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How about learning what the term selling out means while I go find a wall to smash my head against
WIBoomer1 wrote:I first think that people who think KITT should be a TA for the movie have no understanding of how business works.
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DevonStyles wrote:You could not walk into any Pontiac dealership back in the day and order the Kitt dash and scanner package on your car.
I first think that people who think KITT should be a T/A for the movie have no understanding of how business works.
Knight2000 wrote:I completely disagree. Just because some people (incl me) feel that a T/A would be great for KITT doesn't necessarily mean we don't know how businesses work.
Knight2000 wrote:Personally, I would love to see KITT return as a T/A but I also accept the reasons he won't be one. However, KITT does need to have an iconic shape whose silhouette is instantly recognizable, a car which immediately invokes KITT, a car that other people would want to make their own cars look like.
Knight2000 wrote:A major issue with custom cars is going to be cost. Sure you could have a custom-built car but you'd have to have a few (rather than relying on just one) and that would cost £££ (or $$$ in US). A franchise such as Batman has a huge fanbase, and a lot of money behind it. People are gonna (and have) paid to go see the movie and it resulted in huge profits. Trying to do this with a smaller movie, with a smaller fanbase and backing would mean the 'custom' car wouldn't be hugely fantastic.
Kitt was originally going to be a corvette (like the one Face drove in the A-team. As I understand it, a train carrying a load of T/As derailed. The cars couldn't be sold to the general public but they were bought for the series cheaply. T/As weren't hugely fancy cars, they weren't very powerful but universal/Larson were able to turn an average 'sports' car into an icon.
Knight2000 wrote:Although I've said I would have liked a T/A, as I mentioned above, any car that invoked the spirit of KITT would do for me. Especially if it was a lot more aerodynamic than the brick that was the mustang.