remake of Knight Rider? & Kitt is a Cobra this time

[JPkempo]

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[ctc]

>Your posts (in many respects, if not all) come across as negating any idea that
vaguely resembles another as if that's a sin unto itself---

My biggest problem with most entertainment is intellectual inbreeding. Doing something that resembles something else isn't bad in and of itself. Neither is re-doing something... but the problem for me is that I get the same few ideas over and over and over. A lot of times when something is brought back like this it's brought back in only the coarsest terms, and slapped over whatever the current standard is. THAT'S what I hate. Not only are you getting the same old same old, but you're getting it under the pretext of something that was (mostly due to when it was made) different.

So a remake doesn't IMMEDIATELY count as something bad to me, but it does send up warning flags. Like I said; the idea that they'd go with an established property over something actually new shows a reluctance to innovate. They haven't been remaking so many old shows lately 'cos they've come up with a brilliant new take on "The Wild Wild West;" they do it 'cos they're hoping enough folks will say "Hey! I used to LOVE that show!" and watch. Maybe nobody will notice that it bears a surprising resemblance to the current buddy cop formula....

One of the reasons I like older shows so much is 'cos they're different from what I see now. Not because they're better or anything; but because they were made thirty years ago, with different formulae and different ideals. Remaking them holds no inherent appeal to me 'cos it strips away those differences.

>Replacing the "other buddy" with a car = GREAT IDEA...

The 80's (and the 60's) seemed to have this weird sense of experimentation: they made all sorts of weird shows. And I love that sort of thing, but they never seemed to follow through. Once you got past the premise, the shows were usually pretty standard. ("Don't die on me pal!" "He COULDN'T have done it chief! He's one of the good guys!" "You can't break up the team chief!")

Don C.

[English Paul]

And I thought that the new KITT was a Mustang. How naive us Brits are
A mate of mine is a huge Knight Rider fan (he has a replica Trans Am) and was heavily involved in the UK Knightcon this year. When I asked him about the car he said "there will be another" as well which I presume will be a movie.

[thunderbolt]

Still waiting for the Hardcastle and McCormick movie.

[BlackKnight]

I loved that show, saw every episode, all 10 of 'em
Shame they didn't make more

Agreed. Highwayman was a Fantastic Show. Wish it would come to DVD.

[Hulk]

If you really think about it, the potential for this to be better than the original, imo, are... Pretty Darned Good. The ability to replace William Daniels as the iconic voice of KITT, not so much.

[Meule]

I hadn't thought of it before, but there were a LOT of car shows in the 80's.... Are you maybe thinking of "The Highwayman?" The truck turned into a helicopter too. Sort of.

Don C.

I loved that show, saw every episode, all 10 of 'em
Shame they didn't make more

[JPkempo]

Alot will depend on how much they change. Change to much you loose the feel of the original. Don't change enough and it is a joke. Very few get it right, Battlestar Galatica hi it on the head. Bionicwoman changed to much. Have to wait and see how it comes off.

[huedell]

(Night Rider really was just a buddy cop show, where one buddy happened to be a car.)

Replacing the "other buddy" with a car = GREAT IDEA...which was/is my point
(or, at least one of 'em anyway)

"Resembling another idea" ???
Who should really give a dang??? ---

Your posts (in many respects, if not all) come across as negating any idea that
vaguely resembles another as if that's a sin unto itself---when really it comes
down to if the show is entertaining for a good-sized audience or not---and --most
importantly, I'd say, if its entertaining for yourself---

Billions of human brains have been pumped out into existence long before
TV and movie ideas were created
and those human brains haven't evolved or transmutated into anything all that
progressive in thousands of years----so I don't really expect that kinda "newness"
out of TV/movie entertainment--things that really have only been around
for mere decades

[ctc]

>Jetto's Tractor Trailer looked just like a car in front. I have each and every episode!

You sound almost proud of that......

>In the 80s, vapid (but FUN) action shows like KNIGHT RIDER could coast
a bit more on such things---

Well.... sorta I guess. A lot of interesting concept shows died back then. A lot of it was really poorly done. They seemed to rely more on the base concept than any real character, plot, or presentation. ("The Highwayman" comes to mind...) Some of 'em took nonetheless. "Night Rider," "The A-Team," "The Fall Guy...." They were all stripped down and shallow versions of ideas that had come before; but folks liked 'em. (Night Rider really was just a buddy cop show, where one buddy happened to be a car.)

I get scared whenever I see a remake simply 'cos the idea that they're doing a remake to begin with shows a reluctance to do anything new. I fully expect stuff like the new Night Rider to be just like everything else on tv right now.

I wonder if the evil twin's gonna be a Saturn?

Don C.

[toys2cool]

I'd watch a few episodes just cause of that car,that Cobra's out of hand

[huedell]

But will they be able to re-create the subtle writing, unseen plot twists, deep character developments AND the unquestionable level of acting by one David Hasslehoff?

All sarcasm aside...THAT is oh so important in today's "thick" marketplace

In the 80s, vapid (but FUN) action shows like KNIGHT RIDER could coast
a bit more on such things---
in 2008, a time where there is much MORE to watch on TV (and therefore
MORE quality programming)---there better be some "upping of the ante" or,
as others have predicted---this thing'll be gone before it begins

[Wee67]

The producers say this is a sequel, not a remake, so I guess its a torch passing.

But will they be able to re-create the subtle writing, unseen plot twists, deep character developments AND the unquestionable level of acting by one David Hasslehoff? I think not, my friends. I think not.

[huedell]

The "Hoff" is in this, so I assume he's passing on the torch.

That aspect is a treat in my eyes.
Nice touch.

[palitoy]

Looks interesting. So is this a total remake or Knight Rider the next Generation?

The "Hoff" is in this, so I assume he's passing on the torch.