![]() ![]() look like a Model T Ford but they need that contract with the city. The Foundation has a new prototype car almost ready for testing, the Knight 4000 (or K.I.F.T.), which will make K.I.T.T. Apparently private vigilante justice organisations are also out of favour in these enlightened times. They had a freelance crime-fighting contract with the city but the city is threatening to cancel the contract. The Foundation for Law and Government is in trouble. Even the police are not allowed to carry guns. Criminals are instead placed in cryogenic suspension. A new enlightened mayor has implemented some daring new crime-fighting initiatives. Knight Rider 2000 is set ten years in the future which makes it the year 2000. Knight Rider 2000 on the other hand has a futuristic setting and is therefore out-and-out science fiction. Knight Rider was science fiction but it belonged to that sub-category that takes place entirely in the present day but with one item of science fictional technology, in this case K.I.T.T. They wanted it to be new whilst still having definite links to the original. They did not want their new series to be just a belated fifth season of the original. I do have to give the developers of Knight Rider 2000 for one thing. He has an alibi and cannot be blamed for the disaster. Larson, creator of the original Knight Rider, was not involved with Knight Rider 2000. Knight Rider 2000 failed to capture anyone’s imagination, was not picked up as a series and seems to be generally disliked by Knight Rider fans. The 1991 TV-movie Knight Rider 2000 was shot as the pilot for what was hoped would be a new series based (a little loosely) on the 80s hit series. ![]()
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