Knight Rider Creator dies, but his legacy lives on.....

[struth]

Six ways Knight Rider predicted the future.


There can perhaps be no greater honour for sci-fi writers than to create worlds that they eventually see come true.

For Knight Rider creator Glen Larson, who has died aged 77, he will have at least seen some, if sadly not all, of his imaginations become reality.

The show's tagline, uttered over that irresistible theme tune, declares the show "a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist".

Like David Hasselhoff's Michael Knight character, much of the technology found under the bonnet of Knight Industries Two Thousand - Knight's car, known simply as Kitt - didn't exist.

At least, not in 1982.

read on.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30087369


Always liked the Hoff in Knight Rider when it started. It was innovative and cool ;)

[walpurgis]

Always liked the Hoff in Knight Rider when it started. It was innovative and cool ;)

I have to be honest, so I'd best not express my views on Knight Rider.:eyebrows:

[Barry]

I have to be honest, so I'd best not express my views on Knight Rider.:eyebrows:

Oh - it was only harmless escapism; nothing to take too seriously. And yes, the car did look cool.

[Wakefield Turntables]

As a bloke in my 40's I shed a tear for Glen Larson, that dude created a whole heap of stuff that I watched as a kid. Sad really, I look back on those days with such fondness and knowing that Glen Larson has died has made me a little sad this morning. :(

[Macca]

Yes - he also did the original (and best) Battlestar Galactica.

I'm sure we all agree that the quality of TV nosedived as we passed from the Seventies to the Eighties, but Knight Rider was one of the better offerings in the 'pap, but quality pap' category. Compare to 'Airwolf', which was basically the same show but with a helicopter instead of a car, and which sucked big time.

[awkwardbydesign]

Compare to 'Airwolf', which was basically the same show but with a helicopter instead of a car, and which sucked big time.
Or had you just got too old?

[Gazjam]

Then there was Street Hawk, same deal but with a motorbike!
Loved all those shows in the 80s...Glen Larson made a lot of kids happy.

Classic tv moments.....
anyone remember Automan and his holographic Lamborghini countach?
Buck Rogers getting on down (boogie boogie)...

:)

[struth]

I kinda remember something of that...didnt last long though...he was a cop

[Wakefield Turntables]

Then there was Street Hawk, same deal but with a motorbike!
Loved all those shows in the 80s...Glen Larson made a lot of kids happy.

Classic tv moments.....
anyone remember Automan and his holographic Lamborghini countach?
Buck Rogers getting on down (boogie boogie)...

:)


All essential viewing being a kid of the eighties.

[Macca]

We used to refer to Street Hawk as shite hawk. Bit obvious really but it was rubbish.

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) on the other hand achieved the almost impossible in that it was so bad it was good. And it had Erin Grey. Mmmmm....Erin Grey....

[Beobloke]

anyone remember Automan and his holographic Lamborghini countach?


Yes! I was honestly beginning to think I may have imagined this series as no-one else ever seems to remember it!

Sorry to hear about Glen A. Larson. Always loved Knight Rider and still do - I have all the box sets.

[Gazjam]

We used to refer to Street Hawk as shite hawk. Bit obvious really but it was rubbish.

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) on the other hand achieved the almost impossible in that it was so bad it was good. And it had Erin Grey. Mmmmm....Erin Grey....

Yeah, something about spandex jumpsuits... beedie beedie beedie. :eyebrows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW4JMdhqh2M

[Spectral Morn]

Only just seeing this, sad that Glen A Larson has died :(


Regards Neil

[synsei]

As a bloke in my 40's I shed a tear for Glen Larson, that dude created a whole heap of stuff that I watched as a kid. Sad really, I look back on those days with such fondness and knowing that Glen Larson has died has made me a little sad this morning. :(

I couldn't agree more, the guy had one hell of an imagination. Wasn't he responsible for the original Battlestar Galactica?

[Spectral Morn]

I couldn't agree more, the guy had one hell of an imagination. Wasn't he responsible for the original Battlestar Galactica?

Yes and a host of other TV shows and music he composed for TV too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_A._Larson


Regards Neil

[Macca]

Although he was known in the trade as 'Glenn Larceny' due to his penchant for ripping off other people's ideas.