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Silverhawks

  • TV Series
  • 1986
  • TV-Y7
  • 23m
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7.3/10
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Silverhawks (1986)
Silverhawks Season 1, Volume 1
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A team of cyborgs protects Limbo from Mon Star and his gang.A team of cyborgs protects Limbo from Mon Star and his gang.A team of cyborgs protects Limbo from Mon Star and his gang.

  • Stars
    • Bob McFadden
    • Earl Hammond
    • Larry Kenney
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    • Stars
      • Bob McFadden
      • Earl Hammond
      • Larry Kenney
    • 22User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Bob McFadden
    • Cmdr. Stargazer…
    • 1986
    Earl Hammond
    • Mon-star
    • 1986
    Larry Kenney
    • Bluegrass…
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    Peter Newman
    • Mumbo Jumbo…
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    Maggie Wheeler
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    Doug Preis
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    Pete Cannarozzi
    • Copper Kidd
    • 1986
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    9raoh73

    This is a good show

    I'm a big kid. I am a big anime fan and an 80's fan, and I remember this show growing up. This was a good show just to sit back and simply be entertained by. I still get a laugh out of watching this and just seeing how far that animation has come. People can say that this was a blatant rip-off of ThunderCats, but it was done by the same studio and it worked once right? The characters were likable, the dialog was cheesy but as someone else said before, it's just a cartoon. I was pleased to learn that the show had finally made it's way to DVD. It's about time, too, now that Voltron has finally made it. For all of the show's flaws, it's still good just to sit back and turn off the thought process and just be entertained by it. The origin of the show was very well put together and the first two episodes set the rest of the series up well. I just enjoyed this show as a kid and I still enjoy it today.
    koohii

    80's retro throwback

    There have been better, there have been worse.

    Yes, this is the same people responsible for Thundercats. Yes, the "writing" is incredibly formulaic. Yes, there are gaping plot holes, inconsistencies, and an utter lack of realism.

    THIS IS A CARTOON!!! It is something that we watched because it was on, and at the time it was kinda cool. Besides, Thundercats was kinda played out. THe intended age range is 4-8, not 30+. Some of the space fantasy was softened for midwestern tastes. I find it amusing that the goodguy musician is a CW/R&B player, where the bad gall musician is Cindy Lauper on steroids--very 80s pop rock girl band style. We all know how evil Rock music is, right? For some reason, the cowboy has more dialog than the "leader" for the first 6 episodes.

    Hmmm, a lieutenant outranks a colonel, but not a commander. ???

    Also, if you're going to rip the cartoon by citing the similarity in chants between Mumm-Ra from Thundercats and Mon*Star, get the chant right. It's "Moon Star of Limbo {animated sequence/pause} Give me the Might! The Muscle! The MENACE of MON*STARRRRRRR!" As for falling in space, and people not needing life support: well, Limbo Galaxy has an artificial sun (which, technically should be artificial star, but that's a mistake that StarTrek makes on a regular basis without getting yelled at), maybe they also have an artificial gravity plane, or a black hole or two. That would explain why everyone was afraid of falling, now wouldn't it. Maybe the ships have atmospheric shields that hold in air, but don't stop lasers. Some of the races are aliens, maybe they can survive in space for a short time.

    OK, as to why in some episodes Hardware has to have a ship with him, and in others he has a collapsible Pteridactyl in his backpack is a little less explainable (maybe he just doesn't always carry it with him?).

    It's cheesy, dated, fun. Not the height of 80's animation, but not as bad as He-Man or {shudder}She-Ra.
    10phoenix2rachelsummers

    The most underrated cartoon of the 80s

    Okay, first the little matter that the producers of "Thundercats" ripped off their own show by doing a space opera version called "Silverhawks" - I grew up outside the States, in Ecuador, and "Silverhawks" was actually shown there before "Thundercats!" So I've never had that issue.

    And why can't "Silverhawks" simply be judged on its own merits? The science may have been wildly inaccurate, but that's why it's called Science FICTION!! Just shut your mind off and enjoy. I certainly had no problem doing it, with all the brightly colored characters against backgrounds of futuristic buildings and machines and black skies with shimmering stars.

    Most of all, "Silverhawks" had GREAT villains. Their leader, Monstar, may have been a Mumm-Ra ripoff, but I think his ritual transformation was way creepier than Mumm-Ra's. Instead of getting all muscular and bursting out of a cloak and bandages, Monstar would burst out of his own SKIN, and come out looking like some kind of cyborg-demon! And Monstar's underlings were a memorable bunch: his ridiculously obedient sidekick, a chimp/snake named Yes-Man; Hardware, the troll with a backpack full of gadgets; Windjammer, with his long blonde hair and gaunt face and weather-control staff; Mumbo-Jumbo, a minotaur on steroids; Buzzsaw, a robot with built-in blades; Molecular, the shape shifter; Pokerface, the lounge lizard/walking slot machine; Time-Stopper, a teenage brat with a clock on his chest which could manipulate time; Melodia, the Queen of Rock with a (literally) killer guitar.

    That was something else special about Silverhawks: the villains were so much cooler than the smug, boring heroes. Even though they always lost in the end, it was almost subversive that a cartoon could have young viewers (or, at least this young viewer) rooting for the villains. It was very cathartic, a healthy way of embracing one's dark side without doing other people harm.

    Silverhawks was a great show, it deserves much more respect than it gets. I'm hoping this might be remedied during its 20th anniversary in 2006.
    imdb-3243

    One of my favourite 80's cartoons.

    It's been some time since I've been able to watch this on TV. But I can still remember the theme song and the cool looks of all the characters.

    If I take a look at todays Cartoon Network program, I wonder how this garbage came on in the first place. Besides Scooby Doo there's nothing of the old shows running and the new one's, I think, are really bad.

    If they'd bring cartoons like the Silverhawks back on TV, I'm convinced the kids would devour them the same way I did. They are animated nicely, the music is great and even though the story appears a bit weak to me now that I'm "old", it is still a great show.
    Leo_Stryke

    Great Show

    I loved this show growing up and it still holds fond memories in my heart. It does require a bit of a suspension of disbelief ( but what 80's kid show didn't? ). The characters were cool, Mon-star had an interesting design for sure. I'd love to see this series on DVD as well as the other 2 Rankin Bass classics : Thundercats and Tigersharks.

    Good times, good times.

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    • Trivia
      Steelheart and Steelwill, two of the SilverHawks, are fraternal twins. They share a bond of empathy; when one sibling feels something, the other feels it as well.
    • Goofs
      Sometimes hair is shown flowing in space. Hair cannot flow in space, since there is no wind in space.
    • Quotes

      Mon Star: Moon Star of Limbo, give me the might, the muscle, the menace of Mon Star!

    • Connections
      Featured in Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews: The Top 10 80's Cartoon Intros (2012)

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    • Release date
      • March 9, 1988 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • South Korea
      • Japan
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • SilverHawkes
    • Production companies
      • Rankin-Bass Animated Entertainment
      • Telepictures Corporation
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    • Runtime
      23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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