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The General Knight Rider thread.

Yeah, that falls under the Japanese part of the cultural turducken. But it's definitely part of the stereotype, yes. (American media assumes all Japanese people are ninjas, and Japanese media assumes all Americans are cowboys.)

Isn't there an actual make of motorcycle called the Ninja?
Must be a Ninja Cowboy out there somewhere. :lol:
 
Must be a Ninja Cowboy out there somewhere. :lol:

 
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Loved the Morriconesque soundtrack bit!
 
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Loved the Morriconesque soundtrack bit!

Why is that titled "kenichi smith"? That's Kane Kosugi as Jiraiya/NinjaBlack from Kakuranger. Although he did play a character named Kenichi Kai in the American direct-to-video series Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero.

He also played an evil Kamen Rider in a 2022 movie, making him the first of the three actors who've played transforming characters onscreen in all three franchises (four if you count Johnny Yong Bosch's voice roles), and is the only one to have appeared in a Godzilla movie as well.
 
So, if they did what they did in "Cobra Kai" -- not a remake, but set in the same universe, I'd like to see Michael in charge of F.L.A.G.

Michael had a son at some point, and they are estranged but eventually his son starts to see the world for what it is and starts wanting to reconnect with his dad. then his dad suggests he try out this super secret car they have...
 
So, if they did what they did in "Cobra Kai" -- not a remake, but set in the same universe, I'd like to see Michael in charge of F.L.A.G.

Michael had a son at some point, and they are estranged but eventually his son starts to see the world for what it is and starts wanting to reconnect with his dad. then his dad suggests he try out this super secret car they have...
It would be about Garthe.


and this truck. But a newer one.

 
So, if they did what they did in "Cobra Kai" -- not a remake, but set in the same universe, I'd like to see Michael in charge of F.L.A.G.

That would be the most likely option. And it really makes me curious what they'll end up picking for the car. I've mentioned this before, but there have been rumours of GM resurrecting the Pontiac line, and I think it would be a stroke of luck if they could use the show to relaunch the brand. I think it makes most sense for it to remain an American car.
 
Yep. Always could be more.
Well, Michael was quite the lady's man in the original series. I think in almost every episode there was some damsel he had to save. What they did after credits rolled was their business.

By the way, I don't watch many modern TV dramas, but is it my impression that the serial Don Juan who meets a woman who looks at him with heart-shaped eyes every episode is a nearly extinct trope?
 
By the way, I don't watch many modern TV dramas, but is it my impression that the serial Don Juan who meets a woman who looks at him with heart-shaped eyes every episode is a nearly extinct trope?

Somewhat, but largely because TV today tends to be more serialized, so that even shows with episodic plotting tend to have ongoing character and relationship arcs. In the past, even a character who was not really a womanizer could appear that way due to the number of single-episode romances he was given. Captain Kirk was anything but a skirt-chaser, despite modern myths; he was devoted to command first and foremost, and his romance plots were usually the result of the woman pursuing him, or a ploy on Kirk's part to advance a mission, or Kirk's mental state being altered, or the like. MacGyver was a sensitive guy who respected women (and never put the moves on his trouble-prone friend Penny Parker despite her looking like Teri Hatcher in her prime), but he accumulated an improbable number of old flames over the course of the series, like most series leads of that era.

But these days, if a character has that attribute, it's more likely to be as a specific character trait, like with the title character of Lucifer. With him, his womanizing was a peripheral element alongside his developing relationship with Chloe, an aspect of his generally hedonistic and shallow personality, rather than the result of him getting involved with multiple guest stars from week to week.
 
By the way, I don't watch many modern TV dramas, but is it my impression that the serial Don Juan who meets a woman who looks at him with heart-shaped eyes every episode is a nearly extinct trope?
For the most part. They sometimes try to rehash old characters that were once like that and go way overboard with the concept.
 
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