Re: Another possible KITT
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:01 pm
...however I'm not sure I'd cast the DeLorean as Kitt...maybe KI3T could transform into one though as a disguise?
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...there are so many avenues the concept of the story could take that its difficult to say actually what sort of car would do...the concept of an AI in form of a car and its driver/companion could work for a raft of stories and settings, from the ordinary to the fantastical, there are actually fewer limits to the concept than most others of comparable format in the era - the imagination of the writers will eventually determine the car, probably not the other way round...The original is the original; what defines the Knight Rider? A black car with a red light? In part, but it won't make any just car a 'kitt'. its only another humble opinion, but I too think originality (with a bit of the spirit of what begun it all mixed in) is the way forward..Jeremy1973 wrote:....If they can totally create a new Batmobile for the Batman movies, then designing a modern KITT shouldn't be to hard instead of trying to find another car company to base KITT on , then there would be no arguing over wich car models would make the best KITT.
(I'm going to use "K.I.T.T." in reference to the "car" rather than Knight 2000, because I'm not yet sure what the "car" is going to be called, so I'm not using the term in reference to K.I.T.T. the "AI" in this example.)Nicholas Knight wrote:I don't see any other cars being sleek as the ORIGINAL KITT. Give em both a modified nose!!!!
- The problem with this theory is that you're forgetting that cars still get damaged. For example in Transformers they made Bumblebee based on the Camaro concept and it cost them about 50,000.00 to make one hero car. Because ONE CAR cost 50k, it did nothing more than drive around in the first film and was under constant care and polish. Now consider that Knight Rider requires a car that can sustain the illusion of damage from gunfire, rockets, lasers, etc - has to turbo boost, do burn outs, be rigged with explosives to "repel" gunfire, crash through walls, and so on. That means you have to cast, mold, modify, and build at least 4-6 different versions of K.I.T.T. for various practical purposes in the movie - if you make it all custom, now you're also dealing with having to work out the engineering mechanics of how this one off car is going to work, how to make sure it's road safe, and so on.Jeremy1973 wrote:It's bad enough that KITT is now a Mustang, I definitely would not watch a Knight Rider that features a Japanese import as the new KITT, at least the Mustang KITT is an American car. I think the new KITT should be a fabricated vehicle , kinda like the Batman movies, they fabricated the Batmobile and those cars are awsome looking. They should just make a new KITT concept car built with the sleekness and futuristic look of the Old KITT and maybe keep the Mustang KITT's double scanners. If they can totally create a new Batmobile for the Batman movies, then designing a modern KITT shouldn't be to hard instead of trying to find another car company to base KITT on , then there would be no arguing over wich car models would make the best KITT.