Talk:Captain Planet and the Planeteers

I changed Soviet Union back to Russia. It specifically says 'Russia' in the opening of the show. DryGrain 15:21, 14 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

I support this change. Derrick Coetzee 17:41, 14 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the opening says "Eastern Europe". THe term Russia was never used in the opening. --Sketchee 23:16, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)

Many of the things on "Captain Planet" are repeated twice in the article, in the Story section and the section after that. I suggest that be changed. 24.76.141.128 23:08, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Multiple Descriptions of Captain Planet

The two descriptions of the character Captain Planet are as follows. Rather than simply choosing one of them, I recomend that we combine the two, taking the positives of both descriptions.

1. In situations that the planeteers could not handle on their own, they could combine their powers to summon Captain Planet, who possesses all of their powers magnified, symbolizing that the combined efforts of a team are stronger than its individual parts. Captain Planet is humanoid in structure, his skin sky-blue and his hair grass-green. He wears red gloves, boots, trunks, and epaulets, with a sunshine yellow globe on his chest. (These are actually a composite of the materials that compose him and not actual clothes.)

Despite his vulnerability to pollution, Captain Planet is a formidable and valiant hero. Once his work is done, Captain Planet returns to the earth, restoring the planeteers' powers. When he does this, he always says "The power is yours", which has become his catchphrase.

2. As a final twist, if all of the Planeteers are present the powers of the rings can be combined to summon a flying humanoid creature of the earth called Captain Planet. Captain Planet has superhuman strength, the ability to fly, and a seemingly endless supply of puns and cliches. He resolves most conflicts, but is vulnerable to pollution and can only act within his jurisdiction, which ends in the stratosphere. The rings can not be used while he is active, and when he is done he returns to the earth to restore his quickly expended power. Whenever he is summoned, he always utters the catch phrase, "By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!" Conversely, before returning to the earth, his last words are always, "The power is yours!", echoing the message of the series.

Agreed. Deco 04:48, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Time Planeteer?

I seem to remember an episode in which a youth from the future playing a virtual reality game was somehow transported back to the time of the planeteers. After assisting them in a mission, he was returned to his time, and had found he acquired a ring possessing the power of Time, making him a sixth planeteer. Is it possible this could be mentioned in the section introducting the planeteers?

- No. While he is given a ring at the end, this ring is never stated to actually do anything. It may have been a symbolic piece rather than functional. There was no "Planeteer of Time" mentioned. Also, while many people in the series, especially kids, were given the status of "Planeteer" by the team, this was an honorary title- these people were never given rings.

Merge needed?

There has been discussion that Batman: The Animated Series article should be merged with The New Batman Adventures one, since the latter show is considered truely an extention of the old series. Since those two series are being put up for merging -- and since The New Adventures of Captain Planet article is a stub -- I thought is time to merge this article along w/ The New Adventures of Captain Planet article. Do any of you agree on this, Yes or No? --Roadrunner3000 16:35, 28 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think The New Adventures of Captain Planet should definitely be merged into this article. Deco 01:02, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Toys

I've added a section for the Tiger toys action figure line. I do not have a complete list of what was made, however. Should the known toys be listed anyway? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 06:31, December 12, 2005 (UTC) (talk • contribs)

Welcome! You should cite sources, so perhaps do a Google search with the ones you do know to try to find a page listing those you don't, too. --AySz88^-^ 19:16, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I added a link to a heavily-incomplete toy photo gallery, for now. Though I do plan to photograph my own collection soon. Likely after I order another batch from a site that's provided me with a number of items in the past. Individual toys could be listed, either as a separate article covering them, or added to the separate character pages.

I posted soemthing about inetrnational variations... I own a second sculpt Duke Nukem in his Hawaiian shirt, all evidence I've found was that it was a European exclusive. Not that Kenner didn't have the resources to tool their own toys if they wanted.

I also added in a short paragraph on Commander Clash, which could probably stand to be spun off into a larger page with more info. I think a page needs to be done for the Planeteer's vehicles, too.

Conservative criticism

I tried to edit the criticism section so that it had a more NPOV. I notice that the "In defense" section also suffers from perhaps much worse POV problems, to the point where it seems like the section is carrying out a debate with the previous section instead of neutrally presenting opposing viewpoints. If someone has the time, could he or she try to improve this section? Thanks so much. -- Tim Dean 04:08, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I took a crack at this already but found it difficult – I think the real issue is that currently it's all hearsay with no specific sources. Some real quotes from notable people would do wonders for the section I think. I'm sure Turner himself must have defended the show against its critics in writing at some point. Deco 05:06, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You know, half of this stuff IS on the official website... or just watch the show(which many of its detractors often fail to do before attacking it). The network censoring of Spider-Man is also common kowledge- no one on the show threw a punch and all guns were lasers which never injured the select few targets that did actually get hit. Nevermind that a lot of the criticism pages out there seem to be written from a white nationalist standpoint. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 09:33, December 22, 2005 (UTC) (talk • contribs)

This page is for discussing the article, meaning that discussion about the subject of the article itself is usually offtopic. Please refrain from going offtopic; that sort of discussion can be conducted on websites specifically about Captain Planet. Thanks! --AySz88^-^ 23:10, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're right in this case, but note that it is reasonable to discuss the subject in order to reach a consensus about which content should be added and which is inaccurate or immaterial. Deco 01:53, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Overall, the POV of the criticism is a bit out of kilter with the rest of the article. I agree that a discussion of both sides of the political debate over the content of the show should be added, but the current "In Defense" section should be overhauled completely as it is rife with POV issues, though the general scope should probably be inserted into the "Conservative criticism" section in an NPOV fashion. - RPIRED 19:49, 26 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Fine, YOU fix it, if you even want to take time out to do research or watch the show. Problem with you Wikipedia hardcore members, you try to mask your own opinions as "neutral" and blame everyone else. I've had enough arguments with those morons at the Gamecube page who wish to keep certain facts off their pages, I'm not playing this game. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.162.192.39 (talk)

Please read the NPOV policy - we describe both sides of the debate, and we don't say which side is right or wrong. This also means the debate has to be pre-existing from somewhere else, cited - don't insert your own views or try to argue against something yourself, as that's not the point of this project. --AySz88^-^ 17:51, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

~~For later reference, the section in this edit was removed because it seems to be original research.~~ --AySz88^-^ 02:26, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ergh, sorry, I reversed the diffs. --AySz88^-^ 07:07, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

POV

The POV rant is remved. It's conceded it's not neutral and is POV, stop adding it. I was going to work on the Verminous Skumm and Sly Sludge pages, but now, no... you do it if you're not too lazy.