In article <8baoi3hb177i9i49brvr7caj506ikb56bk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Charles
Galloway <CSGalloway@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> It looks like KITT has himself a new partner.
>
> NBC has tapped soap star Justin Bruening to front a new Knight Rider
> TV movie that could serve as a pilot to a revived series based on the
> '80s action-adventure about a crimefighter and his talking Trans-Am.
>
> Per the Hollywood Re****ter, the 28-year-old actor will play the son of
> Michael Knight, the original series' hero played by David Hasselhoff.
>
> The 1982-86 Knight Rider chronicled how an undercover cop named
> Michael Long was gunned down on the job and then given a new face and
> identity by a secret, extragovernmental Foundation for Law and
> Government . Rechristened Michael Knight, after the dying billionaire
> behind FLAG, he is dispatched to fight baddies with his chatty s****ts
> car, KITT.
>
> The souped-up, artificially intelligent Knight Industries Two Thousand
> features an arsenal that would make James Bond jealous: fire and
> bulletproof frame, turbo engine with superpursuit mode, spiked tires,
> radar and, presumably, a killer hi-fi.
>
> This time out, the younger Knight's ride will feature more aftermarket
> mods, perhaps even morphing into a Transformers-like 'bot. The make
> and model of the new vehicle hasn't been announced, though. NBC is
> seeking an automaker to partner with for the retooled KITT.
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Another complete garbage, in-name-only show form the idiots in charge.
If I want to watch Transformers, then I'll watch transformers. :-(
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