On Beat-em' ups and 80s/90s properties.

 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, GI Joe, Karate Kod, now He-Man and the Masters of the Universe have entered the 2D Beat-em' up game. 

Transformers have the 3D Run and gun games like War for Cybertron and Devastation. But there are other properties tbar could work on this genre:

Let's start with the obvious one:

Thundercats:

Decent sized cast with plenty of enemies, especially various generic mutants. There are plenty of enemies for a basic game, additional enemies for DLC and sequels.

Characters like Willa, Hachiman, and thr Snowman as DLC. No, SUGGESTING A BLACK SCREEN LYNX-O MODE, would be a dick move.

Silverhawks:

This one sounds like is perfect for a beat-em'up, but the Mob lacks generic members for it to work as a beat-em up. The game should be mostly a clone of this:

Where the Silverhawks chase down Mob members then once they disable the getaway vehicle, the game turns into a brawler where the Silverhawks have to fight one of the members of the mob.

Tigersharks:

I vaguely remember the show, but it would probably feel like an underwater reskin of Silverhawks.

But it could be made different by perhaps making it a half 2D side-scroller half beat-em'up game.

The first half loosely inspired by

The second half, a beat-em'up... 

The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers:

I Vaguely remember the show. Mostly the theme song.

I know galoob made the toys, but I don't know if Hasbro has the rights.

Disney's Gargoyles:

The Old SEGA Genesis game was good. But there was no love for the rest of the Manhattan clan.

A Beat-em'up! Game with flying elements.

Captain Planet and the Planeteers:

The game would be a standard beat-em'up! starring the Planeteers. Captain Planet is not playable. Period. Captain Planet would be the finishing move for each boss. The caveat is that the more players playing co-op , the less Energy you need to charge to summon Captain Planet.

You're soloing it as Ma-Ti: you'll need 5 Super charges to summon Captain Planet.

Playing with 3 Planeteers? A little bit over 1.5 super bars is all you need.

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic:

Hasbro wouldn't have the guts, but it's doable...

Jem and the Holograms:

This was a game that should've come during the Rockband and Guitar Hero Craze.

Netflix is making a Live Action series

 That I WISH we could get action figures of... preferably in the 1:10 scale and made by Super7.

The OG toon stars:

Reading Rainbow

Cartoon Daniel LaRusso

Lil DeVille

XJ9

Teen Titans Go! Robin

Sister Act or 70s Lois Lane

Captain Planet.

Yes, Netflix is making a live action, Captain Planet.

There is a part of me that's curious to see how this will go.

The other part is afraid of how much they'll screw it up. I mean, it's an international group of superpowered ecoterrorist/communists Attacking white capitalist American business people... I think a certain part of the US Population will feel offended. I won't say who, but you know who they are. 45/47.

What could be considered problematic is that the company behind the Arrowverse is behind this. So, Kwame may lose his role as team leader. Linkage might become Ukranian and probably the sole white Planeteer. We know what happens to Ginger's in fiction... I'm gonna call it now: Wheeler will be Triracial. His father will be white Irish and his Mom will be a Bi-Racial 3rd generation Afro-Nuyorrican. 

All jokes aside, Cast will make or break the show until Berlanti forces Gi to become the de facto leader.

And they're going to screw up Captain Planet.

Whenever the terms "subversive" "dark" and "irreverent" show up when dealing with an adaptation, you KNOW it's gonna suck... That's what's happening with Captain Planet.

And I know that some will try to bring the success of Don Cheadle's Captain Planet PARODY as an example on how Dark can fox campy material. Key word here: PARODY.
If you're doing an adaptation, one should be REVERENT to the source material.

But everything must be dark... look at the Snyderverse and see hiw that worked out. Also poking fun at the campier elements would require a lot of HEART!!! in order to be respectful. If the poking fun comes from a place fo disdain, then the movie will fail.

Let our Powers combine! A Captain Planet movie is happening!?

Captain Planet!!! CAPTAIIIIIIN PLAAAAAAAAANEEEEEEET!! Well, Paramount Pictures is working with Appian Way Productions to give us a Captain Planet Movie...
Well, looks like getting F$%^& by a Bear was the Catalyst to get us Captain Planet, so Thanks Leo DiCaprio!

There is only ONE TINY THING THAT BOTHERS ME...

"The story takes place years after the adventures of the show, with the Captain now a washed up hasbeen who needs the kids more than they need him."

Nope! Nope! Nope! and another big bag of NOPE!!
When you start from a self-deprecating angle, it shows no respect for the Source Material. I kinda get not wanting to do an Origin Story, but starting with the Captain as a Has-Been is NOT a good idea. It's been 20+ years since we last saw those eco-terrorist Planeteers... They do terrorism in the name of the environment, so the term is correct. Do we need to see a Ma-Ti without Suchi? or an Older Wheeler still trying to get into Linka's pants? These "Dark and gritty continuations" while cool to people who grew up with the franchise and want to see a continuation, we must remember that at its core, Captain Planet was a cartoon about 5 kids with Magical Rings that were meant to teach kids how to recycle.

I hope that gritty script is axed and something more in line with Captain Planet is used... Even if it's a continuation to the toon, where the Planeteers were forced to return the Rings to Gaia and they moved on with their lives of Ecological Activism and now they are forced to return into action due to some new Eco Villain or something.

Where are the 90s properties revivals?

I vaguely touched this on an Action Figure Woes. We're back on reviving 80s Stuff and in some cases Early 00s Stuff *cough*MaxSteel*cough* but what we see very little of is the 90s stuff. Thanks to "Super Megaforce" and the Japanese Figures we ARE Seeing Some "vintage" Power Rangers stuff.
But Other than that, NOTHING!! (Though one could argue that the GoT Toys are from a book from the 90s, so stretching it a little bit there.)

Seriously, where are the Gargoyles toys or Street Sharks or... Captain Planet Toys!
Come On! Super Articulated Captain Planet toys would be so freaking Amazing!
Sure, they'd be perfect for a more Limited Line (The Roster is not MOTU Big) and you could Theoretically do it in one year if we follow the MOTUC Model (but slightly scaled down).

12 Monthly Figures:
-Kwame
-Wheeler
-Linka
-Gi
-Ma-Ti
-Dr. Blight
-Looten Plunder
-Duke Nukem
-Sly Sludge
-Verminous Skumm
-Gaia
-Zarm

I know you'll ask: Where is Captain Planet?
He and Captain Pollution are BAFs that are distributed with the ring bearers and "guardian deity".
(alternating a month between Planeteer and Eco Villain means that both will be built evenly)
2 Extra Items:

-Hoggish Greedly and Rigger set: Greedly is the last "Main Villain of the Show. Tossing Rigger in completes the set. (You can't have Zan without Jayna)

-Argos Bleak and MAL. Plunder and Blight need their Sidekicks.

-Subscription Exclusive:
Ted Turner as Captain Planet! Think about it... IT IS the perfect Tribute to Ted Turner, One of the many people who created Captain Planet (not to mention a nod to the insanely Awesome Robot Chicken Sketch.) Besides, it's Mostly a repaint of the Captain Planet Buck, with a Different Head...
I would also toss in a Secret Accessory (a Head)

I picked Captain Planet as an example since we can get a bit more out of shared parts with it, than say, Gargoyles. But yeah, a Super Articulated Gargoyles line would kick so much ass that the Gargoyles would turn to stone while kicking it! Perhaps the only way the company that ends up making these can get more money out of the molds is doing a "Stone Repaint" with color change plastic and sell them as "Awakening Gargoyles" variant. Now THIS show lends itself to a full MOTUC Style treatment. You got the Gargoyles, Xanatos, Elisa, The Pack, the whole Shakespearian folks. (Puck, McBeth, etc.) Then the Goliath Chronicles folks... With Angela being mostly a Demona Repaint. Heck! Even Human Demona lends herself to stretch out the line.

Here's a Pic of Human Demona getting kicked in the boobs by Elisa Maza. Posting it for no reason at all.

Now there is another 90s Toyline that desperately needs a revival...

Polly Pocket for Boys!! aka Mighty Max. Polly is still around, but Max is just a whisper among the other 90s toylines that have not been revisited, like the ones above, or STREET SHARKS!!

It kinda sucks for 90s kids who have been forgotten by toy companies. Which is a bit funny since some have seen my 80s tribute to toys and have wished for something from THEIR decade, but the companies are too busy catering MY Era to notice. Though I have to say, One asked for GI Joe Extreme toys. Here's my reaction to that:

Don't you freaking dare ask about XTREEM! in my presence!

Captain Planet is Anti American!

It's been a while since I've taken a beloved cartoon or toyline and passed it through the Social Justice Warrior Lens... So, I'm back with my Plaid Shirt, Glasses without lenses and 2 Venti Mochaccinos and two large Ice Lattes... I need the Hipster Energy to work out throughout the bullcrap that I'm about to spew in the name of Justice... and First World Problems.

This time I'm going to talk about the Anti-Murican Propaganda from Captain Planet. So, scratch the Social Justice Warrior jokes... this time I'm going on the opposite end of the spectrum. Get me some Colt 45s a grill, Hot Dogs, Burgers, fireworks, a Bald Eagle, and Chuck Norris!!

Let's take a look at the Planeteers.
Linka and Gi: The females of the group... It's no coincidence that they are from Russia and "Asia" (undisclosed country, but I'm gonna guess China, because it's the biggest one in Asia)
what does Russia and China have in common? Communism!! It's like the show is saying: Become a communist, we have hotties here!

Next we have Kwame, from Africa... Yes, let's get the Toto reference out of the way.

So, he's from a stereotypical village in Sterotypical Africa, where everyone dresses like this:

That's racist!

So, he's the Leader of the Planeteers. He is calm, collected and knows what to do when the situation arises. That's cool...






Then we have Ma-Ti: The Kid of the Group, from some Village in the Amazon...

He has second hand donated 80s short shorts and stereotypical tribal clothing that may be from ancient Central American Indigenous tribes than modern Amazonian Tribe.

So, where is the Anti-American sentiment on Captain Planet?

OK, Who is the Comedic Relief of the team? The idiot who needs everything explained in Layman Terms? The one who the other Planeteers talk down to because he's basically The Orko, the Scrappy Doo, the Jar Jar Binks of the show... I'm talking about the American Planeteer, Wheeler...

Why does the American have to be the idiot? Simple: The show Hates America with a Passion!
Also, he's a High School dropout...

Still don't believe me that the show hates America?
Let's look at the Eco Villains:
Dr Blight, Blonde,White, very likely American.
Duke Nukem and Verminous Skumm... Both are mutants, but we are to believe that they are Caucasian due to their Red Hair...
Looten Plunder, White, Auburn hair...
Hoggish Greedly, Red hair, Light Skin... Almost pink...
Sly Sludge, Brown hair, white...
All of them have American Accents (The only one who does not is Plunder's sidekick, the Bald Australian dude, Bleak) He is also white... So, the Villains are mostly White American Businesspeople...
The good guys are a multi-cultural group of hippies who live in a commune while they try to teach the American Idiot their ways. Meanwhile they go about doing acts of terrorism in the name of the Planet. Not to mention damage the economy by leaving people without jobs whenever they "stop an eco villain from doing evil". Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of dollars in property damages done by Captain Planet.

So, long story short: to Captain Planet Americans = Idiots or Evildoers. It's not a coincidence that all the villains are Americans and that the "idiot" is an American. The reason is simple. To perform better in other countries, without having to bastardize the show to "appeal to the foreign audience". Trigger Warning: the following video may be considered offensive to American Patriotic Viewers. I am not trying to offend y'all. I am posting the video as a visual aide to explain the point I'm Making.

I apologize... by linking on the Real Intro now...

As I was saying, Having the Americans being idiots or plain evil allows the show to be popular in America Hating Countries... Now, Wouldn't having Gi and Linka being the second and third in command be a bit offensive to some of those Anti-American viewers. Not to mention that having the girls run around in short shorts...

I'm not even going to touch how the show has anti-Christian views with their "Magical rings" and worship of an ancient Greek deity. Not going to mention how all the Planeteers except Wheeler come from non-Christian backgrounds.

Getting offended and looking for stuff to get offended from children's cartoons and toylines is quite easy and a First World Problem. In This case I did not have to bend the truth too much. The nationalities of the Eco Villains is the closest to me stretching and bending the truth. In all fairness no nationality is mentioned, but their accents are clearly American, so it's not that much of a stretch to believe that they ARE American. Not to mention the PCness of having only White Villains, because having a Black Person being 1 dimensionally evil could be considered racist. On the other hand, Kwame and Ma-Ti have ultra racist origins... and I'm talking Tintin strip levels of racism. The only thing that could be more racist is Mr. Popo

"It's not racist if we paint him Blue!"-4Kids

I am hoping that the team working on Adapting Captain Planet to film. Fix some of the issues from the show that could be interpreted as anti-American and the Eco-Terrorism committed by Captain Planet and the Planeteers. (The heroes here are criminals like the villains they are stopping) when adapting the show into a movie. Also, SUBTLETY... The show completely lacked subtlety and was a bit too preachy at times (like 93% of the time); the movie will need some of it.




 

Let our Powers Combine!! A Captain Planet Movie MAY BE COMING!? For Real!?

I may have mentioned something about it back in 2011... Well, Apparently, Sony Pictures is in the final steps on the Negotiation to get the rights for this...



Who shall be the Eco Villains for this? Part of me is hoping that Meg Ryan does Blight or Jeff Goldblum does Skum... cause they look like the cartoon characters... Look at them!! OK Jeff Goldblum needs a little makeup and Meg Ryan needs a slab of Spam on her face, but you get the idea...

Like I've said before I want to see this, but I believe it's going to suck!!

Let Our Producers Combine!

Our World is in danger. Gaia the Spirit of the Earth can no longer stand the destruction plaguing our Planet... Just picture this being said by LeVar Burton...

Or even better yet, I should just post the damned Youtube Link(a)...
WHY this Captain Planet Post? They're ACTUALLY MAKING A LIVE ACTION FILM!!

Yes, Don Murphy is going to combine his powers with Ted Turner in order to get the Film going...
I fear the worst...
Just woke up to read this Eco-Nightmare! (PLEASE pick Moises Arias as Ma-Ti!)