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I suppose they could possibly modify one of the modern muscle cars to look more vintage, because KITT itself was highly modified for the show. That's another thing that I was disappointed with the 2008 reboot. Despite being able to transform itself into different vehicles, it still was basically a stock mustang without much exotic styling.
We've all got voices in our cars now - what with sat navs and the like. What's Knightrider today? A plain clothes cop with his sparkly satnav. It's old hat.
I think there's weight to the idea of using the Classic TransAm--an old car with advanced onboard sensing and electronic warfare technology (and maybe even a few tricks borrowed from James Bond's cars).
Thinking on it, I'm of the opinion that it would be pretty epic if it was the original KITT, complete with its 'advanced' 80s technology and classic TransAm body.
It would add a great level of camp to a show that honestly should be campy. And there'd be a lot of potential fun as KITT struggles to keep up with all the advances that have occurred since he was mothballed, but still managing to triumph despite it all. Perhaps even competing against some new prototype developed from KARR's wreckage or something who does have all the advantages of modern technology.
I think that might actually be a lot of fun.
It would add a great level of camp to a show that honestly should be campy. And there'd be a lot of potential fun as KITT struggles to keep up with all the advances that have occurred since he was mothballed, but still managing to triumph despite it all. Perhaps even competing against some new prototype developed from KARR's wreckage or something who does have all the advantages of modern technology.
I think that might actually be a lot of fun.
Hell, one of the voices you can get for TomToms these days is the voice of KITT. Many years ago, they even made a special edition Knight Rider GPS.
It's not going to be much of a revival this time, except in the unlikely case that NBC/Universal (one of the partners) or someone else picks it up to go to a full television series. It's most likely only going to be a "season" or two of short low budget webisodes if it follows the pattern of the other Machinima web series so far like Mortal Kombat: Legacy (19, 9-12 minute webisodes) and Halo: Forward Unto Dawn (5, 15 minute webisodes). They also aired Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome after it almost got picked up as a pilot by SyFy, but that's the closest any of them have gotten to being developed beyond low budget short films broken up into webisodes.
I was trying to remember why I couldn't remember, until I realized it was the Mad-Max style movie which had little to do with the series other than the name and the AI car, which was mostly forgettable. On the whole, I think all of the attempts have largely been forgettable, which only adds to the puzzlement that they keep trying. But funny thing is, I think a Mad-Max style reboot would be kind of cool at this point as it would make a bit more sense to separate it from the rest.
I actually rather liked Knight Rider 2010. It wasn't brilliant, but it was interesting, it had some promising ideas, and the dead woman whose consciousness was the template for the AI was played by the stunning and talented Hudson Leick, later Callisto from Xena: Warrior Princess (though she was billed as Heidi Leick at the time).
Given that it had virtually nothing to do with KR, though -- and given that 2010 seemed too early a date for the post-apocalyptic setting, given the backstory as described in the film -- I sometimes wondered if it had originally been a completely unrelated project that Universal just decided to stick the KR title on for promotional reasons. But I think I read somewhere that it was intended as a KR reboot from the start.
Which is why I think it's more about car companies wanting a vehicle to promote their, err, vehicles than anything else. There have been other car-based shows out there, but not many where the car itself was literally a main character.
It wasn't actually too bad for what it was and I can even see why they named it KR. I actually found it entertaining once I had gotten past the idea that it wasn't connected in any way. But as KR? It's easy to forget since it's so out of synch with everything else. Being an unrelated project also wouldn't have been a far stretch since it happens so often in the industry.
Yeah, I can't really think of many others, other than maybe the Dukes of Hazzard. Knight Rider 2000's Knight 4000 was also based on the Pontiac Banshee IV concept, which presumably was supposed to show off how cool the Pontiac brand was. Although ironically it was really a Dodge Stealth under there.
And that's one that probably shouldn't get any more remakes. I was a fan of it back in the day, but these days I can't help but be aware that the car has what's basically a racist symbol emblazoned on its roof. I'd prefer to think the makers of the show didn't intend it in that way, but it is what it is.
Yeah, plus the 2005 movie plus its prequel didn't do all that well and neither were they terribly respective of their source material. It's one of those franchises that are definitely a product of their times. Fun back when they were made, but don't quite work in modern environments.
I'm not sure if Starsky & Hutch would count as a car show, but it did have an iconic vehicle. With the popularity of Hawaii 5-0, they could possibly reboot it.
I'm not sure if Starsky & Hutch would count as a car show, but it did have an iconic vehicle. With the popularity of Hawaii 5-0, they could possibly reboot it.
I was always a fan of the Knight Rider series. We didn't really get shown Team Knight Rider in the UK but I did see the original show, the two movies and the 2008 series. The only one I didn't like was Knight Rider 2010 - that just felt like it wanted to be Mad Max.
I loved the 2008 reboot though. Every so often I just want a fun show that you can just watch to enjoy the ride. Knight Rider did that for me, particularly after they made it more about "one man and his car" late on in the series. I think Justin Lin could be the right man to do a new Knight Rider and I can't wait!
I loved the 2008 reboot though. Every so often I just want a fun show that you can just watch to enjoy the ride. Knight Rider did that for me, particularly after they made it more about "one man and his car" late on in the series. I think Justin Lin could be the right man to do a new Knight Rider and I can't wait!
Yeah, what little I saw of the Dukes of Hazzard movie reboot was pretty dreadful. They turned it into the kind of crass, mean-spirited comedy that's been popular in recent years, whereas the original -- aside from the troubling implications of the Confederate symbology on the car -- was always very good-natured and wholesome, surprisingly so considering that it was a show about moonshiners with criminal records fighting against deeply corrupt local government and law enforcement.
I think I liked 2010 best because I've never really been a fan of Knight Rider, so departing from that is not something I see as a negative. Besides, there are worse things to emulate than Mad Max, right? That's kind of a classic film series.
What I find interesting about all the KR reboots is that they all (except 2010) purport to be sequels to the original Hasselhoff series, and yet they all disregard each other. Each one presents itself as the only continuation of the original, ignoring and contradicting all the others. It's the same sort of thing as Godzilla continuity -- multiple reboot continuities that were all sequels to the original film (with the exception of this year's Shin Godzilla) but were incompatible with each other.
And also the same as the Highlander films.
Sounds about right. I'd also add James Bond to that. Casino Royale gave us a brand new James Bond but we still had Dame Judi as M, continuing on from her appearances in the Pierce Brosnan movies. Then we first get Moneypenny and Q in Skyfall. Wait, what?
Yeah, wasn't counting that one either. What a lost opportunity that was. Thankfully the trend of making comedy movies out of more serious franchises has tapered off. I've never really understood it. You get a famous franchise and get to do a movie on it and end up making one that's more of a spoof of the original material. It'd be like making the Mission Impossible movies comedies with hilarious hijinks.
Yeah, the 2005 theatrical movie that came before it, the one with Willie Nelson as Uncle Jessie and Jessica Simpson as Daisy Duke was OK for what it was, I guess, especially when you consider what would happen next. Willie Nelson was its best part, but the followup which you speak of was so far off the mark it was head-scratching. It was a disgusting disrespect for the source material, so much that none of the original people involved in the series wanted anything to do with it. All the way through, I kept wondering what the heck prompted them to think it would be a good idea. It was like watching a bizzaro version of the franchise , and was a shock that they'd take a dump on it, when, as you say, the show was always genuinely good natured.
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