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Re:'The eels were climbing out of the water to die' by jauntywundrkind on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:52AM (#50006521)
Not particularly relevant, but do the younger generations these days know about Captain Planet? It's kind of wild that that strong ethos on TV feels missing. Or at least, I have no idea what similar type shows there would be.

I hear problems like this and I think of that Ministry for the Future answer. The strong no, in the most absolute terms.

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Re:'The eels were climbing out of the water to die' by palmotea on Thursday October 08, 2026 @11:14AM (#50006821)
> Not particularly relevant, but do the younger generations these days know about Captain Planet?

Given they haven't made an episode in more than 30 years, they almost certainly don't.

> It's kind of wild that that strong ethos on TV feels missing. Or at least, I have no idea what similar type shows there would be.

IIRC, Captain Planet was pretty preachy and not actually that fun to watch. But oh my does this article sound like it describes a literal Captain Planet plot, I can just imagine that yellow guy laughing about how he's going to dump toxic waste in a stream.

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