UK TV magazine reviews
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 2:20 am
All of the guides for next week's programmes (when KR begins) came out today, and out of the four main weekly TV magazine guides here in the UK, both TV Quick and TV Choice don't list the Sci-Fi channel and as such haven't offered up any news of the new KR series. Both TV Times and Radio Times did though, so how did it fare...?
TV Times gave the pilot movie 4 out of 5, saying that fans of the original will get a massive kick out of it when the revamped theme tune kicks in and then lists off lots of good points, like the car itself, the film being very entertaining, and Hasselhoff's cameo. They give a quick run-down of the plot but finish the small column by saying "the bad news, however, is that while it's very entertaining, the series itself was cancelled in the States due to poor ratings."
Radio Times was less approving. Saying "it was ridiculed in the US" isn't a great start, then to go on to list things they feel are woeful isn't good either: "Actors who emphasise the wrong words in sentences, TV movie lighting, action movie cliches and gratuitous boob shots". Oh dear. They then go on to say "if you accept this stagnant bilge is being aimed at mindless TV meatheads you might find yourself enjoying it in a very cheesy way".
Sounds like the TV Times is going on the movie alone while the Radio Times has seen the series. On a personal note, this backs up my feelings that when GST was given the show he saw it as a way of doing 'Fast & The Furious: The TV Show' rather than Knight RIder :S Just my own personal opinion, but I really think he was the wrong man for the job!
TV Times gave the pilot movie 4 out of 5, saying that fans of the original will get a massive kick out of it when the revamped theme tune kicks in and then lists off lots of good points, like the car itself, the film being very entertaining, and Hasselhoff's cameo. They give a quick run-down of the plot but finish the small column by saying "the bad news, however, is that while it's very entertaining, the series itself was cancelled in the States due to poor ratings."
Radio Times was less approving. Saying "it was ridiculed in the US" isn't a great start, then to go on to list things they feel are woeful isn't good either: "Actors who emphasise the wrong words in sentences, TV movie lighting, action movie cliches and gratuitous boob shots". Oh dear. They then go on to say "if you accept this stagnant bilge is being aimed at mindless TV meatheads you might find yourself enjoying it in a very cheesy way".
Sounds like the TV Times is going on the movie alone while the Radio Times has seen the series. On a personal note, this backs up my feelings that when GST was given the show he saw it as a way of doing 'Fast & The Furious: The TV Show' rather than Knight RIder :S Just my own personal opinion, but I really think he was the wrong man for the job!