On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 01:54:42 -0400, "Wombat-Pipex-News"
<wombat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Hello
>
>"Ed Chilada" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:43:07 -0400, "Wombat-Pipex-News"
>> <wombat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>Michael could still have KITT in his personal collection somewere safe
>>>just
>>>waiting to kick ass on fallback. Or even in a personal Musem on Display
>>>as a tribute to what started the FLAG. These new kids could do there
bit,
>>>then get into deep sh*te and the only one left to do the job would be
>>>kitt back from Storage. That kind of plot has been done may times
before
>>
>> And that's a good reason to do it *again*?! Besides, yeah it's been
>> done before.. in Knight Rider 2000! And..
>>
>>> and has worked well.
>>
>> I'd disagree with that!
>
>K2000 Was NOTHING at all like what I described.
Wasn't it about getting Michael and Kitt back out of retirement
because things had gone downhill again and they needed him to return
to duty for "one last mission"? That sounds pretty much the same as
you described.
And giving it some thought, yeah you're right, it *has* been done
before.. Rambo II+, Rocky IV, Commando, Under Siege, Die Hard,
Demolition Man.. all variations on the retired-then-reinstated theme.
> But I would agree that it was ****e.
heh!
>Apart from the theme tune, which I realy liked.
>I didnt like the fact that they killed devon off either.
I thought it was a bold move, but I also thought it was bold for the
sake of it rather than adding anything to the film.
>>>Just dont think that a vampet up plastic molded peace of ****e modern
car
>>>will do the trick. The Trans-am styling was almost Perfect.
>>
>> For 30+ years ago!
>
>20 years ! 30yrs would take you to the smokey and the bandet type.
>:-)
Arg! Excuse my maths!
>>>To be honest I think that KITT and the nose is 110% a better design
>>>than any of the Original Trans-ams styling produced in stock.
>>>Most of the modern cars made today are based on the same floor pan
>>>designes anyhow, and All are pants.
>>
>> Yeah, the Koenigsegg's probably based on a Ford Focus!
>
>Thats a **** car anyhow. Ya its fast. but stick a V12 in any bit of
plastic
>and you`d get the same results.
If it was that easy, everyone would be doing it. What you'd end up
with is a crap car that goes well in a straight line but can be caught
up by the Ford Focus on the corners! The Koenigsegg is the fastest car
around the Top Gear track:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/powerlaps.shtml
and that track doesn't have too many long straights. It's an awesome
car.
>> Perhaps if you need a flashback to feature the Trans Am, sure. But if
>> it's set in present day (or near future), then quite frankly, basing
>> it on a car from a fair amount into the last century is going to look
>> stupid.
>
>Near Future? What rubish. Knight Rider was not set in the future. Only
the
>****e K2000 was. Knight Rider the Series was set in the Present day.
Of course it was and I wasn't suggesting otherwise. I was only saying
that *if* the film was set in the present or near future, then having
a car from the 80s would be bizarre.
That is essentially the point. It was set in present day and the Trans
Am was a current car of *that* present day and therefore made sense.
If the film is also set in present day (ie, 2006), then again they'd
have to pick a car from the present day, not from 25 years ago.
Imagine if they'd chosen a 25 year old car in 1982, KITT would have
been something from 1957, and how stupid would that have looked?
> But as Far as I can see no car has come close to the KITT of old.
> Infact most cars of today have only just cought it up.
Only just? The technologies you mention:
> Air con, Electric windows, Central Locking, Power Steering.
>Central Consol with Glove Box. and All the other bits of Kit that you
take
>for granted in all the modern day cars.
have all been around for decades and these days I'd expect to get most
of that even on 'poverty spec' cars. You even get technologies as
standard in cars these days that were the 'fantasy' features from
KITT, such as voice control, radar controlled cruise, external camera
screens, sat nav etc..
>This car is in mint condition. Its even got a galvonised Steel shasi.
Wow, that took me a while to figure out! You mean "chassis"!
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