The entire thing is just one big action climax. There is not much of Caballeros being clever as much just being badass in action , and flashy scene after a flashy scene. They do a lot of callbacks and cameos of characters (good and bad) from previews episodes... which just felt like filler but as least they thrown in a funny line or two there.
Xandra being weakened/injure during the fight felt like most dramatic/serious moment but it was brief. Felldrakes true form was ok... I sort of found him more creepy when he was in his baby form at first.
I like they shown some April, May, June and Daisy working together and even get a brief moment of action at the end.
Donald full name "Donald Fauntleroy Duck" is used.
Not my favorite episode and I would normaly complain that for a finaly they could do way more character wise (there is a cute moment of Donald calling Jose, Panchito, Ari and Xandra his new family but that's about it)
{Spoiler} The episode ends on a clifhanger! Sheldgoose and Felldrake are still around ploting their revange! Donald's becomes new president of Quackmore institute and the Peacock lady becoming his rival! They move to the mansion!
It's just ends with promising more story possibilites! I would be more disapointed if this would end on some "Well, that's it! Goodbye!" moment but here it's end is just series of hints there is much more to come. So while episode could been stronger it's at least not ment to be the last one.
Not sure will we see Season 2 or not but agian, I don't think (especialy with a company like Disney) they woudn't end the last episode so open ended if they waren't sure they will get another season or at least some tv-movie/special. Plus 13 episodes isn't that much for a cartoon show and they at least appear to have some plans where to take the story next... so at least we can have hope Disney green-lighter more.
Considering it was created and shelved two years ago, I doubt there will be a second season. Especially when you think how DuckTales got a second season greenlighted while the first one was still in production. The puzzling thing is...why would they make 13 episodes and then just shelf it?
Considering it was created and shelved two years ago, I doubt there will be a second season. Especially when you think how DuckTales got a second season greenlighted while the first one was still in production. The puzzling thing is...why would they make 13 episodes and then just shelf it?
Yes, I doubt there will be a second season, unfortunately. Thirteen episodes is exactly the number that The Wuzzles had back in the day. That, of course, was a sitcom-ish show, not an ongoing adventure series like LTC. Still, the record for shortest-running animated Disney show is now tied.
I was also disappointed that Ludwig never appeared. It looked like he was one character who appeared in almost every recent Disney animated show that he possibly could (DuckTales '87, Quack Pack, Bonkers, Mouse Works, House of Mouse, Mickey Mouse Shorts, DuckTales '17). I thought they'd keep up the tradition.
Oh, and why did Episode 12 end with a "To Be Continued"? The whole show was one long ongoing story with every episode directly leading into the next, unlike DuckTales (either one), for example. The "To Be Continued" was unnecessary.
Considering it was created and shelved two years ago, I doubt there will be a second season. Especially when you think how DuckTales got a second season greenlighted while the first one was still in production. The puzzling thing is...why would they make 13 episodes and then just shelf it?
To be fair they made 13 episode we have no clue they exist for so long, that who knows? Maybe they did made more...
Again, I'm being my naive self here but all I can hope for is that this show - when it finaly air in the USA - will get nothing but possitive press and feedback and it will motivate Disney animation to try more similiar project. Will I think the last episode was one of the weakest it was still a fun ride as a whole and a very refreshing thing.
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I was also disappointed that Ludwig never appeared. It looked like he was one character who appeared in almost every recent Disney animated show that he possibly could (DuckTales '87, Quack Pack, Bonkers, Mouse Works, House of Mouse, Mickey Mouse Shorts, DuckTales '17).
You forgot Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, too. (Did he appears in Minnie's BowToons and Mickey Mouse and the Roadster Racers? I don't know offhand.)
Oh, and why did Episode 12 end with a "To Be Continued"? The whole show was one long ongoing story with every episode directly leading into the next, unlike DuckTales (either one), for example. The "To Be Continued" was unnecessary.
I believe that originally, the first two and last two episodes would each have been aired as one hour-long block. Which may be why both Dope-a-Cabana and Sheldgoose Square Dance feel kind of "unbalanced" (feeling respectively like an overly-long set-up and an overly-long climax): each was supposed to go hand-in-hand with the episode directly before/after it.
I was also disappointed that Ludwig never appeared. It looked like he was one character who appeared in almost every recent Disney animated show that he possibly could (DuckTales '87, Quack Pack, Bonkers, Mouse Works, House of Mouse, Mickey Mouse Shorts, DuckTales '17).
You forgot Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, too. (Did he appear in Minnie's BowToons and Mickey Mouse and the Roadster Racers? I don't know offhand.)
He did appear in Roadster Racers, I'm not sure about BowToons.
Post by Baar Baar Jinx on Jul 9, 2018 22:09:06 GMT
BTW, the obvious question, of course: who was the "friend" that Felldrake was going to see during the cliffhanger intended to be? Some have said that the shack looked like Magica's, but it's not on a volcano, and bringing Magica (a comics character) in to play such a prominent role would seem to be out of character for this show, that's primarily based on the cartoons.
Also, I was pleasantly surprised that no one made an issue of Donald's voice throughout this show. He had a lot of complex lines, speaking almost as much as Comics-Donald would at times (though this was clearly Cartoon-Donald) and it was taken for granted that the audience would understand him, without any other characters repeating what he said purely for the audience's benefit or being shown to have trouble comprehending him (the only line he spoke that I did not immediately understand was when he said, "Not on my watch!" in the final episode, and that was the only one that was repeated for no obvious reason in the context of the show by another character, so they must have realized that it was somewhat incomprehensible). Rewatching old Quack Pack episodes on YouTube, it's clear that in the past twenty years, Tony Anselmo has made a lot of progress in developing the art of giving us a fairly understandable Donald who still has a reasonably quacky voice. If only DuckTales '17 would take more advantage of that!
Bringing Magica (a comics character) in to play such a prominent role would seem to be out of character for this show, that's primarily based on the cartoons.
…I mean, tell that to April, May and June, and Clinton Coot, and goddamn Don de Pato…
Not that I necessarily believe the "friend" is Magica (it's more likely just another mythical being), but this show is no stranger to bringing in comic characters.
Bringing Magica (a comics character) in to play such a prominent role would seem to be out of character for this show, that's primarily based on the cartoons.
…I mean, tell that to April, May and June, and Clinton Coot, and goddamn Don de Pato…
Not that I necessarily believe the "friend" is Magica (it's more likely just another mythical being), but this show is no stranger to bringing in comic characters.
You're technically right, of course, but AM&J and especially Clinton Coot are so obscure, even as comics characters (especially Clinton who has only ever appeared in one panel), that one could argue they're blanks slates. The show avoided well-known comics characters where they easily could have used them (Grandma, Gladstone) to the point where I think it was intentional. AM&J were an obvious choice once it was decided that HD&L would be excluded (not sure what prompted that decision other than the desire to have more female characters, I guess, but I think it worked out well in the end). Everything else comics-related was just Easter egg territory (Hortense and Quackmore, the Life of Scrooge figurines). Magica, though, is a major established comics figure (DuckTales notwithstanding) so to use her as a prominent antagonist would be at variance with what we've seen so far.
Probably the most obscure character the show brought to the screen, he's Donald's Caballero ancestor. (They call him Don Dugo, by his German name, which I think his owned to his appearing under that name in some online Duck family trees, which is most probably where they found him.) He's from a 1965 Carl Fallberg/Tony Strobl story, The Golden Galleon (which is incidentally a pretty good story).
…I mean, tell that to April, May and June, and Clinton Coot, and goddamn Don de Pato…
Not that I necessarily believe the "friend" is Magica (it's more likely just another mythical being), but this show is no stranger to bringing in comic characters.
You're technically right, of course, but AM&J and especially Clinton Coot are so obscure, even as comics characters (especially Clinton who has only ever appeared in one panel), that one could argue they're blanks slates. The show avoided major comics characters where they easily could have used them (Grandma, Gladstone) to the point where I think it was intentional. AM&J were an obvious choice once it was decided that HD&L would be excluded (not sure what prompted that decision other than the desire to have more female characters, I guess, but I think it worked out well in the end). Everything else comics-related was just Easter egg territory (Hortense and Quackmore, the Life of Scrooge figurines). Magica, though, is a major comics figure (DuckTales notwithstanding) so to use her as a prominent antagonist would be at variance with what we've seen so far.
Probably the most obscure character the show brought to the screen, he's Donald's Caballero ancestor. (They call him Don Dugo, by his German name, which I think his owned to his appearing under that name in some online Duck family trees, which is most probably where they found him.) He's from a 1965 Carl Fallberg/Tony Strobl story, The Golden Galleon (which is incidentally a pretty good story).
That's fascinating! Good catch. I wish there were someone who was involved in this show who would answer questions about the creative choices that were made, like Angones does for Ducktales '17. It would be great to learn how they made the decisions they did.
Oh, and why did Episode 12 end with a "To Be Continued"? The whole show was one long ongoing story with every episode directly leading into the next, unlike DuckTales (either one), for example. The "To Be Continued" was unnecessary.
I believe that originally, the first two and last two episodes would each have been aired as one hour-long block. Which may be why both Dope-a-Cabana and Sheldgoose Square Dance feel kind of "unbalanced" (feeling respectively like an overly-long set-up and an overly-long climax): each was supposed to go hand-in-hand with the episode directly before/after it.
Yes, the first two and last two episodes do seem to have been meant to be viewed as you say, each pair as a one-hour block. Both episode pairs work better that way.
One comment on the season as a whole: I'm glad that the "Donald has to keep the truth from Daisy" thing didn't play a major role after episode 5 when it was introduced, aside from the regrettable and unfunny virtual date in Mexico a Go-Go. I was afraid that they would play that up in later episodes, with Daisy kept in the dark and repeatedly getting fed up with Donald for standing her up and so on. That would have been very annoying. Instead, the Shangri-La-Di-Da episode avoided that and let them be together, and the last episode has Daisy finding out what's up.
I really enjoyed the whole season and I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BUYING IT IN SOME FORM, ARE YOU LISTENING, CORPORATE MOUSE? I'd buy it on iTunes, but I'd be even happier to buy it on DVD, if anyone is still producing DVDs any more now that all the young'uns are streaming everything.
Favorite episodes: Stonehenge Your Bets (possibly my favorite Disney cartoon half-hour TV episode EVER), Nazca Racing, and No Man Is an Easter Island (modulo the stupid "Donald has to keep the truth from Daisy" thing...but Moai! Fire lizards! Volcano queen! Ari! Ari!).
- Mt. Fuji Whiz (the most "packed" episode in my opinion, every idea was great, plenty of super funny stuff, action, character moments as well we get to meet Clinton Coot) - Nazca Racing (most we got of Jose the entire season plus just a great episode with some cool visuals) - Mount Rushmore or Less (just a super funny to me, just a great joke after a great joke) - Stonehenge Your Bets (another near perfect one... not fan of toilet humor but it oddly worked here)