The show had good elements. The pollution and caring about our planet (being environmentally friendly).But there were elements, that were much to much of political doctrin.Spoiler alert!Overpopulation. I don't know if captain planet and the planeteers ever was released in countries like India, China (althought they are reglemented by the one child policie some years ago, now its limited to two) and even Africa.But the funny thing is: Europe and Northamerica, even Russia don't really have problem like overpopulation. But other parts of the world do have.So what I disliked was this topic and all the other hidden political agenda (as a kid you may not notice its about social policy). Its a children series not a teen - series. So much to early to put topics like overpopulation (that requires Sex or in vitro fertilisation) in an animated TV series.

I've caught some episodes of this cartoon show when I was a kid, and remembered it for having a heroic storyline where superheros work together to save the environment. Here, a quintet of teenagers team up to encourage everyday citizens to be responsible in saving and preserving the environment and, when disasters strike, they can band together and summon a superhero named Captain Planet to save the day.It's a good cartoon to remind the little kids to be responsible for cleaning up after themselves, recycle and to keep stuff clean around them. And, what more inspiring to kids than to have a superhero to remind them to do these good deeds. There are some good action-packed scenes as well. Too bad saving the environment as gotten so polarized nowadays.Grade B-

"Captain Planet and the Planeteers" was a great cartoon for me when I was growing up. It was also one of my favorite cartoons from the early 1990s, and it is also one of the best superhero cartoon series I've ever seen. It's been a while since I last saw it (mostly likely, more than 10 years, at least), but I do nonetheless remember it as an animated cartoon series with a powerful message that we could all learn something from, regardless of our political differences (i.e., liberal vs. conservative): "We all share this planet together, so let's unite with one another to make a difference, because this is the only planet we have to live on." I honestly don't see how anyone can possibly have a problem with such a message (unless, of course, they're incredibly selfish and have no compassion whatsoever) - even though I myself am no environmentalist, though I do my part, however small, to maintain a clean environment around me and recycle what I can, whenever I can.In short, "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" is one animated superhero cartoon show that I think we can all learn something important from...10/10

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 [email protected]. Thanks.