Lost Knight wrote:
Nearly every posting board member here remembers [Viper]
Yeah, but Lost Knight, my point was, do you think of the show "Viper" every time you see a Dodge Viper? I think, man that is a beautiful car. Looks fast.
Do I remember that show having existed? Yes. Did I ever watch it? No. Do I think that using the Dodge Viper again,
ten years later, is the same as using a Camaro again when another movie that's out, and will probably have a sequel out when the Larson movie comes out, also uses the same car? No, I do not.
But obviously the Mustang has already been chosen. It's set in stone. That makes these car debates strictly hypothetical.
No one is suggesting they are not, however, there is a movie coming from Larson for which the car is yet to be chosen.
That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. And no offense to you, but all of your opinions thus far from the type of car that should have been K.I.T.T., to the actor who should play the driver in the feature film, I've actually questioned as to whether or not you were doing as a joke.
From what I can tell, people who say that are for the most part assuming that all Knight Rider fans are also car enthusiasts, or that a Knight Rider movie would only appeal to car enthusiasts, or, worst of all, that one cannot be a true Knight Rider fan without knowing about engines and drivetrains. Those of us who don't know much about engines or whatever don't really care what kind of engine kitt has or what kind of drivetrain. You can't see that from the outside. Originally, Revolution Studios was saying that Knight Rider movie would appeal to car enthusiasts, and they supplied an example as fans of The Fast and the Furious. So that's why I question the idea that Knight Rider is somehow a car enthusiast's show. A lot of nerds watched that show, man. Until recently I didn't think jocks/gearheads were into it at all.
As far as the driver, in my opinion the whole notion of having him be related to Michael Knight is kind of silly; why can't he be just another agent who has taken the reins from Michael Knight, the latter having retired from field work? Plus if he is Michael Knight's child, you get into this whole sophomoric thing about which character from the old series is his mother.
And if the driver is NOT related to Michael Knight, he doesn't have to look like him in any way, so Will Smith is plausible as a driver, with the obvious exception that the movie will probably not have the budget, based on what we have heard from Victor. (although I'm surprised this is not going to be a major Hollywood $300 million budget type movie
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Will Smith has been in a lot of very popular action movies, from Independence Day to I Am Legend. Just look at that first one, Independence Day, the mannerisms and attitude of that character, that is totally a Knight Rider driver type character. The biggest question about using Will Smith is if he would be into making sequels.
Also, the name "Attack Mode" clearly implies that the Knight 3000 can and will attack adversaries if needed.
Well you can attack someone without killing them. "Pursuit Mode" implies that you're going to capture someone, which is an aggressive act.
I can't take the article seriously because of those mistakes and therefore some of the Knight 3000's functions may be entirely made up for the article, for all I know.
I agree, however, I don't see why Victor referred to Popular Mechanics as respected. Popular Science and Popular Mechanics are both lower tier publications, not to be confused with, for example, Scientific American, or an actual research journal like Science. I think a lot of people on here, including Victor, which surprises me, took that Popular Mechanics thing as gospel, which is quite strange.
). But if I were making a KITT car I wouldn't use internal combustion at all, RWD or FWD, I want maximum acceleration, that means electric motor. Like the Tesla Roadster, it has an electric motor, it goes 0 to 60 in under 4 seconds. That's like the Dodge Viper, but no gasoline is used!!! And the range is 220 miles, maximum speed 125 mph. Plus if KITT were electric/fuel cell, no engine noise, more stealth! 
