 | What would a live action Hawkman film look like? |
Silver Age Hawkman by Joe Kubert
Whether he is veteran warrior from ancient Egypt or a space policeman from the planet Thanagar, Hawkman is a somewhat obscure DC Comics hero who nonetheless has a strong following (including yours truly). Premiering in the famous Flash Comics #1 from 1940, Hawkman was created by Gardner Fox Dennis Neville whose unusual depiction of wings remains stupefying to this day. The reincarnation of Prince Khufu, Egyptologist Carter Hall became the embodiment of an ancient warrior spirit after receiving a mystic glass dagger. Donning the symbols of Horus and the strange Nth Metal, Carter took the skies armed with a variety of ancient weapons to fight crime alongside his fellow reincarnated beloved, Shiera Sanders.
When Flash was revived in 1959 by John Broome, Fox followed suit with young cartoonist Joe Kubert in reinventing Hawkman as a policeman from the planet Thanagar using weapons from the past to fight the foes of today. More recently, Hawkman's varied back-stories have been combined by Geoff Johns into a kind of Highlander/Eternal Champion type (it's unclear what the character's new back-story will be come September when the DC Comics line is rebooted).
Hawkman has appeared on screen in animated form in the Filmation series, Super Friends, Justice League and more, but he has been realized in live action as well... with bizarre results. Even though the images and vide0 below are separated by decades of production values, they all look hauntingly similar... and share the same goofy problems.
Hawkman from the 1979 Legends of the Super Heroes tv special
Hawkman from Smallville (2010)
Hawkman in Baby Ruth ad- 1997
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Given that DC Entertainment are exploring the adaptation of their characters in big budget films, would Hawkman make a good candidate? If so, how would the hero be made to look impressive and what would the story be?
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