that’s really interesting. I listened to a podcast with one of the writers, or maybe the creator, I can’t remember right now, and he talked about how sincere everybody was about creating the superhero who could actually change the cultural lack of concern about climate change.
and what’s super cool is like statistically and culturally, it looks like the show worked.
like yeah everything is still fucked, but it would have been way worse a generation earlier if a bunch of awesome nerds didn’t make Captain planet for generation x so they would become horrified over climate change.
By far my favorite.
Reminds me of the VGCats comic
https://vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=164
Wow it’s been ages since I’ve seen VG Cats.
RAT-MACE!
I thought it was a rat flail?
Dude
It was so long ago, probably. But it was a rat tied to a stick and I laughed my ass off
Let’s relive that moment. https://vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=110
Ok so I was 13 when that came out and it’s still a little funny but not as funny as I remember.
Also, dang, I forgot that we used that sort of language then:
still going, and updated this year.
Go Scott!
If I remember right there was an episode where they summoned him without heart, and he was a jerk.
And one without wind, he couldn’t fly
that’s really interesting. I listened to a podcast with one of the writers, or maybe the creator, I can’t remember right now, and he talked about how sincere everybody was about creating the superhero who could actually change the cultural lack of concern about climate change.
and what’s super cool is like statistically and culturally, it looks like the show worked.
like yeah everything is still fucked, but it would have been way worse a generation earlier if a bunch of awesome nerds didn’t make Captain planet for generation x so they would become horrified over climate change.
[here it is] (https://share.google/H4LaAuoFDf6AS01Al)
hahaha holy crap i am laughing out loud, thank you, dang that’s so funny
“EARTH!”
“FIRE!”
“WIND!”
“WATER!”
“MCDONALD’S!”