Captain Planet Saves Belfast!

[ZariusTwo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQJrovKgrTw&eurl=

Suprised everyone is saying PLANET saved Belfast when it was Wheeler...then again half of the episode is cut to show only the Ireland portion.

Probably the LEAST offensive Captain Planet episode I've seen over the years, want to really have fun? Find "The Conquerer" and "Greenhouse Planet"

[Jon]

I remember seeing the 'Belfast' one you mention on TV (and think I have it on tape -somewhere- among my bunch of taped-from-TV videos). Was quite an episode.

Another I really liked was "Planeteers Under Glass".

[ZariusTwo]

So I'm now watching the "unaired episodes" that aired in 2006 as part of "Earth Day", the animation is very inflexible, I would'nt say it was an improvment, but they did a good job of "aging" the Planeteers. They had different costumes that reflected their powers more, the first season DIC animation is still arguably superior.

Dang this show needs to come back, once the libs take full control of the White House again (this was made during the early stages of Clinton's first tenure in office), we may see it again, it's obvious Turner is keeping the idea healthy thanks to the 2006 airings of the lost episodes.

Sure, some of like the above is very much politically incorrect, but the quality of the DIC episodes were very good, animation and plot wise, there's some gritty stuff in there. And the soundtrack for that series besides the end credits is always overlooked, probably one of the most refined I've ever heard since M.A.S.K's musical score.

[Jon]

Well, that's a bit misleading. As I remember watching those supposed 'Unaired Episodes' years ago under the title of "New Adventures of Captain Planet".

"12 Angry Animals" was an interesting ep. from that bunch.

[ZariusTwo]

I'd never seen them, and they were promoted on the Network as "never seen in the US", so I just assumed otherwise.

I could'nt stand the HB seasons, they took out everything, the A-list voice acting (except for Greedly, Rigger, the Planeteers and Planet), and the excellent synth rock music heard, instead they used a baseless, dull orchestral peice.

So yeah, those episodes, with the Planeteers aging a little, were surpisingly better than the last two seasons I watched from the HB run

[Jon]

Yeah. Though I don't get Boomerang, had read about that (the episodes being taughted as 'new' when aired on it). But, like said, saw them some years ago.


I also liked the changes (different outfits for the Planeteers, etc.).


** Edit (Add-On): Just checked TV.com's guide, and this last batch of episodes are noted as first airing in 1995 and '96.

[Raph's Girl]

I didn't like New Adventures of Captain Planet much. Mostly cuz I could never get used to Margot Kidder voicing Gaia instead of Whoopi Goldberg.... it just wasn't the same.