Silver Hawks Explored - Stylish Dark Sci-Fi 80's Cartoon Is Punishably Underloved & Needs A Reboot

[@r.cjones1515]

This is quickly becoming my favourite KZbin Channel covering all the things that I love in life and have made me the person I am today. I hope you do more vids like this and bring for cartoons lost in time to the forefront. Love to see you cover Galaxy Rangers, Jace & The Wheeled Warriors next

[@aaaaa-nw8hc]

Great titles! I love it. M.A.S.K. too.

[@ijeomakingsley507]

Who will make "silver hawk movie", I want to be there 😂😂😂

[@Roberto4ever]

Finally, my favorite cartoons, the silverhawks, bring back so many good memories for me.😃

[@Hinatachan360]

There was a Silverhawks reboot in the works. Unfortunately one of the writers from the original show, Steve Perry, was murdered while working on the reboot. Steve had been part of a fan forum called New Hawk Haven. He was friends with one of the moderators. Steve was quite friendly and would chat with those of us in the fan forum. He was really excited about the project. The moderator that was friends with Steve broke the news to the rest of us about his death. It was so heart breaking because he had just gotten custody of his child. I miss Steve to this day. He was such an easy going guy to talk to and so creative. May he rest in Paradise.

[@virgoleighton]

😰😢😔

[@TheMsLourdes]

I hadn't heard this til now. that is truly heartbreaking on a variety of levels. Rest in Peace, Steve.

[@ioGLNX]

So sad to hear..Silverhawks, Thundercats, Batman the animated series and Gargoyles, He-Man were the crown jewels of my childhood after the reunion of Germany.

[@Contraltissimo]

I've never even heard of this man but this news just made me gasp. :( My memories of this series are distant, but so, so fond. Rest In Peace, Steve Perry. Thank you for that much more happiness in my childhood.

[@o-wolf]

His death &life up to that point is some of the saddest shit I've ever read in my life.. he was trying so hard but was failed by so many.. what a tragedy.. I can only hope there's a better place when we die cause he deserves to be in it.. the works he made will bring joy to millions of kids for decades to come. His spirit lives on in the valley of Thundera.

[@vezner]

I actually really liked Silverhawks. I agree that it’s very underrated. The other underrated cartoon series that I liked was Jayce and The Wheeled Warriors.

[@powerbad696]

Oh,man,you liked that show too !!! Wheeled Warriors I mean,my childhood is being re-visited. LOL. Loved Silverhawks too.

[@cocodojo]

That theme song! If you don't remember anything, you'd ALWAYS remembered the theme songs for the shows!

[@DarthMacchio]

They put so much effort into some of these shows in the 80s! From the animation, the character designs, to the amazing music and themes. Golden age of cartoons for sure.

[@turbopokey]

I remember how the rank-and-file monster machines would sometimes snark at each other the way the battle droids from Clone Wars would. Jace and the “Lightning League” (as he named them) would actually seem to make progress in their goals to destroy the monster machines and rescue Jace’s father from wherever he was. Wasn’t terribly fond of the sails on their spaceship, though. Edit: ok, saw it was “monster MINDS” from another vid…

[@bwill3337]

Yeah wheeled warriors was cool!!

[@bobburgers6033]

Silverhawks, Thundercats, He-Man, Bionic Six, Brave Starr, Ninja Turtles and the list goes on. Every Saturday morning starting at about 5am there was a stretch of great cartoons that lasted till about 1pm and after that my siblings and I played outside till a little past dark. Growing up in the 80’s was the best. 90’s we’re great as well.

[@jeyfomson6364]

Wings of silver, nerves of steel SILVER HAWKS!!!! Partly metal, partly real SILVER HAWKS!!!! That intro was Awesome. Good old days.

[@bigdigga0]

One of the best cartoon theme songs IMHO! TAAAAALLLLLLLLLYYYYYYY HHHHAAAWWKKKKKK!!!!!!!

[@jeyfomson6364]

@@bigdigga0 you can say that again!!

[@bigdigga0]

@@jeyfomson6364 lol....me and my friends used to sing that song all the damn time. Another one I used to love was the theme song to Defenders Of The Earth

[@Heretus]

When the intros of such animation was better, more energetic and inspiring than 99% of all songs released today I actually have a playlisy of such intros as a motivational gym songs

[@jeyfomson6364]

@@bigdigga0 Defenders of the earth was really awesome!! I loved whenever the phantom called upon the power of Ten Tigers.

[@seanswader7425]

The 80’s had some of the best cartoons. I’d love to see a bit of love for Bionic Six. That show as fun as well.

[@GG-id8bt]

Bionic Six!!! I agree Silver Hawks was and is underrated, but holy crap Bionic Six is criminally underrated!

[@SoulSir5vr]

@@GG-id8bt I used to watch bionic 6 in the morning before I went to school as a teenager. That show was awesome.

[@goodfellabeats]

Bionic Six was great! I thought I was the only one who remembered that show.

[@Makoto03]

I never saw Silver hawks but my mom bought me a blanket with those characters on it, way back as a kid in the 90s. Kept it for years. The show looks amazing.

[@geardog24]

If only Thundercats 2011 had a second season I know we could've had a crossover with the SilverHawks.

[@zarach9459]

Actually they did, I don't remember exactly the episode, but when Mum-Ra is in his control room several screens appear showing different scenes, in one of them Moonstar appears

[@saphari22]

Thundercats 2011 was amazing! Future reboots should take notes from them as they told a new reiteration but still had that nostalgia factor fans love (unlike the abysmal Thundercats ROAR!) And, along with Mon*star on the control screen they also had Mako of the Tigersharks.

[@randyping6036]

I really was enjoying that version, especially the lore tweaks.

[@fjccommish]

It would have been as bad as the first season.

[@gomongio]

Pointless and not interested. The 2011s one sucked hard. It was effing awful. 70-80-90s animation remain unmatchable. Even the 60s had better stuff than today. Saddening

[@captaincooool]

I loved Silverhawks as a kid, the 80's/early 90's cartoon era was amazing.

[@kevincargo80]

This show was fire. When I ask people about it I'm always surprised by how few remember it.

[@alejandromolinac]

I am surprised to hear that..... In Latin America it ran on forever....

[@kevincargo80]

@@alejandromolinac Yes, it's funny how here in the States even when I ask people that were around when the show came out few remember it

[@horrorstew3577]

Currently binge watching this again for the first time as an adult.... Still holds up 🤟🤟 C'mon Hollywood make this movie 😁

[@DarthMacchio]

Silverhawks is indeed very stylish and original. I think its weakness, and why it never fully caught on, was that its backstory and plot were kind of half baked. Thundercats started with a strong orientation story and grew from there. Silverhawks and its villains just kind of existed without much structure. It needed stronger world building. But I am a big fan still. Love the characters, the aesthetic, and the animation. Imaginative ideas that just needed something relatable to anchor to.

[@truckshackley373]

Now we need a Tigersharks video to complete the Thundercats/Silverhawks/Tigersharks trifecta

[@moobutt]

We need the complete TigerSharks on DVD/BluRay like Thundercats and Silverhawks.

[@TheTigerSalamanderKing]

I had all the toys haha! I loved Silver Hawk, haven't heard mention of it in so long. Thanks for this!

[@twyztidbro3929]

I'm old enough to have never forgotten Silver Hawks :D

[@wtk6069]

I liked Silverhawks, but I never understood why Bluegrass never played bluegrass. Seems like he should have been renamed Guitar Rocker or something.

[@RichGarner]

I absolutely loved the Silver Hawks! They are one of the few shows that I actually own on DVD. So glad to see it given attention here!

[@peterang78]

Mon*star is my second favorite villain from the 80s period ( First being Cobra Commander ). I even got an action figure of him. It was really cool to see him made a cameo in the Thundercats 2011. And here's something interesting to know, in the cancelled second season of the 2011 series, there would've been a Silverhawks crossover, and also an origin story of Mon*star on how he got his transformation. Apparently he was trying to auction off a stone, where Mumm ra appear to him and snatch the stone, before Mumm ra stabbed Mon*star eye, giving him the signature transformation ability.

[@Larry]

They were planning to make a shared universe with it and TigerSharks if there was a second season.

[@peterang78]

@@Larry True, shame the 2011 was cancelled. I would've look to see it return some day, even if it seem impossible.

[@Always_on_Cue]

When I was a kid I had most of the action figures

[@powerbad696]

Silverhawks and Thundercats had the COOLEST intros !!!! LOL.

[@Larry]

@@peterang78 The failure of the action figure line apparantly was responsible for the shows cancellation. And how the 2019 ThunderCats series bombed, I doubt we'll see any more for the time being. Unless a movie is announced out of nowhere.

[@MosMatically]

In my top 5 1.) Thundercats 2.) Voltron 3.) G.I. Joe 4.) He-Man 5.) Silverhawks

[@minatodroger7890]

My brother same

[@Ragalo100]

I have them all on dvd.

[@ThirdLadderEnt]

Oh hell naw no Transformers, no Centurions, I’m calling foul

[@romengoneg238]

Honestly is the 80s 5 if not enough. I would add Transformers, tiger sharks.

[@SoulSir5vr]

Anyone else remember Tranzor Z?!!😁

[@mrjrb561]

This has been one of my all time favorite cartoons of all time. Still have all the toys, and awaiting the arrival of the amazing new Silverhawks Super 7 toys to ship.

[@nicholase82]

Space Tornado. Don't you just love cartoon science.

[@landismithCOJ]

All of these nostalgic videos....wow. 80s cartoons were IT.

[@killerb6509]

I was 4 or 5 when they came out . Loved them then and still do now. One thing I can remember is the toys where super hard to get for some reason.

[@powerbad696]

LOVE me some SILVERHAWKS !!! I bought the complete dvd set at a pawn-shop for $3.00 bucks !!! What a find,I was sooo happy,then. Still haven't watched it yet,bought it severai months ago.

[@ExarKun5250]

One of my faves as a kid

[@nwazuemunachi6339]

Mhennn....This was my Favorite cartoon when I was a kid...😍😍😍 watching it again makes me so happy..I luvvv....it.

[@Obironnkenobi]

Dude I got way into Silverhawks when I was a wee lad. My Grandparents ran a video store and after a while of videos not being rented they would give me the child appropriate ones, this show was one of them. So good. Criminally underrated.

[@ericsteppe9482]

Ain't nothing like the toons from the 80's! Was my favorite decade for action cartoons!

[@tonygriego6382]

One of my favorite shows as a kid. Had almost the entire line of figures.

[@OmarBhoo]

Loved this cartoon, had all the figures. But like Thundercats when I got the DVD as am adult it wasn't nearly as good as I remembered. But I would still love to see a movie or live action show.

[@hmmm3232]

As a kid that grew up watching these awesome cartoons, looking back I can tell you we had it all. GenX rules!

[@HeavyMental1000]

Unloved my eye! I was running like hell to get home to catch daily episodes. I can't think about 80s cartoons without think of this.

[@joelwidgins6329]

Classic, probably my favorite 80s cartoon. I was only 3 when it came out. Still waiting for the reboot Stellar,

[@QuantaSolace]

I remember when Boomerang use to air the reruns back in the late 90s and early 2000s. I remember loving the show as a kid. Monstar’s transformation was the most simple yet badass transformation along with being very 80s.

[@thebrownbaldy]

Just imagine Silverhawks X Thundercats X He-man crossovet. That would've been MARVELOUS!!!

[@Kalama_Llama_King_Kong]

How did I forget Silverhawks!!! I loved it! Their toys were fire.

[@cryzz0n]

Silver Hawks, Tiger Sharks, Thundercats were part of my childhood. I still love them so much!

[@TheJinx1]

Man I had their toys, you grip their legs and the arms would raise expanding their hidden wings! So cool! Loved their metallic colors too!😊

[@1210620]

I remember this show but..... the black guy was named Hot Wing? That is awesome.

[@matthewmayhem9213]

This was and still is my favorite 80's cartoon. I've always thought that a live-action adaptation would be epic with Chris Pratt as Quicksilver and Alan Ritchson as Steelwill.

[@kevinmurry8803]

That's why I was thinking about this cartoon this morning.

[@ZenLee]

Nostalgia overload! Memories coming back, remember some of the Silverhawk toys I used to have. Didn't even remember the name Silverhawks until this popped up.

[@infojunkieworld]

I knew this one was coming since they did the Thundercats the other day!

[@sammylane21]

Everyone's face melts when the shows intro came to the cowboy's face melting solo.

[@kevinsmith9013]

Loved this cartoon as a kid.

[@Writh811]

Silver Hawks was definitely an early fave. I had a lot of the toys as a kid too, the hero's all had chrome reflective paint on their robot portions and Monstar had the head flip gimmick. Ok Thunder Cats and Silver Hawks down let's go for the sea! "You've got a tiger by the tail? Hold on Tiger Sharks!"

[@cocodojo]

Missed the Silverhawk show or Thundercats? Never fear! Centurions are here! Man and machine, power supreme! The schoolbus could never get you home fast enough somedays lol

[@neoasura]

This was my favorite cartoon in the 80s, I had the lunch box and the Silverhawks toys, but nobody knew what it was until decades later when the internet finally brought it to peoples attention, I'm glad it's getting recognition finally.

[@noahpartic7586]

I loved this show on 📺. My Younger 1/2 Brother & I would chant The Monstar Transformation together...A worthy bonding experience.

[@rosssuperking0008]

I remember Bluegrass saving Quicksilver, Steelheart and the Other Good Guys by putting Planet Earth back where it was originally at, glad he pushed Brim-Star away from Moon-Star, looking forward to more adventures from this show. 🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍

[@sportfuryman]

even as a kid I felt bad for Bluegrass. He got shafted. Couldn't fly and couldn't shoot lazers..... why even become a cyborg?

[@geardog24]

I had a theory that he never got the cybernetic treatment and only where's the uniform.

[@choostopher5018]

They all had to undergo the cyborg process to be able to travel all that way if I remember correctly but yes he got shafted. Would love to think if there were future seasons he would have gotten an upgrade.

[@rwarren58]

A thumbs up and a comment because this piece of nostalgia made me smile.

[@nintruendo6411]

Silverhawks was pretty popular in my kindergarten. Kids would bring the toys to school and we'd talk about yesterday's episode. It's popularity never seemed widespread but we loved it at my school. Copper Kid was a hot commodity.

[@nelsonian7077]

Yea man, Silver Hawks held its own when I was a kid in the cartoon world. THEY ROCK!!!

[@manuelgrothe608]

16:55 We need a Live Action Movie of Silver Hawks

[@jeffcox6539]

I watched this show and had a few of the toys. The Steel Heart fan art for it is nice.

[@jacobthompson1682]

I loved this show when I was little.

[@stryfespoint304]

Looking forward to the covering of Bionic Six, C.O.P.S and the Pirates of Dark Water especially after this and the Thundercats.

[@GG-id8bt]

I LOVED Pirates of Dark Water!!!! I can't find anywhere to watch it now. I would pay $ on any platform to be able to watch that again.

[@lfskyden]

@@GG-id8bt I just wish Pirates of Dark Water didnt suffer from the evil of the 80s, not having its final episodes....

[@mrf19741]

Why no mention of the other later Silverhawks, Flashback, Moonracer, and Condor?

[@dangunheadachron1603]

Hotwing too

[@BatFan1]

IDK, to me Silverhawks was right up there with Thundercats as far as popularity. The other show that was kind of a tie-in was TigerSharks. That show definitely felt like they were milking the "manimal" concept and although was kinda cool it was the least popular and not a hit.

[@RahduDrahkqul75]

Manimal that was another good one a Glen Larson production along with Automan and Knight Rider

[@phillyphlyers]

Man the old 80s cartoons were the best ever. Wish they can show them back again.

[@choostopher5018]

Loved it when I was a kid and still have fond memories, definitely an episodic kids 'toon though. Hope the reboot is incredible and goes beyond the earlier teams.

[@ameliadiaz8040]

The Silverhawks are my very favorite superheroes of the 1980s after the Centurions.

[@BlueEffigy]

i have a huge silver hawks collection. this was my favorite childhood cartoon.

[@charliedemosmusic]

Growing up I loved this show so much!! And the toys were so cool 😎 I loved the copper kid character.

[@josephshanklin9578]

Silver Hawks cartoon is still one of the favorite hopefully they bring the silver Hawks to live action movie that would be cool.

[@duphasdan]

Mumbo Jumbo and Tallyhawk are my favorite characters. I really do hope that any remakes or reboots doesn't add any stupid crt or political messaging. I also hope that it is done right and not just done with a storyline that writers 'think' it is what the people want or demand that people take any changes. Many have been disappointed to the point of seething anger with change in stories and characters in shows like Heman, Shera, and Thundercats over the years.

[@mickael8161]

U're definitely the only one i've ever found knowing this beloved anime of mine. Omg... U just won a subs

[@erictheblue7256]

Love your channel BTW. Triple thumbs up!

[@freelancenerd4804]

That Hillbilly, I mean bluegrass carried that guitar around all the time and had an equal bad guy that looked like they got the idea for JEM from was hilarious….. but I watched every episodes.

[@MaxLadik]

Monstar was one of my favorite villain toys as a kid. He had a head on a pivot, the chest opening like a clamshell, to flip between the helm or face. It was awesome. I also had a lunchbox.

[@OscillatorCollective]

Believe it or not…I have the dvd set for this, found it second hand…I jumped on it like it owed me money. This is one of my all time favorite shows, I had most of the toys as a kid…and would get them again if given the chance.

[@alisonsmith4436]

Thank you so much for your great videos 😄😄😄😄😄

[@jopiaspieder1184]

One of the best cartoons of my childhood from the 80's

[@naybur74]

i was the kid who's parents could only find "Copper kid", because NO ONE wanted copper kid but me i guess..really, REALLY wanted QUICKSILVER!

[@LilliamSlasher]

lol copper kid was my favorite!

[@mikek6385]

Loved this show

[@3Rayfire]

A Silverhawks Reboot? I'm All In! And yes, it was massively underrated. I consider it to be part of the 80s core action cartoons. Transformers, GI Joe, ThunderCats, SilverHawks, MASK.

[@jys390]

Almost 35 years later I still remember vividly that Timestopper had the single most effective and interesting special power from any cartoon show from that era.

[@m.b.5349]

Stop the clock for 1 full limbo minute.

[@mikekirby2085]

Omg yes. I couldnt figure out why they put timestopper in the show. That power would have taken 30 seconds to kill the silver hawks. Freeze…bang… monstarr wins.

[@charthers8903]

Amazing cartoon

[@ameliadiaz8040]

Not like the crap that's on the small screen today.

[@mr.grimms4645]

I remember a string of episodes where one of the silverhawks got transported through time and he kept trying to make his way back to his original time. I never saw how that storyline concluded.

[@richardriley6677]

I remember silverhawks on TV and if they're going to do a reboot then I would like to see a live action in movie first before seeing the reboot on TV.

[@stevechapin990]

I loved watching silver hawks it was a great cartoon and meant alot to me ! 😁🥰

[@kratoscraken5614]

Fun Facts: Thundercats and SilverHawks are actually cannon (same time line) they were going to make a comic series explaining that but never happened. Once again 80's was the time to live 👌

[@varvariiin]

the word is canon though. Cannon is the weapon

[@kratoscraken5614]

@@varvariiin yea ain't it grand, I meant it both ways mate 👌

[@varvariiin]

@@kratoscraken5614 what? Are you sure you understood me? Cannon as in the big guns on ships or artillery cannons. You sure you meant it both ways?

[@twiseii260]

Ahhh....the good ole day of 80s cartoons 📺📼🔥🔥

[@michaelscottalloway8915]

I used to love watching them , and would love to see a " reboot"

[@monstamosheh1972]

Awesome video 🔥🔥🔥🔥 and a legendary cartoon that's big Facts

[@Jason-fv4rg]

I wanted to be a Silverhawk so bad as a kid. The fantasy of flying around with those laser shoulder things captured my imagination like nothing else at the time.

[@bogorpisan8378]

Silver hawk, Thunder cats, kartun animasi kesukaan aku tidak ada 1 episode yg terlewatkan. Ingatan masa kecil yg indah 😊😊 berharap ada stasiun TV yg menayangkan kembali serial ini 👍👍👍👍

[@Slimmark2]

I LOVED this cartoon growing up, this, Galltar, Dungeons and Dragons, Technoman, Robotech...

[@Terrance865Blu]

I LOVED SilverHawks!!! I would freak if they announced a reboot

[@Grauhuf88]

80's were just the best in terms of kids shows. Not only was there a lot of action and teamwork at the end of most shows there was often still something to learn. I remember here and also at Cpt. Planet how at the end the kids were explained again what today was about and what the moral of the story was.

[@orinanime]

This video was a massive improvement over whichever last video I saw on your channel. You newest narrator did a great job. And unless I missed something, I don't think he mispronounced a single word. Great stuff. Great video. Keep up the great work.

[@jarrodm9299]

Good video, the character Flashback is a honorable mention.

[@vinemp]

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED this show (and, of course, Thundercats & Tiger Sharks) growing up! I'd have friends pretending to "wing it!" on the trampoline. :-P I even had a toy Copper Kid and Flashback! (My word, I actually miss them.)

[@areacode3816]

This was a favorite series when I was a little kid.

[@quinty26]

80's baby here. Memories.👍🏾

[@orlandomagician8321]

Just continue Thundercats (2011) and expand on it-Silverhawks, TigerSharks, etc.

[@kevinmurry8803]

I saw an action figure of Hotwing online recently. I plan on buying it eventually.

[@ultramag0343]

Super7 is making the cartoon version of Silverhawks. Right now they have 3 waves up for preorder. The first wave is: Quick Silver, Steel Heart, Buzzsaw and Monstar (super form) BBTS has them if you're interested.

[@andygreen5565]

Loved this show. I had several of the toys too.

[@bondjames7867]

That was one of my favourite when I was a kid...:)