![]() ![]() Tropes used in Captain Planet and the Planeteers include: In July 2011, Cartoon Network announced that a live-action film adaptation of the show was in the works. The packaging was, unsurprisingly, made from 100% earth-friendly recycled paper. ![]() The show's first season was finally released on DVD (in the US) on April 19, 2011, just in time for Earth Day. The Captain was also The Unexpected Guest Fighter on the Mascot Fighter Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion. Probably it has a lot of to do with how much this show was promoted, since it was clearly Adored by the Network. Surprisingly enough, while this was a Green-Heavy children-oriented cartoon during The Nineties (remember we are talking about the Dark Age here), it was quite popular. To avoid friction, the writers created villains who were intentionally exaggerated and made to be symbols of the planet's environmental problems (rather than representative of the actions of individuals). This was a sincere, if exceptionally hamfisted, way of avoiding offense: if the villains had been given grayer morality, then kids might have compared them to their parents or their parents' employers, who are only trying to do their jobs in an efficient manner. ![]() ![]() The villains-who all had Obviously Evil Names to Run Away From Really Fast like Duke Nukem ( not that one), Hoggish Greedly, and Looten Plunder-were strawmen who often seemed to want to destroy the planet just because it was the eeevil thing to do (though there was often a perfunctory profit-motive involved). Prevalent in the show's theme was the concept of personal responsibility: Captain Planet's Catch Phrase was "The power is yours!" When they are inevitably unable to deal with problems individually, they combine their powers into a single unstoppable entity: Captain Planet.Ĭaptain Planet and the Planeteers (1990 to 1996) underwent several small revisions over the course of its run-it was renamed The New Adventures of Captain Planet during its 1993 to 1996 run, which co-incided with a change in production companies-but the tone of the show always focused on the environment, often with an Aesop about the environment near the close of each episode. The eponymous Planeteers are a Multinational Team of kids imbued with Elemental Powers to stop pollution. The film, regardless of how different it may be from the series, will still likely tackle the ramifications of pollution, which is a cause near to DiCaprio's heart. There are so far no indications that either Powell or DiCaprio would star in the project, but perhaps a cameo of sorts would be in order.The brainchild of Ted Turner (though most of the actual development work on the show was done by DiC producers Phil Harnage and Nicholas Boxer), Captain Planet and the Planeteers was an attempt to provide a show which would entertain younger viewers, while simultaneously educating them about taking care of the environment. The actor is a noted environmentalist who has spoken about climate change in front of the United Nations, as well as utilizing his Oscar acceptance speech to draw attention to the subject. How his change in circumstances will play out in the new movie is something we'll have to wait to see, but it seems the film is readying itself for a redemption story of sorts.Īs for DiCaprio, his interest in the project is not surprising. While that take may earn the ire of Captan Planet purists (if there is such a thing), having a new angle on the concept may have been the only way to get the studio's interest, as one wonders whether or not the earnestness of original series would appeal to the target demographic of today without some kind of update to the titular character. ![]()
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