July 14, 2009
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PlayQuestion 5 of the five-question theme round.
(1) was the designer of (2). He had, in fact, used the effect highlighted in (2) earlier elsewhere. Where?
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Answer:
Glen Larson was the designer of the Centurions in Battlestar Galactica. He borrowed the moving red eye effect from an earlier project of his, KITT from the Knight Rider show!
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July 14th, 2009 at 9:52 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247608367 )
Glen Larson, in KITT.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:54 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247608450 )
And Birthday greetings to our BB mod :)
July 14th, 2009 at 10:24 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247610249 )
Glen Larson used that effect earlier in the Knight Industries Two-Thousand (KITT) and, before that, in the original Battlestar Galactica series.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:49 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247611792 )
HAL
July 14th, 2009 at 10:52 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247611940 )
2 is a Cylon from Battlestar Galactica
The effect was used on KITT, the car in Knight Rider for its Anamorphic Equalizer.
July 14th, 2009 at 11:06 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247612816 )
1 is Glen Larson. No clue what 2 is, but the red light looks like the thing off KITT’s front end.
July 14th, 2009 at 11:14 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247613259 )
KITT
July 15th, 2009 at 12:12 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247616733 )
KITT from Knight Rider
July 15th, 2009 at 5:07 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247634434 )
KITT
July 15th, 2009 at 6:51 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247640662 )
Glen Larson of Knight Rider / Battlestar Galactica (the 1978 one) fame… K.I.T.T’s glowy thingie did the same thing the cylons did
July 15th, 2009 at 8:30 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247646625 )
KITT from Knight Rider.
July 15th, 2009 at 9:03 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247648637 )
Glenn Larson in Knight Rider.
July 15th, 2009 at 10:18 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247653086 )
1 – Glen A. Larson
2 – Cylon – Battlestar Galactica
Used for KARR (Knight Automated Roving Robot)
the prototype version of KITT. the knightrider automated vehicle.
July 15th, 2009 at 10:40 am, GMT +0000 ( 1247654419 )
hal 9000?
July 15th, 2009 at 6:19 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247681980 )
1. Glen A Larson
2. Night Man
Night Man has advanced sight functions through the round red lens over his left eye, which was inspired from his previous creation Night Rider.
July 15th, 2009 at 6:24 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247682294 )
1: Glen Larson
2: Cylon
A: KITT
July 15th, 2009 at 7:10 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1247685002 )
KITT in Knightrider