KNIGHT INDUSTRIES 2000 - Car Of The Week 10/8/2015

[Richard Baker]

"The 1991 movie Knight Rider 2000 saw the first KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand) in pieces, and Michael Knight himself reviving the microprocessor unit, which is eventually transferred into the body of the vehicle intended to be the original KITT's direct successor, the Knight 4000. The new vehicle was a modified 1991 Dodge Stealth, appearing similar to the Pontiac Banshee prototype. However, no reference to this storyline nor any appearance of the Knight 4000 is made in the new series or its 2008 pilot movie. In Knight Rider 2000, it is stated that most of the Knight 2000 parts had been sold off. However, Graiman's garage in the 2008 pilot shows a more complete collection of parts than in the boxes recovered by Michael Knight in the 1991 film Knight Rider 2000. This adds to the mystique of the current whereabouts of the original KITT in the time-frame of the new series.

In a seemingly peripheral spin-off series called Team Knight Rider, KITT is seen as the shadow, an advisor. Later on it is revealed that "The Shadow" is actually a hologram run by KITT. In "Knight of the Living Dead", Graiman states a third KITT, a back-up, exists. When KITT is about to die, his memories are downloaded so the third KITT can use them, however in the end the third AI is not used."

 

[Admiral2]

I actually thought the Knight 4000 (Pontiac Banshee concept) was pretty sweet too.

Nah. It was just tiny...and red...

"The 1991 movie Knight Rider 2000 saw the first KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand) in pieces, and Michael Knight himself reviving the microprocessor unit, which is eventually transferred into the body of the vehicle intended to be the original KITT's direct successor, the Knight 4000. The new vehicle was a modified 1991 Dodge Stealth, appearing similar to the Pontiac Banshee prototype. However, no reference to this storyline nor any appearance of the Knight 4000 is made in the new series or its 2008 pilot movie. In Knight Rider 2000, it is stated that most of the Knight 2000 parts had been sold off. However, Graiman's garage in the 2008 pilot shows a more complete collection of parts than in the boxes recovered by Michael Knight in the 1991 film Knight Rider 2000. This adds to the mystique of the current whereabouts of the original KITT in the time-frame of the new series.

In a seemingly peripheral spin-off series called Team Knight Rider, KITT is seen as the shadow, an advisor. Later on it is revealed that "The Shadow" is actually a hologram run by KITT. In "Knight of the Living Dead", Graiman states a third KITT, a back-up, exists. When KITT is about to die, his memories are downloaded so the third KITT can use them, however in the end the third AI is not used."

Knight Rider 2000: "Hey! Let's kill off Devon and make the new head of FLAG a hot blonde with attitude! And Let's use a car that kinda looks a futuristic KITT, but we'll paint him red!"

Team Knight Rider: "Hey! Let's make a bunch of cars this time, and make two of the drivers babes with nice tits! And there's a big-ass plane!"

Those are the real takeaways from those shows, plot points notwithstanding...

 

[cardinal biggles]

I actually thought the Knight 4000 (Pontiac Banshee concept) was pretty sweet too.

Nah. It was just tiny...and red...

Because they built a shell that sort of looked like the Banshee concept onto a Dodge Stealth (which was a smaller car than either the Banshee or the Firebird of the day).

 

[Corran Horn]

Knight Rider 2000: "Hey! Let's kill off Devon and make the new head of FLAG a hot blonde with attitude! And Let's use a car that kinda looks a futuristic KITT, but we'll paint him red!"

To be honest, KR2000 was pretty clearly a pilot movie for a new series with the blonde taking the Michael role and Maddux being the new Devon/Head of FLAG.

 

[Admiral2]

Knight Rider 2000: "Hey! Let's kill off Devon and make the new head of FLAG a hot blonde with attitude! And Let's use a car that kinda looks a futuristic KITT, but we'll paint him red!"

To be honest, KR2000 was pretty clearly a pilot movie for a new series with the blonde taking the Michael role and Maddux being the new Devon/Head of FLAG.

That sounds even less appealing...

 

[Richard Baker]

Knight Rider 2000: "Hey! Let's kill off Devon and make the new head of FLAG a hot blonde with attitude! And Let's use a car that kinda looks a futuristic KITT, but we'll paint him red!"

Team Knight Rider: "Hey! Let's make a bunch of cars this time, and make two of the drivers babes with nice tits! And there's a big-ass plane!"

Those are the real takeaways from those shows, plot points notwithstanding...

Hey don't forget Knight Rider 2010!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider_2010
http://www.imcdb.org/i023620.jpg
which fought this-
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/15907484.jpg

 

[ihno]

Oh yeah, Kitt or K.I.T.T.

Years ago I read all about the different models, the empty shells and the rubber-suit-Kitt and miniatures of Kitt. Some I even noticed as a little kid when we all watched and adored the series. But the series was great (at least we thought so). And of course we talked to our watches. So I have to vote "awesome"!

Today it can be fun to watch if I'm the mood for some cheese and nostalgia but the fourth season is the weakest one I guess. The Super-Pursuit-Mode is too stupid and R.C. was kind of redundant as well.

As for the other shows: I didn't watch a single of them. The show was about Kitt and esp. Kitt in the Trans Am. Without that it's not Knight Rider.

 

[Samurai8472]

Evil twin episodes were fun. The computer game did the same having Garthe and KARR team up.

If only they put KARR into Goliath

I got the version of that from the show where Michael had to turn KITT's turbo booster into a ramjet after they got beat down in the desert.

That was a pretty memorable scene with K.I.T.T tipped over on his side.

 

[Owain Taggart]

VAL KILMER as KITT?

I know, right?? It wasn't right at all. He was totally wrong for it. He wasn't sarcastic. He just had a snippy and insulting attitude, even insulting his driver, and it was just sad watching it.

I even made an avatar for one of the avatar contests years back.

 

[Admiral2]

This is the type of video I wanted to include with this thread but couldn't find at the time of posting:

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvo0belqm_I[/yt]

 

[wildstar]

A few years ago there was a KITT operators manual available:
http://knightrideronline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9670

I've got the Season1/2 version (far left book in the image). It's pretty nice.

 

[Astra]

I would have used the season 3 configuration:

The little screens are replaced with one big screen and it's an overall cleaner look

Yeah, I never could really shake that "new" and "different" feeling after having watched the old version. I'm not good with changes

My K.I.T.T. was able to open the side doors and the back door, open the roof, turn the wheel and gearstick, and I had made the "screens" so that I could put different pictures into it. And even the headlights could move out - I used the yellow plastic from a Kinder egg for it. You can see more detailed pictures here if you like.

Also - would this be the right place to post this?

 

[Admiral2]

I would have used the season 3 configuration:

The little screens are replaced with one big screen and it's an overall cleaner look

Yeah, I never could really shake that "new" and "different" feeling after having watched the old version. I'm not good with changes

My K.I.T.T. was able to open the side doors and the back door, open the roof, turn the wheel and gearstick, and I had made the "screens" so that I could put different pictures into it. And even the headlights could move out - I used the yellow plastic from a Kinder egg for it. You can see more detailed pictures here if you like.

Also - would this be the right place to post this?

There's no there KITT specific thread that I know of...

 

[Saul]

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...=638525051d5ebab0e8f873061902cd36&oe=56CACC7C

This is a pretty cool picture. Do a soft reboot and continue where the 80s series left off. One man still making a difference.

 

[arch101]

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...=638525051d5ebab0e8f873061902cd36&oe=56CACC7C

This is a pretty cool picture. Do a soft reboot and continue where the 80s series left off. One man still making a difference.

Holy crap! That's a pretty recent pic, isn't it? Except for the grey hair, does that guy ever age?

 

[Shaka Zulu]

NOW I remember why I never watched that show...

I had no problem with it, and seeing as that the original Trans Am wasn't being made anymore, it sounded better to have KITT be a different car. Too bad the car wasn't a Dodge Challenger or a Charger, or even a Camaro.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Yeah, I had no problem with it being a different car. Just felt that the choice of car wasn't best. It was also pretty much a Ford commercial.

 

[Shaka Zulu]

^So? The original was a Pontiac Trans Am commercial, and I'm surprised that there wasn't this: 'Knight Rider-brought to you by General Motors, makers of the Trans Am, Camaro, and other fine cars' (The FBI was sponsored by Ford and the new Hawaii Five-O is sponsored by Chevrolet, both shows having Ford and Chevy cars in them.)

 

[Owain Taggart]

Well, I think it was just made more obvious. Sometimes they're more subtle about it, but other times not so much, writing the product placement into the show. Done more subtly can be more effective, in my opinion. I just remember it being very obvious in that show.

 

[Admiral Bear]

Having found the Japanese Blu-ray rips elsewhere a while back, and downloading a *ahem* few episodes across the series, with the odd exception, my word they've scrubbed up well. The benefit of having been shot on film.

For a tiny bit of loss around the edges, I can watch them in full 16:9 on my 50".