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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Captain Planet... which is kinda of a joke.

Honestly, the MCU could have been a lot better for me if they actually gave a bit more attention to Stark using the arc reactor to solve dirty energy globally. Hammer could have had big old investments and been opposed to Stark for that in additional to the other stuff. Then then Thanos showed up, it would have been two different environmental philosophies, but instead it was status quo vs radical, strawman environmentalists.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Captain Planet… which is kinda of a joke.

    I wouldn't say that - I'd say that somebody could write a book on how Captain Planet represents superficial "green" capitalism. The great conceit of Captain Planet is pretty much the exact same conceit all of super-creep-dom perpetrates - that the problems are caused by a "few bad apples" that simply requires institutionalized "heroic" violence to solve, when, in reality, it's that very institutionalized power systems that are the root cause of said problems. It's not the Joker that is the problem - it's the parasitic system of exploitation that allows people like Bruce Wayne to exist that is.

    could have been a lot better for me if they actually gave a bit more attention to Stark using the arc reactor to solve dirty energy globally.

    No, it wouldn't, because they'd be pretending that capitalists will (somehow) be solving the problems capitalism created. We have a word for that - it's called propaganda.

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    Captain Planet is considered a joke by modern pop culture. If nothing else, it's way better at bring awareness of environmental issues to children then anything else. Anymore to say is just a litmajor spew.

    No, it wouldn’t, because they’d be pretending that capitalists will (somehow) be solving the problems capitalism created. We have a word for that - it’s called propaganda.

    Missing the point. I offered a minimum change to the story so it wouldn't be anti-envromental, pro status quo. And honestly, I don't think Hollywood has enough self awareness to create propaganda like that. Certainly not a machine produced MCU movie. Kingsman yeah, that's a libertarian morality tale, but that's on Mark Millar.

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