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Captain Planet always bothered me as a kid, even though I was (and continue to be) supportive of environmental protection. There was too much evil for the sake
by II2II 8mo ago
Captain Planet always bothered me as a kid, even though I was (and continue to be) supportive of environmental protection. There was too much evil for the sake of evil. People don't destroy the environment because they want to. The destroy it because they don't care. They don't care because they are driven by greed, or some other motivation that is ultimately damaging to the environment, society, and civilization.
- zahlman 8mo agoYes, that's an entirely fair criticism. Media for children often has this kind of non-realism, and I think it's mostly for the worse. Strangely enough, I was raised with quite a bit of environmental responsibility, but only a relatively dim awareness of the show existing.
- jajuuka 8mo agoIt's a cartoon meant to sell merch. It wasn't exactly meant to be a nuanced reflection of reality.
- MisterTea 8mo agoThis. Most cartoons produced on the 80's/90's were made to sell merch like toys. You can thank Gi-Joe. The irony here is a TV show about environmentalism generated pollution in the process of making plastic action figures and branded clothing which mostly wind up in the dump.
- ciupicri 8mo agoI was under the impression that Captain Planet was sort of Ted Turner's pet project who wanted something a bit less violent and more educational. And if I'm not mistaking it also led to the end of Swat Kats.