The General Knight Rider thread.

[Christopher]

Base models and Esprits didn't get the screaming chicken, only Trans Ams.

I know, but that's kind of the point. Why was it so rare to put that kind of decoration on a car? I thought it was cool as a kid, and I still do, but most cars ever since have just had bland monochrome bodies, or maybe the occasional racing stripes.

Of course, in several Asian countries, they have vehicles custom-painted with incredibly intricate artwork, like the jingle trucks of South Asia and the Japanese dekotora. I think they have them in Africa too, if I remember right from the Sense8 TV series. I guess there's some American tradition of painting vehicles, notably the sides of vans, or hippie buses or stock cars. But actually selling cars with a standard artwork like the Firebird emblem is just not done anymore.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Of course, in several Asian countries, they have vehicles custom-painted with incredibly intricate artwork, like the jingle trucks of South Asia and the Japanese dekotora. I think they have them in Africa too, if I remember right from the Sense8 TV series. I guess there's some American tradition of painting vehicles, notably the sides of vans, or hippie buses or stock cars. But actually selling cars with a standard artwork like the Firebird emblem is just not done anymore.

"Art is Subjective", it's easier to sell a Mono-Colored vehicle.

Even "Racing Stripes" are generally not applied to most vehicles for sale.

If you want to add in art, you can do that with plenty of "After Market" options to get that done for you.

 

[Christopher]

If you want to add in art, you can do that with plenty of "After Market" options to get that done for you.

Which just makes it more odd that so few people do.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Which just makes it more odd that so few people do.

Most people treat cars as a tool to get from Point A to B.

There's only a small sub section who really loves cars.

 

[Skipper]

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He says that just the documentary is worth of the set price.

 

[Christopher]

Most people treat cars as a tool to get from Point A to B.

There's only a small sub section who really loves cars.

It's not about loving cars; I just think people might enjoy getting from point A to point B more if their conveyances were nicer to look at.

 

[Skipper]

The first ever screen used original KITT

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[BillJ]

It's not about loving cars; I just think people might enjoy getting from point A to point B more if their conveyances were nicer to look at.

Depends on the personality.

 

[bdub76]

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He says that just the documentary is worth of the set price.

Interesting.

So wait for it to go on sale and then snag it for the documentary. No reason to pay full price.

 

[FredH]

I'm not sure how reliable this site is, but it's reporting that the Knight Rider feature film may be intended as part of a shared universe along with reboots of Airwolf and what would now be called The Six Billion Dollar Man, since those are all Universal properties.

Knight Rider Movie Rumored to Launch Airwolf and Six Billion Dollar Man Shared Universe | Cosmic Book News

Rumors suggest the Knight Rider movie will kick off a shared universe with Airwolf and The Six Billion Dollar Man, tied together by AI tech.

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What, they couldn’t throw in Street Hawk, too? Unfair!

 

[Skipper]

What, they couldn’t throw in Street Hawk, too? Unfair!

Everyone in the 80s wanted their "Knight Rider"!

 

[Skipper]

Now I'd like to talk about the element of the franchise that I probably hate the most.

Knight Rider 2000.

First let's talk about the only good thing, Jan Hammer's splendid theme.

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And that's where we end whatever good I have to say about the KR2000.

(From now, well, spoilers!)

The film has many problems. It's slow. Boring. The setting is intended to be a sort of Robocop-Lite, but with the constraints of a TV show. The new Kitt appears practically in the last 10 minutes and doesn't do anything interesting. The new characters who would be the protagonists of the potential new series are absolutely insignificant. Devon is killed for no good reason.

But what bothers me the most is that for some reason they decided to make this movie a Second Amendment fanatic's wet dream.

We're in the future, and there's even background news reminiscent of Robocop. Criminals are being sent into cryogenic sleep instead of prison. But the most significant change is that a mayor has decided to completely ban firearms! Even the police can only use useless "stun guns" (it's clear they're truly ineffective).

And according to the mantra of all those against any form of gun control, if you make guns illegal, who will be the only ones to have them?

Exactly! Criminals!

KR2000 is a mediocre sci-fi movie made by someone who's watched Robocop too many times and just finished screenwriting 101. It's uninteresting. It has a bizarre ideological stance. It's slow. Nothing happens until the end. It's not an action movie. It's not a thriller. I'm not sure exactly what they were trying to achieve with it.

(You can find the whole movie on YouTube, but please, don't watch it).

EDIT

And KIFT is UGLY