21st April 2007, 7:04 PM
They have Superfriends on Boomerang. 11-12pm weeknights. It's really cheesy, and not very good (particularly when compared to much better more recent superhero cartoons like Batman: The Animated Series/The Adventures of Batman & Robin or Justice League that they also show...), but I think I'd rank Captain Planet lower... at least the Superfriend seems to be TRYING to be silly. :)
The problem is, in the real world, people do that simply out of not caring, not out of outright malice... the issues the show raised were all good ones, but characterizing destruction of the environment as the overt actions of evil people dedicated to destroying it is silly.
Not really, no. :)
(Captain Planet is vulnerable, though... oil products are his weakness!)
Quote:If anything, Captain Planet only made me more of a Republican in my youth, 'cause even when I was eight years old, the concept that anyone would go out of their way to cover the world in sewage was a ridiculous concept.
The problem is, in the real world, people do that simply out of not caring, not out of outright malice... the issues the show raised were all good ones, but characterizing destruction of the environment as the overt actions of evil people dedicated to destroying it is silly.
Quote:The lesson I learned is that companies aren't just insensitive but actually WANT to destroy the planet itself because it is alive and actually cares about us and that every single "unnatural" thing we have ever made is bad for the planet, but fortunatly I don't have to do anything because a super hero is doing the job for me.
Yeah, that show really doesn't help awareness of environmental issues...
Not really, no. :)
(Captain Planet is vulnerable, though... oil products are his weakness!)
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