DisneyXD’s new 'Ducktales' isn’t the reboot you think it is!

[@Demonslayer232]

At least they're giving Webby an actual personality this time, instead of just having her be a generic 'girl' character.

[@wonderpandimonium]

DAVID TENNANT IS PLAYING UNCLE SCROOGE?!?!? I'm sold!!!

[@RheaStorm]

He's been voicing him in a few shorts on the MIckey Mouse Series on DIsneys KZbin Channel(HILARIOUS STUFF BY THE WAY. I'd reccomend the show) and has been voicing him since Alan Young Passed away.

[@wonderpandimonium]

Neat.

[@michellewarns2778]

I'll get used to the new Scrooge. I mean, not only I've listened to Alan Young for 27 years, but I also know EXACTLY what the new voice-actor looks like. I'll get used to him.

[@mushroomhead3619]

Allonz é!

[@davidstar5008]

I hadn't even read this comment, when I wrote mine at the top. Lol!

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

I remember reading a comic where Scrooge tried to slaughter a dolphin that was trapped in a beach so he could sell its meat and when Donald along with his nephews tried to stop him(which they did , Donald especially was a badass in that comic) he threatened them with a knife and said that he would do the same to them.Long story short those comics made me love Donald but they also made me hate Scrooge for some time.With that said I cant wait to watch the new cartoon

[@seaniccus]

I think that's why they made Scrooge so much kinder in the original cartoon. He was usually good hearted in the comics, but every now and then there was a weird moment... and even when he chose to do the right thing, sometimes he would intentionally act like he was being "swindled" so people wouldn't know. (The time when he revisited Goldie at his old stake claim comes to mind)

[@jimdotbeep]

The very first appearance of Scrooge McDuck gave him an absolutely monstrous backstory. It involved him exploiting African tribes people in a 19th century colonial fashion. His arch nemesis Flintheart Glomgold was originally a south African. There are things that I think should be left in the comics and the era they were originally from despite Don Rossa's thoughts on the matter.

[@Ratelzwatel]

A dolphin or a whale?

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

Ratelzwatel I am 100% sure that it was a dolphin

[@Ratelzwatel]

Okay, I only know about a Barks-written story about Scrooge and a stranded whale. coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=D+2005-013

[@AnkfordPlays]

Fun thing to add is that in a lot of stories Scrooge is actually Donalds landlord and Donald has a SIZABLE debt to him which ends up being the driving force for Donald being forced to go on the adventures

[@brianlevine871]

I honestly wasn't sure whether to consider it a reboot of the 80s series or just another adaptation of the comics, which I haven't read myself. The former because of returning side characters like Webby and Launchpad, along with the title and theme song; the latter, for the elements you mentioned like Scrooge's red and black attire, Donald's bigger and more adventurous role, and the art style. I guess it's a both and neither situation. But even if doesn't count as an official reboot, it's at least making interesting changes while also understanding and respecting its source material. I can't wait for this new series to come out.

[@seaniccus]

Yeah, when I saw the trailer it didn't quite look like the original show. I think it's going to be it's own thing that just draws inspiration from both. The skyline of duckberg, for instance, seems to have the money bin on an island in the bay, not on a hill -- and lots of things like that are changed. Still, really looking forward to it!

[@Launchpad05]

Interesting video. It's pretty obvious that the original 'DuckTales' kinda had Scooge's bitterness dialed back just enough to make him care more about the nephews than he did in the comics. 'Mickey's Christmas Carol' was probably the closest we ever got of Scrooge's pure self during Alan Young's lifetime. Also, the added detail of Donald going on adventures before the nephews came into his life has me scratching my head a bit. Sure, Donald did go on a few adventures in his original cartoons, and even joined the army during the war, but I wonder how the new series will play that out, or if they'll have him join the navy in the reboot.

[@seaniccus]

I'm sure they're going their own direction overall, but Donald went on plenty of Adventures with just him in the old Barks comics. One example of the pre and post nephews is "Plain Awful," a secret city Donald discovered (while on the search for square eggs) in the Barks comics, and revisited with Scrooge in the Boys when Don Rosa took the comic over later. But yeah, there are slight differences. Seems like a merge of both, with plenty of new ideas thrown in!

[@whade62000]

Here's my problem with this. Donald being a renowned adventurer in the comics is more of a continuity meta joke. As a main character of course he'd feature in all sorts of stories and it sometimes the author and the reader wink at each other over all that technically being part of the "canon" that ended up being created. But Donald is NOT an archetypal "adventurer" character, he's an everyman type of character. The majority of his stories in fact revolved around things like job hunts, household chores, or neighbor feuds. His constantly troubled romance with Daisy, his old car that breaks constantly. More importantly, they are going to start the show with the boys meeting Scrooge for the first time meaning that NONE of Donald's past adventures are going to be actual stories on the show beyond this mention. So in the end it's really just a wink at the comic readers, but is going to make little sense to first-time viewers. I guess they may end up revealing that he earned his adventurer reputation BECAUSE of his involvement with Scrooge even before the show, and so there'd be a kind of continuity with the boys now following in his footsteps. But if they don't do that I don't really see a reason not to just make him an unlucky everyman from the beginning. Again, as a comic reader you KNOW at least about Donald's constant bad luck and so a joke where he's just unfazed by danger because he had dealt with worse should get a laugh, but it's a different deal when you convey all of this with only a montage and then his personality is at odds with that backstory for the rest of the show. A callback to his army promo cartoons would be great but it's not gonna happen, as WW's been way too long. :D I actually expect the characters to be modernized even more than in DT in this version (the boys will totally use phones and social media for example, instead of being Junior Woodchucks).

[@Launchpad05]

I kinda see your point. Donald, much like Goofy, is definitely the 'every man' of Disney's star characters. Though what sets Donald apart from Goofy is his temper, and how easily frustrated he gets in certain situations where as Goofy is so blissfully unaware, and solves a problem in the easiest way he can only to realize it's more complex than he thinks. (which results in frustration in it's now way, and is where his slapstick usually comes from) That one scene in the trailer where Donald starts raging, and gets stuck in a hole retains some of his 'everyman' frustration. As well as the 'birthday' short. So maybe Donald 'thinks' he's a world class adventurer, but can't seem to pull it off as well as Scrooge can.

[@thydann]

Personally, I always see Donald as an every man who got into all sort of adventures as the result of his bad luck

[@KumaStyle]

I've always went with the theory that Donald has PTSD.

[@rockyspongy]

Since this show is much closer to the comic do you think we will see an adaptation of "Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck"? That is my favorite comic of all time and that would be AMAZING!

[@seaniccus]

That would be awesome! That comic is one of the best stories ever told... but I doubt it will get a full adaptation... though I hope I'm wrong! While I do think that the foundation of the original comics is much more prominent in the new show, it still has a lot of Ducktales.. and while the new characters probably won't muddle Scrooge's life story too much, the new, modern setting probably would. The comics never took place after about 1948, which meant Scrooge was old enough to have had those Gold Rush adventures --- the contemporary setting of the cartoon would mean a lot of his origin story would be irrelevant. That doesn't mean it's impossible, but it would require a lot of clever writing and adaptation -- or else they'd have to just ignore how much time has gone by (which they sort of did in the Goldie episodes of the original Ducktales). I would be really interested in seeing an adaptation, though! A modern scrooge's story would have started around or just after WWII, so the entire story of his fortune would be rewritten. That could be really interesting! Maybe he came over from Scotland after serving in the war, for instance, and found his fortune in the post-war boom of the 1950s!

[@rockyspongy]

Seaniccus I don't think Ducktales has such a big problem with continuity. The actually could make Scrooge tell the story and when he arrives and the Gold rush part Loui could be like "How old are you?" and Scrooge just ignores it and continues. The actual reason I thought that they could make an adaptation of the story is because what I suppose to be the shows beginning reminds me of the books ending. I know it's far fetched but a man can dream. Those specials better be more than holiday specials. I can only dream what the steamboat scene would look like animated.

[@seaniccus]

Right -- they'd either have to shrug it off as a joke like that, and tell the original story, or completely re-write it. I'm not sure what they'll do. The writiers of this show may choose to rework it to tell a more modern immigration story -- after all, Fenton Quackshell is now more ethnic (and voiced by Lin-Manual Miranda!)

[@tommihorttana860]

They ignore this all the time in the duck comics. Rosa is the only one pedantic enough to set his stories in the 1940s. (Barks, of course, lived and worked around those times, so for him that's no big problem.)

[@LaineMann]

I love your picture

[@simmsquee]

I've believed the same thing too about the direction this show is taking and I find it really exciting. Excellent observations.

[@danidee4625]

I came to re-watch this 4 years later to see everyone excited about the reboot. I can't believe its over..time flies😔

[@jokerinthebronx]

There was a strip where Scrooge is in his mansion alone around the holidays, and he's reading a correspondence from an apparently sick child he secretly helped with money or something. She starts out thanking "Mr. McDuck," but as she gets older she calls him "Uncle Scrooge." At some point he gets tears in his eyes. It was beautiful. I think, as a kid, it was in the "Uncle Scrooge In Color" book which I have, sadly, lost. I'm 39, but loved Carl Barks.

[@watertommyz]

I think the most touching scene for me is in Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, when Goldie secretly looks at his "greatest treasure," disappointed at it being a lock of hair, only realizing it's hers afterwards. Such a sweet moment for a kids comic.

[@Anemoiac2006]

@watertommyz Don Rosa stated himself that his comics were not targeted at kids but at all ages, just like Carl Bark's comics.

[@Chaindustries]

I'm cautiously optimistic. What I really want is a serious Animated version of "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" by Keno don Rosa.

[@seaniccus]

I'd love that -- but I don't expect it from this show. It would be great if they made a full feature of that. I bet it would have happened if the original ducktales movie did better in theaters -- apparently they originally planned a series of movies, but didn't make them because of disappointing box office sales

[@spongyoshi]

I honestly expect some specials about the old time Scrooge McDuck.

[@muhammadnazhiefarianda2959]

I hope so!

[@coldfusionstormgaming1808]

God yes, Don Rosa's version is great, I love it, Also i don't think scrooge's is that selfish in the Don Rosa's version, i would say real is better, one of the stories that stick out is the one where he burns down a African village because they crossed him, His one dishonest action in his entire life.

[@Squiggy8440]

It got better as the series went on! Yeah, there were 3 or 4 episodes that were a bit slow or kinda missing a little bit of fluidity, however all in all, there was never an actually terrible episode.

[@OfficialLegoNerd]

Yes because it's finally a modern reboot that doesn't suck and actually stood out with original humor and good action sequences. I never watched the original DuckTales and have only heard legends of how powerful and brilliant Scrooge is, but knowing that I still got chills when Scrooge was fighting Peg hook, the headless Man horse, and Deus Excalibur at just how amazing this Duck was. Even after re-watching it several times, I get chills from just "would you settle for his hat?"

[@Sperium3000]

I dig the reboot, but it's a bit of a shame Glamgold still seems to be Scotish. I think it'd be cool if they went with his original nationality: South African.

[@oinonio]

Agreed, though it would make less sense today…or require a lot of explanation.

[@Sperium3000]

... No it would not.

[@takashiari1598]

Sperium3000 Yeah, I always found it kind of weird how he was actually south african and then became Scottish for some reason. That always confused me in the canon.

[@Philweasel]

Still plenty of rich, greedy, selfish white south africans. Mind you, the afrikaans accent is about as threatening as a wet fart. Maybe not the best for a villain.

[@pimpampet1696]

he also seems to have gained a few pounds

[@TheBlueArmageddon]

omgosh! A ducktales fan that has actually read the comics! Please review these episodes when they air, I would love to hear a fellow Donald Duck fans opinion.

[@Dimensioneer88]

With Gizmoduck in the show and Donald now being a main character, I really want to see a superhero team up between Giz, Darkwing Duck, and the Duck Avenger.

[@38procentkrytyk]

Highly doubt about Duck Avenger... but I really wish it came true... But again my favourite Duck avenger stories were published in PK2.

[@Drakespawn85]

While I also highly doubt Duck Avenger (/PK/Phantomias) will be on the show, I keep hoping he'll get the appearance he deserves, even if it's just a one-time thing, like the Masked Mallard-episode, that the original DuckTales show had.

[@38procentkrytyk]

Best part of Duck Avenger is that he is anti-hero (or at least he starts as one) so I highly doubt they would even consider that idea.

[@justine803]

Scrooge is my FAVORITE character in the world. I LOVED the original comics and the 'Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck' comic series. Can't wait for the new DuckTales!

[@dr4c0blade]

Wait wait wait. David Tennant? The Doctor is going to be Scrooge? That's awesome!

[@takashiari1598]

*Ducktor

[@michellewarns2778]

Yes, he's been in other things, including voice-acting cartoons.

[@XH1927]

Takashiari - You deserve an internet for that one word comment. Well played!

[@ledetbrothers9210]

4 years past by fast. DuckTales (2017) has become so much more than a Ultimate Donald Duck/Scrooge McDuck universe. It is a celebration of not only decades of old comics and the 1980s cartoon, but also the entirety of the Disney Afternoon. The creative team behind the show clearly cared for the characters they were portraying, and I’m so proud!

[@mikewolf5367]

Oh you have no idea how much I've fallen in love with the new show. It's hard to describe. It just feels right in every way.

[@chimeradave]

My five year old was obssessed with the Bark's ducks comics. If this cartoon stays more faithful to it that can only be a good thing. I did love Ducktales when I was a kid though.

[@nadaazahra1609]

Donaldists. where u at?!

[@38procentkrytyk]

Reading comicsbooks about Donald going to the future to help his friend android get out the prison because of programming mistake when "creator of the future" tried to design livin machines while campaign about giving androids citizen status begins.

[@scoutshellby7226]

quack

[@frostflaggermus]

Not sure what a Donaldist is, but here in Norway the Donald Duck comics were literally one of the most best-selling comics in the country, Donald is a cultural icon, pretty much just ask anyone and they'll know who it is. I think the same goes for the rest of the Nordic countries; we all love Donald Duck, or are at least familiar with it. With that said, I grew up reading these comics with all these characters (except for those exclusive to Ducktales of course, didn't really grow up with the TV series that much), and I can't wait to see where this new reboot series is going.

[@fredarok579]

Wak!

[@joecrammond6221]

with Ducktales sadly cancelled, it was certainly a great run, much better than any of us could have predicted, Della Duck actually appearing, who would have guessed

[@trequonrowland2910]

Without the official reboot of the ducktales series, we wouldn't have new characters, unsolved mysterious facts, and the latest journeys that have yet to come. Scrooge Mc.Duck's family has officially evolved over the years!

[@elenmelon18]

I am looking forward to this tv show a lot. I miss Duck Tales and when I was growing-up, it actually made me feel included with the boys. I am that type of girl to be adventurous, but I care a lot about my family and I don't want them to be in harm's way. Perhaps this makes me a lot like Abby and I truly care about this Re-Boot. I remember when I was a Nanny, I asked my wards if they were interested in watching Duck Tales, they said they didn't know what that was. It made my soul cry.

[@TheHungryReader]

This is exciting to think about! One minor correction, though, you included Gyro Gearloose in the list of characters who were original to the cartoon. He was in the original Barks comics too!

[@TheLugiaSong]

I actually kinda love the art style they're going for. It's sorta similar to the old one but modernized. It looks great.

[@krishacz]

Also there used to (probably still is) a comic magazine in Europe called Donald Duck, which is similar but different too.

[@lare290]

I thought that it was in the same universe as Scrooge's magazines. Is it not?

[@SporeTres]

Basically. Though Donald's adventures often focus on suburbia and not a grander scene like international treasure hunts or corporate shenanigans so getting a good scope is hard.

[@JohnPeacekeeper]

The real secret is having a crew that cares and loves the original content enough that they want to do it justice

[@superplushkolin7831]

I never loved Webby in the original But the new Webby I have no problem with because............... SHES NOT ANNOYING

[@Zistheone2]

The way you describe it, it seems like this series is more of a homage/love-letter to the entire Duck franchise

[@tommihorttana860]

I'm curious: When you're talking about the duck comics, are you talking about the whole huge, mass produced, body of comics that we know here in Europe? Or some very specific subset published by Uncle Scrooge Comics in America? Because it sounds like you're basing your comparison mainly on Rosa, who's a very good but also a very unusual duck storyteller. Everyone else, as far as I know, is more than happy to bends timelines and almost every story is set at the time it's published in. Rosa is also the only one extensively using real people, places, and history, doing minimal changes to accommodate, well, talking ducks. The others, including Carl Barks, prefer to invent amusing parody versions of everyone and everything, including foreign countries, and then discard them once the story is done. They avoid placing the stories anywhere in particular, to allow people from different countries to connect as easily as possible. (Duckburg even usually has their own team at the Olympics, just to avoid specifying a country while Rosa's ducks sit tightly in the imaginary state of Calisota.) The character depictions also vary wildly. Especially Scrooge can be a cuddly old skinflint, an adventurer, or a hard-boiled cutthroat businessman depending on who's writing. Scrooge playing parent to Huey, Dewey, and Louie is specific to Ducktales, though.

[@seaniccus]

I'm thinking of Barks and Rosa exclusively -- as those are the archives I have access to and are the most direct linage on the world as Barks created it (though Rosa certainly took his own liberties). A lot of the other Duck comics / artists I just don't have access to.. and I think a good deal of them may not have been published in the US. It's true that Barks is more vague than Rosa, but his Duckburg (at least in the volumes I have) still functions on a facsimile of reality, with less of the supernatural Indiana Jones type stuff we saw in the DuckTales cartoon or modern Duck comics. ..but since Barks established the series, and Rosa continued it with the explicit choice not to move it beyond the "Barks Timeline" (a timeline that mostly existed because of when Barks wrote the stories rather than any specific choice, probably), I'm mostly talking about that as the "core" timeline. ...it gets complicated with Disney Comics, because outside of Rosa's attempt to stay in line with Barks, there's almost no connection. The Donald Duck daily strip, for instance, has no narrative connection to the Barks / Rosa comics.. just as the Mickey Mouse dailies don't specifically tie into any of the shorts. More complicated, is Mickey knows Donald in his comic, but Donald doesn't know Mickey in HIS comics (at least some of them). The whole "shared universe" thing didn't really exist when a lot of those strips were made, haha

[@Ratelzwatel]

Rosa doesn't follow the "Barks timeline", as if there's any. After Barks's retirement in 1966, Barks wrote some new stories up to the 1990s. If I remember well, 'Horsing Around with History' (1994) refers to a fax machine. And one of his late 1980s paintings, 'Holiday in Duckburg' (1989), shows Gladstone Gander holding a videocamcorder. 68.media.tumblr.com/37f0fda2f43019b8c60d2f4bf78e8bdd/tumblr_mutra7ts7G1rhjbado7_1280.jpg According to the "Barks timeline", the Ducks are timeless. According to Rosa's timeline, the Ducks are placed in the early 1950s as being present time. Barks made many more stories after that; the 'Uncle Scrooge' comic book series had only just begun in the early 1950s. Rosa follows his own timeline, which he created himself. A timeline in which the Ducks are mortal humans with duckfaces, with Scrooge being dead since 1967. That's his own vision and it has nothing to do with Barks's vision. Barks's vision and Rosa's visions are worlds apart. Mixing them up, as if they're one, creates a lot of confusion.

[@tommihorttana860]

Indeed. Rosa is a very unusual duck writer because he's almost compulsively detail and consistency oriented. As for Barks: It's true that he wrote a lot of very down-to-earth stories (as many duck authors still do). But he did also basically invented Indiana Jones (www.cbr.com/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-133/) with his numerous globe-trotting adventure stories, I think mostly in his later years. He was pretty versatile as a writer.

[@dmgice]

I would love it if this new show gave us a Paperinik story. At this point though.. I'd even settle for a Mickey villain like The Phantom Blot.

[@wangchung6910]

Tommi Horttana Not one comment on the weird square heads and plain dumb voices?? No one has any thoughts on this?

[@kennethsatria6607]

I hope they get a flashback episode about Scrooge's family like the comics that I came across, those were great, lots of feels...

[@0MochiCoconut0]

I love this reboot! Dont listen to the people who hate the animation and voices! The animation is gonna evolve, deal with it. What about the humor? Its AMAZING! Its just the best thing ever! I like the reboot. Opinions arent facts. now dont complain about this. atleast this isnt teen titans go.....

[@cheese7295]

Don't use the ttg word

[@Nalleee]

I'm just excited to see my favorite Disney cartoons on the screen again

[@GameDiggers]

I originally wasn't too happy when I saw the different art style, it feels much more blant and so incredibly different from the warmth of the original. With your explanation however and considering the massive amounts of Duck comics I've read, I think you've hit the nail on the head. Now that I've let things process and seen more scenes lately, I have to say I am quite excited actually. Not because it's the same as the original, as it's clearly not, but because it is so different and in a way an evolution. The art-style is still the only thing that disappoints me, but I'm willing to give it a shot and see if it grows on me. Great video!

[@seaniccus]

It's grown on me a little -- particularly because i had to see so much of it while watching the video.. but i'm hoping that the boys voices grow on me a bit more.

[@mushroomhead3619]

I think the new art style looks cheap and tacky. What is with cartoonists not making the effort anymore? And relying too much on computers?

[@sjakierulez]

I think you already gave the answer: cheap and lazy. I really miss those cartoons where even the background was detailed.

[@Yurikon3]

Have you done animation or cartooning? Im fine for taste differences but when people start accuses for lazyness and cheapness I draw my line there. As long as drawings are made by human hand with tabloid or pen, no amount of technology magically make animation live. Computers can help only to cut corners but hand drawing is still needed. I have worked in that field and computer is not cheap ticket to easy animating. If the amount of constant movement is the problem, you must know that good animation is not only about constant movement but good timing and spacing. If old show's animation is looked sometimes, there can be some pretty slow and slobby animation, it was not all roses and gold even there. As for the detailed backgrounds and ugliness-... Those are matters of taste. These backgrounds actually have Chuck Jonesque feeling in them and those pics were from times of old. Making "detailed" background might actually be sometimes easier to do than stylized. Besides, sometimes too detailed background might harm the storytelling so detailed background is not sure ticket for success. Nostalgia, it is everywhere, but I cant stand when it makes people belittle efforts of work they have no idea of.

[@megelizabeth9492]

And what's cool about the character animation to me is it's sort of reminiscent of Legendary Disney animator, Milt Kahl's work on Ludwig von Drake in the 60s.

[@bethsweet2228]

You are my only info feed about this.. I'm soo glad you put this out. I don't ever comment on anything like this, but duck tales is hands down, my favorite cartoon. it has played a big part of shaping who I am today... uncle sgrooge is tough, but is an amazing business genius. thanks again..

[@skidooshlayman12]

Carl Barks. Not Carls Barks.

[@dimebag88m]

thank God someone said that

[@itsfeliciatime]

i have to say ducktales 2017 is like my new favourite cartoon. like holy shit its so good

[@KimKhan]

No introduction to the Scrooge McDuck character will ever surpass the one we got with Don Rosa's Life & TImes of Scrooge McDuck. The absolutely miserable and absolutely old miser inviting his relatives over for Christmas, only for the burglary of his mansion to wake him up into the furious adventurer he once was, was a defining moment for what Scrooge McDuck COULD be.

[@sk70091]

YES.

[@DrHammerr]

"All of their voices sound a little too grown up" Welp, that's a plus in my book. Guess I gotta watch this now.

[@eetu-pekkaliikala8320]

Don Rosa's and Carl Barks's Donald Duck comics are so fucking great!

[@Anemoiac2006]

Agree with you 100%.

[@kurtkaletka6207]

The reboot is fantastic. It really does seem to be in step with what Carl Barks and Don Rosa did. You're absolutely right that the return of Scrooge's red coat signals an emergence of the Scrooge from the comic books, and I find it most welcome. I like how Donald is going to be much more involved in the new Duck Tales, too. I've never been a fan of Clarence Nash's Donald Duck voice, only because it makes it so difficult to understand him in an animated cartoon. The beauty of the comic books is that this was never an issue! I winced when I learned that Webby was still going to be around. But the character is beautifully written and developed, and Kate Micucci does a fantastic job with her. I'm glad to have her along!

[@pollycipher]

huey dewy and Louie sounded like teenagers

[@sananaryon4061]

Now I'm even more hyped, I god damn love the comics Also, Gyro gearloose was created by Barks, in the story where Donald and the boys try to find out why Gladstone Gander is so lucky, Gyro appears trying to make cream by jumping around with a bunch of milk on his back

[@jaojao1768]

First I thought you were going to be some uninformed idiot who knew nothing about the comics, then you completely blew my mind! Great video!

[@seaniccus]

hahahaha that's fair

[@citlallianderson6832]

you have one of the most pleasant video essay narration voice ive ever heard lol

[@VinnieBartilucci]

"Carls Barks"?

[@seaniccus]

Sometimes when you record 6 minutes of audio in a straight shot, you flub a couple words. Sometimes you notice them and re-record. Sometimes you don't notice until you're halfway done with editing and don't have time to go back. Mistakes happen and I have a marble mouth. What else can I say?

[@stuartgibson6357]

Okay, I've been listening over and over, and I'm thinking... This could be one of very few reboots that isn't going to suck.

[@bottomtext]

Great video

[@seaniccus]

Thanks man! I've been wanting to start talking about this series for awhile -- it was hard not to make it a 40 minute long comparison between DuckTales episodes and the comics that inspired them, though!

[@bottomtext]

Seaniccus I read a lot the Carl Barks/Don Rosa stories when I was smaller and this new show wouldn't have come to my attention if it wasn't for you, so thanks

[@patricknogueiraa]

Great vid! I too am excited for the new show and hope it draws inspiration from Carl Bark's comics! I grew up reading them and I was hyped when the Flying Dutchman showed up in the new opening.

[@Furluge]

I really only want to know one thing about Donald in this new series: Is he retired from the Navy now or did he just not join. I really hope they don't remove his military service from the character. My father is retired Navy and as a kid I liked that Donald was in the Navy. Coast Guard would be ok too since he is an IRL coast guard mascot.

[@Jethorus]

Wow great analysis this was really helpful! I had actually just watched the first episode before this video and this made me appreciate it a lot more. Based on the history you provided it looks like the series might be better than I expected. :) I'm still adjusting to the new art style but I think I'm starting to like it.

[@iranlassninja7062]

A reboot that doesnt suck? Ive never watched the original

[@lauraschantz9058]

"One of my first TV memories" Mine too! :D I remember as a tiny tot that I was crazy for DuckTales, and was totally jealous of the kindergarten classmate who had a DuckTales lunchbox. I even insisted on DuckTales underpants (T-shirts of licensed characters cost more than my parents were generally willing to pay at the time, so undies were basically the only way I got to wear my favorite characters). When the Disney YearBook several years later featured a story about Webby's jumprope I was so excited to see my fave triplets again. I even watched QuackPack avidly in my early teens because it was "DuckTales, if they'd grown since it was on the air." I was so happy to see that the triplets had their signature colors but weren't carbon copies of each other. (Though, as you've pointed out elsewhere, they were the usual "teen boy" stereotypes you see in so many other shows.) AND NOW DUCKTALES IS BACK AGAIN AND IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN I COULD HAVE HOPED! I'm super-excited to see where this series goes, and once DVD/Blu-ray box sets come out, I'm hoarding them for my children.

[@ScoreEddie1]

I dont like the new look of Huey, Dewey & Louie. I would much rather have them look like their old selfs, like how they originally used to look back in either the 80's or in the comic books

[@0MochiCoconut0]

Søren Larsen Its no difference. They just have square heads. ONLY 1 DIFFERENCE

[@FoolishPrince]

Koodpa kid Nope.... voices suck!, the original ducks sounded a little closer to Donald, more "duck like" I can't currently think of a thing more worst than this! The new Ducktales reboot is SHIT!!! The animation, voices, dialogue, theme song, writing, emotion= it's ALL a big pile of excrement!!! The only somewhat decent thing is Donald Duck I'd rather watch "uncle grandpa" or "Barney" than any of this crap! Three episodes in and I turned it off... I don't have kids and after watching this I DON'T even want any! Man my generation had the best of the best: Darkwing Duck, DUCK TALES, Adventure of the Gummi Bears, Gargoyles, The new adventures of Johnny Quest, Batman the animated series, Superman the animated series, Justice League of America, Yu-gi-oh, Tailspin, Animaniacs, Bugs Bunny and Looney Toons, Pinky and the Brain, Beetlejuice, the Simpson's, street sharks, x-men the animated series, Hey Arnold, Rugrats, Wild Thornberries, Dragon Ball Z... Oh Disney, how you have fallen! FALLEN FURTHER THAN LUCIFER!!! The ONLY good thing about current Disney is it's Customer Service! Answered my email in less than a day of sending it! I'd rather Fuck a ten dollar 70yo fat hooker, infested with aids, than ever watch this Ducktales reboot again. "HAS THE WORLD GONE MAD?!"- Gomez Adams

[@izzynk9545]

Whoa, someone is angry over here

[@teresitajavier6163]

@@FoolishPrince You dude are stuck in nostlagia, sure sure i may had not lived during your generation but you are way too mad about this, it's just a reboot, nothing so bad and besides, it's better (for me)

[@lordturtlemonk]

This was really well done. It was a cool look at the series.

[@Antnj81]

Semantics - it utilizes and redefines the look and feel of familiar characters that were specifically from the cartoon, ergo it's a reboot (by definition) The new show looks meh. I'd rather watch the original to be honest - it was way more mature and at times, more intense than some unnecessary, generic-looking knock-off that looks like something from the Nicktoons bracket

[@Yurikon3]

Id personally say that old show's style is a bit too generic and bland. While it might be technically working it does not make it very interesting. New show hasn't even aired yet so story is still to be left unfold. Im 90s kid and kinda liked the show, but when i look at the animation nowadays it has more frames but is kinda chunky actually.

[@Ronno2003]

I'd say the reboot is more 'mature' also more interesting, well more interesting for me. And idk why people complain about the animation. It looks great in my opinion.

[@ramosneftali]

I love the way you put it. I got the same vibe when I saw that Donald was going to play a more active role.

[@CradleGames]

For some reason, the new artstyle just really doesn't ring with me. I look at the old one, and damn it ages well!

[@jordanwebb7019]

I agree Huey, Dewey, and Louie's new voices sound a little bit grown up.

[@kyleferrandion2448]

George Lucas? The same one who created Star Wars? Or a different guy, with the same name?

[@TheIronhide4ever]

Same guy. The Indiana Jones movies were very heavily influenced by Carl Barks' Ducktales, and Lucas has stated at times he was a fan of them.

[@seaniccus]

Same guy! Lucas is a big fan of the storytelling -- and though he doesn't always do it perfectly, his thoughts on the series are actually really interesting! Track down the full forward if you get a chance!

[@kyleferrandion2448]

Seaniccus He also produced the Howard The Duck the movie. So it kind of makes sense.

[@11DNA11]

Same guy who created Jar Jar Binks.

[@itsmarxman9236]

I'm pretty glad that they're incorporating the comic in to the show in some way. Not that I didn't enjoy the original, but I have more fond memories reading the comics. My parents used to get me and my brothers Donald Duck comics all the time and we have collected A LOT of these comics over the years. Some of these comics featured special stories from Carl Barks and Don Rosa which were my favorite stories from these comics. Seeing influences from the original Carl Barks and Don Rosa incorporated into the show would make my day!

[@dreamingflurry2729]

That new stuff is supposed to be DISNEY ART? Damned, it looks awful (in comparison to the comics and in compariso to Ducktales!)...also: Why would they return Scrooge to his "roots" so to speak, I thought that Ducktales really was some fresh wind here, with Scrooge learning that family etc. is important (it's not as if he's given up making money, going on treasure hunts etc.)!

[@ironvlogger9712]

I hope we learn about Huey, Dewey and Louie's parents. I would like to know what happened to them.

[@draco949]

I am not a big fan of the muted colors, annoying voices, and most of all, the art direction. No amount of David Tennant can save this for me.

[@kgainesillustrations2377]

David Wall I completely agree will everything you said. The story and direction seem interesting, but the muted flat colors and mismatch voices, and art style are very off-putting to me. The newer style of art animation that Disney XD is putting out really doesn't appeal to me in the least, I'd rather have my 80's/90's art back.

[@meppo2692]

It looked smooth and nice, not like some other reboots who changed artstyle by a 180° turn. I look forward to this series, and I think the reboot intro kinda beats the original one

[@108wee]

I feel a similar way with the new ben 10, I refuse to even look at it or watch it.

[@danniblade9423]

Exactly!! Finally someone is looking at this correctly! I was watching the shorts and thinking how Scrooge was not being the family guy he used to be and hearing all their voices being screwed up. But looking at the storyline, their new characters, etc. as a new show instead of a "reboot" is a great plan.

[@sarahcook2818]

DuckTales Scrooge beats comic Scrooge.

[@sk70091]

Haha NO.

[@Anemoiac2006]

That is your opinion. I personally like both equally.

[@QuestionDeca]

Nearly a year later: It's Both!

[@raulrojas9253]

for me Darkwing Duck was the superior show by a lot.

[@seaniccus]

It was a lot of the same creative staff I think?

[@TimpsterTheDude]

Indeed it was. Ducktales spawned all of those shows, like Darkwing duck, Tailspin, Rescue rangers etc. They all had mostly the same creative staff.

[@DaDunge]

Nah not even close. The pilot episode of darkwing duck was awesome, really really awesome, but a lot of the later filler episodes were as bad as the pilot was awesome.

[@cujoedaman]

@ Fredrik Dunge I agree, Darkwing Duck started out pretty good, but it got really goofy and almost embarrassing to watch with later seasons. It almost mirrored Adam West Batman in that kind of way. Even as a kid, I always wished that DW was just a tad more serious, not like adult serious, but more like Ducktales type serious (or Tailspin)... if that even makes sense. It was more akin to watching Goofy when you wanted to see Mickey. I remember they were supposed to do some big Duck Tales/ Darkwing Duck crossover, but they never did (aside from a few characters).

[@DaDunge]

+cujoedaman I agree there was a little to much dropping anvils on people's heads and such.

[@starpokeheart664]

Baby seaniccus is adorable

[@tjaccoleathercraft6645]

the art style looks like a huge step back like they stoped drawing at a rough sketch ..

[@miserirken]

Intentionally done to give a more comic-esque feeling, and it works great (at least for me), specially in movement...

[@Yurikon3]

I personally find that style more interesting than the old one. It has some Chuck Jones vibe. Old show had good style, but overall i find it generic.

[@randomnerd9088]

Only thing I dont like is how childish and unrefined it is how they went with more square characters

[@XH1927]

Intentionally done to cut production costs and speed turnover time, you mean. There's no excuse for a Disney show based on Disney comics to be this ugly. You say it gives it a more comic-esque feeling, but the Disney Duck comics would never lower themselves to using this flat, ugly, simplistic style. I hope, anyway.

[@megelizabeth9492]

It looks like a 4 color comic book, which was the look they are going for

[@jayjoneslive]

The 2017 DuckTales is exactly like you're saying, but I've seen the first two episodes, that Disney XD is offering free on KZbin. They give everyone their own personality, and they're looking to Donald and Scrooge as co-caretakers. It's looking good after all.

[@jasone5083]

I don't like the artwork and there voices.

[@謎思特異]

It’s okay, you don’t need to like it~

[@puredemon5926]

I can't wait for this show to air!! I haven't really seen the original or the comics, but I've read other comments on other videos, and about the nephew's voices- Apparently they were like, preteens or teenagers in the comics, (12-14) which is their age in the new show. So when you look at it that way, the voices aren't that bad. At least in my opinion. :D I also hope that Webby is at least a _little_ more different than Mable. Though most of the DT staff were on GF so... But who knows? Maybe they'll surprise us!

[@Veins1]

Funny how the 80s series is better looking than the 2017 version. actually it's not funny at all.

[@ReaverLordTonus]

Having watched the first episode, it didn't disappoint at all. Something interesting I did notice was little Easter eggs that could imply that it's more than just a duck universe, that other classic Disney shows like Darkwing Duck and Talespin might be gearing up for reboots of their own. Also Disney might be taking a page from Marvel's book and setting up all these series to not only be in the same universe, but allow for crossovers and team ups which would be pretty awesome.

[@MasterFhyl]

This show looks more and more terrible the more i see of it

[@Ronno2003]

A year later, ya still think that?

[@savageshark379]

This gives me some new hope for the reboot of the series. I never grew up to the comics as most, for me I got into it as a TV series as a kid. I loved the intro and lyrics, the b/g music, the characters and the episodes. I was super hyped and skeptical when I learned of the planned Reboot. I miss Alan Young as Scrooge McDuck and LOVE the 10th Doctor, but I cannot help feel he will have some big shoes to fill. But that said, I've no doubt he'll do fine. If the show is going too be a hybrid mix of the comics and the cartoon I'm all for it. I get a hint of that just from some of the visual cues in the intro. I do like some of the new designs they have like Webby, Flintheart Glomgold, teh BeagleBoys. But some have me raising eyebrows like Mrs. Beakly. But overall I'm excited and looking forward to this reboot. I just have one question....WHEN IS IT COMING OUT???

[@benheinrich795]

The art sucks. Example: Disney XD Rebels or Clone Wars. Far Superior. Even the old DuckTales had better animation.

[@allenharper2928]

Ben Heinrich The old show LOOKED Disney... This looks... Ugh. All angles and blocky, and the nephews faces...

[@Yurikon3]

Does Disney even need to stay in same style all these years? Even Mickey changed during the life of Walt himself.

[@Choom2077]

They don't need to stay the same. But they can get better. This new animation is very lacking, both in detail and animated frames per second. It's cheaply done, without a doubt. It's almost as bad as Aqua Teen Hunger Force (in the animated frames per second, department).

[@Max1715]

Yeah, Disney surely doesn't need to stay in the same style all these years, but.. First, this is a reboot, so I think it would be quite appropriate to keep the same style but simply improve the graphics, but what's most important I think, is that this style is absolutely horrible, at least for the nephews' faces, they truly are horrifying in comparison to the original ones.

[@meppo2692]

And yet I am sittin' here and enjoying the artstyle, Computer animation will never beat traditional one.. but since I enjoy computer animation more I can confidently say that I like the reboot already

[@JeroAstra]

After seeing some clips from the show, I'm inclined to believe that it's less of an emphasis on the greed as it is on the adventure. The money is just the motivation to start things.

[@touchingevil2302]

I dont like what i see, i plane reboot is what i want. I hate the artstyle, its crazy that tje old cartoon looks much better then this piece of crap :(

[@johannmuzaffar4530]

Touching Evil good because the old animation took a lot of hand draw and a lot of money like million so that's why now they are using this new animation to save money

[@megelizabeth9492]

It's just in a different style. Most television animation nowadays is done in software like Toonboom, even traditionally animated shows like this or Gravity Falls, and doesn't really have anything to do with the art style. To me, the backgrounds look straight out of an old comic book, and the character designs are very reminiscent of Milt Kahl's Ludwig von Drake shorts. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXfJpWypg9iid6M

[@TheWeeklingsCartoon]

I like this theory! I don't have much attachment to the original Ducktales, but the new show looks pretty interesting! Great channel, just subscribed! :)

[@omegasupreme1970]

not at all the art looks crappy they added the SJW BS in it now webby is "badass" girl power crap will not watch

[@seaniccus]

I disagree about the art. I don't think making Webby a more complex character than "girl who likes dolls" qualifies as "SJW BS." Her original character was awful and uninteresting. If you're offended that the creators wanted to get away from a trope that's not even interesting to watch, I feel like we're just not on the same page here.

[@omegasupreme1970]

not offended just tired of the same old formula we cant have a girl be well a girl who likes dolls ect No she has to be a kick butt bad attitude "boy". They basically made webby a boy in a dress. There is nothing wrong with a girl wanting to be a girl she doest have to be a boy.

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

Why can't she have a kickass grappling gun? Why should society cater to your outdated notions of gender? Women do adventury shit, too. They fight in armies and are members of special forces and go to outer fucking space. Stop it with the 'girls don't do this and that that's boy stuff' bullshit.

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

I mean really. What fucking century are you from?

[@Yurikon3]

To be honest I must admit that hanging on lanterns, shooting dart guns and alike is more interesting than catering lifeless doll all day. Kids usually like rougher play and usually young boys and girls are up to same games. In other words, this Webby is portrayed more as a kid, not merely just as female kid. At least when I was a kid, girls of my age could be into same rough play like snowfights as boys and still there were some differences. For man creating a female character can be tricky, because they simply might create the mirror of their own stereotypes, making female character bland. I agree for that tired boy in girl costume trope, but id say this direction is still better than in old one. There must be many ways to make character feminine without using same tropes with dolls and alike which can actually be just tradition, bit like in 1700-1800 pink was considered men's colour and light blue women's colour. For art style I dont say anything since it is the matter of taste. Personally I like ChuckJonesque palette, because I find old show's color scheme bit... Generic.

[@Eric_Shaun]

I think I've never been so hyped about a "TV Series" every...thanks for this video, mate...cheers from germany

[@cezarydudkiewicz2990]

I'm kind of glad it if takes an approach like that because that just means Donald will actually play a role in it. He appeared is some episodes (I think there was even one where he was an agent or something? Haven't seen this show in years) But that's it, while in the comics I read he was basically the main character.

[@alxjones]

Everyone says that the nephews' voices are too adult, but I don't think they sound any more adult than most cartoons (at least from when I was growing up). Comparing the voices to, say, Ed Edd n Eddy, they seem about the same or even younger sounding that the Ed's. Could just be me though, I haven't really watched a lot of more modern animation so I'm not sure what the expectations are.

[@pizzahutkidman8806]

WOW! You might be on the ball here. The new opening theme bit (don't know what it's called) has a lot of comic book nods and it takes place in a COMIC BOOK!

[@Cartoonlover-sk5pq]

This is the best reboot thats taking place in 2017! I already love Webby and duey! #Two favorite (:•>

[@alex.thedeadite]

I like the art-style and I'd LOVE a "Darkwing Duck" Reboot done in this style.

[@LeScarletSinger2]

I'm honestly not vividly bright in my knowledge of the Duck Franchise, nor did I know there was a comic series. To see what you said here is really helping to enhance much of that knowledge. Hence the reason I'm excited for it, myself.

[@M.F.Hafizhan]

Honestly, my favorite part of the Don Rosa comic is the parts that shows how close Donald and his nephews are. There's even a scene where Scrooge admitted to Matilda (his sister) that he envied Donald's close bond with his nephews, as such familial bond was something he foolishly threw away years ago. So yeah, i'm especially happy that they put Donald in the cast.

[@wishbone346]

I grew up with the original Ducktales and after seeing the new intro and trailers I'm extremely hyped for this. Like you said in your video the prospect of a Ducktales "reboot" that takes elements from both the old comics and the show is really intriguing. I'm not ecstatic about the voices of the kids either, but it doesn't really bother me either. Having actual kids act the parts might take away from some of the comedy, and while I think getting voice actresses instead to play them would have been better I'm not opposed to what they're doing if it turns out okay on all other fronts. As for the voice of Scrooge I'm totally fine with it. David Tenant is an amazing actor and a fine choice to try and fill the boots of Alan Young.

[@TheGabyNya]

finally a legit video regarding the new series! Subscribing now! :)

[@shards-of-glass-man]

This is the reason I'm so excited for the show. I used to absolutely ADORE the Duck Comics!

[@sladikk]

The new intro shows the Ducks going through panels of a comic book. So yeah. This is totally a comic adaptation, although it's probably going to take more inspiration from the TV show than the comics did.

[@OhSkyeLanta]

Before watching the reboot Ducktales I would have rated DuckTales and Donald and Scrooge as some of my least favorite disney characters. Now that I’ve watched almost all of the 2 seasons I can’t stop thinking “where was this kind of cartoon when I was a kid?” I know a lot of the story wouldn’t be the same if it was made back then, but it contains a lot of the messages actually followed through on that old cartoons would leave hanging in emotional glances and parents not being able to actually say they love their children. Instead all the good parental characters are constantly repeating and voicing and reenforcing their love for the kids. And the kids are able to show their emotions and work through them. The boys are allowed to be emotional and Webby is being praised for her achievements and skill. Tenant took Scrooge from a character you wanted to hide from to a clever and loving grandfather I wish I had. Donald Duck has actually become relatable instead of the punchline or 1 dimensional. And of course you’ve already covered stunning Daisy Duck. I am blown away by how good DuckTales is. Between it and She Ra (which would be so awesome for you to cover 🤩) and Gravity Falls...well, I think the kids might actually be alright if we don’t permanently destroy the planet before they have a chance.

[@thimble288]

The art in the original Ducktales really puts it in another league compared with most animated TV. I found Volume 1 recently, talk about flashbacks

[@1991birthday]

Oh yes, totally excited for this. Growing up, Ducktales was one of my all time favorite shows & like you, some of my earliest memories of cartoons was of watching Ducktales but then again, my parents would just sit me in front of the TV, tuned into the Disney Channel when they were busy & I wanted them to pay attention to me so I suppose it does make sense that my earliest memories are of the show. I like how it takes elements from both worlds because I would be sad if it were straight up off of the old Uncle Scrooge comics, not that I have a problem with them but there were things in Ducktales that I wouldn't want them going without. The voices of the children bothers me but hopefully I will grow use to them. I'm very excited about today's kids growing up with Ducktales, I work with children & actually one day when I wore my Ducktales shirt to work, one kid told me he read the comic books & I thought that was super cool.

[@timrob12]

Also, a shoutout to the black sailor suit, which Donald is always wearing in the comics in comparison to the blue sailor suit from the his TV appearances.

[@DrBeef216]

This info actually makes me more inclined to watch it. At first I thought it looked funky. But the look is growing on me, and if they're bringing aspects of the original comics into it, it's something I might want to watch now. Gonna be hard to top the original cartoon though. One of my absolute favorites of all time.