was anybody else completely LOST on Amber's rant this go around? Who is Mai-Ti and what's the heart ring?
(http://www.planetvids.com/images/icons/captain_planet_anti_drug.jpg)
Hey, Ma-Ti was a borderline Mind controller... in that old ep where Wheeler was thrown into the future, he saw Ma-Ti using his powers to make rich folks give alms to the poor. They just keep him as the weak one.
Kwame can bury you in a landslide, Wheeler can burn you to a crisp, Linka can blow you away, Gi can drown you... but Ma-Ti? Ma-Ti can get you raped to death by a White Rhinoceros.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTg6qM-hRNg
There you go.
Its sad me and my brother made up jokes what would happen years later....Like Wheeler...He became a pyromaniac and sued for many charges of arson....Gaia quieted being idol of planet earth and got haircut and changed her name to...OPRAH!
Is it sad that I know EXACTLY what episode of Captain Planet that she's referencing here? (with the super radiation + deforestation bit, lol)
Does anyone consider the side effects? They have Captain Planet flying through the air above the water, leaving a lovely big trail where the water flies up on either side of his path.
Except that, well, the wash from that is going to erode the sides of the river, have a deleterious effect on the local piscine population, and generally do nasty things to everything in sight.
... Does no-one think of the fishy children?
The Power Is Yours!
Mai-Ti always worried me. I know he's become a joke in recent years, but as a child, I had a lovely illustrated book of science-type things. From putting two and two together, I soon grew a worried respect for Mai-Ti's power, because I was convinced that he had the ability to turn your circulatory system inside out without even so much as damaging your skin. That terrified me. I had nightmares about it.
I stopped eating Coco Pops when they ran a "Planeteer's Ring" free gift thing in case my sister got Heart and artery-pwned me.
Did she?
I don't know, I refused to eat breakfast at the same time as her and then avoided her throughout the day.
So you worried about your internal organ's being inside out... But not about having your face melted? (Sorry, just couldn't resist :P.)
I was always most afraid of Wind. I thought that Linka's power could in fact transport you to another world, possibly inhabited by munchkins and wicked witches. I wonder where I got that idea...
Daaang, where are my Captain Planet cosplay photos when I need them?
Oh, here we go :)
(http://www.furry.org.au/randomjoy/captnplanet.jpg)
Heart was always my fav ring. Being able to essentially communicate with all the animals and gather them onto your team was always a nice thought. Of course, they never did let him use his full potential in the show, just like Beast Boy from Teen Titans.
It's always my guy that gets shafted.... :<
Quote from: Kenji on May 13, 2007, 11:07:52 AM
It's always my guy that gets shafted.... :<
So how about that third Xmen movie eh? :U
Quote from: Amber Williams on May 13, 2007, 11:15:04 AM
Quote from: Kenji on May 13, 2007, 11:07:52 AM
It's always my guy that gets shafted.... :<
So how about that third Xmen movie eh? :U
You make me sad. :< No Peanut Butter cups for you! D:<
And Toad wins again~
Quote from: Kenji on May 13, 2007, 11:07:52 AM
It's always my guy that gets shafted.... :<
*giggles*
and on another note
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=164
Quote from: Amber Williams on May 13, 2007, 11:25:30 AM
And Toad wins again~
pfttttt....sabertooth owns toad hands down! >:3
Quote from: multani82 on May 13, 2007, 11:41:33 AM
Quote from: Amber Williams on May 13, 2007, 11:25:30 AM
And Toad wins again~
pfttttt....sabertooth owns toad hands down! >:3
Not when -she- gets ahold of a controller...
Besides, Sabretooth is just a reskinned clone of Wolverine. All he needs is a few more snikts and bubs...and maybe the trademark goatee, and he'd be the evil twin.
That said, any evil twin with a well trimmed goatee can only be killed by being pushed into a vat of molten something. This is a universal truth and for that very purpose, I always keep a zippo handy in case I need to molt something. Yes. Molt. It's a new verb for us all to enjoy.
My Saturday morning cartoon knowledge is weak, but wasn't Captain Planet the one where the villains wanted to harm the planet for no apparent reason? The evil guy would say something like, ``Our factory is dumping 100 gallons of toxic waste into the water every day. I want to increase this amount to 1000 gallons!''
One can only imagine what the board of directors would say to something like that. None of the Planeteers scare me. What really scares me is the thought that someday, I'd meet one of those writers.
Quote from: thegayhare on May 13, 2007, 11:40:32 AM
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=164
"Is that another face on its thigh?"
Quote from: rabid_fox on May 13, 2007, 12:11:00 PM
That said, any evil twin with a well trimmed goatee can only be killed by being pushed into a vat of molten something. This is a universal truth and for that very purpose, I always keep a zippo handy in case I need to molt something. Yes. Molt. It's a new verb for us all to enjoy.
There's more ways to skin a cat, rabid_fox...
Quote from: superluser on May 13, 2007, 01:30:00 PM
My Saturday morning cartoon knowledge is weak, but wasn't Captain Planet the one where the villains wanted to harm the planet for no apparent reason? The evil guy would say something like, ``Our factory is dumping 100 gallons of toxic waste into the water every day. I want to increase this amount to 1000 gallons!''
One can only imagine what the board of directors would say to something like that. None of the Planeteers scare me. What really scares me is the thought that someday, I'd meet one of those writers.
My recolections of the cartoon aren't that great, but I believe that they wanted to do things that were poluting because it was profitable, and they wanted to do it dirty because they were @******$ and wanted to bait the captain planet team.
*has strange desire to see legend of zelda ripoffs featuring the female lead... Linka's awakening and wind walker*
Generally speaking, the more poluting an outfit is, the more profitable in the short run, because nothing's being spent on controling or containing toxic waste.
*Has another random thought whereby the Ninja Turtles would never have been created if the cap had been in that world, because the ooze would have been cleaned up.*
While we're on the subject...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QYFu__Q9ASU
... I'm fairly sure the worst aspect of this is that people actually admit to having watched CP...
Quote from: Reese Tora on May 13, 2007, 04:30:32 PMMy recolections of the cartoon aren't that great, but I believe that they wanted to do things that were poluting because it was profitable, and they wanted to do it dirty because they were @******$ and wanted to bait the captain planet team.
Well, I specifically remember something that looked an awful lot like Captain Planet where the eco-villains didn't ever mention anything about profits or expenses. A World Below Us has Sly Sludge zooming around in a pollution-powered submarine. Really, now.
Quote from: Reese Tora on May 13, 2007, 04:30:32 PMGenerally speaking, the more poluting an outfit is, the more profitable in the short run, because nothing's being spent on controling or containing toxic waste.
As you mention, that's only true in the short run, because a large portion of the industrial waste is actually quite useful if you reclaim it.
I just realized that Dr. Blight's voice actor is (Or was) one of the only female, if not THE only, VA for south park.
I think my brother and I got to watch half an episode of Captain Mullet: the pilot episode!
Our parents came down, watched for a minute, and said "OK, that's stupid. Turn it off."
some fifteen years later, a friend of ours was talking about how he and my brother always wanted to watch Captain Planet when they were younger, and interjected "Though in retrospect, all that show did was breed tiny eco-terrorists."
And then there was the evil Captain Planet... but I can't remember much more.
Quote from: je.saist on May 13, 2007, 04:46:56 PM
... I'm fairly sure the worst aspect of this is that people actually admit to having watched CP...
I pretty much still know the entire theme song. *hangs head in shame*
I have thought of this before- 'heart' really does not fit the line of earth, water, air, and fire... but can you imagine keeping a strait face if he shouted "WOOD!" instead?
oh great, now my brain is splicing capitan planet with the avitar....this is so wrong...
QuoteI succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking.
Quote from: RJ on May 13, 2007, 10:22:48 PM
And then there was the evil Captain Planet... but I can't remember much more.
I think he was called Captain Pollution - he was a sort of "negative" version of CP.
He didn't last very long - only the one episode IIRC.
Quote from: Brunhidden da Muse on May 14, 2007, 01:57:13 AM
I have thought of this before- 'heart' really does not fit the line of earth, water, air, and fire... but can you imagine keeping a strait face if he shouted "WOOD!" instead?
oh great, now my brain is splicing capitan planet with the avitar....this is so wrong...
QuoteI succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking.
You mean Earth, Fire, Water, Metal, Wood? (oriental elements)
Then there'st he classics, Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, and sometimes Void (or æther, or life/death)
sounds like vouels... aeiou and sometines y
some times the fifth element is mind... that's waht Ma-ti's power seems to be
fifth element... *imagines Ma-ti taking the place of bruce willis in the movie Fifth Element*
yeaaaaah.... no
Quote from: LionHeart on May 14, 2007, 02:06:26 AM
Quote from: RJ on May 13, 2007, 10:22:48 PM
And then there was the evil Captain Planet... but I can't remember much more.
I think he was called Captain Pollution - he was a sort of "negative" version of CP.
He didn't last very long - only the one episode IIRC.
No, he was in a couple episodes. He got revived or something, but then Captain Planet put him down for good.
Quote from: LionHeart on May 14, 2007, 02:06:26 AM
Quote from: RJ on May 13, 2007, 10:22:48 PM
And then there was the evil Captain Planet... but I can't remember much more.
I think he was called Captain Pollution - he was a sort of "negative" version of CP.
He didn't last very long - only the one episode IIRC.
Complete with the surfer dude accent. And yeah, he got buttraped at the end of the episode.
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Quote from: LionHeart on May 14, 2007, 02:06:26 AM
Quote from: RJ on May 13, 2007, 10:22:48 PM
And then there was the evil Captain Planet... but I can't remember much more.
I think he was called Captain Pollution - he was a sort of "negative" version of CP.
He didn't last very long - only the one episode IIRC.
Complete with the surfer dude accent. And yeah, he got buttraped at the end of the episode.
Dont tell them that! They'll get dirty ideas like Brun!
Oh like there's not already porn of it. Somewhere.... >_>
After discussing with a friend, we concluded that Mai-Ti is totally gay for Wheeler.
Wheeler's totally gay for the Irish Wheeler that turns up in the episode where Captain Planet comes to Belfast.
Quote from: Amber Williams on May 14, 2007, 11:22:40 AM
After discussing with a friend, we concluded that Mai-Ti is totally gay for Wheeler.
WOOD! i knew it!
QuoteLife is short. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly
"Wood"?
You sure you want to phrase it like that? :-]
It always bugged me how they showed Wheeler doing cool stuff in the opening sequence, like melting the street to stop a car. Stuff he NEVER did in the actual show. God, Wheeler annoyed me.
I also remember having a little crush on Kwami. Must have been the accent.
recently I foud a kinda cool captain planet flash game
where you had to fight robots that were tearing up Gaia's island
kinda cheesey but fun
Quote from: RJ on May 13, 2007, 10:22:48 PM
And then there was the evil Captain Planet... but I can't remember much more.
This help? (http://www.jabootu.com/capplanet.htm)
(I love that page.)
*Charles hated that show soooo much* I began polluting as much as possible after watching an episode of it! I burned polychlorinated plastics in a low-temp fire to spew as many dioxins as I could into the air! DIE PLANET!!! DIEEEEEE!!!
Quote from: Alondro on May 14, 2007, 07:42:42 PM
*Charles hated that show soooo much* I began polluting as much as possible after watching an episode of it! I burned polychlorinated plastics in a low-temp fire to spew as many dioxins as I could into the air! DIE PLANET!!! DIEEEEEE!!!
Admit it. You did that out of the secret hope of having the planeteers showing up and you having a chance to mack on Linka.
Quote from: Amber Williams on May 14, 2007, 07:51:04 PM
Quote from: Alondro on May 14, 2007, 07:42:42 PM
*Charles hated that show soooo much* I began polluting as much as possible after watching an episode of it! I burned polychlorinated plastics in a low-temp fire to spew as many dioxins as I could into the air! DIE PLANET!!! DIEEEEEE!!!
Admit it. You did that out of the secret hope of having the planeteers showing up and you having a chance to mack on Linka.
I think Charles has the hots for the russian chick :U
Suddenly I'm very tempted to see how bad the fanfiction for this can get...
EDIT: :<
Heroes will ALWAYS pop up to foil your plans, unless of course your plan is to cause havoc hoping for heroes to show up...that never works, its like they pick the day i try to lure them into a trap to take their vacation. stupid banana man ignored me like im not even worth thwarting...
QuoteThe future is much like the present, only longer.
Okay now I feel GEEKY that I remember CP more than anyone else in the board.
There was an old ep that I liked... it was when Linka went home back to Russia and her brother died from drug abuse it felt weird to have a death in the show.
Loot N. Plunder, Duke Nukem and Doc Blight are the only ones who actually make sense in that show as villians...
And Unless Im mistaken Cap Pollution made a return bout during last season when the show was pretty much a parody of itself with the cheesy puns and all.
... you mean it wasn't a parody to start with?
Don't feel bad, King. I still remember a lot of the show, just not enough to talk about it intelligently. I don't have the kind of memory for that.
However, to make you feel less geeky, I will divulge that my brothers and I all made our own Captian Planet shirts and rings, and even owned all the action figures at one point (they probably still have them somewhere- they're packrats). I was always Gi.
Quote from: Damaris on May 15, 2007, 08:35:33 AM
Don't feel bad, King. I still remember a lot of the show, just not enough to talk about it intelligently. I don't have the kind of memory for that.
However, to make you feel less geeky, I will divulge that my brothers and I all made our own Captian Planet shirts and rings, and even owned all the action figures at one point (they probably still have them somewhere- they're packrats). I was always Gi.
The best part were how the figures came with their rings.
And those rings that actually said the phrases. Those were cool too.
I'll hold up the memory of the alien guy-entity whose name I can't recall (he was touted as the antithesis of Gaia) who proceeded to tempt the Planeteers with alternate versions of their own powers, greatly enhanced. Everyone went for them except Ma-Ti, and they had these neat metal gauntlets.
Using their powers required adding "of CONQUEST!" to the end of the usual elemental shout. So Kwame was like "Earth... OF CONQUEST!"
Those powers were cool, damnit.
From a storyteling standpoint CP wasnt supposed to be that much of a parody when the series started... You can still hear a sense of belief of the characters in their world but by the "New" adventures Cap... well... they lost their heart. Especially Cap himself.
[geek]
CP is such a wasted character... the herald of the Earth Mother should not be defeated so arbitrarily. Many of the pollution that he is weak of are built of the elements from the Earth itself. Why should he be weakends by an Oil Spill when he can dig for it just fine on the ground? And dont get me started with Hitler's hate weakening cap.
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And maybe its just me but is Verminuous Scum supposed to look like a Stereotypical bad Jewish Caricature? Or am I just looking at 4chan too much?
Quote from: King Of Hearts on May 15, 2007, 11:15:07 AMAnd dont get me started with Hitler's hate weakening cap.
Isn't Hitler dead? How on Earth did they get Hitler to fight Captain Planet?
Quote from: King Of Hearts on May 15, 2007, 11:15:07 AMAnd maybe its just me but is Verminuous Scum supposed to look like a Stereotypical bad Jewish Caricature? Or am I just looking at 4chan too much?
Yeah, if you've ever seen the Nazi propaganda film The Eternal Jew (there was a bit about it in the special features on the DVD for Fritz Lang's M--I don't make a habit of watching Nazi propaganda), Verminous Skumm looks very familiar.
Quote from: superluser on May 15, 2007, 11:38:50 AM
Isn't Hitler dead? How on Earth did they get Hitler to fight Captain Planet?
If i remember right, Dr. Blight had gone back in time to give the Nazi's nuclear weapons so that they could win WWII.
Quote from: Amber Williams on May 15, 2007, 12:02:43 PMIf i remember right, Dr. Blight had gone back in time to give the Nazi's nuclear weapons so that they could win WWII.
Oh, that is fantasticly hilarious. I'm trying to imagine any way to win a war in Europe by using nuclear weapons. I suppose it might have helped them take Stalingrad, but I'm just remembering the fallout drift patterns from Chernobyl--any nuclear explosion anywhere west of the Urals would probably cause mass death everywhere in the German-occupied territories.
Well to be fair, Captain Planet was never all that hip to being realistic so much as making a highly opinionized point.
There was an episode where a guy intended to kill off all the elephants in Kenya for their ivory and had them in a big holding pen.
Though Captain Planet was the first cartoon to ever tackle the issue of AIDS. (That episode consisted of one of Wheelers basketball friends having AIDS from a blood transfusion and the Ratlike guy spreading hate-rumours to make everyone scared to even be around him cause they thought they'd get AIDS just by touching him)
Quote from: Amber Williams on May 14, 2007, 07:51:04 PM
Quote from: Alondro on May 14, 2007, 07:42:42 PM
*Charles hated that show soooo much* I began polluting as much as possible after watching an episode of it! I burned polychlorinated plastics in a low-temp fire to spew as many dioxins as I could into the air! DIE PLANET!!! DIEEEEEE!!!
Admit it. You did that out of the secret hope of having the planeteers showing up and you having a chance to mack on Linka.
*sets Amber-shroom's hat on fire* Revenge in mine! >:3
Quote from: Amber Williams on May 15, 2007, 02:43:21 PM
Though Captain Planet was the first cartoon to ever tackle the issue of AIDS. (That episode consisted of one of Wheelers basketball friends having AIDS from a blood transfusion and the Ratlike guy spreading hate-rumours to make everyone scared to even be around him cause they thought they'd get AIDS just by touching him)
Hey, Family Guy may have been late, but they tackled AIDS too! *sings* Youuuu've got the AIDS! >:3 I thought I had AIDS when I was 6. I watched the evening news, NOVA, National Geographic, and 60 Minutes too much to be healthy for a grade schooler... and was a serious hypochondriac. :B
Quote from: Amber Williams on May 15, 2007, 02:43:21 PM
Though Captain Planet was the first cartoon to ever tackle the issue of AIDS. (That episode consisted of one of Wheelers basketball friends having AIDS from a blood transfusion and the Ratlike guy spreading hate-rumours to make everyone scared to even be around him cause they thought they'd get AIDS just by touching him)
Oh those rats... always spreading
something.
Quote from: Kenji on May 15, 2007, 10:20:28 PM
Quote from: Amber Williams on May 15, 2007, 02:43:21 PM
Though Captain Planet was the first cartoon to ever tackle the issue of AIDS. (That episode consisted of one of Wheelers basketball friends having AIDS from a blood transfusion and the Ratlike guy spreading hate-rumours to make everyone scared to even be around him cause they thought they'd get AIDS just by touching him)
Oh those rats... always spreading something.
Ba dum pshh!
STDs transmitted by rats....BAAAAAD mental imagery...
QuoteThe goggles do nothing!
Quote from: RJ on May 14, 2007, 10:12:20 PM
Suddenly I'm very tempted to see how bad the fanfiction for this can get...
EDIT: :<
Oh it's there at www.fanfiction.net look up tv shows it's there you could go to the m rating there but hey that's up to you.
Anywho I saw some episodes of Capt Planet many years ago and I can't remember the episodes but I know this it ran on cable for a short time till they got wise and take it off.
I remember those action figures and the rings that goes with it with the words on it very cool.
I know for a fact that there is a vid game of it for the Nintendo system way back in the later eighties and early nineties if I recall.
I'm pretty sure taking the show off WASN'T wise.
Quote from: ShiningShadow on May 16, 2007, 07:31:09 PM
Quote from: RJ on May 14, 2007, 10:12:20 PM
Suddenly I'm very tempted to see how bad the fanfiction for this can get...
EDIT: :<
Oh it's there at www.fanfiction.net look up tv shows it's there you could go to the m rating there but hey that's up to you.
I was looking on adultfanfiction.net. There were only 2 fics there, but it was more than I could take.
By the time the show was canceled it was pretty much a dying dog that had to be put down.
which was a good thing considering the 90s had the habit of making things... EXTREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEME!
Ah, now I remember why I think CP was such a pity...
Alan Moore's "Swamp Thing" pulled off what I was expecting out of the Earth avatar motiff.
Swamp Thing... ah, memories from childhood.
NJ has its own version... The Toxic Crusader! *note: It's not too far from reality, if you've seen some of the people we like to call 'Browns Mills Finest'. Lots o' inbreedin. :B
Quote from: Alondro on May 17, 2007, 09:16:24 AM
Swamp Thing... ah, memories from childhood.
NJ has its own version... The Toxic Crusader! *note: It's not too far from reality, if you've seen some of the people we like to call 'Browns Mills Finest'. Lots o' inbreedin. :B
Toxic Crusaders had it's charm. I always liked the pilot nose guy. :3
Quote from: Kenji on May 17, 2007, 11:12:26 AM
Quote from: Alondro on May 17, 2007, 09:16:24 AM
Swamp Thing... ah, memories from childhood.
NJ has its own version... The Toxic Crusader! *note: It's not too far from reality, if you've seen some of the people we like to call 'Browns Mills Finest'. Lots o' inbreedin. :B
Toxic Crusaders had it's charm. I always liked the pilot nose guy. :3
You mean the one who had a honking big nose? And shot boogers? Well long ago I had the figure of the main badguy yet somehow I setted him on fire as a kid :shifty
Boogers? Is that the one with the wheel for a foot? Didint he have hurricane sneezes or something like that?
Yush. And blue skins D: ZOMG
To this day I still find it bizzare they tried to make a childrens show based off one of the hyper gory, boob laden troma movies.
Quote from: thegayhare on May 18, 2007, 12:56:18 AM
To this day I still find it bizzare they tried to make a childrens show based off one of the hyper gory, boob laden troma movies.
Aside from the boobs, have you ever read the original TMNT comics? :3
Yeah. but that was supposed to be a quasi spoof of Daredevil.
Quote from: Kenji on May 18, 2007, 12:57:33 AM
Quote from: thegayhare on May 18, 2007, 12:56:18 AM
To this day I still find it bizzare they tried to make a childrens show based off one of the hyper gory, boob laden troma movies.
Aside from the boobs, have you ever read the original TMNT comics? :3
nope but I doubt any of the turtles ever shoved a guys face into a milk shake blender, or stuffed a old lady into a steam trouser press like Toxie did
Quote from: Kenji on May 18, 2007, 12:57:33 AM
Quote from: thegayhare on May 18, 2007, 12:56:18 AM
To this day I still find it bizzare they tried to make a childrens show based off one of the hyper gory, boob laden troma movies.
Aside from the boobs, have you ever read the original TMNT comics? :3
I got those books from Eastman and Laird very cool in my collection *Ahhhhh yes memories.*
could we anytime soon expect a television series or movie based off of either Too Much Coffee Guy or Poison Elves- both of which are thoroughly disturbing compared to 'normal' comics and would probably translate interestingly considering the way they translated the above comic.
QuoteI think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.