James Hibberd

I hope it doesn't snow otherwise that mustang won't be going far

Hollywood didn't learn it's lesson with Lions For Lambs and Redacted, that the rest of the country doesn't hate the troops.

It's typical left wing rhetoric; it's not enought that the war is bad, it's not enough that America is bad, the troops have to be bad too.

I hope NBC hemorages big money over this pig and the rest of their TV season, enough that the networks bleed out and die.

If this becomes a series, I hope it does better than Bionic Woman. I used to watch the show growing up and was seriously disappointed by the remake. Good luck Bartis and Liman!

Tell me again why the writer's strike is bad? When enemies of my country can get their best propaganda right here in the USA, why should I care if the producers of that propaganda are starving or getting evicted from their homes...

Of course, the hero HAS to be "a bitter Iraq war veteran". It sounds just like after Viet Nam. Every vet on TV was portrayed as a deranged, drug addicted, baby killer just waiting to wreak havoc on the peaceful anti war citizens back home. Some things never change. It's no wonder the Nothing But Clinton network is losing it's butt in the ratings.

It is offical the Networks have way to much money and apparently need to waste a bunch. Hasselhof should go back to Germany where he's not a joke.

"If you're 20 and not a liberal, you don't have a heart. If you're 30 and not a Conservative, you don't have a brain."

That will kill the Mustang! How fricking stupid!!

Another "disturbed vet" story?

Have the people writing these things noticed the TOTAL absence of success for all of the anti-Iraq films this year? Maybe if they would check their ideology and activism at the door, they would have a real hit. A TV show is a tool for keeping rear ends in seats during commercials, not a platform for your political message.

NBC are Anti American Communist Scumbags who don't deserve our viewership.

this is punishment for nobody giving a crap that the writers were out on strike. next it'll be a remake of Gomer Pile.
Dose anybody actually watch tv any more or is it just for background noise?

Am I the only one out here who likes the shows BUT HATES THE COMMERCIALS EVERY 5 MINUTES!!!!
DUH!!! It ain't the shows Guys, it's the incessant blaring commercials that kill the shows before they can get going!!

Commercials don't bother me, I download all my TV shows.

Coming from an Iraq war vet, we are all deranged...

I wish al qaeda would attack Hollywood and all of this pop culture bs, it would do us all some good.

Hey-
I think all these conservatives need to chill out. Keep in mind that this "bitter Iraq war veteran" is not the villain of the piece, he's the hero. You would have a valid point if he were the bad guy.
Also, who's to say he isn't jaded because he's made at the people who DIDN'T support the war and that the people let him down? That would cut the other way.
No one says you have to agree completely with the hero to enjoy the show. I don't approve of James Bond sleeping around orBatman dangling crooks from rooftops, but I still enjoy both characters and recognize the good they do.
Anyway, I think you should just enjoy the show and see if it's any good rather than jump the gun.
Of course, you can and should write in to the network if it gets too political. I'm betting Iraq will never be mentioned again.

I love how the article just matter-of-factly states "Having served in Iraq, Mike is now jaded", as if it's just a foregone conclusion that any poor sap subjected to "Bush's war" is coming home bitter and lost.

Of course (and correct me if I'm wrong) while we certainly took casualties in Fallujah, I don't recall any reports of entire "units" being wiped out by insurgents. Not that it surprises me that the guy who wrote this article would think that...

Where did all this embittered conservative rhetoric come from? It's not anti-patriotic to create a story where an Iraqui war vet is embittered. Some vets are embittered. I'm going to wait and see if NBC can make this work better than Bionic Woman before I pass judgment. Besides, Will Arnett is hilarious.

So, the "ex-Army Ranger" is 23 years old? Let's assume he joined the Army at 18. Deduct 1 year of time for Ranger school, Airborne school, Basic Training, AIT, and any other schools. Further deduct another year for downtime and various garrison and administrative crap that is typical in the Army. So, the butt kickin' ex-Ranger has about 36 months of actual military experience at most, assuming he left the Army today.

The point being: why does NBC think their action hero should be a guy that has only been legally purchasing beer for 2 years? Get somebody older!

How do you people go from "jaded" Iraq vet to:
"hating the troops," "anti-american," "disturbed vet," "enemy propoganda..".. talk about overreacting...

If I served in a war orchestrated by a bunch of guys who did everything they could to avoid serving their countries...

If I served in a war based on intelligence that has since been proven to be worth the toilet paper it was smuggled out of iraq on...

If I served in a war that was conducted as ineptly as possible ("mistakes happen".. you know like disbanding the army, debathifying the government, not going in with enough troops, not supplying the few troops sent in)..

I'm thinking "jaded" would be a pretty appropriate way to describe me when I returned, and I think I'd have good reason to be that way.

The writers in the writer's guild are such a bunch of crap if this is the best they can do for a story, revamping a twenty year old TV series... they don't deserve to get paid any more for subjecting us to all th lousy crap on TV

How lame, more masturbation for Liberals. Give it up! That is why NBC is paying sponsers back right now.

Yeah, nobody ever comes back from war bitter. While we all sit around here picking our noses and putting stickers on our cars, these guys are out there getting blown up. When they come back to visit and realize nobody is touched by this war beyond waving a flag when appropriate or posting about a stupid television show, they're not pissed. They are giving up years and you're sitting here acting like your "support" is somehow doing them a favor. JUST MAKE SURE YOU FUND THEIR SERVICES WHEN THEY COME HOME. The VA is still a joke and we're not taking care of our warriors. Wave the flag all you want, but put some effort into it!

Sponsors that is.

Why is it that all you yanks think you're soldiers are high and mighty - take a peak at the Iraq civillian death toll, excess of 600,000 - thats right, killed for oil and lies. I say if you're dumb enough to join the army, then you're good enough to die. (and btw, I live in a perfectly free and safe country, where we dont need "protection" from terrorist, instead of murdering them, we aid them with food and education - funny how that works huh?)

What next??? A Gilligans Island remake? I'll watch just to see the Stang...

Chickenhawk,

While I agree that this war was built on lies, the troops have nothing to do with that. So please stop tossing GIs under the bus. Your use of the word yanks is peculiar... if you're a subject of the crown (Aussie, Canadian, British) then you too are part of this.

A remake of another show? Wow, I can't wait to see......Zzzzzzzzzzzz. Zzzzzzzzzz. Zzzzzzzz...

" Guardian :

Hollywood didn't learn it's lesson with Lions For Lambs and Redacted, that the rest of the country doesn't hate the troops.

It's typical left wing rhetoric; it's not enought that the war is bad, it's not enough that America is bad, the troops have to be bad too.

I hope NBC hemorages big money over this pig and the rest of their TV season, enough that the networks bleed out and die.
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Hey Guardian, I can tell you got here via Drudgereport. Guess what, nobody blames the troops.
It is a fiction generated by your buddies like Drudge, Bill O'Reilly and the rest of those jerks.

What people are tired of is the war. They are tired of seeing it, hearing about it, wondering what the point is etc... This is why these current crops of movies are doing so poorly. EVERYONE knows that the war was based on a lie. They know it is unjustified and disgusting the way the Bush Admin. does not listen to the people when it comes to this godforsaken war. Why do you think the Dems got in office? Not that they are doing anything to help. I pray that Ron Paul gets in and helps straighten this mess out.

Guardian, you can go on believing what you want but we ALL know the truth. Even you.

What a slippery slope the Batman movie did create....Why does EVERYTHING have to be a remake these days? Songs, TV shows, Movies....I am so sick of remakes it isn't funny. What's next Hart Castle & McCormick? Simon & Simon?

I'm sure I will watch at least the first 15 minutes of this piece of garbage just to see how bad it really is before I move on to something else...so typical. I think I'm to the point were all I watch is "The Soup" - at least there I can get all my comedy relief in 30 minutes without having to actually watch any of this crap.

I would really like to see a remake of The Fall Guy...or TJ Hooker. That would be sweet.

I hope the movie shows people spitting on this Iraq vet guy.These baby rapers deserve our anger and disgust.Rudy in '08'

Personally speaking, I'm kind of sick of all these couch-ridden chickenhawks who are of age supporting the war but aren't fighting in it. I never understood why people think that those who don't support the war don't support the soldiers. Wonder which one of those radio chickenhawks keep spoonfeeding that lie.

Regardless, not really a fan of all these show remakes. Yeah, I get people are upset that the protagonist is a jaded vet (some are even so upset that the idea of a jaded veteran of the Iraq War is conceivable, feeling that such an individual doesn't really exist), but that's not where my anger comes from. Hell, that might just be a small part of the character's development, not a constant theme (I doubt we'll see Mike Tracer, in episode five in the third season, still whining about losing friends in the war and being frustrated about it). The original Knight Rider wasn't exactly the greatest of shows, but it worked for its time. But it's a failed concept.

Where's my proof of that theory? Well, Universal tried to remake Knight Rider twice before. The first remake was the Knight Rider 2000 telefilm. The second was the Team Knight Rider series. Both failed miserably. Now, I'm not sure if the new TV movie would work, and I'm hoping the producers does find moderate success, if not for a series, then perhaps a series of made-for-TV movies. But the franchise is a one-note one anyway, and the novelty wears thin over time.

Have you seen "Boston Legal" recently? Last night's episode was nothing but non-stop Bush-Bashing for the entire episode. Howard Dean must be loving all this anti-GOP publicity, without having to pay a penny from the DNC treasury. As long as the new "Knight Rider" doesn't come out like "Boston Legal", the "jaded Iraq Vet" angle MIGHT be OK, but if they don't chill a bit, it will be a flop.

Of course, I still watch Boston Legal, because William Shatner and James Spader are fantastic in their roles as pompous a--holes. I wouldn't miss that for the world.

To Michael: You would come back embittered? IF any of the previously said things you said were true.

So do you want to tell me why the vets coming back do not share this "feeling" you would feel if you returned from a war that you say was propagated on a bunch of lies and a warmonger.

C'mon, listen to the troops who come back after their 1st 2nd and 3rd tours in IRAQ and you'll find what you "say" is not true and that in fact, the troops, are tired of your hatred of them and America.

Wait until 2008, you'll see that all of the hatred from Democrats will only lose your seats in Congress.

Wow, this sounded vaguely amusing until I got to the jaded Iraq vet part.

They lost me before they had me. Shame!

Heck, I'm an embittered Iraq War vet. But, I'm bitter because I'm tired of people saying they support us while doing everything possible to make us fail. I'm especially bitter when people who say they only care about our welfare treat us with kid gloves like we're some kind of head-case just for having been in Iraq. People, wake up. It's really not that bad over there. We're not storming Normandy or patrolling the jungles of Veitnam. We go on patrol and then go back to our hooch and play some X-Box and eat Pringles. Sure, our friends get blown up now and again, and we get stressed when we engage in combat. But the only thing to make us feel "jaded and lost" are the imbeciles who do their level best to make us feel that way.

if chicken hawk ever looked into the eyes of an arabic gentleman that wanted to kill him and his family simply because he was American and probably Christian, maybe he wouldn't want to feed and educate them. Maybe he would prevent the murder of his family by taking the ability of the arabic gentleman to murder away by any means necessary. Common sense dictates that you cannot do this with flowers and kindness if the other guy is aiming a rifle in your general direction.

A 24 year old Stanford PHD student? A little young?

...and I am sick and tired of reading a series of comments about, say, a new upcoming TV show for example, and it turning into a political argument about Iraq. puke.

You (as am I) are all uniformed armchair quarter backs that don't know anything firsthand. No one is going to magically convince another through the art of political discussion (or insults) to change their views.

Have your opinion and keep it to yourself, the only effectual thing any of us can do about it is vote and half the people bitching can't even do that. Get off your frigging soap boxes - cause we're all sick of hearing the same crap. Bitch with your ballot and and shut up or just shut up.

Not all involved have jaded views of the war. Just listen to those battle hardened vets Bush, Cheney, Rummy, Wolfiwitz, Bremmer, Rove and the little clam Scooter.

Hey morons try watching something besides FOX Noise!

How about a disgruntled former factory worker who loses his job because his company was bought and sold 20 times and ended up in China? The car he rides is a Kia that has a Mexican accent and he soon discovers he was the love child of David Hasselhoff and the voice of "Kitt". Confused, he fights his way thru idiotic plots each week just like all the other trash that passes for TV these days. WHO CARES?

I'm still amazed at the utter uniformity of expression of the antiwar crowd. It's nothing but one bumper-sticker slogan after another.

"Chickenhawk blah blah lies blah blah 600,000 dead for oil blah blah get off the couch blah blah blah fought as ineptly as possible blah blah blahbbity blah."

It's as though there's one half-informed pissed-off twenty-two-year old writing the dialog for half the world now.

What these cretins don't know is that Operation Iraqi Freedom is the most successfully fought major war we've ever conducted. There have been no screw ups on the order of Operation Market Garden, or the Battle of the Bulge, or Iwo Jima, or the Tet Offensive, and so on.

No, these dopes just regurgitate the propaganda they've been spoon fed by their masters, and they think they're being incisive.

Hilarious.

Yay!!!!!!!
Make a series out of it! I miss Knight Rider!!!!!!!
(Child of the 80s)
:)

Why did they have to remake this? I think Knight Rider was fine where it was. Why does he have to be a jaded Iraq War vet? Does the show need edge? Why can't he be the same character? Why does he need that backdrop? Why is he jaded? Why couldn't he be an average guy who is normal and isn't jaded by something? Why? Why? Why?

I want to know why.

Show's going to bomb.

Two things:

1. Where is KITT's "Cylon eye" scanner light?
2. Black stripes on a black car? I hope that's only for the publicity photos.
3. Justin Bruening looks like a good Michael Knight. Er, Tracer.
4. Would have preferred the new Camaro instead of the Mustang, but that's down to taste (and would have been prohibitively expensive, being a prototype vehicle).

I'm a huge Knight Rider fan from way back, so I won't prejudge anything else.

Thurston Last: Thanks for supporting a military junta in America. The truly ironic thing is that you probably are a registered Democrat, and will be voting for a choice of two candidates neither one of which ever served... but this irony will be lost on you, as your mind is too narrow.

Tom B>_ When you can name me ONE justification for the Iraq War that Bush said THAT BOTH CLINTONS AND THE WHOLE DNC DIDN'T, you can complain about "propaganda". Until then, look up the concept of "memory hole".

JPL- Thanks for your service, sir.

Wow, two things turned into four things. That's what happens when your mouth gets ahead of your brain. Carry on kids.

John, at first I thought you were talking about "Gung Ho", that Micheal Keaton movie from 86. It could be like Gung Ho meets Rambo meets Knight Rider

Here are the facts. The majority of the troops support our actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. These same troops are the ones that hate people like Michael Moore and Sean Penn. These are the same troops that despise the media echo the enemy's propaganda and lies (like 600,000 dead and so on). So, in the real world, if a former soldier is "jaded", it's not at the administration, but toward the media outlets like NBC.

Here is the rub. NBC can not go out and make a soldier the bad guy. These guys are viewed as heroes in America, and rightfully so, and making a soldier the bad guy would be ratings suicide for NBC. So they make the hero bitter about the war. This serves two purposes. First, it subliminally tells the public that it is OK to be a patriot and be against the war. Second, it turns our soldiers into tragic heroes, victims of "Bush's war". Not only is this dishonest, but it is blatant propaganda directly from America's left and America's enemies.

Disclaimer: I served and I support both wars.

a previous poster wrote:
"Also, who's to say he isn't jaded because he's made at the people who DIDN'T support the war and that the people let him down? That would cut the other way."

If THAT'S the case, I'll eat the chair I'm sitting in! You KNOW that's NOT going to be the case!

The jaded vet is pretty much standard practice in Hollywood today.

Don't portray soldiers as racist rednecks with guns. Don't attack them. People won't buy that.

Instead, attack the institutions they serve. Question the reasons for their sacrifice.

Above all, portray them as victims, betrayed by their corrupt government. Full of PTSD and doubt about the goodness of their country.

Under no circumstances do you portray them as heroic, their deeds as righteous. Their cause just.

I actually liked the Knight-Rider series....but then, I'm 40 ;-p

Any ways, before folks go off on the whole "embittered" thing; I do have to speak as a vet.....non-combat; who's circle of friends consists mostly of Iraq war vets....first gulf and second.

Yes...."embittered" could describe several of them, but not in the way you might think. Some from the rhetoric from our government folks against the war....some from seeing nothing but the bad news making it to the standard media sources.....but, most of the ones I know are more "embittered" from a lack of understanding when they get back....they've been through some serious stuff folks.... and to a man, or woman (from those I know or have met) believe in what they did. As do I.

Just remember when you get a good nights sleep; others live with the nightmares so you won't have to.

Any ways, I'll likely watch the premeire if I remember to.....I quit watching tv in general about 10 years ago.....but, sort of want to see this one.

Then I'll decide, for myself, whether to watch any of the series later on...... Why don't you folks do the same ;-)

Thurston Last: "Personally speaking, I'm kind of sick of all these couch-ridden chickenhawks who are of age supporting the war but aren't fighting in it. I never understood why people think that those who don't support the war don't support the soldiers. Wonder which one of those radio chickenhawks keep spoonfeeding that lie."

And I am personally sick of those who say they want to be protected from criminals, but never joined the police force; or who want someone to put out their house fire, but never became a firefighter; or who want to eat vegatables, but never farmed; or who want to ride the bus, but never worked as bus drivers; or who want to watch sports but never played in the NFL; well you get the picture. It's a stupid and illogical argument.

Thurston Last: "Personally speaking, I'm kind of sick of all these couch-ridden chickenhawks who are of age supporting the war but aren't fighting in it. I never understood why people think that those who don't support the war don't support the soldiers. Wonder which one of those radio chickenhawks keep spoonfeeding that lie."

And I am personally sick of those who say they want to be protected from criminals, but never joined the police force; or who want someone to put out their house fire, but never became a firefighter; or who want to eat vegatables, but never farmed; or who want to ride the bus, but never worked as bus drivers; or who want to watch sports but never played in the NFL; well you get the picture. It's a stupid and illogical argument.

Looks like a lot of you are writing the same talking points from your favorite Anti-Freedom, Anti-America organizations. It's disingenuous & is apparent the political views you've chosen have blinded you from realities of situations. It's a TV show & this character's background will be given all of 5 seconds time. If you can't deal with the actualities and consequences of people who have faced war but you support war - you're nothing more than a blowhard war monger & should be signed up immediately to give you a dose of reality.

BTW "Guardian" - Redacted didn't fare well at the box-office because it was a poorly made & marketed film; Lions for lambs had little to do with soldiers - the film was about an interview, "behind the scenes" look at political maneuvering. Your screen handle is apropos - you've attempted to guard (shield/hide) from truth by putting out lies.

sawdust: ...and I am sick and tired of reading a series of comments about, say, a new upcoming TV show for example, and it turning into a political argument about Iraq. puke.

You (as am I) are all uniformed armchair quarter backs that don't know anything firsthand. No one is going to magically convince another through the art of political discussion (or insults) to change their views.

Have your opinion and keep it to yourself, the only effectual thing any of us can do about it is vote and half the people bitching can't even do that. Get off your frigging soap boxes - cause we're all sick of hearing the same crap. Bitch with your ballot and and shut up or just shut up.

Posted by sawdust | December 12, 2007 1:59 PM
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I am going to write the networks and tell them just that: shut up. That is exactly why I don't watch network TV any more, they won't shut up about their political opinions and just entertain me.

NBC just HAD to put a lefty political spin on what should have been a purely escapist show. If I were going to cave and watch anything on that network it would have been giving this show a chance but forget that now.

Hey Phil K, the bitter Iraq vet is the same template the media and Hollyweird amplified from the Jane Fonda funded "Winetr Soldier Investigation" that put the image of every Vietnam vet as a village burning, baby killing psycho into the American consciousness.

That smear came from John Kerry's Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) and the same pukes that ran it took some Iraq Veterans under their wing, mentored and modelled them after the VVAW, calleing themselves the Iraq Veterans Against the War.

And guess what, the IVAW is out to smear this generation of military the way the VVAW was smeared, their valor trashed and honor stolen.

Watch for the IVAW ads in January, probably the NY Times no less. Their are out to smear not only our troops in Iraq, but those in Afghanistan too.

Anyone who thinks the Vietnam Vets got a bad deal, that they were not treated right, then stand up for this generation and don't let it happen. Expose the IVAW for the NeoJohns, the Kerry Wannabes that they are.

Magnum P.I. was a war veteran character. They (partially) did this already. Only selleck didn't need the technology gimmick, just good simple story lines, comraderie, humor and some mystery.

Sure to bomb.

TOMW:

Right on. Except we actually won the Tet offensive, contrary to Cronkite's claims.

You also forgot to mention Halliburton 60 or so times in your impression.

Well, I'm off to spend my 'blood for oil' royalty check that all us Chickenhawks have been receiving off of the back of the oppressed Iraqi populace.

Man, anything will be better than Mr. Baywatch Bohunk. KITT was always the star of the show and let's hope it's the same in this go-around. At least they picked a kickass car. I've said for a long time that Hollywood should do a remake of Bullitt with the new Mustang. Maybe they can bring B.A. Baracus in for a cameo or two, waxing the Rustang Mufftang with TR3.

CoCo Lopez:

Yeah, nobody ever comes back from war bitter. While we all sit around here picking our noses and putting stickers on our cars, these guys are out there getting blown up. When they come back to visit and realize nobody is touched by this war beyond waving a flag when appropriate or posting about a stupid television show, they're not pissed. They are giving up years and you're sitting here acting like your "support" is somehow doing them a favor. JUST MAKE SURE YOU FUND THEIR SERVICES WHEN THEY COME HOME. The VA is still a joke and we're not taking care of our warriors. Wave the flag all you want, but put some effort into it!

CoCo Lopez:

Yeah, nobody ever comes back from war bitter. While we all sit around here picking our noses and putting stickers on our cars, these guys are out there getting blown up. When they come back to visit and realize nobody is touched by this war beyond waving a flag when appropriate or posting about a stupid television show, they're not pissed. They are giving up years and you're sitting here acting like your "support" is somehow doing them a favor. JUST MAKE SURE YOU FUND THEIR SERVICES WHEN THEY COME HOME. The VA is still a joke and we're not taking care of our warriors. Wave the flag all you want, but put some effort into it!

Amen CoCo Lopez. AMEN.

Actually they could do a good job with this if they make the stories cool and keep it light, without to much liberal hollywood preachiness. Concentrate on the story, the car, the girls and the fantasy and leave the sermons at the door, and it'll be a success.

Re: Thurston Last
You said:
"I never understood why people think that those who don't support the war don't support the soldiers. Wonder which one of those radio chickenhawks keep spoonfeeding that lie."

I'd go a bit further and say that those that don't support the war are supporting our enemies.
Allow me to quote you something:
"If you hamper the war effort of one side you automatically help that of the other."

It was said by George Orwell during WWII. Not much has changed since then as history has a way of repeating itself. You see, the reasoning is that if you do something like block military shipments from leaving a port in Seattle, you are doing the work of the enemy. What is the difference between blocking a shipment and blowing it up? The end result is the same. Those that want the "troops home NOW" share a common goal with Al Qaeda. Trust me, they want our troops home more than you do.

The entire thing can be found by googling "Pacifism and the War" (with quotes).

Oh, and I served, so you can take your chickenhawk BS and blow it out your... well, you get the idea. Better yet, why don't you go call a soldier that and see what happens. After all, they overwhelmingly voted for Bush (75% Bush to about 17% Kerry). We should all should support the troops AND their mission so they can complete it and get home safely.

I go to Walter Reed a lot. Bitter is not what I see, so take your moonbat rhetoric and shove it.

You clowns say things like "Money for Wounded, Not for War' yet you guys don't pay your fair share.

What money? Tax money! That's what you're talking about there. And all the big "anti-war" groups are 501(3)(c) tax exempt. They pay no taxes, their contributors get a tax credit.

Those groups are NOT anti-war, they ARE anti-America.

Don't have the space here, but look at the largest "peace group" ANSWER. Here's the people behind it, pslweb dot org

Say Che....Click on "Education" and the URL for that page ends in Marxism101

There and at the internationalanswer dot org website you can buy yourself yor your favorite commie a Che shirt. Personally, I wear a shirt that says, "Che Killed People You Trendy Bastard".

I hear the car is a conservative.

I hear the car is a conservative.

The people who bash the troops and the people who support the war ARE un-patriotic. That's right you socialist pinko lefties, I said it. And by the way, when ever you see Bush's approval ratings about the war from the people in his own party so low, it doesn't mean we disapprove of the war, it means we don't think he's doing enough!

To: Chicken Hawk... you stated that" btw, I live in a perfectly free and safe country, where we dont need "protection" from terrorist, instead of murdering them, we aid them with food and education - funny how that works huh?)" Whats funny you don't mention the name of the "Safe" country You live in...... because u know your statement is UNTRUE.....and you stated " Why is it that all you yanks think you're soldiers are high and mighty"..YES...our troops are High and Mighty.. your "SAFE" country is probably safe because of OUR high and mighty soldiers.

To Editor:

What they've gotta learn and hold on to for a story like this is to keep the action rolling and make it broad-based appeal without getting too deep into the epidemic of Hollywood preachiness. The first time KITT asks whether or not he should get a hybrid power supply, the show's OVER. These guys have a lot to study from the Dukes of Hazzard, which was a *great* fantasy show. I hope they don't try to "make it too real" either liberal or conservative. Concentrate on the fun of the show and have fun with it. That's what it's about. It'll succeed if they do that.