It seems like the Partly Metal, Partly Real bird themed Space Cops are getting a reboot... The Nacelle Company, whom I only know for some documentaries, namely The Toys that Made Us is apparently in charge of this reboot. I believe they also worked on a Bob Saget comedy album... am I afraid? Of course I am! We're talking Current year reboot of an 80s property.
There have been good reboots to 80s properties:
MYP's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is one. 2011's Thundercats is another one...
There have been BAD REBOOTS like Thundercats Roar or She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. I'm hoping that this reboot skews more to the side of MYP MOTU than Noelle Stevenson's She-Ra.
The only weird part of this announcement is the involvement of Super7's Brian Flynn. Yes, I know Super7 is making OLD SCHOOL Silverhawks toys through the "MOTUC FILTER"
Also, the Nacelle CEO might be very Nostalgia oriented, so maybe this weird combo COULD Work. Hopefully, "trendy politics" and hollow gestures of faux diversity will not plague this show. Redesigns are OK as long as they're respectful to the original. I mean Windhammer is a blond haired turquoise monster with a burlap sack as an outfit. Timestopper is a Rankin Bass take on Josh Brolin's character from Goonies with a giant watch on his chest. Mo-Lec-U-Lar is a bunch of balls in humanoid form with an atomic symbol on his chest.
Those three examples could use an updated design. But at the same time, they should be respectful of the original. For example, Windhammer: we can keep the brown robe motif, but instead of looking like a burlap sack make it more like a ceremonial robes. Maybe even updating his tuning fork with heavy inspiration from the Kenner Toy.
Timestopper's outfit could keep the colors of the original and be a bit more Cyberpunk or retrofuturistic instead of his stuck in the 80s look. Melodia on the other hand, NEEDS the stuck in the 80s look... big hair and all... (I dread a modernized Melodia with the Gary Oldman lesbian hairstyle from The 5th Element.) I could take nose, lip, brow piercings, or a combination of them. Maybe even a tattoo to update her and make her a bit more "punk".
For example, Commande Stargazer should look a lot less slick than the Silverhawks. His design should be a lot clunkier, boxier, and awkward since he's an older model with tech over 300 years old. Je should be "Wall-E" while the 5 main Silverhawks are "EVE". I don't think you CAN update the Silverhawks themselves. Their designs are near-perfection.
In any case, just like with MOTU: Revelation, I HOPE that this reboot doesn't suck. And that the red flags are kept as close as possible to Zero. I don't like having to criticize the new versions of cartoons from my childhood. But if the so-called "creatives" behind these new versions make bastardizations of the originals, I'll complain about it. But yes, I will exaggerate my outrage at the changes because it generates clicks. Then the posts will be trolled by self-righteous buffoons who will insult me because I reacted to a first look and complain that I haven't watched the show.
Because saying:" This change wasn't fully thought out and didn't work because of X,Y, and Z." is not as entertaining as:
"HOW DARE YOU CHANGE THIS!! Only a mentally defficient Chimpanzee after 13 generations of inbreeding would think that this change was good! X shows that the so-called 'creator' of this series has their head so far up their own ass that they can see their uvula from the inside! If they had enough knowledge of the lore, as pointed in Y, they would've known why that's impossible, but since they seem to be so narcissistic that they rewrote the main character as themselves instead of the actual character in order to have Rule34 of 'themselves' in order to masturbate to their own egos. But Z shows how much of a fucking asshat they are, because that's not how it works! In fact, this show should've been called something else, because it's ill-fitting to the name it has... also, the writers like to poop on litter boxes."
Back again on topic. Hopefully this reboot will be good and respect the source material. (If diversity is needed, add new characters AND use a lot more of Hotwing. Don't make the Steelheart twins different races, or Bluegrass gay. Be respectful to non-whites and give them actual characters instead of Hand-me-downs.
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