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Post by Amaranth on Jul 20, 2011 7:26:26 GMT -5
Is it wrong that my first thoughts turned to just how much this is going to piss the anti-environment fundies off? ;D They'll release their own direct-to-dvd response, "Captain Rand" and all will be good. Well, in a manner of speaking. I'm surprised. Ted Turner's apparently not behind it. Otherwise, I don't give a shit. Silly cartoon to be turned into what will likely be a stupid-ass movie. And the world keeps on turning. All I can think is "Al Gore HAS to do the narration...." I need to get a new mic. I'd SO record that in a heartbeat. They should put Michael Bay in charge of producing it. Okay, that's just TOO MUCH fail in one place.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jul 20, 2011 13:33:19 GMT -5
They'll release their own direct-to-dvd response, "Captain Rand" and all will be good. After 50 years of developmental hell.
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Post by The_L on Jul 22, 2011 15:31:37 GMT -5
I've been hearing about this one for years. Captain Planet was already so stupid, maybe making it into a shitty live-action movie will cancel the double-negative and turn out reasonably okay. Like the Underdog movie.
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Post by Amaranth on Jul 22, 2011 15:42:56 GMT -5
I've been hearing about this one for years. Captain Planet was already so stupid, maybe making it into a shitty live-action movie will cancel the double-negative and turn out reasonably okay. Like the Underdog movie. I just attributed that to Ryan Reynolds. Er...Jason Lee. The only downside to it REALLY being Jason Lee is that I want to make a joke about how Reynolds can make anything watchable....Cue Green Lantern poster....But it doesn't fit. Damn you similar sounding guys!
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Post by nickiknack on Jul 22, 2011 16:24:18 GMT -5
If you read comments, it looks as if it has already pissed off the anti-environment nitwits...look at all the cracks "Al Gore is a quack"there are. That being said, I do think it's a bad idea, not because I never liked the show to begin with, but I hate it when they have re do cartoons as live action movies, even though maybe they'll forget about doing a Jem movie now...
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Post by Dragon Zachski on Jul 22, 2011 23:52:49 GMT -5
Al Gore is a hypocrite who took the chance to make a lot of money by fearmongering about an actual natural problem, then proceeded to prove his hypocrisy by having a house that generated more heat pollution than every other house in American combined. (I may be exaggerating that.)
His hypocrisy is probably a large part of why there's so much disbelief about global warming, because they view it through the lens of being scammed by Al Gore, not realizing that it's actually a real problem.
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Post by Amaranth on Jul 23, 2011 7:25:09 GMT -5
Al Gore is a hypocrite who took the chance to make a lot of money by fearmongering about an actual natural problem, then proceeded to prove his hypocrisy by having a house that generated more heat pollution than every other house in American combined. (I may be exaggerating that.) His hypocrisy is probably a large part of why there's so much disbelief about global warming, because they view it through the lens of being scammed by Al Gore, not realizing that it's actually a real problem. To be fair, people didn't want to believe him before, so I doubt his hypocrisy matters. People are lazy, and doubt global warming because it's convenient. If there's no problem, they don't have to do anything.
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Post by nickiknack on Jul 23, 2011 10:33:53 GMT -5
Al Gore is a hypocrite who took the chance to make a lot of money by fearmongering about an actual natural problem, then proceeded to prove his hypocrisy by having a house that generated more heat pollution than every other house in American combined. (I may be exaggerating that.) His hypocrisy is probably a large part of why there's so much disbelief about global warming, because they view it through the lens of being scammed by Al Gore, not realizing that it's actually a real problem. Just as Amaranth said...it really doesn't matter if there hypocrisy on the part of Al Gore...if Al Gore never existed they still won't believe in Global Warming...because FAUX & Rush, & Beck, say so, and Science is BAD!!!
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jul 23, 2011 10:38:40 GMT -5
Eh, Al Gore certainly didn't help the case.
The fact that climate change has become so politicized is probably just as much a factor as people being lazy dicks. Any time politicians get their hands on an issue, you end up having to dig through heaps of rhetoric before you can get to the raw data. Still, you're right about laziness being a major factor.
The thing that annoys me the most is that even if climate change was false, there's absolutely NO doubt that our oil supply is finite, nor that polluted air is a health hazard. No matter how you look at it, heavy dependence on fossil fuels is a ticking time bomb, yet we still have idiots shouting, "Drill, baby, drill!", and opposing environmental regulations.
It's not even that they lack long-term foresight, they just don't give a fuck... which brings us back to laziness and convenience. It's basically the chronological version of "I've got mine, so it's not my problem".
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Post by Amaranth on Jul 23, 2011 11:26:21 GMT -5
Eh, Al Gore certainly didn't help the case. He probably did, actually, having a financially successful "movie" on it likely brought a level of awareness that people just usually don't have on the issue. I don't care if Fox disputed it, there was dialogue going.
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Post by Dragon Zachski on Jul 23, 2011 12:31:56 GMT -5
Eh, Al Gore certainly didn't help the case. He probably did, actually, having a financially successful "movie" on it likely brought a level of awareness that people just usually don't have on the issue. I don't care if Fox disputed it, there was dialogue going. I prefer educating through, well, education, not a highly hyped movie. In all honesty, it seems that whenever anyone takes a strong stance against the existence of climate change, they tend to point out Al Gore, though this is just my own experiences in the matter. (See: "Al Gore is a quack" above) There may be more awareness, but at the same time, that awareness doesn't necessarily mean they BELIEVE it. In some cases, it means that they know how to oppose efforts to reduce climate change. I'm not saying Al Gore didn't tell the truth. And maybe he did enlighten some people. On the other hand, maybe he also pushed away some people that otherwise would've been more amiable on this matter. I'm not sure. In either case, it's irrelevant. There still would've been people bitching about climate change anyways, so I suppose the point is moot. For the record, I'd heard about the hole in the ozone layer despite being a kid completely uninterested in the news. Unfortunately, I was on the wrong side of the issue at that age. EDIT: A little bit of Mordin snuck out of me there, as a personal pronoun referring to myself had somehow disappeared from a sentence, lol.
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Post by Amaranth on Jul 23, 2011 13:24:51 GMT -5
I prefer educating through, well, education, not a highly hyped movie. Great comeback. Except I was talking awareness, not education. Though if we're talking education, I would certainly argue awareness is a necessary point before people start becoming educated.
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Post by Dragon Zachski on Jul 23, 2011 14:30:21 GMT -5
I prefer educating through, well, education, not a highly hyped movie. Great comeback. Except I was talking awareness, not education. Though if we're talking education, I would certainly argue awareness is a necessary point before people start becoming educated. Teach it in the schools, talk about it in the news, make PSAs... There's many ways to increase awareness and educate the common human about it without having to make a movie about it.
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Post by Amaranth on Jul 23, 2011 14:36:51 GMT -5
Great comeback. Except I was talking awareness, not education. Though if we're talking education, I would certainly argue awareness is a necessary point before people start becoming educated. Teach it in the schools, talk about it in the news, make PSAs... There's many ways to increase awareness and educate the common human about it without having to make a movie about it. Yes, that was all going so well, wasn't it?
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Post by The_L on Jul 23, 2011 19:04:07 GMT -5
If you read comments, it looks as if it has already pissed off the anti-environment nitwits...look at all the cracks "Al Gore is a quack"there are. That being said, I do think it's a bad idea, not because I never liked the show to begin with, but I hate it when they have re do cartoons as live action movies, even though maybe they'll forget about doing a Jem movie now... Ugh! Captain Planet is bad enough, but a Jem movie would be outrageous! Truly, truly, truly outrageous!
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