Screen Grabs: Mike Traceur needs to speak to his girlfriend... on her X1

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Sure, Knight Rider is probably the worst show ever in the history of the moving picture, but that doesn't stop Sony Ericsson from wanting to throw some money in its direction (or not, seeing as the company's logo has apparently been scrubbed). Between the nearly intolerable dialogue and absurdly fake green-screen car chases, check out a glimpse of the forthcoming Xperia X1... if you can tolerate even a moment of this abomination.

[Thanks, Marco]

[Valicore @ Sep 20th 2008 2:43AM]

Oh no, no no no no no no NO!

[E71 @ Sep 20th 2008 12:52PM]

X1 just doesn't appeal to me anymore because
- It's NOT an HTC alternative (given its made by HTC)
- Doesn't look as good as the new HTC Touch range (Pro, HD etc)
- Nothing special about it spec-wise compared to HTC Touch range

After how HTC screwed us loyal fans with the missing video drivers debacle with the TyTn II -- I don't think I'm ever gonna go running back into their arms.

[Yankees368 @ Sep 20th 2008 2:51AM]

That has to be the most awful TV show I have ever watched half of and turned off.

[Smart People Play Tuba @ Sep 20th 2008 9:28PM]

It's arguably just as campy as the 80s version. The problem is, you're not 12 anymore.

[wroot @ Sep 20th 2008 3:01AM]

If you are talking about new tv serial, maybe you are right. Haven't seen. But i do kinda like the old series with Hasselhoff and some other oldschool tv series as my favorite P.I. Magnum :)

[mymaclife @ Sep 20th 2008 7:00AM]

I'm with Colin Potter.

Wroot posted 'If you are talking about new tv serial, maybe you are right. Haven't seen. But i do kinda like the old series with Hasselhoff and some other oldschool tv series as my favorite P.I. Magnum :)'

In the opening sentence he omits the word 'the', after the comma there should be the word 'then'.

In this context it's not a 'serial' but a 'series'

The modality of his second sentence is flawed it is missing the word 'I' and 'it'.

In fact the whole response is littered with the worst grammar possible.

I know I'll get low ranked for pointing this out, or alternatively get some mindless, uneducated twat telling me that grammar and sentence construction is unimportant, but remember if those writing software code took the same approach, then your software would be screwed or at best Vista.

[zomg0t @ Sep 20th 2008 7:23AM]

@mymaclife

The modality of his second sentence is flawed: it is missing the word 'I' and 'it'.

[gad get @ Sep 20th 2008 7:40AM]

How does Colin Potter know "wroot" is from England? And why did he call him a you-know-what?

[mymaclife @ Sep 20th 2008 8:37AM]

@ Zoom

The use of a colon there is debatable, but can be used if one so wishes.

@ Gad Get

Sadly Colin let the side down by the omission and over us of punctuation, however the point was still well made.

[mymaclife @ Sep 20th 2008 8:40AM]

Opps I meant the word 'use' not 'us' - glass houses!

[Silvio @ Sep 20th 2008 10:01AM]

@gad get He's only quoting the movie Pulp Fiction. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/quotes

[billy bob thorton @ Sep 20th 2008 10:01AM]

@gad get

He's quoting Pulp Fiction people http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-y3rb_ehFg

god, you guys are such grammar nerds

[Rogue_Genius @ Sep 20th 2008 1:42PM]

@ gad get: He likely inferred wroot's nation of origin by his use of the word "serial" as opposed to "series". That usage is common in the United Kingdom and is used there as we Americans use the word "series". Example 'a comedy serial' is equivalent to 'a comedy series'.

@ everyone else: yep, he's definitely quoting Pulp Fiction. good call.

[ftw @ Sep 20th 2008 3:09AM]

We're sorry, currently our video library can only be streamed within the United States. For more information on Hulu's international availability, click *here*.

[Malweran @ Sep 20th 2008 6:38AM]

Yeah.. that makes me sad. There are alot of things on the internet that restrict to the USA only.. I mean comon! USA is only a part of the whole internet.

Not fair :'(

[Leif @ Sep 20th 2008 3:12PM]

hotspot shield is a simple program that lets you watch hulu and other restricted sites outside the U.S

[mymaclife @ Sep 20th 2008 8:43AM]

It is to do with licensing restrictions in international territories, this can seem restrictive, but is there to protect copyright owners. At times not been able to see American TV can be a blessing!

[Amit @ Sep 20th 2008 9:09AM]

Just use Hotspot Shield

[gonintendo @ Sep 20th 2008 9:21AM]

use a proxy.

[letstakeawalk @ Sep 20th 2008 1:07PM]

Use 7 proxies.

[Tano @ Sep 20th 2008 3:14AM]

"...Knight Rider is probably the worst show ever in the history of the moving picture..." Oh.. then I'll just assume you haven't seen "New Amsterdam" ..which, I believe, was also put out by NBC. Truly terrible. Gah.

[Dougp @ Sep 20th 2008 10:59AM]

New Amsterdam was a Fox show produced by 4 production companies. None of these companies were NBC or Universal Television. NBC produces a lot of garbage but they are not as bad as some of the others.

[kevinm @ Sep 20th 2008 3:15AM]

Just wow.... that was so horrible I can't get through the first ten minutes without wanting gouge my eyes. This an extremely poor remake and will not make past it's pilot.

[Tonicboy @ Sep 20th 2008 6:39AM]

Just wow.... that was so horrible that I couldn't get through the first ten minutes without wanting to gouge my eyes out. That was an extremely poor remake and will not make it past its pilot.

C+, see me after class about summer school

[gray_style00 @ Sep 20th 2008 3:24AM]

i cant believe i sat thru that ep. but wen i saw her bust out the xperia, i literally said "thats my phone!!!" ahh!! it needs to come out already. that was the only thing good about that ep...a glimpse of the xperia x1...

[gray_style00 @ Sep 20th 2008 3:25AM]

i cant believe i sat thru that ep. but wen i saw her bust out thexperia, i literally said "thats my phone!!!" ahh!! it needs to comeout already. that was the only thing good about that ep...a glimpseof the xperia x1...

[Reader @ Sep 20th 2008 3:28AM]

"Dude you're confusing me"

Who thinks up this shit? Oh that's right, it doesn't require any thought...

[Yousif @ Sep 20th 2008 3:31AM]

ahh while I'll never have that 44 minutes of my life back (I did keep waiting for it to get better... it never happened, although, I was entertained with the girl's reasoning for why they had to all of a sudden take off their clothes), I did pause it and say to myself, "holy crap, is that the Xperia?!?"

[)law( @ Sep 20th 2008 4:33AM]

Like finding gold in garbage. Wonder what will land in there next the new vaio

[Richard Lai @ Sep 20th 2008 5:28AM]

LOL Notes.

[Phoenix @ Sep 20th 2008 7:15AM]

DEAR GOD.
I hate it when TV does this...

I remember watching a show where for an entire phone call you could CLEARLY see the WM5 Today screen on the screen of the phone... She had it up to her ear but you could still see it.

It breaks me a little inside when I see things like that.

[The Dude @ Sep 20th 2008 2:06PM]

LOL indeed. They were too cheap to send a real txt msg.

[rahat @ Sep 20th 2008 5:50AM]

that show was so magnificently terrible that i actually enjoyed it. my favorite parts were:

1. there was no explanation as to what the hell was going on in the first scene - they asked him to retrieve the target, but didn't tell him wtf it was

2. that was the gayest tech lab of all time

3. how the hell did the missile lock on to michael "tracuer" (gayest name ever btw)

4. that stupid girl in the tech lab

5. why did have "KR" on the bottom of the car

6. haha the whole episode made no sense at all - why did they strip in the car?

i mean really, this episode was so terrible, that it really goes in the hall of fame for awesomeness by virtue of its crappy-ness. i mean it joins the ranks of Fast and the Furious

"YOU EMBARRASS ME!"

"I live my life 1/4 a mile at a time"

"You aint in control till you outta control - tokyo drift baby"

I'm not sure hte show had any extra stupid lines, but it did have excellently terrible scenes. I can't believe the cut off the guys thumb to get his DNA. You coulda just grabbed a tissue swab. its ridiculous. and awesome.

best worst show ever.

[Chris @ Sep 20th 2008 9:35AM]

If this is the worst show, obviously no one here has saw Hole in the Wall. That...truly wins worst show.

[The Dude @ Sep 20th 2008 2:12PM]

@Chris:

Yeah well, what did you expect? They took the premise from a weird Japanese porno called "Glory Hole in the Wall."

[Bad Beaver @ Sep 20th 2008 6:51AM]

Region-limited internet? Sorry Eurotrash, you no watchy, thank's for your interest. WHAT?!

OTOH, do I really want to meet Michael in the pod room? Is this KR or Invasion of the Body Snatchers?

[Elfen @ Sep 20th 2008 7:08AM]

i just have to be sure.. They took that pretty decent looking black mustang(?)
And used it in a show of pure crapdom??

[gad get @ Sep 20th 2008 7:41AM]

Yes.

[gad get @ Sep 20th 2008 7:13AM]

Am I the only one who read the headline as: "Screen Grabs: Mike Traceur needs to speak to his girlfriend... on her"?

[UnnDunn @ Sep 20th 2008 9:04AM]

This is NOT the Knight Rider reboot we were sold with the movie last fall.

That movie had just the right mix of 80s camp and 00s drama.

This series looks like they jacked up the 80s camp to incomprehensible level. :(

[Bloobie @ Sep 20th 2008 8:08PM]

Uhm, February 2008 was not "last Fall". And that movie was just as horrible as this new series. It wasn't even a movie. It was a 2-hour commercial for Ford.

[Michael @ Sep 20th 2008 9:19AM]

What the heck are you guys talking about? Knight Rider was an awesome show. I used to love it when I was a kid.

[UnnDunn @ Sep 20th 2008 10:06AM]

Not THAT Knight Rider. That Knight Rider (featuring The Hoff) was awesome.

We're talking about this NEW Knight Rider, the one that premieres next Tuesday on NBC, and is available on Hulu and various other TV download sites in the US for free as a sneak preview, with KITT played by a Mustang Shelby Cobra and voiced by Val Kilmer.

[UnnDunn @ Sep 20th 2008 10:47AM]

Yeah, THAT Knight Rider (featuring the immortal Hoff) was awesome.

But we're talking about this NEW Knight Rider, with KITT played by a Mustang Shelby Cobra and voiced by Val Kilmer (among other travesties.) THIS Knight Rider premieres this Tuesday on NBC, but if you live in the US, you can watch it on Hulu or download the first episode for free wherever NBC shows are sold online (it's a sneak preview.)

[wow @ Sep 20th 2008 11:02AM]

if u want to know where it is, it's at 26 minutes.

[Jared @ Sep 20th 2008 12:56PM]

Damn you Engadget for linking me to this... this... Damn!

[Ferny @ Sep 20th 2008 12:58PM]

they accidentally the series

[Jon2309 @ Sep 20th 2008 3:53PM]

What, all of it?!

[Ray @ Sep 21st 2008 1:13PM]

MVP /thread

[Cardbored @ Sep 20th 2008 2:11PM]

The truly sad thing is that KR has a 3 and 1/2 star rating on Hulu :[