goldbug wrote:In the TKR universe, we got KRO, and while his story was different than TOS KARR's, it was still the premise of "We made a screwed up AI...again, whoops." So it's not as if we don't have a precedent for an episode involving a second killer car that had nothing to do with the first.
Actually, if I remember correctly, they didn't mess up on KRO's AI.... he was programmed to compliment and match the personality of his driver. In his case, Martin, his driver, was insane... and that made the car go insane. So that wasn't really the car's fault that FLAG placed a crazy man with the car...
I don't know about the whole "whole new and different AI" thing. My problem is I don't understand why they would make a whole new one for this thing. I mean, how could linking this KARR to the original KARR ruin anything in the story? If anything, it would help them...
Here is how I think about it... worst case scenario: Some kid who never has heard of the original Knight Rider tunes into the KARR episode and they hear the explanation that this is a crazy robot on the loose, developed my the military using the original KARR AI they had recovered. Okay, now they heard that fact. What would they get from it? They would know this thing is crazy and on the loose, something the new KI3T and MK Jr. would have to take care of. There is the motivation for the plot. What else does it provide? Well, for one, it throws us TOSers a bone and connects it to the original series, and we get all excited and tell our friends and watch more. What does this connection do to the new viewer? Well, two things... either the viewer could care less and just go from there, OR, they could get interested in what happened to KARR in the 80's and either go get the DVD sets for Season 1 and/or 3, or iTunes downloads for Trust Doesn't Rust and/or KITT vs. KARR (if they are available). Of course there is "other methods" to get them. But worst case.... the spend 5 second to mention this connection, and they can make a possible sale from a DVD or iTunes video. Why the heck wouldn't they want to do this?!? They want to make some money, here ya go... connect it to the original in small and subtle ways to get more new people both interesting in the new show and the backstory from the original series, and us die-hard fans happy.
Why don't they think of these things? I think I should be a network exec because I would have jumped all over this kind of thing.... but that's just me. Now I am going to step off my soapbox and take a breather....
I hope that rant made sense to someone...
Steve