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KNIGHT RIDER
Showrunner Wants William Daniels and David Hasselhoff To Return As KITT And Michael!!

FIRST by The Marquis de Side 3	Aug 21st, 2008 12:52:36 PM

YAHOO! by The Marquis de Side 3	Aug 21st, 2008 12:52:47 PM

SECOND! by The Marquis de Side 3	Aug 21st, 2008 12:52:59 PM

IT'S ALL MINE!!!! by The Marquis de Side 3	Aug 21st, 2008 12:53:12 PM

As long as KITT fights KARR again, I'm in. by nomihs	Aug 21st, 2008 12:54:46 PM
Bring back some of the old baddies too. Goliath was unrealistic but watchable.
~~~is that Voltron in your pants or are you the Hoff?~~~ by The Marquis de Side 3	Aug 21st, 2008 12:55:28 PM
serious 80s geekdom going on here... just cancel the new stuff and do new episodes with the Hoff in his mid-life crisis, dusting off the old Kitt to go cruisin for college girl virgins with rich daddies being ransomed by the mob with talking trucks. that's right NBC. nothing has to make ANY sense... =0p
It sounds like the show... by jimmy rabbitte	Aug 21st, 2008 12:59:23 PM
...is already on the brink of cancellation; and it doesn't even start airing for another month. The movie was not good. Now this report comes out; it sounds like they know they're doomed and have no idea how to save themselves. Bring back Daniels and Hasselhoff? This is the first time I've seen a reboot turn back on itself... It's an un-reboot... an unboot?... or maybe a de-reboot?...
Fuck first posters by chrth	Aug 21st, 2008 01:02:35 PM
Fuck them in their virgin aasses
That'll be the day... by m.dung	Aug 21st, 2008 01:03:49 PM
Can Hasselhoff stay sober long enough to shoot the episode?
This will never happen... by Bill Clay	Aug 21st, 2008 01:05:22 PM
The Hoff is passe in today's media market. The 18-24 demo sees him as a joke, a la Shatner. His brief cameo in the pilot will probably be his biggest involvement with the new series.
Bill Clay by TheEleventhDoctor	Aug 21st, 2008 01:10:40 PM
William Shatner and his Emmys for stellar work in Boston Legal says the 18-24 demo can go fuck itself.
Yeah... by jimmy rabbitte	Aug 21st, 2008 01:13:42 PM
...Shatner is very cool.
Bill Clay by Joker Gordon Levitt	Aug 21st, 2008 01:15:25 PM
Aren't you the douche that posted the ending of Watchmen without a spoiler warning, you douche?
Bill Clay by Joker Gordon Levitt	Aug 21st, 2008 01:15:27 PM
Aren't you the douche that posted the ending of Watchmen without a spoiler warning, you douche?
yeah, twice by Joker Gordon Levitt	Aug 21st, 2008 01:15:46 PM

TheEleventhDoctor by Bill Clay	Aug 21st, 2008 01:18:48 PM
Knight Rider has never been aimed at the "Emmy" crowd. And the lack of a desirable demo is why Boston Legal has been slowly dying with lackluster ratings. It's the best show no one watches.
Hoff's return would improve the show by Joker Gordon Levitt	Aug 21st, 2008 01:22:15 PM
simply by lending cred to the original. Even though the show wasn't high-brow, it was still entertaining to the slightly campy action crowd. Hoff's presence would guarantee the show doesn't get shit for taking itself too seriously
Watchmen whiners... by Bill Clay	Aug 21st, 2008 01:25:06 PM
You're still crying in your milk about a spoiler for a 22 year old graphic novel? Here's another spoiler, Lincoln gets assassinated at Ford's Theater. If you like surprises, what are you doing on this website, Einstein?
TheEleventhDoctor by Alonzo Mosely	Aug 21st, 2008 01:25:46 PM
Hats off my good Sir, for my first laugh out loud moment of the day.
I too have a dream scenario regarding Knight Rider by Big Jim	Aug 21st, 2008 01:31:43 PM
In my dream Thompson gets replaced by Kevin Falls, who in turn replaces Bruening with Kevin McKidd; and instead of driving a talking car he travels through time. It would be called "Journeyman Season 2"!
Bill Clay by DennisMM	Aug 21st, 2008 01:32:45 PM
I hate spoilers, but I agree with you in this case. Oh, and Spock isn't really dead when they launch his corpse into space.
Yay! More Ford product placement by Sithdan	Aug 21st, 2008 01:36:02 PM
I bought a Ford four years ago and it was one of the worst mistakes I've ever made in my life. It's been nothing but trouble. That awful television movie was nothing but a two-hour infomercial for Ford Mustang.
This I would watch. by Cotton McKnight	Aug 21st, 2008 01:38:47 PM
I bet Big Jim's dream (not having read it yet) involves something scatalogical, sexual, or violent. Let's see if i'm right.
Aww that sucks. by Cotton McKnight	Aug 21st, 2008 01:39:32 PM
I wanted a punchline, Big Jim!
reboot? by Bouncy X	Aug 21st, 2008 01:40:51 PM
this isnt a reboot, they arent starting over as if the original show never existed. its a continuation. as for the possible dueling car company loyalties, well if transformers was able to have both GMC and Ford, i'm sure they can too.
The SHAT-Attack on B-Clay... by TheBLIGHT	Aug 21st, 2008 01:43:06 PM
Bill Clay... Billy Shatner is my cousin (yes, I am actually serious no joke), and over the last 30 plus years, I have seen him weather financial ruin and rebuild... Career death and rebirth in multiple decades of film and movies... He suffered the loss of a loved one and made it through and bested his demons... Plus, he gets his status as a KING of the Ironic Past-Prime Hero, read his Kirk continuation in book form... So, on behalf of the Shatners and kin... When you are gone no one will remeber you (ok, a handfull will), but SHATNER is loved by millions and known to millions more... I am glassy guy, but you got to mrs, so... Fuck You.
Sorry to disappoint, Cotton by Big Jim	Aug 21st, 2008 01:46:03 PM
Judging from the movie I predict the series will be pooh (that takes care of the scatalogical).
KR = 2009 1st canceled show by coachaaron	Aug 21st, 2008 01:50:52 PM
no doubt about it. i was a huge fan of the original, when i was 6. the concept is still stupid and seemingly now the execution is even worse than before.
I don't think Transformers ever did reach a deal with Ford. by JediRob	Aug 21st, 2008 01:51:07 PM
The Mustang they use is missing several key details just to ensure that is plausibly deniable as a Mustang.
The original KITT will sacrifice himself by snowpuff	Aug 21st, 2008 01:53:45 PM
to save the day and Michael Knight's fate will remain unknown. That's how I'd write it.
I think William Daniel's should already be the voice. by JediRob	Aug 21st, 2008 01:53:49 PM
It seems like a missed opportunity for continuity to not have it be the same KITT from the old show just in a new body. I mean it's a computer you could just switch the hard drives.
Get a grip, TheBLIGHT... by Bill Clay	Aug 21st, 2008 02:06:34 PM
I never said I have anything against your cousin. I said the young people today laugh at Shatner and consider him irrelevant. He's even made a new career of poking fun at himself! I enjoyed watching him on Trek when I was a kid, but I understand that today's audience sees him differently. If you can't understand that then FOAD. HAND!
I DON'T CARE by BringingSexyBack	Aug 21st, 2008 02:22:40 PM
Nor do I care to.
Hello Michael! by Demode	Aug 21st, 2008 02:29:16 PM
I actually would prefer a show with HOFF in it. This new Knight Rider sounds lame. Original in this case is the way to go.
This is...stupid? by Banzai Rootskibango	Aug 21st, 2008 02:42:13 PM

Make Michael Knight the bad guy by ciroslive	Aug 21st, 2008 02:43:50 PM
People will watch because its Hasselhoff and it could make the show actually compelling and fun to watch.
Val Kilmer is voicing the car? by fiester	Aug 21st, 2008 02:58:56 PM
Are you fucking serious? Why would he do a shit project like this? Is he broke?
Bouncy X, I believe the Transformer was a Saleen by Shut the Fuck up Donny	Aug 21st, 2008 03:00:35 PM
which was modified enough from an original Mustang to qualify it as its own vehicle. That's how Bay and Co. got around that one. The Knight Rider car, on the other hand, is a Shelby, which is licensed out by Ford.
I think they are already grasping at straws by TVguy4566	Aug 21st, 2008 03:04:16 PM
I think the backdoor pilot destroyed the chances of this thing being a hit. Even if they fix the many, many problems with the backdoor pilot, they may have turned off a prime segment of their target audience. At least the Bionic Woman didn't have people to have its pilot stewing in people's heads for six to eight months before the next episode aired like Knight Rider has. And the Bionic Woman's pilot wasn't nearly as bad as Knight Rider's. This show is DOA. Well, unless they cut a really good deal with Ford for product placement that Ford can't back out of. Then it could stick around for a while. The backdoor pilot was one long commercial for Ford.
Hasselhoff will do anything for booze money. by Baron Karza	Aug 21st, 2008 03:04:24 PM
Just hire him already.. cameo, anything!
first posters are okay by ArcadianDS	Aug 21st, 2008 03:19:44 PM
until they go shit-for-brains and proceed to high-five themselves for 3 more posts like massive douches.
William Daniels will always be K.I.T.T. by Larry of Arabia	Aug 21st, 2008 03:20:41 PM
Like Peter Cullen will always be Optimus and Anthony Daniels will alwsy be C3PO.
Shatner and Spader as well by picardsucks	Aug 21st, 2008 03:34:59 PM
Shatner as James T. Knight with Spader as the slightly faggy sounding yet still presumably hetero Enhanced Black Hummer
Bill Clay... Generations do shift perception. by TheBLIGHT	Aug 21st, 2008 04:19:39 PM
Wow, a Talkback were another t'backer (sounds gay, written that way, right?) will agree with something someone said... That being me. Looking at the perception of those that never saw Trek in the original airing, theatre in Toronto and abroad, his music (which even I hated), the Twilight Zone classic, TJ Hooker, and the ST motion pictures - when they were anticipated, I can see how many younger patrons just knowing/viewing his ironic commercials, bombastic character on Boston Legal, and Trek convention goof-and-silly random stories with Nemoy, would see him in such a way, especially if they see what he was before, back in his hayday... so B-Clay to an extent I agree, but as family of his and with the knowledge that millions more still see him (albiet older now), still as James T. Kirk, kick ass captain... PS: An f-bomb is Ok, but the need to FOAD another, just an FY will suffice good sir. Back to Knight Rider... TV movie sucked, Williams will not come to the TV show out of loyalty (classy) and wait it out to do a movie, if one happens. IF not he has his Disney Channel Boy Meets World residuals, yay...
And I want the showrunner to want ... by photoboy	Aug 21st, 2008 05:07:32 PM
... Daniels and the Hoff back on the show. This certainly bodes well for the future of the show, especially if they can also include turbo boosts every week.
Fck Frd. Needs Moar Turbo Boosts by Anakin Whoopass	Aug 21st, 2008 05:20:49 PM
If stuntmen aren't totally the suspension and frames of one or two cars per episode they're not doing a real action show.
Or "totaling" the cars. by Anakin Whoopass	Aug 21st, 2008 05:21:13 PM
That.
So in other words.... by br1947	Aug 21st, 2008 05:25:03 PM
Ford isn't shelling out the big bucks anymore and now they have to fall back on 'logical plot'. Ok, whatever it takes to get KITT back in true form.
NBC and Product Integrations by Mr. Profit	Aug 21st, 2008 05:34:31 PM
Ford Motors paid for the rights to be the new car. If the original Trans Am returns they won't lose money. The only way Ford would pull out is if they made the new car a Trans Am as well.
Hasselhoff needs to return to NICK FURY! by Uncle Stan	Aug 21st, 2008 05:59:39 PM

The Hoff was total badass in Nick Fury. by Uncle Stan	Aug 21st, 2008 06:00:42 PM

wait...how the hell did I not know by smackfu	Aug 21st, 2008 06:28:12 PM
There was a version of Nick Fury made starring David Hasselhoff? This is like finding out a decade later that William Shatner once played Captain America and you missed it.
re: Make Michael Knight the bad guy by snowpuff	Aug 21st, 2008 06:34:35 PM
I like it.
YES! by nyj_et	Aug 21st, 2008 07:25:11 PM
Will William Daniels return as the Knight 4000 from Knight Rider 2000?
Boston Legal by nyj_et	Aug 21st, 2008 07:29:00 PM
has been in decline because it continues to rotate out good cast members (Craig Bierko, Constance Zimmer, Julie Warner, and Keen Eddie, and Odo) in favor of the Assburger's Syndrome Guy.
God! The Kid In Me Really Wants This To Happen! by Real Deal	Aug 21st, 2008 07:46:07 PM
If done right this could be a real high point for the 1rst season and a ratings explosion. If they did it something like the new KITT is trapped and things look dire. Then all of a sudden the old KITT comes in and saves their ass. Yup! That would be cool! One of the things I found missing from the recent TV movie is they didn't use the old theme enough. That was such a big part of the program. I know it's dated but it was part of the feel of the show.
I think the "Real Deal" by I87D	Aug 21st, 2008 08:15:36 PM
who posted above is David Hasselhoff's publicist. Gotta be.
I87D by Real Deal	Aug 21st, 2008 08:49:48 PM
Nope! Just a grownup who used to watch this show when he was younger. Not deep entertainment. Not great acting. But could be alot of fun in a kid type way at times. Convinced now?
Garthe Knight will own you all!!!!! by DarthScotland	Aug 21st, 2008 09:02:32 PM
Hoff + tash = awesome Garthe Knight FTW!!!!
Sounds good....BUT.... by Cheif Brody	Aug 21st, 2008 09:52:19 PM
I think they need to go Batman Beyond...with it...make the Hoff a crip who sits back at a "control center" staying one step ahead of the bad guys, while the younger kid gets to do all the heavy lifting... I'm sorry...but seeing the Hoff running and sliding across the hood of K.I.T.T. at his age may make me wet myself with laughter. You could always have William Daniel's as the voice of Michael's super computer he uses to track the new guys movement. The Fanboy in me would love to see him back behind the wheel...But Hoff in an "Oracle" type role...might be the smarter choice...Plus...it takes Pontiac out of the equation.
I smell by The McPoyle Clan	Aug 21st, 2008 11:39:03 PM
desperation. Same stench is also emanating from the new 90210.
And I want by Mvraiment	Aug 21st, 2008 11:48:57 PM
William Daniels to come sing the entire score of '1776' to me while I float on a boat down the river. Just cause you want something doesn't mean it will happen.
wtf do young people know? by Mr_X	Aug 22nd, 2008 12:59:53 AM
the young people today laugh at Shatner and consider him irrelevant. hmm maybe, until they grow up and realise he's fucking cool. shtaner album has been is one of the best albums ever. seriously. there are some god damm great tracks on there. I saw some young people today hanging outside an event for slayer. all gothed up and looking like rejects from a bettlejuice cosplay convention. youth is wasted on the young!
never forgive nbc for fucking up journeyman by Mr_X	Aug 22nd, 2008 01:02:31 AM
so i'll do my damdest to hate on and ridicule this show! who's with me!
I want Lady Diana Rigg by Napoleon Park	Aug 22nd, 2008 02:40:03 AM
to return to the role of Emma Peel. So? Ain't gonna happen.
I Still Say... by Rogue Planet	Aug 22nd, 2008 03:06:42 AM
...the awesomest plot would be for the new KITT to contract some sort of computer virus (a'la having to download replacement software from the Foundation satellite after being hit by a mysterious EMP weapon), and being controlled by bad guys. Mike Tracer is put out of commission and needs help to save the day, but with the ultimate car being controlled by the forces of evil, what is a hero to do? Why, there's no car on Earth that can stop it! Except...for a disheveled 1980s Pontiac with an old-fashioned sentient computer with attitude to spare...and his weathered, down on his luck driver. Mike Tracer has to convince Michael Knight to take on the KITT of the future by once again taking the wheel of his favorite Trans Am. It's KITT vs. KITT, old school. I'd pay money to see it. WHO'S WITH ME?!!
Bill Clay... by Rogue Planet	Aug 22nd, 2008 03:08:54 AM
...awesomest movie reference ever. Subtle, but good. Unless that's your real name, in which case you need to watch Alan Rickman's scenes in Die Hard all over again. You'll gain new appreciation for the moniker.
Heres what really will happen... by namasteandgoodluck	Aug 22nd, 2008 03:20:31 AM
The original KITT has become self aware with the ability to exist in cyberspace without a physical shell; the new KITT will aspire to this over the few seasons the show will have. The "Prometheus" project and mysterious individual who hired the contract killers in the pilot will be none other than an advanced KARR and Garthe Knight. I can read this like a book...fortunately, Knight Rider is the shit!!!!
Finally... by PaulKersey	Aug 22nd, 2008 04:08:34 AM
Maybe he's to old... but Hoff made that show back in the 80's. I would love to see this happening. The 2008 TV movie was just poorly executed, the show will be better(i hope..)!
Not a hoax! Not a dream! Hoff was Nick Fury. by Uncle Stan	Aug 22nd, 2008 06:21:19 AM
And it was a hoot. He fought the children of Baron Strucker and Arnim Zola himself. Zola was portrayed as an ailing Nazi scientist, not the cool Kirby face-on-torso cyborg. Aired on Fox. Made for televison. Hoff's performance rose above the production values of the project.
Hey! Throw the A-Team in there, too! by ZeroCorpse	Aug 22nd, 2008 10:36:30 AM
Why not? Instead of making one remake per show, why not just throw a bunch of those shitty 1980s shows into one pot, stir vigorously, and come up with ONE show featuring all the hokey characters from our youth? They could call it: "The Knight Rider, A-Team, BJ & The Bear Super Action Show, featuring Manimal"
TheBLIGHT, don't expect a kiss on the cheek by Bill Clay	Aug 22nd, 2008 10:40:14 AM
...when you throw F-bombs at strangers. Classy guy, indeed.
I think KITT should fight Automan by Big Jim	Aug 22nd, 2008 10:59:29 AM
Manimal can fight Lucan
Remember when Six Million Dollar Man fought Bigfoot? by Big Jim	Aug 22nd, 2008 11:58:29 AM
That was awesome!
Wake Me Up When They Make M.A.S.K.: The Movie by LaserPants	Aug 22nd, 2008 12:02:15 PM
When I was a really young kid, hopped up on SPEED RACER and even before M.A.S.K. came out, I was convinced that all you had to do to make a car able to fly was open the doors (to act as the wings) and have a really fast engine. Then, a little bit later in life, whilst still a kid, M.A.S.K. confirmed for me that this was true -- you didn't need to have special wings like the Car Acrobatic Team, all you needed was to open your doors and drive really fast. Sadly, this was also how I lost both my first and second cars. After that I stopped believing in cartoons. Damn this consensus reality! DAMN IT TO HELL!!!
I Do Remember Six Million Dollar Man vs. Bigfoot! by LaserPants	Aug 22nd, 2008 12:06:08 PM
The best part was when they were in that fucked up cave that spun around and it was all trippy and it fucked up Steve Austin. He was all discombobulated by the cheap special efx! Awesome!
Flames on Golaith! Nipples on KITT! by Its a LION	Aug 22nd, 2008 12:55:38 PM
KARR shoots first!
Hoff WAS Nick Fury, by GOD! by MisterE	Aug 22nd, 2008 02:00:53 PM
I liked the Nick Fury TV movie starring the Hoff, and was kinda pissed when they went with Ultimate Nick Fury for the Iron Man film. Hoff should have reprised the role.
Did William Daniels ever appear on the show? by Prof. Pop-Cult	Aug 22nd, 2008 02:40:18 PM
I mean, specifically, did he appear in human form, playing another character? If they want to use him on this new show, why not just cast him as, for example, an engineer whose voice was used for the original KITT?
The Bigfoot duel was awesome. by The McPoyle Clan	Aug 23rd, 2008 02:03:32 AM
Is that spinny cave tunnel thingy still part of the Universal Studios tram tour?
Re: Cheif Brody by Real Deal	Aug 23rd, 2008 02:56:47 PM
Well you know the car is driven from the seated position. You don't have to be young to be a hot driver. Just portray him as he is. He doesn't need to go sliding off the hood of the car anymore.
Hoff was great as Nick Fury by lynxpro	Aug 23rd, 2008 07:22:46 PM
...granted, most of the rest of the tv movie blew. Wasn't the cartoon voice of Nick Fury from the 90s Spidey cartoon also in the flick as well? I swear I'd prefer Hoff as Fury than Sam Jackson in yet another film playing Sam Jackson.
as for Bionic Woman... by lynxpro	Aug 23rd, 2008 07:24:49 PM
Michelle Ryan was unfairly blamed for the show's failure. She was hot, she could act, she did action well, and she also did a convincing American accent. It still amazes me that NBC canceled the show because the ratings were decent. I guess the fact that they didn't have the rights to certain classic characters like Oscar Goldman added to the complications of having producers in a revolving door environment.
Who Cares? It's All Crap by LeftFoot	Sep 3rd, 2008 07:10:09 PM
Knight Rider was, is and always will be a weak children's show. Hasselhoff is a self important non-actor.

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