cbwillallen25 Reviews

Knight Rider (1982–1986)

Great as a kid, as an Adult not as much

[7/10 · 27 May 2016]

Honestly as a kid this show was so cool. As an adult, I still watch it and can like it. However this show definitely could have been better. The idea and concept were fine. The issue fell on other things. Some of them were even pretty funny.

As many have mentioned the stunts and stunt doubles were so obvious. In fact, one of the episodes it looks as if the stunt double is Eric Bogosian. This amazes me how obvious it as, and it wasn't just a few episodes.

Plots were up and down. Certain shows made sense throughout, others were inconsistent, while the rest were questionable at best.

Acting could have been better, but is nowhere near as bad as others made it out to be. After all, was this supposed to be Broadway or something?

Last but not least, Action, Fight Scenes, etc. This is where the biggest joke comes from IMO. I really wonder about David Hasselhoff. Does he even know how to fight? Watch Knight Rider to see what I'm talking about. Man, I have never seen fight scenes like these.

Michael Knight was supposed to be one who knew how to fight, as in Martial Arts. In fact, there's a scene in the first episode (technically, even if it was in Part 2 as it was a 2 parter) where several truck drivers were going to beat up Michael and he let's them know that he is very heavily trained in Martial Arts. The problem here is David Hasselhoff doesn't know jack. The karate he uses is beyond a joke. Pretty much a silly kid goofing off trying to make fun of fighting is a good way to describe it. He uses it so much, but it simply looks ridiculous. There was an episode where he fought two Asian men. Two men who knew Kung Fu. Really? He actually was doing well too. Yeah OK, fake karate kicks and completely horrific made up form and stances he used. There was even an episode where he kicked someone and lost his balance. WTF?? We'd appreciate an honest fight scene. As long as the action was present that's the main thing. The phony karate was simply terrible. Whenever there are fight scenes I simply get ready to start laughing at the silliness, especially anyone with "Sensei" Michael Knight. I simply was waiting for a time for Hasselhoff to yell Kiai during one of his Hasselhoff-Fu kicks. The fight between Michael and Garth was funny too. Those fake, weak kicks from Garth. That scissors kick too was something else. It looked like the can can commercial. Another issue were fights that were over as soon as they started. The bad guy is supposed to be some bad ass, yet here comes Hasselhoff taking him out with one kick or punch. Really??!!

All in all, it wasn't a bad show, it wasn't a great show. It was a pretty good show at the time and still is decent today, even if you can see more silly stuff. As I mentioned earlier I still watch it. It really isn't awful as many people make it out to be.

For Better or Worse (2011–2017)

It's a shame

[3 February 2015]

This show actually could be better, if the acting was consistently better, the dialogue didn't drag, and the scenes were improved. The topics can be good. The issue is this show, like other shows of Tyler Perry, take time before it gets to the point. I want Tyler Perry to succeed in all he does, and think it's great he's done well for himself coming up from a very tough childhood. This show though needs work in certain areas.

There are things in this show that can be/are funny. OK, we can laugh, now move on. In this show, it's like the Character or someone else has to try to drag out the joke. For instance: You know, that chicken crossed the road because there was a KFC where he started to walk. That's the joke, but then someone will go into detail how KFC can deep fry chicken and prepare it many other ways. Then that chicken would be eaten. OK, we got the joke/punchline already can we move on?

Another issue is dialogue. It's a show and people are watching it for a purpose. We don't need to see dragged out daily conversations. "Hello" "Hi" "How are you?" "fine, How are you?" "OK, how was your day?". Then God forbid there were arguments or disagreements. Dialogue for 10-15 seconds could be a back and forth "No I didn't" one-two second pause "Yes you did". It wasn't natural and just seemed forced.

Lastly, it shouldn't have to take an entire episode for someone to have a problem. Then next weeks episode is other people finding out. Then next week it's how do they tell people about it. Then it's how to solve the problem. And there you have too much time wasted on something that could've been shown in one episode.

The Haves and the Have Nots (2013–2021)

One has to wonder

[3 February 2015]

One has to wonder if Tyler Perry is trying to have too many things going on. Not only that, is he trying to be control of too much? The ideas can be there, but he is in dire need of other Writers, Directors, the whole nine.

This show is supposed to be some sort of Drama yet it comes off as a Soap, not a good one either. This "bad girl" "person not to be messed with" crap is just that. This will never ever even sniff Scandal. I don't even think cutting the show to half an hour is good enough. It needs good story lines and a way to advance them along smoothly. Stop dragging things out and showing useless material.

Do we really need to see Wyatt drinking and reading texts on his Dad's phone for a few episodes? Amanda has a problem, OK we get it, but what does she add to the show? Of course certain actions/lines are done/repeated too often and it just slows everything down. Too many different scenes too, makes it take too long to establish any sort of significance.

This show isn't any good. For any hope of saving it Tyler Perry should consider having other people give assistance.