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Pics from the set of Knight Rider TV show
While it might be a dubious pursuit to rehash old B-level (or lower) TV series for a new generation, the possibility of a crap product has never stood in the way before. Indeed, the retreading of Knight Rider is underway, with shoots already taking place. Love it or hate it, it will hit the small screen, and if you can get over the fact that it's not the original, it might be fun. If it's rotten, it won't hang around long anyhow. It's not like the original series was Citizen Kane, so let's just be thankful that there's a new shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.
Hollywood blog The ODI managed to finagle some time on a location shoot for the new series and snapped some stills. There's no shots of the new KITT, but our old pal the Knight Industries Two Thousand is there in this garage scene. The premise apparently is that the old KITT is being rebuilt in a garage/lab after being totaled. The shop is set up with automotive parts and tools, as well as much-later F-Body than the original (check out the taillights). We would have imagined that KITT's powerplant was something more exotic than a carbureted small block with an Eaton-style supercharger. Maybe that's the engine they removed to put in the exotic hydrogen turbine, or nuclear reactor, or whatever. Can we get a rewrite?
[Source: The ODI via SpoilerTV, Photos: The ODI]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Stuka 8:30PM (12/08/2007)
Eaton style? It clearly says Weiand on it, and the 671 has been in production longer than Eaton has been making roots style blowers. There is also the little issue of the fact that that is NOT an 80's V8.
I think this show has fail written all over it.
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Dan Roth 10:41PM (12/08/2007)
Yeah, I saw Weiand all over the blower - but it looks like an Eaton/Roots derivative.
Doesn't really look like a 6-71 to me, but I could be wrong
AlexP 8:31PM (12/08/2007)
Uuuuh, what does the Scion xD have to do with this?
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AlexP 8:33PM (12/08/2007)
Oh, there goes.
Alex Nunez 9:21PM (12/08/2007)
That was weird. I saw the xD as well...after your second comment. Anyhow, I think it's fixed now.
AlexP 9:44PM (12/08/2007)
It's not the first time I see something weird happening with your gallery system, actually.
AlexP 9:45PM (12/08/2007)
What the hell, the xD is back.
AlexP 9:47PM (12/08/2007)
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See for yourself o_O
Jon 9:54PM (12/08/2007)
Sweet!!!
The new KIT is going to be a Scion. Wow. Didn't see that coming :)
Jon
http://www.sportscardriven.com
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Fyrewerx 11:07PM (12/08/2007)
I thought you guys reported that the new KITT was going to be a Mustang ???
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Pokey 11:46PM (12/08/2007)
Hmmm, I see ALOT of things wrong in those pics.
No T-tops
The car is the wrong year
That supercharger would never clear the hood
These are just a few of the things I noticed just by glancing at the pics, and I'm not even a fan of the original series. I think I might have watched the show a couple times, but I don't think I ever watched an entire episode.
My guess is that a majority of the fans of the original series are car guys, and they would most definetly notice that the people responsible for the remake didn't do their homework. If this is the best they could do, then the remake is destined to fail.
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Gary 12:42AM (12/09/2007)
DHARMA LOGO!...*DUN DUN DUN*
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Hamm Sammich 11:04PM (12/13/2007)
Hmmm...Yeah, I don't remember if they specifically mentioned it in the original series, but it was at least generally accepted that KITT had a turbine engine...
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catgirlshyla 1:38AM (12/09/2007)
First Transformers, now this.
Doesn't Hollywood even hire car experts anymore?
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Jeff 2:49AM (12/09/2007)
It just won't be the same with a Mustang. They couldn't have painted a Screaming Chicken on a Camaro concept replica?
Also, I'm predicting the Mustang will be the Knight Industries Three Thousand (or possibly Ten Thousand), based on nothing.
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Adam 12:26PM (12/09/2007)
I think that we are overlooking the obvious - this is a "garage/lab" at Knight Industries???? Looks less high-tech than my garage. I doubt that this would be the "set" that houses the technology to rebuild a turbine-engined vehicle with advanced artificial intelligence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider
Seems like a it has all the makings of a hoax - unless the plot is that some "good old boys" found KITT in a salvage yard and decided to "fix her up" for the big race, the road rally, or deliver the tax payment to the county seat before they forclose on Uncle Jesse's farm - oh, sorry, I was mixing 1980's TV metaphors....
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j_diesel 7:05AM (12/10/2007)
make sure them jugs got water an' not 'shine. us dukes made a promise to the government of these here US of A states never tah run 'shine again and a duke don't break his word.
oh yeah, this show is going to be horrible, hands down.
rljones 11:11AM (12/09/2007)
That also looks like a regular steering wheel and dash in the one image. Not to mention those are chrome rims. KITT had factory rims with those black Frisbee style hubcaps.
Maybe in the story this was a car they were going to try and move KITT into but doesn't work out?
As for the engine, KITT did have some kind of turbine under the hood.
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Egon 11:57AM (12/09/2007)
My guess is that most of the fans of the original show are no longer 8-years-old. From what I've read here, this retread has all the makings of a campy, low-budget failure. Look for it on your local CW affiliate somewhere around midnight, wedged between 'Who's The Boss' reruns and infomercials.
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Travis 5:55PM (12/09/2007)
should at least be as good as the (crappy) Smokey and the Bandit tv series they did a few years back... :)
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