Ha, ha - yeah, that's a telltale sign that the TV series/movie you're watching is bad because the authors have to lure you with hot chicks (or hot guys for the female audience, although that might be small in a series centered about an American supercar) and forced love stories or sexual tension - that, however, doesn't replace a good script in my book. =)
By the way - I watched the 24 season 7 prequel and to my surprise it was quite good (God, I missed some good acting after stuff like Chuck or Knight Rider) but from what I gather it didn't have much in common with the upcoming season, which will take place in America (not in Africa like the prequel). I wonder if season 7 will be less ridiculous than the previous seasons in 24 which escalated into comic-book style kill counts and villains. I mean - the first season was brilliant, with a novel story-telling style, a smart and believable plot and people NOT using helicopters to get to the next bus stop only to keep up the real-time premise. Then, the threats became more and more ridiculous - biological weapons, one nuke, SEVERAL nukes, DOZENS of nukes in the form of nuclear power plants... The only step up from this would be an alien invasion. ;-)
I couldn't agree more and I only watched the pilot - the stupidity in it was just amazing... Cancel it already
Yeah, at this point I always ask myself - how can you fuck up a series about a cool guy (by contemporary standards =) in a cool car busting bad guys? It virtually writes itself! But no, the new Knight Rider has to be some kind of emotional pussy, half of the show is concerned about his relationship with his ex - FUCK HER ALREADY AND GET OVER IT! Another quarter is about the sexual tension between other characters like this computer nerd *whatshisname* and the other hot chick *whatshername*... The Last quarter is about KITT trying to understand humans or trying to BECOME human - something that is completely absent in the original series - KITT is simply a cool sidekick of Michael Knight (or the other way round) - nobody's interested in his emotional problems. This, by the way, is a common problem in current American TV series or even newer seasons of older series. Half the time is spent on some emotional/social struggle bullshit which American writers are sadly too dumb to represent correctly... Name one exception! Battlestar Galactica - I WANT TO SEE EPIC SPACE BATTLES, NOT FRIGGIN' FATHER-SON CONFLICTS etc.! Prison Break - I WANT TO SEE COOL PRISON ESCAPE PLANS, NOT SARAH AND MICHAEL EXCHANGING SAD LOOKS BECAUSE ONE OF THEM HAS A TUMOR! Jesus Christ! The list goes on...