StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days ago'Power Rangers' writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers was 'a mistake'ew.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1547arrow-down113
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minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·20 days agoIn Captain Planet, it always bothered me that the South American dude got a ridiculous power like “heart” while everyone else got something useful.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-220 days agoDon’t diss Ma-Ti he fought leopards barehanded before he had any powers and averted thermonuclear war without any help from the others. While we’re on the subject I think Earth and Fire should swap owners.
minus-squarekreskin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-220 days agoThe powers should have been: European: The power to take stuff from others without them noticing. North America: The power to buy stuff and vacuously talk themselves into bad ideas, and project their voice over long distances. Asia: small stature to squeeze into tight spaces, and has the power to reproduce and instantly make many copies of themselves. Africa: Summon large animals and inflict malaria on enemies. S America: Bring all the others together with a universal love of drugs, and drives around on a bulldozer.
In Captain Planet, it always bothered me that the South American dude got a ridiculous power like “heart” while everyone else got something useful.
Don’t diss Ma-Ti he fought leopards barehanded before he had any powers and averted thermonuclear war without any help from the others. While we’re on the subject I think Earth and Fire should swap owners.
The powers should have been:
European: The power to take stuff from others without them noticing.
North America: The power to buy stuff and vacuously talk themselves into bad ideas, and project their voice over long distances.
Asia: small stature to squeeze into tight spaces, and has the power to reproduce and instantly make many copies of themselves.
Africa: Summon large animals and inflict malaria on enemies.
S America: Bring all the others together with a universal love of drugs, and drives around on a bulldozer.