Pilot review: Knight Rider

I didn't watch the TV movie/backdoor pilot of this last spring. From what I read, it wasn't too good and it was nothing like this current first episode. I don't really know what that means, but here are my thoughts on this episode:

- Justin Bruening (Michael) isn't that interesting.
- The actress playing Sarah, Deanna Russo, is like the mean between Olivia Wilde and Megan Fox.
- Smith Cho! (I knew her in a past life.)
- I feel certain that Paul Campbell could've done better. And why is he playing another character named Billy? Regardless, this is hokey and totally below him.
- Hearing this much of Val Kilmer's voice is really creeping me out.
- I have a really hard time taking Sydney Tamiia Poitier seriously. Particularly as an authority figure.
- Bruce Davison is an amazing scenery chewer. His character also has some impressive Gwen DeMarco skills.

And most importantly, I was so uninterested in the plot of this episode (and the set up for the extended plot of the series) that I spent most of the time looking up and adding in the links above. So luckily I'm not going to have to keep up with this show.