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[–] 1D10@lemmy.world 37 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Dammit no, yesterday I woke up with the idea of a knight rider reboot where Kitt is a barely functioning cyber truck, Nic Cage is a 25 year old Michael and the script is 100% AI written.

[–] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 months ago

Holy fuck someone give this man a blank check and a box truck full of four loko

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

That is something Elon Musk would come up, except the protagonist is now him AIed over another actor. And of course the bad guys are people infected with the woke mind virus who don't let white people to call black people the hard-R N-word, trans people using the bathroom, etc.

[–] ReplicantBatty@lemmy.one 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You just described precisely the reason this needs to happen

[–] 1D10@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Is there a single person who would not pay money to watch Nic Cage in a serious role portraying a "cool guy" while speaking in Gen Z slang.

"on god fam, this bitch lagit drives itself"

[–] pfm@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 3 months ago

It would be as good as letting MS Song Smith generate soundtrack for "Whiplash" 🤭

[–] neatchee@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't give a shit about David Hasselhoff, but Knight Rider without Mr Feeney as KITT wouldn't be the same

[–] Buford_T_Justice@reddthat.com 7 points 3 months ago

William Daniels. Holy shit he's still alive 97 years old. He's been married to the same person for 73 years wtf!

[–] dunz@feddit.nu 12 points 3 months ago

There was one in 2008 actually. But it isn't very good, not that the original is some masterpiece either OTOH. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider_%282008_TV_series%29?wprov=sfla1

[–] satanmat@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

KITT is a Tesla that goes evil and Michael is a l337 hacker trying to make it stop.

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

Like many other shows, this one was a product of its time and wouldn't work today.
Talking, intelligent car decades ago? "Oh wow! Futuristic!"
Talking car today: "hey Google, play Tiptoe Through The Tulips on 120% volume"

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It’s called Street Hawk

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Why not Airwolf, or Knight Rider with a helicopter?

[–] citrusface@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Yeah but KITT is cool tho.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

....hey I've seen this one before!

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Renegade (old show featuring Lorenzo Lamas) or Space above and Beyond (which only ran for one season).

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Gotta admit, I’d at least give the first episode a chance. It’s unlikely to be worthwhile, but the idea could have potential in the right hands.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If you want to see what it would be like in the wrong hands: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1213404/

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 2 points 3 months ago

OMG. That trailer was one of the most cringeworthy things I’ve ever seen. Wow. Thanks for the laughs!