MBS season 4

pdennis93 · Post by **pdennis93** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 10:36 am

did they ever go back and reapply the MBS for season 4? im assuming they ahd to because there were scenes in a few episodes
(Knight Stingcomes to mind) where kitt was shot at and the bullets deflected as they always did.

but werent the second and third person with the MBS formula dead? i seem to recall them being killed during one of the goliath episodes, but i could be wrong. or was bonnie aware of the formula along with devon.

Skav · Post by **Skav** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 11:54 am

yeah, theory goes, they applied the MBS after KOTJ.

there was little time to apply it since Devon was kidnapped and was about to die so things had to be rushed.

but i'm confident, as well as others, that it was applied right after.

Skav

knightdriver · Post by **knightdriver** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 11:56 am

I would think since only Devons part of the formula was revealed that caused the breakdown in the shell that they just recreated it by adding his part back in. I personally think they must have redone it at some point as well because wouldn't KITT basicly fly part durring a turbo boost or a wall crashing inncodent with out it? But then again, we are talking about why the show ended anyways. Stupid Pursuit Mode was the downfall of it all.

spyhunter · Post by **spyhunter** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 12:08 pm

KITT was able to Turbo Boost without the MBS at the end of KOTJ, but I always believed that the MBS held him together while Turbo Boosting...

SPM was very cool and was just a last ditch effort to save the show, but sadly it didn't help all to much...

IceKnight · Post by **IceKnight** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:42 pm

If i remember correctly, and even my 20 year old memory gets fuzzy sometimes, is that the MBS only needed 2 of the 3 parts to be effective. Although i'm not entirely sure of its strength at only 2 parts, it would have to be semi-effective.
Anyways, KITT most likely was programmed to know the formula. He could then have some sort of security program allowing for him to release the chemical compositions only if the original source could not provide it (i.e., death). Ergo, KITT could provide the first two parts and have a semi-stable shell until Devon was recovered to add the final stabilizing element.

Just a shot in the dark, though.

knightimmortal · Post by **knightimmortal** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:56 pm

They pretty much made it very clear that KITT didn't know his own formula. With just reason too. You would think there would be an even higher level security protocol on KITT's access, yet Randy was able to get in, pretty much showing that KITT was not falliable. The whole concept of giving it to three different men, is that they are less accessable than a computer.

KI

pdennis93 · Post by **pdennis93** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:48 pm

no i distinctly remember from one of the goliath episodes that it only takes 2 of the 3 people to make the mbs.

Army_F_Body · Post by **Army_F_Body** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 9:22 pm

Now don't frag me or anything but was it ever mentioned in TKR whether the cars had the MBS. Duke seemed to be armored somehow but Domino and to some capacity Dante were very destructable. I rember in the KRO episode that he really handed them their @$$es.

Katt · Post by **Katt** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 11:15 pm

According to the TKR story, the TKR cars were only partially covered, so if they ever went nuts like KRO, they could be stopped. Beast was armored, not with MBS, but some other way because he was the, so to speak, work horse of the team, he was almost always the one crashing through fences and other things.

Army_F_Body · Post by **Army_F_Body** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 2:33 am

So did KRO have the MBS?

Katt · Post by **Katt** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 3:36 am

I would assume to some point that he did, but he would have to if he was the reason that the TKR vehicles didn't get completely covered.

Rockatteer · Post by **Rockatteer** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:54 am

Whats KRO?

CK · Post by CK » Fri Apr 25, 2003 8:06 am

Rockatteer wrote:Whats KRO?

The Knight Reformulation One. He appeared in one of the TKR eps. A black Ferrari with a personality much like Karr's.

Cheri

Katt · Post by **Katt** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 3:07 pm

CK wrote:
Rockatteer wrote:Whats KRO?
The Knight Reformulation One. He appeared in one of the TKR eps. A black Ferrari with a personality much like Karr's.

Cheri

Not to mention a voice similar to Karr's since they had the same voice guy.

CK · Post by CK » Fri Apr 25, 2003 3:10 pm

*scratches head* It was the same guy?

Cheri

knightimmortal · Post by **knightimmortal** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 3:18 pm

Actually, no it wasn't. After reading into some sources (certain episode guides.) the voice of K.R.O. was done by John B. Wells, not Peter Cullen or Paul Frees. (Note: Paul Frees was dead by the time of this episode, if I remember correctly)

KI

CK · Post by CK » Fri Apr 25, 2003 3:26 pm

I didn't think that was the same voice actor. They were way too different. I thought Karr had much more of a humanlike voice than KRO did. And didn't Paul Frees pass on just a few years after KvK? 1986 seems to stick in my mind.

Cheri

Katt · Post by **Katt** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 3:43 pm

I had thought it was the same person, because if you listen closely to KRO's voice, he sounds just a little bit like Karr, it's not to the point that it just jumps out at you obvious though.

knightimmortal · Post by **knightimmortal** » Fri Apr 25, 2003 4:30 pm

That's just the sign of a good voice actor.

Not to mention, KARR in Trust Doesn't Rust sounded a lot like KARR in Kitt Vs. Karr, but they were done by two different voice actors.

KI

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