Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

jediforce10 Captain Planet and the Planeteers was one of the few shows that tried to promote environmentalism to children. The concept is decent enough since it does try to raise environment awareness, but it quickly becomes a jumbled mess of a show that ultimately leaves so much to be desired.The premise centers around five teens from across the Earth, all of whom are summoned by Gaia, Spirit of the Earth, to stop the rampant pollution going on in the world. Each teen, or Planeteer as they're called, is given a ring of their own. The powers being Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, and the made up element of Heart(Which has been constantly mocked to this day). When the powers combine, the Planeteers create Captain Planet, champion of Earth. Together, they all must save the planet from the evil that is pollution and those who want to harm the Earth. While the story doesn't sound great, it could've been made into something really good, even with the environmental education the show had. Ultimately though, this show will make swimming in radioactive goo sound good.The biggest issue Captain Planet suffers from is its constant shoving of its environmental messages in the show. Almost every bit of dialogue spoken by one of the Planeteers speaks about how bad pollution is. It constantly shoehorns and shoves down your throat about how bad pollution is. Most of the dialogue by our heroes can be easily summoned up as "Pollution is bad, m'kay?" Now don't get me wrong, I too do my part in being environmental and I'm all for kids learning about environmental issues, however this show barely teaches anything to kids about how to take care of the planet. In fact the only time you do see something somewhat educational about the environment is the Planeteer Alert at the end of each episode. Aside from that, each episode really beats the whole pollution is bad into your head constantly.The characters themselves are another issue worth griping about. The Planeteers barely have any kind of character development or arcs whatsoever. They all come off as either stereotypical or flat lifeless characters we don't care about. Some of them are annoying as well like Wheeler, who tries to be funny and clever, but is nothing but an irritating jerk who we don't care for. They don't even struggle with doing team work or anything like trying to get along with one another. They all act friendly to each other from the get go, despite the fact they don't know each other or anything.The villains are no better at all. All of them are stereotyped and have no back story to them. They all just want to pollute the world for their gains only. We don't know anything about their motives, aside for money, or how some came to look how they did in the show. How did Duke Nukem(Sadly, no, not the alien destroyer) became the yellow giant beast? Why does Dr. Blight have a scar on her face? What made Verminous Skumm into a mutant? These answers are never given in the show. There is absolutely no character development at all in this show and everyone has zero personality.Each episode is pretty much always about pollution and how it harms the environment. An episode of Captain Planet usually goes like this: Planeteers discover something wrong with the environment such as dolphins being captured, they try to stop one of the recurring villains with their powers, and ultimately summon Captain Planet to save the day. Rinse, recycle(Get it? Like how the show encourages recycling?), and repeat.Sometimes though, they try to add variety, the only decent one being the Planeteers being on a game show and having to save Captain Planet. There are two in particular though that makes me wonder what the thought process was behind the idea. One involves in gang violence and has some gang slang thrown in it as well. The second one involves, I wish I was kidding here, Captain Planet and the Planeteers talking about AIDS and unprotected sex. What person thought it was good to put in something like this in a kid's show? Most of these viewers haven't hit puberty yet.And as if that wasn't bad enough, there are times in an episode where a business leader will actually trust one of the villains, thus impeding the Planeteers efforts to stop the pollution. It isn't until the business person learns the real plan is that realize they messed up. Gee, I wonder why? Could it be the names they have? Seriously, who would trust people with names like Verminous Skumm, Hoggish Greedly, and Looten Plunder? Well these morons do.The artwork and animation has not aged well at all. The Planeteers look decent enough I guess, as do only a few villains. Captain Planet though looks ugly and the coloring choices for him look unappealing. The coloring is also kind of washed out and looks murky for the most part. The animation is even worse, with characters moving slowly and lip syncs seemingly off in almost every scene. It just doesn't make the show look good to look at or watch at all.It's just a real shame overall. Captain Planet could've been something, but the shoving of environmentalism down a person's throat, the terrible villains, repetitive, and sometimes questionable plots, and uninteresting main characters makes it a complete chore to watch. It isn't what I consider one of the worst shows ever, but there is so much left to be desired from this show in terms of quality, interesting characters, and much more. About the only good thing Captain Planet had was the end credits theme song, which is very catchy and fun to listen to, even if it's a guilty pleasure. Captain Planet may've been somewhat okay at teaching pollution, but there are way better methods, and this show isn't one of them.

reddragonhero17 I was a young kid back in the early 90's searching for something action-packed. When I found this show, I found a win-win solution: gives you the battle action I sought out and provided good messages about the world at the same time. For those who say this is preachy and/or cheesy, leave your pride at the back door and take the message as is. It is good the way it is. Edward Asner (Hoggish Greedly) said, "We're a nation of waste, and others are following. We need to set a good example". Good point. Ever since I first laid eyes on this show, I have become a dedicated environmentalist. The voice cast is all terrific and among my favorites are LeVar Burton (Kwame my favorite planeteer) and Whoopi Goldberg (Gaia). Even after so many years it is still fun to watch. The messages are still relevant to today, particularly the one quote that tells you that no matter who you are and what your abilities are you can make a difference, "The Power is Yours!" -Captain Planet

doughertyseanp Apparently, Michael Reaves wrote a script for a Captain Planet movie called "Planet." Michael Reaves is a very notified author and screenplay writer. He's written for television shows, many of the same caliber of Captain Planet, movies, comics, novels, and others. He said he worked particularly hard on this script so it must be very good. But it was lost in the shuffles and never became a film. I know very little about it. It's of a much darker tone and takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. It sounds much better than the extremely corny version we all know and love, but I can't seem to find a synopsis anywhere. That makes sense since it never really got past the writing stage. But I'd like to find out as much as I can. If anyone has any information on this please either write it here or e-mail me at doughertyseanp@aol.com. Thanks.

waiching liu Cartoons are supposed to entertain kids- not lecture them on social issues. Okay so there was some morality in Thundercats but it wasn't done to death, nor did it detract from the plot of the show. Captain Planet and The Planeteers was one step ahead: a truly dire cartoon where 5 teenagers, who each hail from various parts of the globe, attempt to do right and defeat their arch-nemesis, Duke Nukem and his evil cohorts and with the help of the green-haired one, save the planet. The politically correct slant this show tried to invoke was as nauseating as it was tedious. This was propaganda aimed at brainwashing children almost- conservatives= bad, liberals = good. Thank goodness however that I didn't buy into that preachy nonsense, as a kid. I still don't, as an adult to this day. When I looked at the credits, I was stunned to learn that the mega rich media mogul, Ted Turner- he of CNN, Time Warner fame- was involved in this diabolical affair. As those who have commented on here have stated, there are some rather numerous inconsistencies, question marks, not to mention absurdities which plague Captain Planet and the Planeteers: likewise, 1)almost all the villains are all from different parts of the west, whilst the heroes are global; thus implying the west are evil, money grabbing polluters who don't care about the world and the state that it is in; 2) the teenagers dependence on Captain Planet to solve its crises suggest they are reluctant to do things the hard way and properly by themselves; 3) each of the so-called heroes lack any sort of personality, and have no real depth to their character- not to mention they are annoying and so 'goody-goody'; 4)in regards to the situations they find themselves in and the ways they address them, it is so unrealistic and at times, misleading because, in real-life nine times out of ten, how many people would actually react in exactly the same way as those teenagers have done, in regards to so called 'green' issues? 5) in every episode the teenagers do not make any effort whatsoever to find an alternative way in resolving a particular crisis- they just leave it up to Captain Planet to sort things out.Yet, what is truly alarming was that whilst the brilliant and fantastic Thundercats for example, lasted for merely two seasons, this show ran for six when it should've died a quick and painful death. It should've been cancelled after one season. Nevertheless, it is the PC- nature of Captain Planet that filled me with utter dread and of which got on my nerves. The 90s and 00s were, for the most part, wretched periods for animated cartoons, in contrast to the wonderful, 60s, 70s and 80s.This was embarrassing, humiliating and pure banality and an almost blatant attempt to Hollywood-ise and sensationalise environmental issues and make it look so tacky, which this show was. This was a total dirge