"Anybody" <anybody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> In the Original KR premiere, they used several of KITT's features.
Now,
>> I
>> understand that having a brand new Mustang jump over a car, and getting
>> completely destroyed doing it is a financial burden, but come on. The
>> '82
>> Trans Am would have been just as expensive back then, as the Mustang is
>> now.
>> They could even use computer graphics, but no.
>> Like I said, it was a pretty good movie. Nothing that I would rush out
>> and
>> buy, but I would definitely tune in if it becomes a series.
>
> Many of the jumps and stunts in the original Knight Rider were either
> done using a small-scale models and / or slow motion cameras. I think
> there may also have been a "junk" car (one that couldn't run) which was
> towed / pushed for some stunts.
No way. They actually jumped the Trans Am's. Some were just shells of a
Trans Am (which you could definitely tell), and some yes were small
models,
but they still used actual Trans Am's whenever they could. Take a look at
the blooper real's on the Net. You can probably find them on Youtube.
Some
of those cars got smashed pretty good. Actually, there is a "bonus" part
in
the Season One DVD set called "Knight Moves" where Jack Gill, who was the
primary stunt coordinator was interviewed. He tells of all the jumps they
did, all the different cars they used (some for chase scenes, some for
burn
outs, some were computer controlled, some were just for show), and reveals
that he has a titanium plate in his neck from his spine compressing after
each jump he did. He even talks about the Semi stunts, where KITT would
back out of the Semi. He says that was actually a Trans Am backing out of
a
Semi, going down the road at 50 MPH, and he ripped off a few mirrors
during
the series's run.
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