Post by Hector on Oct 19, 2017 12:23:07 GMT
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As i promised, here is the review of the story we discussed
recently.
When he receives a message from the ministry that says
there is a chance they'll allow him to extend his buildings,
Scrooge gets delighted at the thought of increasing his
profit through an increased number of apartments for rent.
As a result, he undergoes a crisis of happiness and starts
jumping on his desk (on his butt!) while producing cash
register like sounds. His facial expressions while doing this
are priceless. Not even Donald breaking a hammer on his
head can stop him! I wonder whether Scrooge underwent
Shaolins' iron body training in his youth, you never know.
The crisis goes on for hours, night has fallen and Donald
and his nephews (and, presumably, everyone else in Dukburg)
cannot sleep because of Scrooge. His crisis only stops to be
replaced by an equally loud cry, when he receives another
message that says the ministry will not allow him to extend
his buildings after all.
Scrooge calls the poor (both financially and in fate) Donald
and demands that he finds a solution to the problem. Because,
as Donald accurately points while talking to himself later ''all
Scrooge's problems are mine, except his money''.
Meanwhile, Scrooge's attempts to bribe people in the ministry
earn him a black eye, whereas law prevents him from increasing
his profit through a rents' increase. Gosh, laws in America really
protect citizens from greedy jerks, unless that's just how it
goes in the comics' universe!
In the end, unable to find a solution and fed up with Scrooge's
whining, Donald decides to propose a crazy idea, so that his
uncle will get angry and leave him alone. His idea is: ''Since you
cannot make the buildings bigger, make the residents smaller''.
Surprisingly, Scrooge gets excited at the idea! He gives Donald
some money for his trouble and calls (yeah, you guessed right)
Gyro. (Unnecessary detail: Gyro does not wear glasses in this
story/ Unnecessary detail no2: I only noticed that when i reread
this story two days ago, even though i have had this volume for
almost 20 years!).
Of course, he can't tell the truth, or Gyro will never accept to
help. Therefore, what Scrooge says is that the shrinking devices
will be used in hospitals to ease the pain of the patients. Not
giving it much thought, the naive genius agrees to help and leaves,
while Scrooge says to himself: ''Essentially, i spoke the truth. The
plan is good for my pockets, which are always sick''. Well, that's
some sort of logic as well.
Next phase of the plan, Scrooge asks his residents to leave the
apartments temporarily ''because renovations have to be made''.
The doors with the shrinking devices are installed at the entrance
of every building. Now, whoever enters the building will shrink to
half his size and return to his normal size when exiting. This way,
the residents will not notice that each apartment is now only half
of the normal size, which, of course, also means that Scrooge
doubled the number of his apartments in each building.
The renovated buildings have no windows, so that the residents
won't be able to see outside and realize that they're shrunk. Even
so, i still can't understand how come no one (not even the people
from the ministry who became suspicious and investigated the case)
ever happens to notice anything. I mean, if you shrink right after
entering the building, shouldn't you notice that the entrance suddenly
got bigger? Or was Scrooge so lucky that no resident ever happened
to look back after entering or exiting a building?
Anyway, instead of sharing my worries, Scrooge feels more confident,
more powerful, more audacious. Alas, he figures he can increase his
profit even more the same way. He modifies the devices to shrink his
residents more and more, reaching the point of splitting each original
apartment into 10!
Then, as if the plot wants to produce a deus ex machina out of
nowhere, in a country ruled by militarians (probably a parody of the
old communistic countries), the government finds out about the
center that controls the shrinking devices. Getting paranoid of the
probability of such devices being used to secretly transport huge
numbers of soldiers to invade their country (man, those leftists
dictators have A LOT of free time!), they make an ''anti center''
that blocks the rays of Scrooge's center.
When our feathery tycoon is informed, he makes the worst decision
possible: he threatens his residents to stay in the apartments till
his center is fixed. By the way, the scene where he phones to every
single resident to threaten him is hilarious, even though it's strange
that all residents happened to be in their houses that moment!
Gyro, who has discovered Scrooge's fraud, shows up. Not only does
he refuse to give any help, but he also reveals the harsh truth to
the greedy duck: if the center is not fixed soon, the residents will
be back to their normal size!
Well, you can guess what happens next. The scene that follows is
too funny for words. And, of course, in the end, Scrooge deduces
it's all Donald's fault (so typical).
All in all, the factor of randomness plays a big part in this story. There
is much stuff that was not properly explained. But, in the end, i guess
it's a story of the comical kind and it should be treated as such. Therefore,
it's fairly good for the purpose it was written.
Rating: 8/10
As i promised, here is the review of the story we discussed
recently.
When he receives a message from the ministry that says
there is a chance they'll allow him to extend his buildings,
Scrooge gets delighted at the thought of increasing his
profit through an increased number of apartments for rent.
As a result, he undergoes a crisis of happiness and starts
jumping on his desk (on his butt!) while producing cash
register like sounds. His facial expressions while doing this
are priceless. Not even Donald breaking a hammer on his
head can stop him! I wonder whether Scrooge underwent
Shaolins' iron body training in his youth, you never know.
The crisis goes on for hours, night has fallen and Donald
and his nephews (and, presumably, everyone else in Dukburg)
cannot sleep because of Scrooge. His crisis only stops to be
replaced by an equally loud cry, when he receives another
message that says the ministry will not allow him to extend
his buildings after all.
Scrooge calls the poor (both financially and in fate) Donald
and demands that he finds a solution to the problem. Because,
as Donald accurately points while talking to himself later ''all
Scrooge's problems are mine, except his money''.
Meanwhile, Scrooge's attempts to bribe people in the ministry
earn him a black eye, whereas law prevents him from increasing
his profit through a rents' increase. Gosh, laws in America really
protect citizens from greedy jerks, unless that's just how it
goes in the comics' universe!
In the end, unable to find a solution and fed up with Scrooge's
whining, Donald decides to propose a crazy idea, so that his
uncle will get angry and leave him alone. His idea is: ''Since you
cannot make the buildings bigger, make the residents smaller''.
Surprisingly, Scrooge gets excited at the idea! He gives Donald
some money for his trouble and calls (yeah, you guessed right)
Gyro. (Unnecessary detail: Gyro does not wear glasses in this
story/ Unnecessary detail no2: I only noticed that when i reread
this story two days ago, even though i have had this volume for
almost 20 years!).
Of course, he can't tell the truth, or Gyro will never accept to
help. Therefore, what Scrooge says is that the shrinking devices
will be used in hospitals to ease the pain of the patients. Not
giving it much thought, the naive genius agrees to help and leaves,
while Scrooge says to himself: ''Essentially, i spoke the truth. The
plan is good for my pockets, which are always sick''. Well, that's
some sort of logic as well.
Next phase of the plan, Scrooge asks his residents to leave the
apartments temporarily ''because renovations have to be made''.
The doors with the shrinking devices are installed at the entrance
of every building. Now, whoever enters the building will shrink to
half his size and return to his normal size when exiting. This way,
the residents will not notice that each apartment is now only half
of the normal size, which, of course, also means that Scrooge
doubled the number of his apartments in each building.
The renovated buildings have no windows, so that the residents
won't be able to see outside and realize that they're shrunk. Even
so, i still can't understand how come no one (not even the people
from the ministry who became suspicious and investigated the case)
ever happens to notice anything. I mean, if you shrink right after
entering the building, shouldn't you notice that the entrance suddenly
got bigger? Or was Scrooge so lucky that no resident ever happened
to look back after entering or exiting a building?
Anyway, instead of sharing my worries, Scrooge feels more confident,
more powerful, more audacious. Alas, he figures he can increase his
profit even more the same way. He modifies the devices to shrink his
residents more and more, reaching the point of splitting each original
apartment into 10!
Then, as if the plot wants to produce a deus ex machina out of
nowhere, in a country ruled by militarians (probably a parody of the
old communistic countries), the government finds out about the
center that controls the shrinking devices. Getting paranoid of the
probability of such devices being used to secretly transport huge
numbers of soldiers to invade their country (man, those leftists
dictators have A LOT of free time!), they make an ''anti center''
that blocks the rays of Scrooge's center.
When our feathery tycoon is informed, he makes the worst decision
possible: he threatens his residents to stay in the apartments till
his center is fixed. By the way, the scene where he phones to every
single resident to threaten him is hilarious, even though it's strange
that all residents happened to be in their houses that moment!
Gyro, who has discovered Scrooge's fraud, shows up. Not only does
he refuse to give any help, but he also reveals the harsh truth to
the greedy duck: if the center is not fixed soon, the residents will
be back to their normal size!
Well, you can guess what happens next. The scene that follows is
too funny for words. And, of course, in the end, Scrooge deduces
it's all Donald's fault (so typical).
All in all, the factor of randomness plays a big part in this story. There
is much stuff that was not properly explained. But, in the end, i guess
it's a story of the comical kind and it should be treated as such. Therefore,
it's fairly good for the purpose it was written.
Rating: 8/10