PaoloM wrote:I never thought that Wilton Knight was a computer scientist or a cybernetic engineer. He had the vision, the idea and the money, but imho KITT was designed and assembled by a team of scientists. They sometimes reappear in the original series when KITT has to be rebuilt.
Yes, three of the original ones appeared in "Junk Yard Dog," but none of them were Charles Graiman. I guess you could say he was one of those dozens of engineers that were in & out of the warehouse completing K.I.T.T. in the Pilot.
cloudkitt wrote:Exactly, They'd have to make this car KIST (Knight 6000, since KR2000 seemed averse to having the same acronym twice). Whatever death they come up with for Devon Miles will probably be better than the empty one they gave him in that movie. Furthermore, KITT never being installed in the Knight 4000 is a good thing. Both because of the aforementioned number problem and because FLAG would NEVER have dismantled the Knight 2000. It would just never happen. (i dunno how you dismantle an invincible car anyway). I'd sooner believe they sold the car (without the CPU) to the government than dismantle it.
All good points. I guess I have difficulty not counting an appearance by Michael, Devon and K.I.T.T. as continuity. It's not like
Team Knight Rider and
Knight Rider 2010 where it was definitely set in a different universe altogether. But, this movie paid attention to a few details in the original series like Michael's '57 Chevy that he had when he was a teenager. And it was also a logical extrapolation of what would most likely happen to him after "Voo Doo Knight" where it was hinted during Season 4 that he was getting tired and burnt out in "The Scent Of Roses." I liked the idea of a depressed, burnt out and middle-aged man buying the car he once had as a teenager.
I see what you're saying about the acronyms. But then I have to ask: If we were to count the series circuitry in terms of 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, etc., then why didn't we ever have a Knight 1000? Starting with 2000 suggests that future variations would only use even numbers. So now in the telepic we will have 3000. Which is great, for now. But what happens for the next continuation? A new Knight 4000/K.I.F.T.? Either line of reasoning has its faults. But, I guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Also, although most fans didn't like the Knight 4000, its body was what the fourth generation Firebirds came to resemble, and was actually the most logical choice for the next car as in still using a Trans Am-esque body.
cloudkitt wrote:KR2000 did nothing but screw with the storyline. If they kept it as part of the continuity things would be pretty confusing. Since that movie was supposed to be in the year 2000, and this is in 2008, they'd have to keep all that sci-fi stuff like air guns, cryogenesis of criminals and come up with a reason for why Shawn isn't there, why there is no big red car, and so on. I think it would be much more confusing if they kept it in the storyline.
And like I said, how many non-fans and passing fans even know what KR2000 is?
It would probably be confusing for the casual fan just getting into the storyline, but then again, no more than the rest of the entire telepic's story if there's too many references to the original series. If that leads new fans to check out the original series, Universal at least still thought of
Knight Rider 2000 as part of the continuity if they included it with the Season 1 DVD set. All the ridiculous sci-fi stuff could be removed in 2008. Remember, in the movie the ultrasound buzzing and cryogenic prisons were experimental new projects and Seatlle was one of the first cities to try it out. The telepic will take place in California, not Seattle. And Maddock makes a point at the end of the film that "putting [Mayor Abby] in there solves nothing...it merely postpones." So they could extrapolate that it was all a failed idea and reverted back to normal prisons. All Maddock and Shawn McCormick need are a one-line reference saying they both left the Foundation.
I'm gonna skip it and keep watching the old show. Sorry folks I'd rather they pick up where the old show left off. Why not? Bring back the TA! 
