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@seagull4288

2 жыл бұрын

okay

@tylerfortniteninjablevins1457

2 жыл бұрын

please have my babies edd

@tortle4020

2 жыл бұрын

You deserve more subs

@ryanr27

2 жыл бұрын

Will do

@ProjectSudoku

2 жыл бұрын

Curious, why did you change the video thumbnail?

Captain Planet telling kids how to fix pollution is like getting a Lego set, but the Instruction Manuel has two pages at the beginning and the finished mock-up.

@Jasonwolf1495

2 жыл бұрын

Captain Planet: Okay kids save the world. Kids: how? Captain Planet: If I knew I'd already be doing it.

@TheAlexSchmidt

2 жыл бұрын

Instruction Manuel? Reminds me of that scene from WALL-E.

@kenthuang436

2 жыл бұрын

The Care Bears probably could do a better job at teaching kids about environmentalism than Captain Planet and they would be less preachy too. Plus I thought it was very odd that there was no Ring for plant life which is far more important to the planet than Heart (which is basically mind control) and Fire (which it can help get rid of dead trees and other things but is still pretty destructive and dangerous and creates pollution itself).

@Kirbo710

2 жыл бұрын

Lego Mario in a nutshell

@DarkElfDiva

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheAlexSchmidt Manuel? Relay instructions!

The problem is that Captain Planet was too much over the top for even kids to take it seriously. When the villains build factories that produce pollution as their main product just because they are evil you have a problem. Someone like Mr Burns would be a far better villain, he dumps nuclear waste in the park to save money, that is still over the top but his motivation is realistic even if his actions aren't.

@kenthuang436

2 жыл бұрын

I always found it too preachy and I was five when the first season aired. Even as a five year old who didn’t even know what the environment even was, I questioned a lot of what was said in the show as it didn’t seem practical. Also they made action figures of the characters made out of plastic which is made in factories by sweatshop child workers producing even more pollution and most likely discarded and remain in a landfill which in turn adds to the land pollution issue once the toys were broken.

@loke6664

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenthuang436 Yeah, it was rather preachy even with 80s standard. I don't think the writers had anything to do with those plastic dolls (sorry, "action figures") though, Ted Turner probably needed an extra Ferrari and the people making the show had probably very little to say in that so I don't think that is a valid argument against the show. But I think they should have done a little better job explaining environmental issues to kids. You get the impression that adults pollute because they think it is fun ignoring all the economical reasons for doing so. When someones kids are starving they can't really say no to being a logger no matter how beautiful the forest is and that doesn't make them evil. And writing tons of letters to politicians isn't very helpful, politicians don't care the least of the opinion of someone too young to vote. Oh, and "Heart" is still a useless power. The fire kid is just too incompetent to use it right.

@blazikenchad8876

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenthuang436 well that is ironic

@creatureslim

2 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna create a factory that produces smog by creating small chunks of plastic to throw in the ocean... oh wait if I put water the the plastic I'm a real company.

@HappyBeezerStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, cheaping out on waste disposal and air filters is how factories hurt the environment, not because the owner likes stuff being dirty.

I'm still longing for a kids show that has the balls to blame pollution and climate change on ultra-rich individuals, megacorps and corrupt governments instead of regular people.

@Jasonwolf1495

2 жыл бұрын

It's not about the show makers it's about the studios. Ya know the one run by megacorps headed by ultra rich individuals who want to play into the corrupt governments

@SarcyBoi41

2 жыл бұрын

It's not a TV show, but the Blue Sky animated movie Robots literally ends with the regular people teaming up and outright killing their oppressors. Granted it was more economic commentary than environmental, but those problems are caused by the exact same people.

@sebastienholmes548

2 жыл бұрын

It's regular people who fund the rich.

@thrownstair

2 жыл бұрын

No network would greenlight that, of course, because the advertisers are the megacorps in question.

@sebastienholmes548

2 жыл бұрын

@TheWelshToast why?

“GET HIM OUT OF HERE! HE’S GOT, AIDS!” -Actual quote from a Captain Planet episode

@googamp32

2 жыл бұрын

And the kid who had AIDS was voiced by gay actor Neil Patrick Harris. I'll give you a minute to connect the dots on that.

@crowhaveninc.2103

2 жыл бұрын

@@googamp32 Damn, that's sad. Also sad that there a still a lot of people out there who still think aids works like this

@Mrcharrio

2 жыл бұрын

Now a days it would be, "He's not Vaxxed! Get him out of here!"

@Proygon

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mrcharrio except that not being vaccinated actually harms others, unlike AIDS

@OmarAlikaj

2 жыл бұрын

@@Proygon In case of COVID-19, it's not always effective as earlier claimed. Maybe for other infections.

Just a reminder that the Dinosaurs dying in an ice age implies that, in the greater Muppets canon, that is exactly how they all died out. If you asked Kermit how the dinosaurs went extinct, he would claim it was an ice age, and not a meteor.

@Mr.Mousey

2 жыл бұрын

Well there are a lot of theories of how dinosaurs died i was always taught that it was the ice age

@villager736

2 жыл бұрын

in the Muppet universe Kermit caused 9/11

@rhodrage

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Mousey I've seen Ice Age 3, it was Buck

@SorowFame

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, so the version of Mr Freeze in Batman and Robin must be from the muppets universe

@thomastakesatollforthedark2231

2 жыл бұрын

Well... It was partially an ice age caused by a meteor. So not purely wrong

Not sure if the 1980s as a whole did much to combat climate change and pollution, but I learned a few things from Captain Planet such as pollution, aftermath of water shortage, Venus' temperature, and even my first lesson on the Israel-Palestine clashes (yes, that was an actual episode).

@ghazghkullthraka9714

2 жыл бұрын

The 1980s climate discussion is like Australia’s discussion today

@undeadblizzard

2 жыл бұрын

TBH. I have a bum liver so I have maybe ten years. I drink I smoke cookies so I reeking.

@twistedyogert

2 жыл бұрын

It was during the 1970s-80s that climate change was discovered by the scientific community.

@twistedyogert

2 жыл бұрын

@@ghazghkullthraka9714 So, *"Climate change is a problem but we're just going to kick the can down the road and see what happens. I mean yeah we could do something but it would hurt the economy."*

@nobodycares4321

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes the best you can do is plant that seed.

Doc Brown: “The future is doomed! Look!” Everyone: “Then give us your Mr. Fusion home energy reactor so we can have clean, sustainable garbage consuming energy for everyone!” Doc Brown: “Phff. No.”

@llewelynshingler2173

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe Mr Fusion never existed in the Bad Future?

@saxosipho

2 жыл бұрын

That would cause a paradox.

@favoritemustard3542

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, no. It might save lives, but I own the patents, so enjoy yer doom!

@insertnamehere9718

Жыл бұрын

@@favoritemustard3542 American pharmaceutical companies be like

@favoritemustard3542

Жыл бұрын

@@insertnamehere9718 🎯

"Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover in history" The 90s Earth Day Special: hold my environmentally friendly beverage

@adamkalb1

2 жыл бұрын

Eh, I think Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue was much better-told by comparison. July 5, 2022, 1:05am

@plushluigi7417

Жыл бұрын

@@adamkalb1 bruj do ye not get the joke

@emeraldhillzone1992

Жыл бұрын

Water is fairly environmentally friendly Don't buy Nestle though.

@nevaehhamilton3493

11 ай бұрын

​@@emeraldhillzone1992 sadly, almost all of the chocolate industry uses child slave labor. Yes, slavery still exists, but we tend to associate with the sex kind due to the existence of trafficking.

The scene from the Captain Planet episode "Mind Pollution" where Boris, Linka's cousin, literally died from a drug called _bliss_ is a depressing depiction of drug overdose. As what Lou Albano once said, _"If you do drugs, you go to hel before you die."_

@mysticalkeyblade759

2 жыл бұрын

Lou didn’t do anything good with that psa

@kenthuang436

2 жыл бұрын

@Mystical Keyblade That’s because he wasn’t dressed as Mario or even Do the Mario.

@carlosemilio5180

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenthuang436 he wore the cap though

@creatureslim

2 жыл бұрын

Don't tell me money don't buy Happiness when it so happen that money buy drugs

@kenthuang436

2 жыл бұрын

@@creatureslim And hookers! You might get lucky and get a special "surprise" a few days later(

I just kind of love the fact that Captain Fucking Planet, yknow the dude with super powers a manifestation of the earth and willpower, just walks up to HITLER and is instantly defeated, it's the funniest shit ever.

@shards-of-glass-man

2 жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, Hitler had so much H A T E inside of him, it made him mega OP or something

@morehero1

2 жыл бұрын

@@shards-of-glass-man Captain Planet is weak to pollution, and isn't hate just a pollution of the emotions when you get right down to it?

@autobotstarscream765

2 жыл бұрын

@@morehero1 That was literally the show's logic.

@projekttaku1

Жыл бұрын

hitler didn't even do anything, he just stood there menacingly and that was enough to make captain planet get destroyed. Imagine your kryptonite being hitler.

@PongoXBongo

Жыл бұрын

@@projekttaku1 Pretty sure everyone's kryptonite is Hitler, even Hitler's.

I have mixed views on the show. In retrospect, it was naive and sometimes kind of wrong, but I do recall that it informed me about a lot of environmental issues that, as a kid, I just wasn't aware of.

@eksortso

2 жыл бұрын

My views are not so mixed. Captain Planet was horseshit. Garbage storylines and production values aside, the show and the celebrities producing it weren't so much interested in humanity harmonizing with nature as it was with crippling humanity to the point where it couldn't actually handle oncoming environmental problems. DDT in much smaller doses could have saved millions of human lives. Way to save the planet: kill the humans off, so nobody would have to care. And hey, local conservation, what's that!? You want to focus more on local environmental problems that are solvable than on worldwide political agendas that won't help anything? Why aren't you living in fear like the powerless victims you are?? Think stupidly, act globally. No, seriously, screw that noise.

@kenthuang436

2 жыл бұрын

I was born in Earth Day and I thought that the show was too preachy and I hated how it tried to guilt trip me for things out of my control.

@LondonTransport466

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't expecting to see you here, Jago!

@bomoose

4 ай бұрын

train guy!!!!!

I remember someone said that if Captain Planet was really a good guy or cared for Planet earth he should have killed his enemies

@darthjc4

2 жыл бұрын

They wouldn't even need Captain planet most of the time if those kids used those rings with no mercy.

@spicylemon7475

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with that sentiment Sometimes you gotta do some bad things to keep more bad things from happening

@autobotstarscream765

2 жыл бұрын

@@darthjc4 Captain Planet: crumples before Hitler's mind pollution Wheeler: "AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!!!" _Incinerates Hitler and melts his face off_

@kenji6492

2 жыл бұрын

This is why Poison Ivy is a front page character these days

@RadicalGarry

2 жыл бұрын

@@autobotstarscream765 this is what the ww2 historians don’t tell you

DDT "Fun" fact: They were continued to use in developing nations, because of how it was sold to them, way after it was known to cause cancer. Also, I grew up in a small rural town of north India, and they used DDT so much on the mosquitos that they mutated/evolved to not be affected by DDT and became a much worse problem.

@wieldylattice3015

Жыл бұрын

What!? Your mosquito is evolving! Congratulations! Your mosquito evolved into MosDDuiTo!

@GrumpyMunkyGameDesign

2 ай бұрын

we used RKO

I just love to picture Captain Planet with a gun saying "Destroy Capitalism" and just firing it at someone who didn't put their can in the recycling in front of him.

"And then Doc Brown shows up!" Who knew the leading cause of pollution is Xehenort?

@CB0516

Ай бұрын

THE EARTH GOT NORTED

I remember that Earth Day special being super-hyped appointment viewing when I was a kid, and dutifully siting down to watch it with the whole family. It was so stiff and unwatchable I totally forgot about it until now, and it still feels like something from a half-remembered fever dream

I genuinely do like that they told kids to write to a politician. Imagine if that movement actually got going, a million children's letters is hard to work around if you're a politician.

@eddache

2 жыл бұрын

In theory, had President Bush not sadly ignored the 1 million letters on the Tree Of Life... sigh...

@MysticMorigan1998

2 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks for replying! But I was really thinking more small, like a govenor or someone in parliament. Not that it would still be pushed to the side, but I can see them actually acting on what was asked more than any President.

@kenthuang436

2 жыл бұрын

Only problem with writing to your local politician when you’re literally five years old and watching this show is that you can’t write legibly or even at all and you’ll end up with a scribbled mess that will be thrown away and you also have no idea what a politician even is and probably will think a politician is a type of cat or dog.

@jmurray1110

Жыл бұрын

Well until you remember children aren’t a voting block so pandering to them only decreases your chances of getting re-elected

@Copperkaiju

Жыл бұрын

​@@kenthuang436 The main difficulty is usually knowing where to send the letter.

Environmental engineer (who was inspired by Captain Planet & Thornberrys, by the way) here: One of the "good" things about climate change, it's that is such a complex phenomenon that whatever you do, it helps. Yes. Turn off the lights. Recycle. Use less plastic. Reduce your meat intake. Walk more. Print less stuff. And so on. But also you were very right about many people doing the same. 2000 people cycling? Cute. 200,000 people cycling? Now there's suddenly a critical mass to push for more bike lanes and pedestrian areas in your local town or city. Enough people brought awareness of single use plastics and now many countries are working towards banning them. Energy saving processes didn't appear because some smart ass scientist invented a better bulb, but because enough people pushed that in everyday discussions. So yeah. We all have a tiny part to play. Unless you're the CEO of Exxon, Shell, Petrobras, a president of a country or a billionaire. Then you have a huge part to play.

@jhonshephard921

2 жыл бұрын

Walk more is literally not an option. I can't drive. I tried to learn many times and failed so I take Uber or Lyft because there are no walking paths and public transport almost doesn't exist outside cities like NYC, Boston, Philly or Seattle.

@IceSpoon

2 жыл бұрын

@@jhonshephard921 The USA is not the only country in the world. And although that "write a letter to..." is stupid, it does bring awareness to the fact that we laymen can't do a lot. But we have to push politicians to do more. In your local case, making a more walkable or bikeable city.

@HappyBeezerStudios

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, and the thing with public transport in rural area is that someone has to pay for it. In a bigger city there are enough passengers to pay the cost, but in a string of villages there is simply not enough demand to have more than maybe two or three buses a day. Which means if you need to travel at different times than to school or work in the morning, there is simply no way besides a car.

I'm glad you made this very digestable synopsis on the history and current situations regarding climate change. It is super important for people to be learning about this, with you being a father, I'm sure this meant alot to you.

I remember Captain Planet...from this one bumper Cartoon Network aired making fun of him with Eddy. Cartoon Network seemed to whale on him a lot because they realized he was just kinda lame. I also think the "blaming others" thing is why the show gets relentlessly mocked - like, had it said that the general public's input helps but pointed its derision at rich idiots wasting money and murdering the planet via self-awareness (Ted Turner, the billionaire, telling people to clean up the air) then people would have cared more. Hell, it's classist and overtly patronizing shit is probably *ALSO* the reason why it gets mocked.

@mike-6139

Жыл бұрын

Except Ted Turner was a activist himself, the guy legitimately inverted money on environmentalist causes and ironically has been mocked for doing a bit extremist claims on that topic (the guy isn't a saint neither)...

I think thats kind of the point they're trying to make with Wheeler and fire though: Its not just useless but counterproductive, where without Mati and heart in a lot of situations they would have been screwed. That said, Ted Turner is a cretin that should have had all his money taken and put into regulating big business instead of putting all the blame on the individual.

@autobotstarscream765

2 жыл бұрын

Watch 90's WCW to get a grasp on Billionaire Ted's headspace.

@kenthuang436

2 жыл бұрын

Heart is essentially mind control and invasion of a person’s mind and body. I mean would *you* want a teenager entering your head uninvited to guilt trip you about not recycling and driving a car instead of walking? And the technophobia the Planeteers had is also disturbing as not all technology or technological advancements are bad! Cell phones help save lives in emergencies when landlines are down or not possible to have in an area, computers help people stay connected with others and give them important information about current events and warnings about natural disasters, and vaccines have helped save lives.

@adamkalb1

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenthuang436 Yikes. I guess Captain Planet and the Planeteers has not aged well as much as I remember. I do not disagree with what Robert Martin said about Ted Turner, and...I will also save the planet by putting most of my money into regulating big businesses, since Ted Turner did not have the guts to do that. July 5, 2022, 12:48am

@mike-6139

Жыл бұрын

Except Ted Turner is a environmental activist and a philanthropist... I'm not saying that makes him necessary the good guy, I'm just saying is way more complicated that "ahhh, that evil man"

@mike-6139

Жыл бұрын

@@adamkalb1 Well, the guy used part of his money to do environmental activisim, but he also did some questionable stuff (not necessarily related to the environment)... Is more like a grey character, it all depends on how you look at it

I'm not exactly an environmentalist but I am gonna say this. We kind of do need to look after our own little patches as good ol' Edd here said. And we do need to make sure that, in the end, we're gonna be able to keep our world healthy and alive for future generations. Because in all honesty, I'd really rather not have whatever great grandkids I have having to fight pollution because I wasn't able to punch some politician in the face. Point is; we do need to work together. Teamwork makes the dream work... cheesy but true.

@hazzainthehat4678

2 жыл бұрын

@KZread_Bard Unless someone like you cares a whole, awful lot. Nothing is going to get better. It's just not~ Dr.Suess.

@kildogery

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds nice, but we actually need governments to take action and create policies that make sure your kids don't grow up in an even more fucked up world than the one we already have.

@kenthuang436

2 жыл бұрын

The main issue about being more mindful about the environment is that it is going to take a long time for any real significant change to happen. Recycling may be good to do now but it still will take time for landfills to not be filled with trash, the hole in the ozone layer is still repairing itself, and global warming is still happening even with people switching to alternative sources of electricity and even downgrading their homes to not use electricity or have running water.

Great vid. I actually had to talk about Captain Planet in relation to a presentation I made about Hanna-Barbera. They actually made their own version of Captain Planet: Yogi’s Gang. Basically Yogi, Snagglepuss and a bunch of Hanna-Barbera characters live together on a flying arc and fight villains like Mr. Smog or Doctor Bigot. (Yes that’s his real name. He makes Yogi racist. It’s as funny as it sounds.) Maybe you could make a vid about Hanna-Barbera someday. They have such a unique history.

@henryapplebottom7231

Жыл бұрын

They really do.

I like the calls for letters. Yes you're using paper, but it's a direct, honest to god way to inform your local government of what you want. One letter they can ignore, but if every kid in the province sends a letter to them... Well suddenly their party has a lot of future voters to grab if they listen

@kenthuang436

5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, the call for letters is also incredibly flawed when you factor in that five year olds were also watching the show when it was airing and they don't exactly know how to write or read and probably think that a politician is some type of animal and a government is a flower. Little kids definitely would not even know what the show was talking about.

@thomastakesatollforthedark2231

5 ай бұрын

@@kenthuang436 sure but what about the 10yos? The 11s? The 12s?

I loved this show as a kid! The theme song was so catchy, lol.

3:28 "Blaming absolutely everyone." Everyone except the massive corporations and capitalist economic system that were and still are actually at fault, of course. Naturally. Because heaven forbid we should ever acknowledge the systems that govern our lives and world instead of taking on absurd "personal responsibility".

@spicylemon7475

2 жыл бұрын

Fr The amount of pollution the average citizen creates PALES in comparison to the environmental damage large corporations cause

@SlapstickGenius23

2 жыл бұрын

Captain Planet is like a cheesy bland tool, albeit one which has been stuck onto the minds of kids for a longer time than shows that contain much better (or far more accurate) research (but tend to flop much harder and become obscure more easily). That said, there are films and shows which are even worse in terms of research than something plain preachy like Captain Planet.

@twistedyogert

2 жыл бұрын

@@spicylemon7475 And these corporations have the tools to fix things but they don't care.

@thrownstair

2 жыл бұрын

Sure, putting some sellotape over a leaky pipe will help, but only for a bit and not very well compared to actually fixing the thing.

@sebastienholmes548

2 жыл бұрын

Have not read the original Lorax? The corporations may be destroying the environment but you funded them.

21:14 Captain Planet vaporizes a bunch of children ~ 2022 colorized

"Only you can prevent pollution" - Captain Smokey

Im south African and I used to love this show as a kid the thing about this show is like the lessons are very vague and the truth is its not supposed to be taken seriously the lessons I learned from captain planet is it's up to us to whether or not to care about the environment we should all try our best we could be extreme and do something radical to change the world or change the world through many small changes the point is the power is yours watching captain planet has inspired me to be a force of change in the world cause to me innovation is needed to change the world instead of gas and coal why not solar wind hydro even nuclear be alternative source of power and keep on innovating to make it even more efficient to the point were we wouldn't harmful fossil fuels to power our world. That's it whoever is reading the power is yours

Every time I see Captain Planet 2 things come to mind for me, The OK K.O Let's be Heroes crossover and that video Black Nerd Comedy made about a potential live action Captain Planet movie that never surfaced.

@Oliviagarry69420

2 жыл бұрын

Also that funny or die sketch with Don Chedle as Captain Planet just going crazy. Also that Rick and Morty episode where a girl version of Captain Planet snaps and goes crazy…….I’m noticing a pattern…..

I am so glad you mentioned OK KO. It does need more love.

@teddyfurstman1997

2 жыл бұрын

OK KO is one of Cartoon Network's best shows.

@ajiteshchandra

Жыл бұрын

@@teddyfurstman1997 but a little underrated.

"Okay Captain Planet, how do I stop War?" If only it was that simple

“Okay Captain Planet, how do I stop WAR?”

There's just no way around it. If you want to save the planet, you need to overthrow capitalism.

Fun fact about where I live: a couple years ago, our recycling plant burned down, so now everything sent there just gets dumped in with the garbage.

@jay_kay709

2 жыл бұрын

as opposed to being shipped to asia to be burned as trash fuel or be land-filled o ver there

Fun fact, Duke Nukem used to be called Duke Nukum with a "u" because of Duke Nukem in Captain planet, until Duke's second game (another Apogee platformer) he was known as Duke Nukum. Most of the world remembers him from Duke Nukem 3D and Duke Nukem Forever but he started out as a platformer on the early PC market in the 90s

Thanks for the video, Eddie. I'm a graduate from Environmental Science course, and let me tell ya, all my hopes and dreams to "protect the planets, save the environment" things died out a long time ago. Cause in the end, it all comes down to the goverment system, to do actual changes. But hey, your video sparks that little flame i had when I was younger, inspire me a bit. Maybe just do what we can do, vote for the right people that can do something realistic thann saying, and educate my students and children. Thanks Eddie.

Also, to add in his OK K.O appearance, he indeed does do a Jojo's Bizarre Adventure-esque pose there and that show also made Dr. Blight hotter in it. XD

Imagine the good you could do by turning billionaires into compost for your local community garden.

@henryapplebottom7231

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm. Good point!

@mike-6139

Жыл бұрын

Chill out, people unironically started doing these claims and now are waves of people wanting to cancel Mr. Beast. Isn't about the individual, it's about the system.

Brilliant as always Eddie!

@The_Grecian_Empire

2 жыл бұрын

hello ockeroid

I get the intent behind having Captain Planet tackle issues like gang violence or drug use or Northern Ireland. But the execution was horribly bad. Intent ends were execution begins. And the approach they chose was bad.

I love how the ok ko episode they just say because of everything has become harder and the effects are permanent because of everything and than they just did the classic psa

this show really was the gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss of the saturday morning cartoons

@kenthuang436

Жыл бұрын

I always found it to be too preachy even when I was five. I had no idea what a senator or even local politician was and I couldn’t even write or read so how am I supposed to write a letter to “stop pollution?”

He touched on it briefly, but the fact that the climate issue is mostly presented as a fault on the average populace and not corporate greed is my biggest issue with this topic, bc there's no amount of going green that any of us can do as long as companies like Nestle(the whole "Water is not a basic human right" thing), Monsanto(Plant and Food GMOs) and BP(the 2010 gulf oil spill incident) can continue doing business without repercussions, not even mentioning the problems with Lithium Batteries for electric cars and the immediate damage caused from lithium mining, it's almost like we haven't found a better, cleaner response to fossil fuels yet

“Why fight when you can be friends?” Don’t you know, Putin is just trying to make friends with Ukraine…forcefully…with military weaponry. Distasteful joke, I know.

@kenthuang436

5 ай бұрын

Yeah. I thought that it was also pretty stupid when Captain Planet said that especially when you factor in people being killed by racists and homophobic attacks.

You make a good point about the heart thing

I find it weird how it tells kids “if you’re going a short distance walk or ride a bike” well what the fuck else are they supposed to do they legally cants drive

7:36 JoJo fans: you have no idea how powerful the heart is

I think they also put a huge emphasis on recycling during the Sunflower Valley seasons of Bob the builder

That message of the 3 Rs was pushed so much when I was growing up. Amazed to learn my younger brother had never heard of it and him acting like it's a new thing I'd just made up.

@Jasonwolf1495

2 жыл бұрын

And yet nobody seems to realize they are an ordered list. Recycling is the last choice. Reducing is step one and that is done in conjunction by reusing.

@GumSkyloard

2 жыл бұрын

I still remember Disney Channel used to air this one song about the 3 Rs, and the chorus was just "Reduce, reuse, recycle" ad nauseam.

@vanzy01

2 жыл бұрын

@@GumSkyloard 🎵 reuse reduced recycle🎵

@henryapplebottom7231

Жыл бұрын

Reduce, Reuse, Realize you have little to no chance of changing anything do to the amount of people on this planet.

How dare stores charge extra for plastic bags! That's a crime against humanity!!

22 minutes into this video, you nailed the exact problem with what could have made Captain Planet and the Planteers a much better show than it was if it was not missing that part. Captain Planet and the Planteers was ahead of its time - for many of the right reasons, but also for some wrong reasons because *it was not political enough.* It should have been more political because social commentary on an unfair political system (like Rick and Morty's Planet-Tina episode!) would do a much better job of teaching us about the biggest causes of pollution. Also, you raised another very interesting and important catch 10 minutes in - we can not rely on the younger generation to save the planet for us, clean the air and water or curb climate change so Earth's temperature can eventually go down again, because the older generation should not allow themselves to have an A.O.L. for an empty apology and be complacent about cleaning up their own mess when they mess up the Earth. Older and _wiser_ people need to accept their own responsibility for messing up Earth and figure out how to use the resources they have to clean up. Hmmm, maybe I could use a clean-up for this mess. Eddache, thank you very much for inspiring me to create my own Spiritual Successor cartoon to Captain Planet and the Planteers! It may still be for kids, but it will also be the closest thing we get to a CP&tP reboot that *is* as political as it should be, and does not put all of the responsibility on the younger generation. July 5, 2022, 2:31am

As a Bostonian those free fare bus rides has been a life saver getting into town.

1:10 🎶I’d Rather Have A Bowl Of 🎶 *Nuclear Waste*

People: fighting. Captain planet: bE nIcE nO fIgHtInG

The interesting thing about them telling us to have less babies is people are now (mainly due to cost issues) in pretty much every developed country and now some politicians and Elon Musk are upset about it.

Someone near Atlanta here; I find it kinda funny(though admittedly fitting) how the Captain Planet Organization is there because Georgia is full of trees and is mostly a safe place environmentally Hell, Atlanta itself is 48% forest

I think the biggest takeaway here as it comes to Captain Planet isn't really about how correct the show was in its individual ideas but more the changes that it inspired. Science changes CONSTANTLY and so do politics, so any solutions that it proposed that were based in either of those two areas...which was basically EVERY solution that it proposed... were doomed to become very quickly outdated the more that we learned going forward. Those in charge of Captain Planet were working with what they knew. We know a LOT more now and, well...turns out a lot of those old assertions didn't hold up well. However, the intent of Captain Planet was more to raise awareness of these problems and, to that end, I would say it was HIGHLY successful. It opened up eyes that were before blind to the effects of climate change and provided motivation for people to make changes, even if small ones, for a better tomorrow. We're STILL a long way from where we need to be...and it's certainly arguable that we're not making these changes anywhere NEAR fast enough...but if people are taking it upon themselves to clean up our planet and reverse climate change and their inspiration is Captain Planet, then Captain Planet did its job. It's not enough for just us, as people, to reduce, reuse and recycle... however, if we do NOTHING, then we risk bringing about our own destruction and will only have ourselves to blame. We can't just ignore climate change and hope it'll go away because it won't. The system needs to change and it will take people to change it, just as it took people to destroy it in the first place. If not our politicians, if not our corporations, if not our governments... Then, it IS up to us. That's the message that Captain Planet was giving us and that's the legacy that the show ultimately left us with. The power is OURS...

Well done, Eddie. This was a banger of a system critical episode!

I'd honestly be down if we got a modern reboot of the show, but with the knowledge and nuance we know now of the situation integrated into its stories.

I like to believe this is not about stopping the apocalypse, but to delay it long enough for scientists to come up with the solution and society to accept it. I like to think the world would already be a dead wasteland without previous efforts and any future efforts will make it liveable enough for us to catch up

The Year 3000 has now been incorporated into my music library. Thanks for the blast from the past, both Captain Planet and the song.

"If I were a mindless zombie, where would I be, the US capital building"😂

My friend and I are collaborating on a kids' book about the importance of recycling, and we've debated multiple times "should the last page just be the main character overthrowing a major corporation or capitalism?"

isn't that how The Troubles were resolved? Bono strolled in and said, "can't we all just get along?" and accepts a nobel prize.

Someone today said the phrase "Cyber Razor Cut" It awoke something in me like a sleeper agent. Im not sure why, but here I am. I need to figure out the next step.

@sumguy3687

2 жыл бұрын

To Be This Good. 13 June 2010

Well his show was the thing to replace Swat Kats around that time, so that didn’t really help the world.

@TechNinjaSigma

2 жыл бұрын

SWAT KAT GANG!

@SlapstickGenius23

2 жыл бұрын

Also, Captain Planet was frankly considerably much cheaper (even if it’s still a rather costly show) and more profitable to make than Swat Kats.

14:05 I legitimately expected him to say plant a tree and conserve paper products by reusing them I laughed out loud when Captain Planet set the bullshit answer

That's why, in 1 bby, captain planet snapped half of all life with the one ring to rule them all.

@aidanhammans9337

3 ай бұрын

What?

Fun fact: the US paper industry plants so many trees it makes Mr Beast look like a trash goblin. But it makes sense when you stop to think about it; more trees means more business for them.

@henryapplebottom7231

Жыл бұрын

Chopping down trees is fine as long as both A you use the wood & B you replace it with a forest of greater or equal value.

@jmurray1110

11 ай бұрын

One problem though is these saplings need tons to grow so no matter how many you plant you’re decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide conversion Besides algae is the biggest converter not trees

Boomers : Our kids will solve climate change Gen X : Our kids will solve climate change Millennials : Our kids will solve climate change Zoomers : Jesus Christ

@Heccy_weccy

2 жыл бұрын

"You cannot use the word Jesus Christ in a negative context" Oh shit! "Shit is not allowed either." Ah fuck!

@HappyBeezerStudios

2 жыл бұрын

This comment chain is now PG-13

@geopowered

2 жыл бұрын

Millenials are in their 30s-40s and only just coming into positions of power. We'll see if they can do anything. Most Zoomers are the kids of Gen X. Millennial kids are primarily Gen Alpha

@projekttaku1

Жыл бұрын

my god.

@henryapplebottom7231

Жыл бұрын

More like, Zoomers: confused screaming

22:20 To be fair, I don't think it would be easy to translate "Captain Planet Tears Down a Bunch of Monopolistic Exploitative Multi-National Corporations and Removes/Reforms Corrupt Rich Politicians Who Also Most Likely Own Said Monopolistic Exploitative Multi-National Corporations" into a kid-friendly limited-time episode, especially when the people writing it seems to have absolutely no idea what actually causes pollution.

@jakesouthern4050

2 жыл бұрын

captain planet fucking shoots the nestle ceo

Midpoint of the video: Fire is the worst planeteer power Endpoint of the video: Molotov Cocktails are the most powerful planeteer power

That moment when you realize Teen Titans Go has more episodes that Captain Planet 😳

this was a really good video eddie, really nostalgic too

In fairness, keeping your tires aired up does make them more fuel efficient

12:37 that's quite funny considering I know a lot of children I know understood "the problem is yours" instead of "the power is yours", that's amazing.

Probably in my Top 3 of videos I've edited on for you and there were no notes about penises this time so a win-win all round!

I always felt fire was done dirty. Its not a purely distructive power. What it does above all others is provide energy. None of the other powers can function without that.

A drug called bliss that turns people into zombies. What is this, Far Cry 5? Also 3 R’s sounds like free arse haha

Bring this cartoon back INCLUDING the indigenous boy, please don't exclude him. He was one of my very few representations in media

"Plastic straws are being phased out, plastic bags are charged extra to discourage their use, and there are recycling bins in more convenient locations." So, in the US, I'm probably ignorant, but it feels like these issues aren't actually doing anything to save the environment. The plastic straws being phased out are replaced with arguably more harmful paper straws with a bad taste, plastic bags are arguably the best option compared to paper and toat with the former using tree parts while being more fragile and the latter being environmentally worse and is produced with the most environmentally harmful products. And as for recycling bins, while they are more common, they are also the most contested measure because nobody agrees how to recycle certain objects, such as whether cans should be recycled per can and being charged more or by weight and requires the cans to be destroyed to accomplish.

"'Let's save the world' said everybody, not knowing how." -Bill Wurtz

Impressively thorough and well-researched. Excellent video!

21:08 this aged so well

@red_ryn_9917

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what i was thinking lol

The fire ring could be used to generate unlimited free energy using a steam turbine.

@hazzainthehat4678

2 жыл бұрын

... But then kids don't have to spend their whole lives keeping the lights on just for people like Trump.

@theFLCLguy

2 жыл бұрын

@@hazzainthehat4678 they aren't that young and you could just get a bunch of them and have them take turns. Or find a way to make a device that could use it. Maybe graft living tissue to a robotic finger or something.

@sev1120

Жыл бұрын

Or, hell, apply the initial heat, then have it set up so the water condenses and falls back down into the reservoir. Have excess power routed to a series of heaters in the water basin to keep it going. If heat goes low you just go and top it up

I need a loop of that "eeeeeee-jecting *clunk*" scene

"Patchwork Quilt," that's a good one... that was also kind of one of the Goals... however, the amount of Pollution and Deforestation that Companies like BlackRock continue to do was grossly underestimated and that fact make those efforts effectively useless. 😢

The research you put into this is incredible Eddie, I really appreciate and enjoy your work

Leaving a like for the great content you make and for the Busted references.

1:09 that beat works TO WELL

Eddache is so underrated. The amount of effort put into every single video warrants at least 500k subs. Edit: I just saw who eddache subs to and his taste is amazing.

@killerkraut9179

2 ай бұрын

Communism isnt a good thing!

@chuzzahfromtongah

2 ай бұрын

@@killerkraut9179 alright?

@killerkraut9179

2 ай бұрын

@@chuzzahfromtongah His capitalism critic sounds more like communism good!

@chuzzahfromtongah

2 ай бұрын

@@killerkraut9179ok bro?

@killerkraut9179

2 ай бұрын

@@chuzzahfromtongah What else?

This is just a solid, informative video. Almost every paragraph i had a (positive) response but there's just so much to this its better to just go: good job.

You have no idea how satisfied I am to finally see someone call out the misconception of people calling the power of heart "useless." Seriously, if you're a part of a group that fights to protect the environment around the world, would you rather: Have what are essentially various psychic powers that are useful in any situation. Or fire powers that are essentially useless, since all you can do is create more fire, in a situation where many environments can get destroyed by said fire.

@kenthuang436

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say Heart is useless but I do think it didn't deserve a ring because it is essentially mind control and an invasion of a person's head which isn't a good thing to do. Plus plant life really got screwed by not having a Ring considering all life on the planet literally depends on plants in whether it's from being a food source or providing oxygen.

@GribbleGob

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenthuang436 while I agree on some levels, the person who is given the heart ring is implied to be a morally good person not to use it for fucked up reasons.

@kenthuang436

2 жыл бұрын

@@GribbleGob I never said that Matai was not morally good just that the Heart power itself could be considered to be dark

@raheemaslam7363

Жыл бұрын

@@kenthuang436 you could even say that Darkness is the hearts true nature

@aidanhammans9337

3 ай бұрын

@@raheemaslam7363Why is there Kingdom Hearts in this comment section?

this patchwork quilt would look great if 90 percent of it wasnt covered in pollution from big corperations

Where I live theres no recycling, it started for a while but eventually the trucks stopped picking up the plastics and paper so we went back to throwing everything to the trash. What I do partake in is donating clothes, theres this cycle of clothes we go through where we put in clothes we dont want in a black bag and pass it along, by around a year or so it comes back around because it goes through friends, families and all that but nothing we put in comes back so it's pretty nice and I was surprised others I know don't do it. Its 1 bag but when you get it you can take, add or both and keep passing it along. I wear stuff until it breaks so I havent really putted much in that bag.

That Earth Day special is wild

Another "fun" DDT fact: wallpaper laced with the stuff was sold to paper the walls of children's bedrooms.

@shards-of-glass-man

2 жыл бұрын

Suddenly arsenic sequel

13:26 I never lived within walking or biking distance of anything (I'm currently 7 miles out from town), the roads around be are also too busy for me to even consider them safe to bike on even as an adult and with literally no sidewalks, you couldn't walk either.