Hi I'm Dranzerstorm
You may remember me as a regular contestant on the caption battle contest.
Welcome to Retro Retrospective, my world dedicated to the old guard of the Otaku world; expect some reviews of the old & obscure, and in-depth geeky knowledge with the occasional top ten and I now have a logo.

Little info about me
Well I'm British and I'm in to all things animated and nostalgia.
I've grown up with every cartoon going and have watched hundreds of anime.
Oh and to answer a question I was asked once, no I don't wear glasses in real life, I would wear Loke's sunglasses though.

Cartoon Vault: Hammerman

The 90s was an era that promoted some of the best of cartoons but also promoted some of the worst and became a playground where celebrities & marketing brands believed themselves to be more popular than they really were. To start off this guilt trip I begin with MC Hammer's superhero series Hammerman

The story is about a youth worker named Stanley Burrell (MC Hammer's real name) who one day receives some magic talking shoes by a retired hero named Soulman. When he wears said shoes he becomes Hammerman and saves the world by promoting messages and motivations about common social problems.
During the 90s it wasn't unusual to see cartoons promote messages about social problems, because being the good Samaritan and saving the world was in during that era.
But I can't seem to get over how shameless this promotion looks, I'm sure MC Hammer is a nice guy and he probably has done a lot of good for charity, but this seems like the wrong way to do it.
All I see is a one hit wonder blinded by the popularity of his only successful hit, it comes across as being the same as Shaq-Fu the terrible video game endorsed and starring Shaquille O'Neal.
This is definitely a show worth forgetting and should leave the strong messages to Captain Planet.