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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.
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.
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.
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.