NBC's Knight Rider Remake: Technology Has Finally Caught Up With Crappy Ideas
According to the new brain trust at NBC, this
plus this
...equals this:
To wit: Variety is reporting that Ben Silverman at NBC has greenlighted a remake of Knight Rider, in the form of a two-hour backdoor pilot to be directed by Doug Liman. But with transformers! Yes, says the trade mag, "The thinking is that smallscreen f/x have advanced to the point where it'd be feasible to have a weekly series in which cars shift shapes."
Blargh.
I know, it's not really fair to go judging series on their concepts alone. Maybe the new Knight Rider will be a Battlestar Galactica-style thoughtful reimagining, about, um... the shifting nature of identity, or, uh... the boundary between human and machine in our industrialized era... Or maybe it will be a big dumb action show with a gajillion dollars' worth of GM product placements. It's a toss-up!
I understand that Silverman's got a network to haul out of fourth place. And that there's probably a romantic attraction for him to the idea of reviving a project of his idol, Brandon Tartikoff. But if we've got to go reviving old ideas about action shows starring machinery, why not bring back Heat Vision and Jack?
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Again, why'd they fire Kevin Reilly?
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Any morning involving a Heat Vision and Jack reference is a good morning, in my book.
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Is it wrong and terrible of me to admit that I wouldn't care how bad it was, I'd still watch a Knight Rider remake?
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This is a great sentence from the Wikipedia entry you linked to: "He was exposed to inappropriate levels of solar energy, giving him superintelligence."
"Inappropriate levels of solar energy"? What is that exactly?
No wait, here's a better sentence, about the talking motorcycle: "He is unable to use doorknobs and is unable to right himself if pushed over." That's quite selective. As a motorcyle, HeatVision can't do a lot of things. Hold a fork. Change his own oil. See. Comb his hair. And what if he falls over? Can he right himself them?
Gotta love Wikipedia.
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This would only be good if you got David Hasselhoff to reprise his role and the show is all about drinking and driving.
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This is to popslashgirl:
Yes, yes it is.
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But will they Hassle the Hoff?
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To Clay: don't tell me you won't be watching it too
I mean, come on! Talking cars! Who doesn't love a good talking car? And I think Michael Vardan would be a great co-star.
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