I rented this at my Blockbuster store. While I was reading the back of the box at BB, it said that this is based on a comic book? The name sounded familiar, so I checked up everywhere on the internet, and, I found nothing. No superheroine named Silver Hawk. I saw a comic called Siver Hawks with a bunch of characters in silver flying suits, but, other than that, nothing. So, what's the deal. Was the box just lying?
shareIf I remember right, this is based on a Chinese comic from the 60s or 70s. You can find more information on www.michelleyeoh.info's Silver Hawk page.
Did you see the movie? What did you think?
Cool. Thanx. I'll check out that link. And, as for the movie, the way it was made and all, it was very reminiscent with the style of Ultraviolet. But, the story and characters were way different. So, still two very different flicks. Anyway, I liked it actually. It had a very comic-book feel to it and was very cheesy and wacky at times, which made it not too serious, which is good for this film. And, the bungy-jumping fight scene was so awesome. If I buy it, though, it will be b/c I have extra cash laying around that I don't know what to do with or either on a generous discount price. All in all, for what it was, I'd give it a 6.5-7/10. It was fun.
shareI thought the kids who played little Lulu and Little Rich Man were great. It was campy, but not as bad as, say, the Batman TV show in the 60s. Now that was campy. But both were fun. I haven't seen Ultraviolet yet. Was it good?
shareYes. If you liked Silver Hawk, then I'd say you would like Ultraviolet a bit better. It was bloody, but, pretty violent. The CG was so over-the-top and at times didn't look so real, which gave it a very comi-book atmosphere, which I loved. Though, UV does have some campy one liners in it, as a whole, it's a serious film. The city in which she lives have very vibrant colors (citizens costumes, settings, etc...) It had some of the most awesome gadgets, like a disposable cell phone, changing outfit color, gravity-defying device (which she used to walk and ride her bike up high places), and much more. It was a fun film. I'm picking up the Unrated when it comes out on June 27th. It has 7 minutes more put in, which I heard is used to tell more of the story than for the action. Which, that's a good thing, b/c the film already had alot of action, but, was missing alot of the story. And, I agree, Lulu and Little Rich Man as kids did some well acting. It seems hard to watch kids in films nowadays b/c they act so fake.
shareThe actual page is:
http://michelleyeoh.info/Movie/Sh/shbook.html
actually Silver Hawk WAS a comic book by Image comics - around 1991-1993 or so...
the main character was a black male, not an asian woman.
you can find something on line if you search silver hawk and image comics.
The film has nothing to do with Jim Valentino's comic. My guess would be they probably found out (one way or another) that Valentino had a trademark on the name and had to acknowledge it. I'm no expert on Asian comics, but the closest I could come to something like this would be Gekko Kamen or Kamen Rider, both males.
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