Classic ’80s TV Show ‘Silverhawks’ Being Reanimated By The Nacelle Company
'Silverhawks': Classic '80s Animated TV Show Being Brought Back By The Nacelle Company
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Looks like we're getting a Silverhawks reboot too.
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I still remember one Easter when I was pretty small I was hunting through the house for my eggs and candy. I opened a drawer and found a basket of candy and this fucking space guy with a guitar. At first I was like "fuck is this?" Then I saw the show the next Saturday while eating my cacao puffs and was like "Ok that's pretty cool.". I'll watch their dumbass reboot. Nostalgia....
What part of "Silverhawks was a classic animated television show developed by Rankin/Bass Productions and released in 1986" eludes you? Critiquing an '80s cartoon for its lack of sense/realism is akin to criticizing a pastry shop because all of their bread is sweet.
Also, they apparently fight a villain called Mon*Star. So, you know, there's that.
Never heard of this before.
Never heard of this before.
I do now, if you say so. There was very little context in your original statement to suggest flippancy.
I remember watching it as a kid. I recall liking it, but I can't say it was a huge impact on me back then? I remember the art style reminding me of Voltron, at least in the human animations.
Totally forgot they had a cyborg cowboy with a guitar. I can't recall if he used it like a weapon, fighting with the power of music or not? But given how much of a signature item it is to his character, I'd be shocked if he didn't. I'd like to see that updated, I have a weak spot for music as a weapon stories. They are usually so over the top and silly, but I love the spirit behind them of "music is awesome, so awesome, it will LITERALLY melt the faces of his enemies!"
It's why I fell in love with an old anime, that I really need to find the rest of, I think it's called Legend of the Black Angels, or something like that? Google-fu is failing me, and I'm not at home, but it's about a guy who is now a wage slave in anime-typical Japan, living a dreary life, but when he was in his 20s, he was part of a short lived rock band, that APPARENTLY, made such blistering riffs and sick beats, that it is literally the only source of awesomeness in the universe, awesome enough, to power this big doom laser, that is the only thing protecting this space society. So they use recordings of their performances to power the laser, to hold off the giant death fleets that threaten them. Sadly it's not working as well anymore, so they need some new tunes, and fresh performances. So they have to reunite the guy with his beloved guitar, and try and "get the band back together" to rock out some new performances, to literally save the galaxy from annihilation. it's about as silly as it sounds, and I fucking love it.
Sorry, that was a tangent. Yes, space cyborgs and a robotic cowboy with a battle guitar. I recall it being relatively enjoyable.
Off topic, but I would not mind a reboot of Street Sharks. I know Captain Planet's never getting a reboot, nor would I want one. Before anyone starts, I know about the Rick and Morty episode.
Why do you think Captain Planet will never get a reboot? I mean I'm indifferent either way, as I was never a huge fan of that show given when it came out and my age. But I don't see anything fundamentally different about it, compared to everything else they are apparently rebooting. I mean, come on, Silverhawks?! That's incredibly niche, compared to Captain Planet.
They're most likely be a Street Sharks reboot before a toxic crusaders. Nothing against the toxic avenger, but that movie series is way more niche Street Sharks.
I wouldn't necessarily mind a reboot either, but it's captain planet. While it did have some unique messages and many that still hold true today, there's still a big problem with this message, the power is yours. The problem with the whole it's your personal responsibility to protect the environment. The message itself is an inherently bad, but the problem is that it is based on a lie so by big corporations that still don't take responsibility for the crap they dump into the earth. They're still plenty of companies that cause huge amounts of pollution in the Earth's environment. Says to try to pull a message like that off today would come off as ignorant and insincere. Now the Environmentalist message can still work, but there have to be obvious changes.
You probably didn't know about this, but there's an episode of Okay, Let's Be Heroes the acts as a sequel to Captain Planet. Only one of the planets here is remain, the four other members left.
I normally don't do this, but I'm adding Wisecrack.
Well sure the message would need to be updated for the new times, but that's how reboots work really. Given the amount of environmental activism going on today, I think a show that helps to educate kids about ways that it is a problem, and how they can try and fix it (namely by teaching them to become more proactive in their politics, and voting out shitheads that placate the companies) is probably a good thing to do. One of the biggest demographics that DOESN'T actually take part in societal actions, is the youth. So making a show that helps convince some 10 year olds now, to investigate and push for changes in legislation when they are voting age, yeah I don't see a problem with that at all.
I pretty much agree with Brawlman here on the topic of CP. "The power is yours" is all well and good, and it's not an objectionable message in of itself, but it's not a pancea for dealing with environmental problems. I've certainly made efforts over the years to reduce environmental footprint (e.g. use a car as little as possible, have meat-free days, house I live in has solar panels, etc.), but that's not a solution to systemic issues. It also doesn't help that many of the villains in CP don't resemble the actual issues at hand. Yes, Hoggish Greedly is a metaphor for overconsumption, but Duke Nukem and Doctor Blight? There aren't many people who go out of their way to harm the environment. It also doesn't help that CP used nuclear-scare tactics. For instance, it's all well and good in an episode for the team to stop a nuclear meltdown, and have Cap drill down to allow a geothermal plant to be built in its place, but in reality, you can't build a geothermal plant just anywhere.
That said, I do have fond memories of CP (almost certainly influenced me), and if a reboot was made today, I wouldn't object, but as a child's cartoon, it can only go so far with its messaging.
That said, I do have fond memories of CP (almost certainly influenced me), and if a reboot was made today, I wouldn't object, but as a child's cartoon, it can only go so far with its messaging.
Plus, there were other and better environmentalist shows, movies, or games that came afterward (or even during) that did a much better job and had more subtlety.
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I'd be interested in seeing what a modern take on Street Sharks is like too. Extreme Dinosaurs as well.
I wouldn't rule out the possibility of a Captain Planet reboot either given climate change is such a hot topic now (no pun intended).