Ducktales 2017

[That Duckfan]

I think it was her vocabulary and general characterization. The boys were also younger in DuckTales than they were in the comics -- at least, it felt like that to me, but then the entire series was overall a bit more simple in terms of characterization, I feel. Webby wasn't quite a toddler to me, about 5-6 sounds about right. There's definitely an age difference -- I feel like there was a different rapport between her and the other characters than there was with Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Then again, it could also be her character.

[Orora]

To be honest, I don't like this kind of art style... it seems the same kind they used for the newest Mickey shorts, which I didn't watch because of that reason... I wonder why they decide to go for that.

[Scrooge MacDuck]

About the voice of Scrooge… I am very much afraid that another actor will have to be cast, Alan Young having sadly passed on two days ago. His farewell to the role will have been the Mickey Mouse cartoons…

[Orora]

I am pretty sure another actor was already voicing him in this reboot anyway...

[squeakyboots]

It had been confirmed sometime ago that the original cast isn't being used.

(Though they'll probably continue using Tony Anselmo for Donald as I can't imagine them suddenly getting someone else for him.)

[Scrooge MacDuck]

I'd say this series is lucky Young passed away. I'd have never forgiven them for NOT hiring him if they'd had the opportunity.

[That Duckfan]

May 23, 2016 14:26:55 GMT Scrooge MacDuck said:

I'd say this series is lucky Young passed away. I'd have never forgiven them for NOT hiring him if they'd had the opportunity.

You don't know. He may well have passed it up himself, considering the strain of voicing a full series at his age. Voice acting is also a physical job!

[Orora]

They didn't have Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprise their roles in the modern "Batman" animated series. (apart from one special episode...)

So why would they hire again the old cast for a "Duck Tales" reboot?

[RobbK1]

I'm very glad to see Donald in the preview first drawing for the series. I assume that means he'll be a regular, going on Scrooge's adventures. The art is not all that great to my taste, but a little better that I expected. I look forward to seeing what the series will bring. I hope it will be heavily based on the comicbook style of storytelling, and have some episodes based on long Barks adventure tales.

[Scrooge MacDuck]

May 23, 2016 19:11:36 GMT Orora said:

They didn't have Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill reprise their roles in the modern "Batman" animated series. (apart from one special episode...)

So why would they hire again the old cast for a "Duck Tales" reboot?

Because it would be awesome, that's why. Perhaps Conroy and Hamill didn't reprise their role in the modern Batman; it might set a precedent, but not necessarily a good one. It's not because someone did a mistake before that it gives others the right to do the same.

Another reason why I would have preferred to have the original cast is my love of consistency; I think it's weird and unpleasant when two media portray the same characters as having completely different voices. 

And, Robb51, as I have said before, I hope that they will have new stories instead of adapting preexisting ones because I prefer to think of DuckTales as happening in the same world as the comics, rather than as an adaptation set in a different continuity.

[The KKM]

www.newsarama.com/30219-disney-xd-s-duck-tales-reboot-teaser-art.html?



Confirmation that Webby doesn't have glasses, just stylised eye-lashes a better look at the nephews' individual personalities.

[RobbK1]

Mar 9, 2016 17:14:18 GMT Scrooge MacDuck said:

Hmm. This concept-art is interesting to me, in both good and bad ways.

THE GOOD THINGS:

— The series generally seems to have a specific design, with painted backgrounds and drawn characters, which I do appreciate.

— The kinda Daan-Jippesque expression on Donald and that on Scrooge's face are okay.

THE BAD THINGS:

— You got all excited that Donald is wearing his black suit. With his DuckTales hat. Well I'm gonna tell you what: it doesn't look remotely good. And you know why ? Because there's no blue on him. At least either the shirt or the hat must be blue; in the comics the shirt is black and the hat blue, in DuckTales the hat is black/white and the shirt blue, and in the real cartoons everything is blue. A Donald Duck who's not wearing any blue is not Donald Duck. Even Don Rosa got that right with him being referred to as "the Blue Duck" in "the Quest for Kalevala".

— Is it me, or did they age up Huey, Dewey and Louie ? Awful nightmares of "Quack Pack" are coming back to bite me. Or perhaps it means that their series is a "sequel" to the Barks comics or to the original DuckTales ? But dammit, we all know these characters don't age, unofficial-graveyard-heartbreaking-Don-Rosa-drawings notwithstanding. BAH.

— They redesigned up Webby. Re-BAH. But a bigger BAH, 'cause her WHOLE POINT was that she was a cute almost-toddler girl. If they're not going to bring THIS Webby back, they might as well create another one. Or perhaps, going with the above theory that this new season is chronologically taking place some time after the original DuckTales, this is supposed to be the same Webby we all know, but simply older. In that case, re-BAH; as I said it is her whole point to be young and cute. And even there, this version of an older Webby doesn't even remotely match the canon "aged-up Webby" we know from "Duck to the Future".

— Where is Launchpad McQuack ? Is he gone because this season would chronologically take place during "Darkwing Duck" (at a point where Launchpa would now work for Darkwing) ?

NEUTRAL NOTES:

— I kinda prefer Scrooge's blue-coat-red-handcuffs suit to the red-with-black-handcuffs one, but it is pretty minor. I'm actually rather relieved that they didn't go for the hideous Rosa version with grey handcuffs.

— I already tackled with that subject in my earlier points, but where is this season's place in the continuity ? Is it primarily in continuity with the previous seasons of DuckTales ? Is it primarily a sequel to the Barks/Rosa continuity, but adding DuckTales concepts to the mix in an "Ultimate Universe" fashion ? Is it an entirely new, alternate continuity to both the show and the comics ?

— Will the new Darkwing Duck comics follow this new series's continuity and designs should they reference DuckTales, or will they stick with the original DuckTales from which their Launchpad McQuack and Gizmoduck are from ? For that matter, will Gizmoduck be in this season ? Will Bubba ?

[RobbK1]

Mar 9, 2016 17:14:18 GMT Scrooge MacDuck said:

Hmm. This concept-art is interesting to me, in both good and bad ways.

THE GOOD THINGS:

— The series generally seems to have a specific design, with painted backgrounds and drawn characters, which I do appreciate.

— The kinda Daan-Jippesque expression on Donald and that on Scrooge's face are okay.

THE BAD THINGS:

— You got all excited that Donald is wearing his black suit. With his DuckTales hat. Well I'm gonna tell you what: it doesn't look remotely good. And you know why ? Because there's no blue on him. At least either the shirt or the hat must be blue; in the comics the shirt is black and the hat blue, in DuckTales the hat is black/white and the shirt blue, and in the real cartoons everything is blue. A Donald Duck who's not wearing any blue is not Donald Duck. Even Don Rosa got that right with him being referred to as "the Blue Duck" in "the Quest for Kalevala".

— Is it me, or did they age up Huey, Dewey and Louie ? Awful nightmares of "Quack Pack" are coming back to bite me. Or perhaps it means that their series is a "sequel" to the Barks comics or to the original DuckTales ? But dammit, we all know these characters don't age, unofficial-graveyard-heartbreaking-Don-Rosa-drawings notwithstanding. BAH.

— They redesigned up Webby. Re-BAH. But a bigger BAH, 'cause her WHOLE POINT was that she was a cute almost-toddler girl. If they're not going to bring THIS Webby back, they might as well create another one. Or perhaps, going with the above theory that this new season is chronologically taking place some time after the original DuckTales, this is supposed to be the same Webby we all know, but simply older. In that case, re-BAH; as I said it is her whole point to be young and cute. And even there, this version of an older Webby doesn't even remotely match the canon "aged-up Webby" we know from "Duck to the Future".

— Where is Launchpad McQuack ? Is he gone because this season would chronologically take place during "Darkwing Duck" (at a point where Launchpa would now work for Darkwing) ?

NEUTRAL NOTES:

— I kinda prefer Scrooge's blue-coat-red-handcuffs suit to the red-with-black-handcuffs one, but it is pretty minor. I'm actually rather relieved that they didn't go for the hideous Rosa version with grey handcuffs.

— I already tackled with that subject in my earlier points, but where is this season's place in the continuity ? Is it primarily in continuity with the previous seasons of DuckTales ? Is it primarily a sequel to the Barks/Rosa continuity, but adding DuckTales concepts to the mix in an "Ultimate Universe" fashion ? Is it an entirely new, alternate continuity to both the show and the comics ?

— Will the new Darkwing Duck comics follow this new series's continuity and designs should they reference DuckTales, or will they stick with the original DuckTales from which their Launchpad McQuack and Gizmoduck are from ? For that matter, will Gizmoduck be in this season ? Will Bubba ?

The idea of several of the stars in handcuffs worries me.  Will they be lawbreakers?

[The KKM]

It is very obviously a new continuity, Scrooge MacDuck . I know you like to tie everything together into the same continuity, but they're clearly not playing by your rules

Also some software WAK-up has happened because your post seems to have become RobbK1 's

[Scrooge MacDuck]

Oh, no, it's not a WAK-up in the way you seem to think. The post here is Robb attempting to quote an older post of mine, that responded to the first concept art, and somehow forgetting to put his own text under the quote.

As for my thoughts on the new art released… Webby seems more youthful than last time, and she does have her bow back, so I'm kinda reassured. Still, they gave her hair for some reason. Is that to make her more different from April, May and June, I wonder?

And the three nephews being separate makes me wonder whether they will once again try giving them different personalities. I hope not. 

And I'm still agains the blue-less Donald. As I said before, in DuckTales his hat was white but his shirt was blue, and in the comics his shirt was black with a blue hat. Combining the two like they did here totally removes the blue, which is ridiculous. Blue is Donald's trademark color, and has always been.