On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Wrecks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>The original KITT had the ability to 'microjam' a >> vehicle's brake system, bringing the target vehicle to a stop and >> allowing KITT to catch up quickly without collateral damage. Why >> would the writers/producers eliminate this feature from the 'new' >> KITT? > > Gene Roddenberry answered this when the original Star Trek was in > production. He would get letters asking him why the characters on the > show kept falling out of their seats every time the ship got blasted. > "Couldn't they install seat belts?" > > "No," he replied, "because if we did that, they wouldn't fall out of > them."
Besides that, it is one thing to make believe the technology exists to transform a Ford Mustang into a truck twice its size, but to make believe one car could lock another car's brakes... well, that is just crazy. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
