Received this email from Martin Sheen’s personal assistant last night:
“Just to let you know that Martin Sheen has signed on supporting the Capitol Climate Action in D.C. tomorrow, Monday March 2nd. at the Capitol Power Plant.”
“He cannot be there due to a previous commitment but wishes all the participants well.”
If this were any other celebrity, [...]
Almost a year ago, Ecorazzi heard a rumor that Captain Planet was coming back with a live-action movie. This of course made me stupidly happy as I was a huge fan of the show in my younger days! But just a month after we got our hopes up, the whispers were proved false and the [...]
I think the initial response by Paris Hilton to John McCain’s pairing her with Barack Obama was amusing and well done. Then, she released a second clip plugging her candidacy with Martin Sheen — and the joke was old. Now, with this latest third music video, I think we can all breathe a sigh of [...]
Look out Razzis! Here comes another environmentally-themed film. This time, instead of killer plants or deadly bacteria we’ve got something rooted in actual events.
Back in 1984, a chemical spillage in Bhopal, India killed almost 15,000 people. It is frequently cited as one of the world’s worst industrial disasters — and even today, more than 100,000 [...]
It’s safe to say that Ted Turner’s original eco-cartoon Captain Planet was way ahead of its time. If it was released today, it might be criticized as something to take advantage of current awareness, but because it arrived in a decade of relative indifference towards environmentalism, it’s a great reflection of Turner’s green values and [...]
The man with the diabolical voice, Tim Curry, helped give some artificial personality to the evil sentient computer M.A.L. on the last few seasons of Captain Planet. Even though M.A.L. was Dr. Blight’s computer, at the time Curry was doing the voice work, Meg Ryan had already moved on to other projects (Mary Kay Bergman [...]
Martin Sheen as an evil polluter? Sure, he may be be known environmental activism, but in Captain Planet, Sheen embraced his alter-ego by becoming the evil Sly Sludge. From the official site,
“His modus operandi is to move in and out before the authorities can seize him. He dumps garbage in the ocean by using his [...]
Long before he helped save the world in Independence Day, actor Jeff Goldblum tried to destroy it by voicing a “real dirty rat” — otherwise known as Verminous Skumm. From the official site,
“Skumm fancies himself an agent of entropy with a mission to instigate chaos and degeneration in the natural order. He exults in humanity’s [...]
Comedian Whoopi Goldberg played Gaia (otherwise known as Mother Earth) for seasons 1-3 of the original Captain Planet cartoon. Here’s a summary from the official site,
“Gaia always appears in her long flowing gown. While the Planeteers each represent a specific culture, Gaia represents all cultures and is protector of all life on the planet. Her [...]
Yes, even Sting got in on the Captain Planet action by playing the evil (and mostly hilarious) villain Zarm. From one forum commenter, “Zarm was a conqueror from outer space who occasionally tried to incite nuclear war on Earth for absolutely no reason. But seriously, who would make a better intergalactic conquerer than Sting? (In [...]
