redfarmer Posted December 9, 2004 Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 I remember seeing this show as a kid. Apparently, though, they air reruns on Cartoon Network at 5:30 in the morning on weekdays. So, I watched some of it and this is what I saw: A group of five teens summon an eco super hero to stop eco "criminals". This episode featured a town sherriff who had "framed" the kids as eco-terrorists because he wanted to develop the wetlands in his town. In the end, the sherriff ended up being assigned to a prision clean-up crew for the wetlands. The end of the show features a bit of preaching to kids about how they need to write their congressmen and encourage them to protect the wetlands from "thoughtless" development. A second preachy message talked about how bats are gentle creatures who protect us from insects and how we should build a shelter for them similar to a bird house. I'm in awe of how tied to the New Left this tv show is. The sad thing is that parents probably don't give it second thought because we all "know" we have to "protect" the environment. Frankly, watching an episode made me want to throw up. Between this and someone on another thread seeing Kwanzza featured on an episode of "Blue's Clues", it makes me wonder whether there's any good TV shows for kids. I never did like this show, even as a kid, and now it occurs to me why. They use the heroic concept to promote the ideology of the New Left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate T. Posted December 9, 2004 Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 Yecch, don't get me started on Captain Planet. It's the worst example of Environmentalist propaganda yet. I remember a particularly telling episode in which the five eco-teens faced up against a counterpart team of "evil" businessman who themselves summoned some kind of super-villan thing that represents pollution. It's a real shame that kids watch this stuff. Terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyedison Posted December 9, 2004 Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 As good alternatives, I would suggest Tom and Jerry, Spiderman or the Justice League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tortured one Posted December 9, 2004 Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 captain pla-net, he's our he-ro! gonna take pollution down to ze-ro! TRANSLATION: kill every single human being. Morbid little show, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Som Guy Posted December 9, 2004 Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 What more can you expect from a show where one of the characters has the power of "heart"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodOrigamiMan Posted December 9, 2004 Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 … it makes me wonder whether there's any good TV shows for kids. When I was a kid the only shows my mom let me watch were Mathnet and Sesame Street (Mathnet was my favorite ). A little latter in life Bill Nye the Science Guy came into play, but by that time something had happened to Mathnet so they never competed for my attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSabbath Posted December 9, 2004 Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 Anyone remember a show called 'Toxic Crusaders'? It was cool. (None of these are as good as the 'yarr' emoticon.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganfiala Posted December 9, 2004 Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 Speaking of environmentally friendly children's shows, does anybody remember the SMOGGIES??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Publius Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 I shot my TV. It's dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagny Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 I always liked Ducktales as a child. The whole story of Uncle Scrooge coming from Scotland and earning his fortune through hard work really appealed to me (an immigrant myself). Little did I realize I was on my way to finding Objectivism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed from OC Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 What turned me off to the show was the transparent propaganda. I wanted a good story above all. The fact that they were pro-environmentalist was a secondary concern. Does anyone remember the "Care Bears?" Same deal. Yecch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tortured one Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Dagny, that was my favorite show as a kid. Ever since I saw that show I've always wanted to be rich enough to the point where I could swim in a vat of my own money like Mr. Scrooge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagny Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Dagny, that was my favorite show as a kid. Ever since I saw that show I've always wanted to be rich enough to the point where I could swim in a vat of my own money like Mr. Scrooge What better role model for children? Here's a quote from him: I made my fortune on the seas, and in the mines, and in the cattle wars of the old frontier... I made it by being tougher than the toughies, and smarter than the smarties. And I made it SQUARE! -Scrooge McDuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyedison Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 I always liked Ducktales as a child. The whole story of Uncle Scrooge coming from Scotland and earning his fortune through hard work really appealed to me (an immigrant myself). Little did I realize I was on my way to finding Objectivism. I love the show. BTW, Wasn't Scrooge from Canada? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagny Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 nope Scotland....remember the green kilt and bagpipes he played?...the accent too. i always thought about saving my first dollar earned ...but i forgot about it when i cashed my first check. p.s...woohoo ...no longer a junior member Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfarmer Posted December 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 I always liked Ducktales as a child. The whole story of Uncle Scrooge coming from Scotland and earning his fortune through hard work really appealed to me (an immigrant myself). Little did I realize I was on my way to finding Objectivism. I liked Ducktales up until the final season when they started doing weird things like adding the cave duck and the incompetent super hero duck. Consequently, it's funny that one of Scrooge's biggest villians was a group of robbers. Robber barons? Ironically, isn't it horrible they used Scrooge to play the role of Ebennezer Scrooge in the Disney version of that horrible play, A Christmas Carol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfarmer Posted December 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Does anyone remember the "Care Bears?" Same deal. Yecch. I do remember Care Bears but I don't remember much about it (it's probably been about 20 years). Refresh my memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyedison Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 What better role model for children? Â Here's a quote from him: I made my fortune on the seas, and in the mines, and in the cattle wars of the old frontier... I made it by being tougher than the toughies, and smarter than the smarties. And I made it SQUARE! -Scrooge McDuck Thanks for giving me my siggy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tortured one Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 I do remember Care Bears but I don't remember much about it (it's probably been about 20 years). Refresh my memory. as if Sentient Teddy Bears that live in the clouds, shoot bolts of Pure Goodness from their stomachs, and run around doing good deeds isn't already enough of an insult to everything Objectivism stands for Metaphysically? Tommy, I called it first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfarmer Posted December 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 as if Sentient Teddy Bears that live in the clouds, shoot bolts of Pure Goodness from their stomachs, and run around doing good deeds isn't already enough of an insult to everything Objectivism stands for Metaphysically? Tommy, I called it first! Ah, ok! You just brought back a flood of memories for me about that show. Alright, I agree with you about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tortured one Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 By chance I was at a house in which the child was watching the Care Bears movie. It was rather macabre. A young Carnie is possessed by a demon and forced to commit acts of atrocities while the CBs are forced to flee their homes and enlist the aid of their animal cousins in order to exorcise the demon from the carnie. I can't believe that I, a grown man, am having a conversation about Care Bears... On a philosophy forum no less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadfly Posted December 12, 2004 Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 ... and how about those Teletubbies? The first time I saw that show, I thought: "What the...?". It's like a bunch of oversize, cooing, incoherent, multicolor, living marshmallows on acid. Can someone with kids, or with an understanding of the show, explain what it's about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfarmer Posted December 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2004 ... and how about those Teletubbies? The first time I saw that show, I thought: "What the...?". It's like a bunch of oversize, cooing, incoherent, multicolor, living marshmallows on acid. Can someone with kids, or with an understanding of the show, explain what it's about? The creators say it supposedly "stimulates" smaller kids to think. Personally, I think I'd be a raving mad man today had I been forced to watch this show as a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaSheezy Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Has anyone ever heard of a show called, "Boo-Bah?" If you watch it long enough, I think you'll have an epileptic seizure. Something like Teletubbies, only worse. I LOVED Mathnet! I got an autographed picture of the main characters. Don't know what I did with it though, that was a while ago. I watched Bill Nye the Science Guy as well, but before him there was Beakman. Does anyone remember Beakman? With the giant rat as his helper? I actually did remember to save the first dollar I ever earned, I was a carhop and got it in tips. (No, we didn't have to use skates, but I still dropped food.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed from OC Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 The creators say it supposedly "stimulates" smaller kids to think. Personally, I think I'd be a raving mad man today had I been forced to watch this show as a kid. I was at a small party on Xmas Eve and the hosts' one-year-old daughter was quite cranky and tired. But they turned on Teletubbies and she was mesmerized. Her parents think highly of the show, but it is definitely intended for very "immature" audiences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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