I always thought Captain Planet was some kind of weird controlled opposition on Ted Turner's part, because the villains were just too ridiculous and even too cartoony for a fucking cartoon, and that's saying something considering comic book villains who form organizations with the words "evil" and "doom" in them ...
Know what was a better environmentalist cartoon? The Raccoons. At least Cyril Sneer was presented as more than just an "evil businessman who didn't care". It was made clear in the pilot that his entire motivation was to build a hassle-free business for to leave to his son (which used to be the definition of a "successful businessman", one who started or maintained a family business that would last a million generations, not to have a million copies of his business in a million fucking countries ...) AND was open to better ideas ....
And the series didn't always harp on one thing, it had perfectly normal stories, too (became a bit more of a sitcom type show before circling around with the alligator guy at the last season or two. It's been a LONG time since I saw this series in the wild, so pardon any memory errors. But at least I reminded myself of something I can (re)-watch without puking.
I always thought Captain Planet was some kind of weird controlled opposition on Ted Turner's part, because the villains were just too ridiculous and even too cartoony for a fucking cartoon, and that's saying something considering comic book villains who form organizations with the words "evil" and "doom" in them
Oh right, I forgot they named their villains some really funny stuff like Sly Sludge, Verminous Skumm or Hoggish Greedly. Even for a cartoon it's a bit too much, lol.
Know what was a better environmentalist cartoon
For me personally either once upon a forest or Nausicaa. Especially Nausicaa I'd argue is one of my favorites overall.
I am not entirely opposed to saving the environment but I have some issues with the mentally ill people we call our leaders pushing more and more restrictions on us. The thing we need is progress and in some regards we already HAVE some solutions(like nuclear power) our dear leaders do not like to hear about.
Nausicaa/Princess Mononoke/Ghibli films in general are cheating. They don't have nearly as much woke infection, and an older target audience, so their environmentalist message is much more nuanced.
I always thought Captain Planet was some kind of weird controlled opposition on Ted Turner's part, because the villains were just too ridiculous and even too cartoony for a fucking cartoon, and that's saying something considering comic book villains who form organizations with the words "evil" and "doom" in them ...
Know what was a better environmentalist cartoon? The Raccoons. At least Cyril Sneer was presented as more than just an "evil businessman who didn't care". It was made clear in the pilot that his entire motivation was to build a hassle-free business for to leave to his son (which used to be the definition of a "successful businessman", one who started or maintained a family business that would last a million generations, not to have a million copies of his business in a million fucking countries ...) AND was open to better ideas ....
And the series didn't always harp on one thing, it had perfectly normal stories, too (became a bit more of a sitcom type show before circling around with the alligator guy at the last season or two. It's been a LONG time since I saw this series in the wild, so pardon any memory errors. But at least I reminded myself of something I can (re)-watch without puking.
Oh right, I forgot they named their villains some really funny stuff like Sly Sludge, Verminous Skumm or Hoggish Greedly. Even for a cartoon it's a bit too much, lol.
For me personally either once upon a forest or Nausicaa. Especially Nausicaa I'd argue is one of my favorites overall.
I am not entirely opposed to saving the environment but I have some issues with the mentally ill people we call our leaders pushing more and more restrictions on us. The thing we need is progress and in some regards we already HAVE some solutions(like nuclear power) our dear leaders do not like to hear about.
Nausicaa/Princess Mononoke/Ghibli films in general are cheating. They don't have nearly as much woke infection, and an older target audience, so their environmentalist message is much more nuanced.