I can understand that, and it's frankly the logical course of action to take IF Michael Knight was to be a central character involved. However, we have to look at this from the producers' point of view (who, by the way, are the ones who have the final say here), which is to follow the "do our own thing" mentality. The producers as well as NBC Universal want to go in their own direction, as what should be obvious from the backdoor pilot regardless of Gary Scott Thompson's new involvement.knightprobe89 wrote:i think its really screwed up that the producers dont want the hoff to have any on screen involvement in the new series, he is suppose to be the father of mike tracer, i think without a hasselhoff involvement the series is doomed to fail, he is the only link left from the original knight rider and he needs to be a part of the series, i personally think he should be the new boss of flag, he could be the new devon miles, that would be aewsome. leave it to nbc to screw things up!!!
And honestly, would you really want to rehash exactly what someone else has already done 25 years ago, or would you want to establish your own creativity and put your own mark on the franchise if you were in charge? Hollywood is obviously an ego-driven place, and these types of issues sculpt the popular culture that you, me and everyone else is subjected to.
I have to disagree. I don't believe at all that David Hasselhoff is unreliable because of a leaked video of him being drunk (in the privacy of his own home and as if nobody else in the world gets drunk regularly themselves). If the man had a reputation of not showing up to acting gigs because of his alcoholism there'd be a valid point, but his alcoholism has never affected his performances as an actor at all. It's merely affected his overall image as an actor, not his actual performances or reliability. Michael Knight is obviously probably the most important role to him that he's ever played (at least I have the distinct impression that that's the only role he currently cares about and has been waiting for the opportunity to reprise).PHOENIXZERO wrote:I expected that possibly being a reason but as I said in another topic. I think he's too unreliable to be a regular unless he's completely cleaned up and sober, it's not going to happen. Plus I think he'd work better in a limited role anyway. Have the Michael Knight (and KITT) appearances mean something and be special, not just be another regular cast member who you see every week.
I do agree with you that he would work better in a limited role, however. I'd even go so far as to say that perhaps the season should lead towards hinting at his possible involvement even without classic K.I.T.T. (and let's face it: William Daniels is not likely to come back to the television franchise nor the motion picture). If we saw Hasselhoff every week, it certainly would take away the mystique of his character and force the writers to provide more expository dialogue referencing the original series.
Justin Bruening and Deanna Russo deserve a chance to make it on their own two feet first, without the smothering persona of Hasselhoff overshadowing the entire cast's performances. It's actually quite selfish for Hasselhoff to demand as big of a role as he is for this reason alone. It's very obvious to me that this is one of the reasons the producers barely want Hasselhoff in this at all. If the series is struggling in ratings, pull out all stops and get his character in there. But from Hasselhoff's point of view, he should set his Hollywood ego aside and look at the bigger picture and give these new kids a chance. He is extremely eager to have a more prominent role as his most popular character after 25 years, but for his sake, I hope he has acquired wisdom as well.
ilana,
I believe you posted your response at the very same time I posted mine, so please forgive any redundant points we both made.
