Something for the Captain Planet fans...

[Drtooth]

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Captain Planet To Turn Retailers Green

October 31, 2007



Captain Planet, the world's original environmentally conscious superhero, will star in an all-new line of T-shirts for the holiday season, Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) and clothing company Local Celebrity announced today. A full line of the T-shirts for men, women and children featuring the green-haired star of the 1990s television series CAPTAIN PLANET AND THE PLANETEERS will launch at high-end specialty boutiques and department stores in October.

Created by Ted Turner in 1990, Captain Planet was used as a tool to teach children about potential environmental hazards. In the CAPTAIN PLANET AND THE PLANETEERS series, the hero came to life when five ring-wielding Planeteers -- teenagers who each summoned a unique power including Earth, Wind, Fire, Water and Heart -- came together in response to an environmental threat. Featuring villains such as Verminous Skumm, Sly Sludge and others, each episode centered on environmental hazards and ended with "Planeteer Alerts," public service announcements targeted at kids.

CAPTAIN PLANET AND THE PLANETEERS is currently in syndication and can be seen weekdays on Boomerang, Turner's 24-hour cable network devoted to classic cartoons. Also, the network will once again feature a 12-hour CAPTAIN PLANET marathon in April in celebration of Earth Day 2008.

Local Celebrity was started by a sibling duo in 2003 in a bedroom in their grandother's house and a barn in the backyard. Their witty vintage-style T-shirts quickly captured the attention of stores like Urban Outfitters and today Local Celebrity is recognized as Hollywood's favorite T-shirt company.

Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE), the global branding and merchandising arm of Cartoon Network, is charged with building consumer product franchises for Cartoon Network, its brands and characters from the channel's growing library of award-winning, original programming. CNE also works to secure and support long-term licensee partnerships across all key merchandising categories. The division currently offers consumer product programs for an array of animation franchises including FOSTER'S HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS, BEN 10, THE POWERPUFF GIRLS, Adult Swim and more.

That's all well and good, but what about my favorite environmental show- Toxic Crusaders?

[Jon]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

That's all well and good, but what about my favorite environmental show- Toxic Crusaders?

I recall there being at least 1 DVD released for it. Which, sadly, is more the Capt. Planet has.

[Drtooth]

2 things. One, there is a DVD and I have it. It only has 4 episodes on it. A fifth episode is a bonus feature on something called "Crapstown Villa" or something similar to that. The "movie" is also available, but I don't know if it's still in print. Two, it was released by Troma themselves. Unfortunately that was the only one they made. Which is a shame, because they could have fit all 13 episodes on one or 2 disks. Plus, "Uncle" Lloyd Kaufman does a hillarious introduction to the first episode.

[Jon]

Yeah, that's what I was meaning (Crusaders had a DVD, where-as Capt. Planet hasn't).

[Raph's Girl]

Oooh... Capt Planet goodies!!

I wonder what the shirts look like tho? Will they have the original series or the ugh New Adventures when Margot Kidder replaced Whoopi Goldberg as the voice of Gaia?

Perhaps this is all leading up to the proposed Capt Planet movie???

Either way Im definatly gonna be getting a couple Capt Planet shirts. If I can find em anyways.

high-end specialty boutiques and department stores

?! Ugh.... WTF is that supposed to mean? High end here means Nordstroms I guess...or Macy's.....or Sears....

[ZariusTwo]

Maybe the shirts will all be lines from the infamous Belfast episode...

[CudleyCowlick]

Sweet. I should get one for my girlfriend, she's always walking around the house singing the theme song...

I'm sure we'll be glued to the TV during the marathon. I saw that some station was airing them a while back... I almost want to say it was Boomerang but that was months ago and my memory is getting bad in my old age. We caught a few back then and it has us wanting more.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Is Al Gore going to play Captain Planet in the movie?

Plus, I'm a bit of a Troma fan. I'm surprised they managed to turn the Toxic Avenger into a kid's series. I remember looking at the movies as a kid, and seeing that they were Rated R, and was baffled.

[Drtooth]

I guess they're trying to bring the series back (or at least the characters) because pretending to care about the environment is the it thing right now. You know. like trying to care about the phoney "Obesity epidemic" was a few months ago.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Is it really all that phony? Sure the media may exaggerate it a bit, but people as a whole have gotten a lot less active and are eating a lot more lousy food these days, and it is having an impact on people's health. There is an awful lot of gloom and doom on the news, but they still make a point about how people need to observe their habits a little more. It's hard though, I know because it's something I'm trying to do now.

Anyway, back on topic. I enjoyed the series as a kid because Captain Planet was a superhero. But I don't know if watching it today will make it seem too heavy handed an environmental message.

[ZariusTwo]

Trust me, any series that has the words "Heil Fuhrer Baby" in it must be seen by every five year old.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Mr._Mutant_Man

Is it really all that phony? Sure the media may exaggerate it a bit, but people as a whole have gotten a lot less active and are eating a lot more lousy food these days, and it is having an impact on people's health. There is an awful lot of gloom and doom on the news, but they still make a point about how people need to observe their habits a little more. It's hard though, I know because it's something I'm trying to do now.

Phoney in the sense that a lot of people take up the cause because it's popular at the moment. While, yes, our eating habits are bad, and we have to evaluate them, we do NOT have to hear about it every five seconds, and watch "experts" talk about how a breakfast sandwich isn't as healthy as eating just a carrot. We know that, and a lot of people don't really care. And filling the line up with "look out! You gonna die" shows like "Biggest Loser" and "Honey we're killing our kids." I feel a lot of what the media passes around is mostly exaggeration.

As for the new found environmentla fad, as South Park has taught us, nothing corrupts a good intentions motivated movement than making it a fashion statement. Now you're just going to alienate the common person who'll listen to shills from the oil company talk about "the evil Communists that actually want to save the planet-or at least not turn it into a poisonous pig stye." I can see a lot of Posuers buying up these shirts, and pulling the price tags and that size sticker off, tossing them on the floor, and saying "Look! I care about the environment too!"

[BubblyShell22]

This is interesting. I used to watch Captain Planet all the time when I was younger because it was a cool show. I wish they'd release DVD's of it.

And I don't think Al Gore will play Captain Planet. He's too busy trying to kill Man Bear Pig and gloating about his Nobel Peace Prize.