser music was there in the vhs boxset in the teaser for JYD.

[Deferranfan1]

Anyone every find out why the major retaliers never had it?

[Deferranfan1]

BTW I haven't had really any trouble with auido.

[jup]

I just picked up the season 3 set and was noticing some oddly silent portions. Glad to hear that this is an error being fixxed and not some product of a lost sound track.

Guess, when they remastered the original film, they sampled from the wrong sound track.

It's also rather strange to see the dancers...dancing to silence. And...has some of the music been replaced with David's own singing??? Sort of sounds like it.

[citizen_x]

I decided to wait until Universal will fix those screw ups. I truly hope that they would do it as fast as they can, because I'm dying to get my hands on the S3 set.

[Lost Knight]

Oddly enough, I think the Season 4 "bonus episode," "Knight Of the Rising Sun," is improperly framed. During the opening credits I noticed that some shots appeared to be zoomed in too much or cropped, so I popped in my old VHS tape of some original Season 4 airings to compare, and sure enough there were some framing differences.

Also, I noticed that the color is a little different from that of Season 4's original airings, most noticeably during the opening credits when K.I.T.T. is driving through the desert. In Season 4, the head shot of KITT driving toward the camera had the contrast darkened so as to cover the turn signal blackouts on the front nose. On the DVD, they're clearly visible. No big thing, but it's just something I noticed.