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NBC's New KNIGHT RIDER
Finds Its Showrunner!!

new knight rider by Gungan Slayer	Apr 2nd, 2008 08:13:26 AM
bleh
can lead to another spinoff by Bouncy X	Apr 2nd, 2008 08:19:29 AM
maybe when the ratings start dipping, they can have KARR return still in his 80s trans-am form and kick the new KITT's ass and then the old KITT somehow returns and together they have brotherly adventures.
The first one sucked ass, so will this one by Barmat	Apr 2nd, 2008 08:22:25 AM
I can't beleive people are excited about this show. The first series was soooooo, LAME.
IT'S LIKE THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS, ONLY IT'S NOT. by Pennsy	Apr 2nd, 2008 08:23:18 AM
Sorry, couldn't resist.
So.... by sirbroiler	Apr 2nd, 2008 08:40:22 AM
A shitty movie meets a shitty television series. If that doesn't scream 'SHIT!' I don't know what does. Can't someone come up with a new idea already?
meh. by FalconJones	Apr 2nd, 2008 08:41:34 AM
the new knight rider car just seemed less advanced than the older one. no turbo boost or ejector seat or any fun stuff. and he works for the FBI now? what happened to the 'lone ranger, man and his horse' idea? it shouldnt be 'fast and the furious meets las vegas', it should be transformers meets 24 or whatnot.
So it'll be another shitty Friday night show? by AdrianVeidt	Apr 2nd, 2008 08:43:15 AM
Fitting.
KITT the autobot by Bouncy X	Apr 2nd, 2008 08:45:33 AM
with the popularity of transformers lately...i wouldnt be surprised to see a story where some big robot is built and somehow, KITT's brain/personality gets transferred into it. and then to cash in on this, they do a knight rider/transformers toy like they did with star wars.
I take the 'under', Mr Spork. Maybe just 8 episodes. by Pennsy	Apr 2nd, 2008 08:52:30 AM

Knight Ridder by tonagan	Apr 2nd, 2008 09:18:11 AM
A show about the newspaper syndicate.
X X X by ArcadianDS	Apr 2nd, 2008 09:18:43 AM
as in, this show has does not have talent.
How does this relate to Buffy? by gruntybear	Apr 2nd, 2008 09:29:08 AM
I mean - isn't that the only reason we ever mention a "showrunner" around here?
Its like Fast and The Furious meets Love Boat by tomdolan04	Apr 2nd, 2008 09:42:02 AM
One man. One car. Baddies and a few hot women. Jesus anyone would think the original was Proust. Making it fast, flashy and super 'cool' kinda misses the point. For all his cheese it was The Hoff as a character and the deeply sardonic car that made this show a hit originally. This is following pretty much the same reboot pattern as the Bionic Woman and will be dispensed of just as quickly.
ITs like Knight Rider in the 80's... only NOT by Stupendous Man	Apr 2nd, 2008 09:47:59 AM

Lower your expectations.........lower.....l ower by Miyamoto_Musashi	Apr 2nd, 2008 09:48:19 AM

And to whoever mentioned 24... by tomdolan04	Apr 2nd, 2008 09:53:25 AM
Right on, but even 24 lost the importance of keeping the focus on the 'one man army' idea - by grounding the action with a strong human anchor ANY show has a much better chance of striking a chord with the audience. Season one of 24 > Tight grip on Jack's fierce determination to fight the threat and keep his family by any means necessary. Season six of 24 > The Jack Bauer and friends hour. Come see what wacky exploits Chloes upto this week!!! Knight Rider will fail for many reasons but I'm betting the primary one will be lack of a compelling lead actor and/or characterisation
And I miss Journeyman : ( by tomdolan04	Apr 2nd, 2008 10:03:41 AM
It didn't try to be cool, it just told good stories. Sure it was Quantum Leap meshed with the Time Travellers Wife but it had leads that had a bit of age/experience behind them, along with a sense of humour and FUN. Shows like Knight Rider will kill off anyone over the age of 30 faster than you can say Logans Run and the only laughs will be provided by a Jar Jar Binks style moron Bar maybe the obligatory solo shadowy Government Agent/Cigarette Smoking Man/Uncle Ben character that lives on the basis he rams exposition up the leads ass or contributes to a dark ongoing story arc.
If you'e going to remake 80's by xsentrick	Apr 2nd, 2008 10:27:37 AM
Why doesn't someone remake The Fall Guy! You can't go wrong with cool stunts, and hot women.
It's like another crappy reboot of an old show meets a quick can by TVguy4566	Apr 2nd, 2008 10:34:59 AM

It's like.... by TVguy4566	Apr 2nd, 2008 10:35:52 AM
another crappy reboot of an old show meets a quick cancellation. Sorry, the punchline got cut off
So next season NBC'll have... by Kid Z	Apr 2nd, 2008 10:52:26 AM
...crappy Knight Rider remake and endless insipid "reality" shows... oh yeah, and that little show we all used to like before it tanked abysmally, what was is called? "Zeroes" or something like that. Looks like "the peacock" has 80's nostalgia, alright... the pre-Cheers, Fred Silverman 80's of NBC being a permanent laughingstock, joke of a network.
Why? by snowpuff	Apr 2nd, 2008 10:59:37 AM
The showrunner of... Las Vegas? Why? Why? Why?
They shoot lame horses , dont they? by wowsah156	Apr 2nd, 2008 11:26:20 AM
This needs to be put out of its misery before it gets worse. NBC needs to concentrate on giving a full 22 episode third season of Heroes that is amazing. Knight rider wont survive a first season. I'll wager $50 that it wont get beyond the first season.
TomDolan04 is correct by Cory849	Apr 2nd, 2008 11:27:53 AM
A new Knight Rider series could work. But you need a cool car voice and a cool lead actor and some chemistry between them. Whoever was put in charge of Knight Rider fucked it up. Simple as that. This pretty boy Mike Night had only one emotion: earnest. Give some banter between the car and a hero with some flaws and personality would make more sense. Make him a heavy drinker or something and a shaggy roughian type who nevertheless is really good in a fistfight and really smart. Maybe have the car be about protocols and the hero about cutting corners. But either way, find an actor that the camera just loves. Maybe even an acTRESS. And give the hero gadgets that are in the car but can be used remotely so he isnt tied to the car all the time. And then add in some super villain agency with lots of gadgets and colorful bad guys for them to fight. THEN you have a show. But pretty boy hangs out with Val Kilmer's boring voice and fights cardboard cutouts in suits? Best of luck. Battlestar Galactica worked because it was a wholesale fresh re-invention of the old recipe. This Knight Rider attempt is like serving your guests some microwaved leftover pizza. Not so tasty.
How about Knight Rider meets Knight Rider by modlight	Apr 2nd, 2008 11:30:54 AM
Just throwing that out there.
action and special effects by Dradis Contact	Apr 2nd, 2008 11:45:37 AM
All the action and special effects in the world won't save your show as we've recently learned from Bionic Woman. Even a female lead as hot as Michelle Ryan won't save it. By promising action and special effects as new features, Pope is showing that she just doesn't understand.
Kind of Like by Bill Brasky	Apr 2nd, 2008 11:49:43 AM
The Duke Boys' Cousins...
Kind of Like by Bill Brasky	Apr 2nd, 2008 11:51:38 AM
"Manimal" meets "Barney".
Kind of Like by Bill Brasky	Apr 2nd, 2008 11:54:48 AM
"BJ and the Bear" meets "the Ropers."
SEE="CHIPS'99" by uss cygnus	Apr 2nd, 2008 11:55:29 AM
Wheeeeeeee! ha ha! What a perdicament!
or, how 'bout by Bill Brasky	Apr 2nd, 2008 11:55:46 AM
"Mr. Belvedere" meets "Joanie loves Chachi"?
'sup Cygnus by Bill Brasky	Apr 2nd, 2008 11:56:08 AM

or even by Bill Brasky	Apr 2nd, 2008 11:57:40 AM
"Homeboys from Outer Space" meets "Small Wonder"!
Kind of Like "Cavemen" by Bill Brasky	Apr 2nd, 2008 11:59:27 AM
Yeah, that about sums it up for me.
Just like... by The Gipper	Apr 2nd, 2008 12:17:40 PM
"After MAS*H" meets "M.A.N.T.I.S."
or... by The Gipper	Apr 2nd, 2008 12:18:39 PM
"Salvage 1" meets "Dragon Tales"
perhaps... by The Gipper	Apr 2nd, 2008 12:19:34 PM
"The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr." meets HGTV's "Buy Me"
This show will ONLY succeed if... by The Gipper	Apr 2nd, 2008 12:21:11 PM
They bring on Dom DeLuise to play "Capt. Bellybuster" from the A-Team and Greatest American Hero.
Are all these suits as retarded as Ms. Pope? by TheRealRatigan	Apr 2nd, 2008 01:00:26 PM
"THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS meets LAS VEGAS"? She sounds like a parody of a parody. And incidentally, what the fuck does LAS VEGAS, or THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS have in common with KNIGHT RIDER?
"It's like two shitty franchises in one!" by ZeroCorpse	Apr 2nd, 2008 01:15:49 PM
WOW. After that, I just can't WAIT to watch the inevitable NBC amalgamation of "You Got Served" and "Hello Larry!"
It's like... by slone13	Apr 2nd, 2008 01:25:58 PM
title spamming. Only even LESS funny.
There is probably a way to make this show work by Maestro610	Apr 2nd, 2008 02:24:51 PM
I don't think NBC has figured that out. Journeyman or some other more imaginative series would be better for the network. If they wanted to do KR as a series of Movie specials that would be alright (think Hercules or Rising Son from the early 90's). There'd be more of a chance that Hassellhoff will find the time to devote to it and less opportunity to make this thing into a Bionic Woman style failure. Also they could drop the lead from the backdoor pilot and pull in someone that people would actually enjoy watching in the role. The super geek is this show's bread and butter... and it doesn't seem like they are happy with the product they are being given. I know I won't be watching this series so It's a moot point for me.
Queer? by Embeedeuce	Apr 2nd, 2008 03:02:40 PM
So, it's Fast & Furious meets Las Vegas meets.... Queer as Folk?
IT'S LIKE SHIT MEETS COCK! by punto	Apr 2nd, 2008 04:40:54 PM
Both franchises were as popular as Knight Rider I think, it's not like knight rider is considered some kind of artistic achievent.. They only reason why we're interested in this is because we watched knight rider as kids, so it made a different kind of impression in us, but it's not like it was better than "las vegas".
I'ts like "Adventure Inc" meets "Viva Laughlin" by Yeti	Apr 2nd, 2008 04:53:16 PM
Except the standards are higher, the expectations are lower, and the results will give TWOP a new show to mock.
Sill by punto	Apr 2nd, 2008 04:59:44 PM
Battlestar Gallactica deserved the same kind of quality showrunner based on it's original version (shit), and instead it got a great one, and it became great.. So maybe there was hope for this. Not anymore.
Its like Las Vegas without Nikki Cox's Tig Ol' Bitties by The Winged Doucheman	Apr 2nd, 2008 06:53:51 PM
Nikki-Mohr Cox I mean (snicker)
80's kids have grown up by The Winged Doucheman	Apr 2nd, 2008 06:56:14 PM
And now produce shit they used to love as children because they have no imagination. I second a Fall Guy remake or Riptide. Tom Servo would play the robot.
Nikki (loves) Cox by santi01	Apr 2nd, 2008 07:57:50 PM
She likes to slum, maybe i gotta shot.I want my V remake and i want it now!
KITT by TGirl Jerri	Apr 2nd, 2008 09:25:17 PM
Is a fucking Rustang.
RIPTIDE!!!!!! by lynxpro	Apr 2nd, 2008 10:04:08 PM
I loved that show back-in-the-day. That and Whiz Kids. But that was on CBS [but Riptide was on NBC]. Then there's always The Master but I haven't figured out who would be as cool as Lee Van Klief was.
re: Series of Movie specials by snowpuff	Apr 2nd, 2008 10:20:24 PM
That's a pretty interesting idea, Maestro610. Or it would have been.
It's like One Life to Live meets the Love Bug (lindsay lohan ver by RokurGepta	Apr 2nd, 2008 10:43:22 PM

oh, I'ma do one of these by Harry Weinstein	Apr 3rd, 2008 02:11:14 AM
It's like HOME ALONE 2 meets LITTLE WHITE CHICKS, BIG BLACK MONSTER DICKS 3
Fast and Furious vs Las Vegas by Freefinger	Apr 3rd, 2008 06:11:07 AM
... and this is supposed to be good news??? FF's first movie was good, second was to much of a "Bro'" oneliners and the third actually seemed a better movie than the second one. But KITT Street Racing is supposed to be good because?????... Cool now all the idiot teens that have suped-up cars will now have another show to make them think that's it's fine to go nuts in the middle of the afternoon behind the wheel when children are playing outside... Thanks NBC's Gary Scott Thompson (aka Retard!)!! And the Las Vegas feel to it, cool so we'll have one good season then have The driver be able to difuse nuclear weapons when actual Bomb Specialists can't, then run after a bad guy in the middle of the street with a gun, catch him, deliver him to cops and yet not be arrested... FOR RUNNING AROUND TOWN WITH A GUN AND NOT BEING A COP!! Wow... Las Vegas was good for one season, then they just wacked it by maikng the characters run around town solving murders and shit when Investigators can't... Oh and having the guy be an expert on every single piece of technology out there so he's able to get city camera to work for them, make sure that he can crack a highly secure software that was developped by experts within an hour when it would take days or months for actual Hackers to be able to crack it a little bit... Ridiculous, the show is doomed...

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