I used to watch a lot of Captain Planet. I’m not actually sure why, as he had a mullet and made bad puns and hung out with a lot of ineffectual kids in his pajamas, but I guess the underlying message was a good one so it makes up for my poor judgement. When you compared Captain Planet to everything else that was going on- Ninja Turtles, Transformers, GI Joe, X-Men, Batman The Animated Series (my god did we ever have it good growing up)- it was a pretty wussy show all around. Captain Planet had the makings of a finished man, so don’t get me wrong, and environmental stewardship is super important, but dammit… overall, he just sucked. Luckily, Funny or Die has re-imagined Captain Planet as the hardcore envirogangsta he should have always been, with the help of the brilliant Don Cheadle. The power is yours, bitches.
Humor
Humor covers funny videos, internet memes, viral jokes, satire, strange stories, ridiculous news, and the kind of nonsense that makes the internet almost worth it. We add our own commentary, because sometimes the only sane response to modern life is laughing at it.
Charlie Brooker’s 2012 Wipe – The Olympics, Presidential Race, and Beyond
It’s been an interesting year here on planet earth, with the Olympics having taken place in the rainy wasteland known as Great Britain, and the massive, monstrously expensive presidential race in the United States. Through good times and bad, Charlie Brooker – my favorite journalist of all time – covers every angle, but mostly the bad ones; he’s just so damn good at it!
