Ducktales (2017)

 

Woo-Hoo!

Had to watch the reboot series after the original. And... it's fine. It had some really fun moments. My sisters complained about the art style since it wasn't the original one, but I didn't mind, it looked much closer to Carl Barks drawings if I'm gonna be honest. And the references to all Disney afternoon-series like Gummi Bears, Rescue Rangers, Goof Troop, Darkwing Duck and Talespin made it rather fun for someone like me. Music also fine, but it's nothing compared to Ron Jones original. Best actually when they referenced the other shows.

Good things is actually have story arcs that tie everything together. Introducing Della Duck beyond the Don Rosa picture and the letter from the first Donald and nephews short. Also separating the nephews personalities so that they stand out from each other. Problem is that they are kinda unlikeable, Dewey with his self-importance and Louie with his greed. Huey probably the only likeable, but he also needs to be the center of things which the Junior Woodchuck episode showed. And all the kids have some kind of ADHD. Also, the humour can be fun, but I also feels that the meta-commentary and "hip" language makes it really dated and irritating at times. There is also that due to all that make the show feel cynical, take Gyro Gearloose who can't be a wacky inventor, instead a disgruntled employee of Scrooge that invents robots that threatens to take over the world because his mentor took his first robot and made it a destruction machine.

Yes, this is a scene where a supposed ghost strangles Scrooge McDuck, all played with suspenseful music, no equivalent scene in the new series.

Also the ending episode... works fine, but I can't say that it is as epic as the original ending. Here is just feels dumb since the main bad guy tries to stop adventuring, I think the meta-humour get a bit to strong meaning they can't make a serious threat. The original had the golden death engulfing the world, but that would be taking it seriously so instead we get something about family and clones and all with more references to the Disney Afternoon. Glomgold is another hint at that since here he is just stupid, he was threatening at times in the original, but here he is just a joke about his schemes. Actually, everyone is stupid to a higher degree than in the original. So mixed bag really. Might be nostalgia since I grew up with the original, but it felt more serious and the music really made it feel like it. This one is watchable and has great moments, but I would say nothing beats the original.

I mean, it didn't get more scary than this back in 1987 (or 1991 for this particular moment).