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"Following in the footsteps of Transformers and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, early &amp;#039;90s animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers is the latest classic cartoon being eyed for a big-screen reboot. Upon hearing this news, two thoughts immediately sprung into the Week in Geek&amp;#039;s mind; 1) Ian Somerhalder&amp;#039;s a shoo-in for Captain Planet, surely? - and 2) Which other classic kids cartoons from the &amp;#039;80s and &amp;#039;90s would make for decent blockbusters?  Join us as we pop on our rose-tinted specs, wallow in nostalgia and consider which of our TV favourites could make the trip to the multiplexes unscathed... Week in Geek - Superman on TV: Best and worst of the Man of Steel on the small screen Week in Geek - Arrow season two: Will we see Superman, Batman &amp;amp; the Justice League? Bananaman What with a never-ending stream of superhero movies coming our way, maybe it&amp;#039;s time for a super-spoof - and what could be better than the gloriously silly Bananaman? You&amp;#039;d have to find a suitable star to replace the vocal talents of The Goodies, but that catchy theme tune would work a treat on the end credits. Or if Bananaman&amp;#039;s not your thing, there&amp;#039;s always the option of SuperTed - Sean Pertwee to take on his late father&amp;#039;s role of Spotty?      Defenders of The Earth Speaking of superheroes, who remembers the epic tale of how our greatest heroes - from Earth and beyond - teamed up to take down a bloodthirsty villain determined to make the universe bend to his will? No, not The Avengers - it&amp;#039;s all about Defenders of the Earth. We reckon Flash Gordon, the Phantom and master of magic spells and illusion Mandrake should head to the big screen to show Joss Whedon&amp;#039;s bunch of misfits who&amp;#039;s boss.      Mysterious Cities of Gold With Harry Potter done and dusted and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies running on empty, movie studios must be looking for the next big family-friendly franchise, so how about a revamp of this Japanese-French animated classic? The adventures of Esteban and pals could thrill a whole new generation - get some hot pop act to re-record that awesome theme song and you&amp;#039;re (excuse the pun) golden.      Ulysses 31 With JJ Abrams set to re-launch the Star Wars movies in 2015, any studio looking for a rival sci-fi franchise could do a lot worse than a cinematic reboot of Ulysses 31 - an early &amp;#039;80s gem that transposed tales of Greek mythology into an outer-space. The epic journey of Ulysses, his son Telemachus and, of course, their companions, could span several movies - and again, a revamped version of that rocking theme song is a must.      ThunderCats An alien sent to Earth to escape his dying planet who becomes a champion of his new home planet? If it worked for the Man of Steel, it can work for Lion-O - Thundercats, another retro classic with a timeless theme tune, is ripe for a big-screen adaptation. Just imagine how the revamped &amp;#039;Cats, or slippery Slithe, or the terrifying Mumm-Ra could look with the latest prosthetics and CGI technology? The mere thought&amp;#039;s enough to get our nostalgia juices flowing...      Rude Dog and the Dweebs Imagine a CGI version of punk pooch Rude Dog cruising around real-life Beverly Hills in his 1959 pink Cadillac - if the big-screen Garfield is anything to go by, this one could be a major hit... ... alright, maybe not.      Which classic cartoons of yesteryear would you like to see transformed into big-screen blockbusters? Name your own picks below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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