Post by Hector on Jan 22, 2017 1:14:08 GMT
Does anybody know or remember this William Van Horn's 10 page story? I don't think so. Well, serves it right. It's the dutch creator's
worst piece of work, maybe even the worst story in Disney history. To confess my sin, that dutchman was never one of my favourite
cartoonists. However, in that story, he went beyond even my worst expectations; it is nightmarishly bad. The plot is all about Donald
and his nephews getting stuck on a rock island, because of ebb, and walking their way back to the beach. Yeah, that's all! Nothing
more! Yet, for some reason, Van Horn considered that situation worthy of being turned into a story.
From the very beginning, the story shows its colors, when, on the rock island, Donald is sunbathing, whereas the nephews figure the
only way to pass their time is to eat! Isn't just that enough to make you get bored of your whole existence? I mean, seriously, if, after
a day of hard work, you open a magazine to have some good time and the first thing you see is one of Donald's nephews whining like
''i have nothing else to do with my life, so let's start eating'', don't you want to stop reading there and then?
When, after the flow and ebb proccess, the four feathery heroes start walking to the beach, i assumed something would happen. I mean,
it can't be just that. Something has to happen that will make that thing resemble a Disney story, even a little! Yet, nothing at all! They
just walk to the beach, smartmouthing against each other in the way. Their hard time on the slippery rocks are poor excuses for gags.
The tidal wave towards the end is a childish attempt to make this piece of laziness impressive. Nothing of those saves the poor quality
though.
When they arrive at the beach, Donald announces, in an official wannabe manner, that their next picnic shall take place in the kitchen.
Now, is that supposed to be funny? If i wanted such kind of humour, i could watch the conversations among my family members or the
members of any other average family in the world. Trully, i feel like the whole reason William bothered writing those 10 horrible pages was
for that wisecrack to come as a conclusion (maybe he considered it hilarious in his head!)
What i was left with after finishing ''A beach bummer'' was a desire to borrow one of Gyro's time machines, go to the past and warn myself
not to read that story, so that i could take back those 10 minutes of my life.
Rating: 1/10
worst piece of work, maybe even the worst story in Disney history. To confess my sin, that dutchman was never one of my favourite
cartoonists. However, in that story, he went beyond even my worst expectations; it is nightmarishly bad. The plot is all about Donald
and his nephews getting stuck on a rock island, because of ebb, and walking their way back to the beach. Yeah, that's all! Nothing
more! Yet, for some reason, Van Horn considered that situation worthy of being turned into a story.
From the very beginning, the story shows its colors, when, on the rock island, Donald is sunbathing, whereas the nephews figure the
only way to pass their time is to eat! Isn't just that enough to make you get bored of your whole existence? I mean, seriously, if, after
a day of hard work, you open a magazine to have some good time and the first thing you see is one of Donald's nephews whining like
''i have nothing else to do with my life, so let's start eating'', don't you want to stop reading there and then?
When, after the flow and ebb proccess, the four feathery heroes start walking to the beach, i assumed something would happen. I mean,
it can't be just that. Something has to happen that will make that thing resemble a Disney story, even a little! Yet, nothing at all! They
just walk to the beach, smartmouthing against each other in the way. Their hard time on the slippery rocks are poor excuses for gags.
The tidal wave towards the end is a childish attempt to make this piece of laziness impressive. Nothing of those saves the poor quality
though.
When they arrive at the beach, Donald announces, in an official wannabe manner, that their next picnic shall take place in the kitchen.
Now, is that supposed to be funny? If i wanted such kind of humour, i could watch the conversations among my family members or the
members of any other average family in the world. Trully, i feel like the whole reason William bothered writing those 10 horrible pages was
for that wisecrack to come as a conclusion (maybe he considered it hilarious in his head!)
What i was left with after finishing ''A beach bummer'' was a desire to borrow one of Gyro's time machines, go to the past and warn myself
not to read that story, so that i could take back those 10 minutes of my life.
Rating: 1/10