Climate Change? This Looks Like a Job for Captain Ozone, Environmental Hero

CaptianOzone,

Thanks for being there, takes a brave man to wear tights well .We need more heros out there concerned for the enviornment. Good work,
Patty

At this point I think that we really do need a superhero to save the day. Can Captain Ozone create commercials to challenge the coal, oil, and gas commercials that seem to show up every time I see a presidential candidate on television?

I mostly love it. Captain Ozone seems to be inspired by Super Barrio Man, once upon a time an organizing force in Mexico. He dressed up in a Luchadore outfit and showed up at protests, often wrestling other actors dressed up to symbolize the forces holding normal people down.

This kind of thing is almost always good for a movement. So I'm supportive. The two things I'd modify:

1) The pot references. No doubt, the opposition will make fun of Captain Ozone, but we do this sort of thing to galvanize our own troops, not to impress them. So who cares... but for a lot of serious environmentalists, pothead jokes are off-putting.

2) The tights. I'm also a longtime fan of superheroes. All you need to the iconic power of a superhero are some bold colors and a chest emblem. A mask isn't even essential (though often desirable for other reasons). You don't need to be in tights. And we don't need to see... you... in tights.

Still, I think it's cool. We definitely need more theater in our street fights.

i wish captain ozone would join forces with captain planet (who has some serious street cred) in a plot to take over the world!

ALL HAIL OUR ENVIRONMENTAL OVERLORDS!!

There's already a green superhero who is much cooler and more popular then this guy. Have you ever heard of Captain Planet? I'd focus on him. Maybe Ozone Guy could be his new dorky side kick.

I happen to personally know Captain Ozone: I wrote & starred in a music video he commissioned us to do for him. I will say that his statements regarding his being from the future are quite far fetched; but he really does have a tattoo that changes shape when he drinks. To this day, I have not met nor seen anyone w/the same type of tattoo. Captain Ozone is not only a superhero, but a real-life superhero; unlike captain planet (who's merely a figure head, fictional, Saturday-morning cartoon). Also, everything that he's claimed 'will' happen in the years to come 'has' happened so far. Very creepy, I must admit. It's been quite a while since I've spent time w/the captain, as he's in Ireland continuing his mission; but we correspond occasionally via myspace. Just wait world, you haven't seen nothing yet!
John Eros
bows & eros

I too have worked with Capt. William Ozone in the past. Way back in the late 80's he hired me to write a comic strip that highlighted his eccentric efforts to educate the public about alternative fuels. It was published in a few Northwest comic zines. His main focus was on hydrogen power in those days, and since then his focus has broadened to include other forms of alternative energy.
I worked with John Eros (commented above) around that time as well, writing lyrics for a song that was later voted in as one of the top 10 Northwest videos. I too have seen Will's tattoo (he called it a "skin illustration"), and it does change when he drinks alcohol. Something else I saw was a device he used called a holopedia. It was a small, hand held, voice controlled device that had multiple scanning capabilities. You could aim it at any object, and it would recognize and give a complete history of said object. He said the storage hardware was "Drip Memory", some type of holographic memory system that I have not seen or heard of since. This was back in the days when almost no one had a home computer or cell phone. Aside from myself and a few others, Will never let anyone see the holopedia. I think the only reason he allowed us to see it was because none of us took him seriously about the time travel stuff, and had little else to prove his story. That, and he was drunk at the time.
I haven't seen Will for a few years, although we do remain in contact. I can't say I believe the time travel stuff, but I have to admit that he did have knowledge about things and events well before they happened. The holopedia was definitely a piece of advanced technology, but I think it was something he snagged from some governmental spy agency or something.
Will Ozone may appear to be a nut case, but his heart is definitely in his mission. I think if he could lay off the vodka he could get much more accomplished, but I can't blame him for having a drinking problem. His job is a thankless one, and most people think he's insane. There are also some very rich and evil fat cats who want him dead, and that's why he went into hiding. From what I understand, he isn't even really in Ireland, it's just another bit of his disinformation to cover his tracks.
The Captain Planet comments come from people who are utterly clueless. Captain Will Ozone was here before Captain Planet, and he is a real person making real changes in the world. Captain Planet is a failed cartoon loosely based on Captain Ozone.
One last thing:
Osun Thyruss, I know you're reading this because the Doctor has you on the hunt. Watch your back. Ozone has his own thugs, and they have the one thing you don't have. You know what I'm talking about.
The Dirty Brown Clown isn't so powerful anymore. Knowledge is everything.