SSJmole, you do realize that now you have to make a Captain Planet movie, since you've made a thread about it. Rules are rules.
I would be open to the idea of an "all-ages" Captain Planet film, but I personally don't like the idea of taking some of the basic concepts for granted.
Most of the freakish villains are easy enough to explain, in a Spider-Man/Ninja Turtles accident-gone-wrong kind of way.
The fundamental problem, really, is the Planeteers themselves, and their allies. Even as a kid, I wanted to know:
(a) Why don't other people know about Hope Island?
(b) How the **** did Hope Island get so technologically advanced, anyway? Who built the Geo-Cruiser and the other vehicles?
(c) How did the Planeteers first get to Hope Island, from their various locations?
(d) What cover story do they give to their families, when they're off globe-trotting and saving the planet?
I know that *some* of those questions may have been answered in later episodes, but I would still like an element of "believability", if the series were to be revamped. And that would mean providing satisfying responses to those questions.
Just because something is aimed at kids, it doesn't mean that they'll just accept one wild premise after another. I don't feel it's necessary to explain, say, how exactly the ring works, or what exactly happens during the summoning process for Cap. I just think Gaia and Hope Island should be addressed in greater detail, because it's the kind of thing that would probably raise eyebrows, in the "real" world.
And no, before anybody suggests the idea -- Gaia is NOT "Jacob".
