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Disney XD Renews DuckTales Ahead Of Launch, Unveils First-Look Video
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Sir Alemeth
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WTF huey dewey louie and webby are annoying as all hell.
And why's Launchpad so mellow?
Hmmm...
And why's Launchpad so mellow?
Hmmm...
Imperial Bishop
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This.
My problem with modern cartoon designs summarized in one gif.
Watched it again and still can't get over this.
Admiral Woofington
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So apparently Donald is a badass in this show?
Choppasmith
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Yeah just what I had in mind when we first started getting art and info. Gravity Falls + Duck Tales with the appearance of the Paul Rudish MM shorts and that's right up my alley. Love it!
The nephew's voices sound so out of place and don't fit the characters at all. They are supposed to be kids right? Why do they sound like they are in their 20s?
Scrooge and Donald are pretty good I think, and the show visually looks great.
The theme song singer sounds like she doesn't give a damn. But I have kind of a pet peeve for when they try to modernize/coolify old music and themes. But that's a small gripe I admit.
edit: wait is this the official new theme song? Or the song in the preview video? Because if its the link below then thats pretty good.
LISTEN TO THIS
Scrooge and Donald are pretty good I think, and the show visually looks great.
The theme song singer sounds like she doesn't give a damn. But I have kind of a pet peeve for when they try to modernize/coolify old music and themes. But that's a small gripe I admit.
edit: wait is this the official new theme song? Or the song in the preview video? Because if its the link below then thats pretty good.
LISTEN TO THIS
He always has been one in the comics. Not the smartest, but still.
Yep. And the best part about those upcoming shows is that the later is being from the creative team behind 'Kim Possible', one of the better shows from Disney Channels early 2000's.
Tangled is opening it's series with a hour-long special airing in March. It looks decent enough and I'm looking forward to seeing how that turns out. Maybe it will be another 'Lilo & Stitch the Series' for Disney quality wise I hope.
The one thing that is really similar between all those characters in the gif is the general facial shape with a bulging lower half. Seems to be a common look in animation for kid characters these days, contrasting with the more flat faces of 90s to 2000s shows.
You have an avatar of a One Piece female character, so I'll take your opinion on character design with a grain of salt.
SonicXtreme
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i'm too old for new voices. old ducktails holds up 100% in my opinion, glad i got the series on DVD
If anything they're not annoying enough.
SonicXtreme
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donald was VERY infrequently featured in the original cartoon. which made sense, he was letting the nephews live with scrooge while he served in the navy.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Voices sound kind of weird... I'll have to see more videos though. I like certain voices like the Scrooge one but it's weird hearing Scrooge being so overly calm, hope it's like a first episode thing of them getting dropped off and then it sounds more like normal scrooge.
It would kind of be hard for Alan Young to do it anyway, since he's dead.
The thing with an adaptation is to keep the spirit of something while making strides to do something new.
That this isn't exactly like the old DuckTales TV series in terms of animation or voices isn't a crime.
Just as the old DuckTales marginalizing Donald as a character and tweaking character personalities compared to the comics isn't a crime, either.
They're all different extensions of the same product, and I'd rather they make changes rather than just re-animate the old episodes. As with all adaptations, the existence of the new doesn't erase the old. You can still watch the 80s TV series and you can still go back and read all the Barks/Rosa comics.
That this isn't exactly like the old DuckTales TV series in terms of animation or voices isn't a crime.
Just as the old DuckTales marginalizing Donald as a character and tweaking character personalities compared to the comics isn't a crime, either.
They're all different extensions of the same product, and I'd rather they make changes rather than just re-animate the old episodes. As with all adaptations, the existence of the new doesn't erase the old. You can still watch the 80s TV series and you can still go back and read all the Barks/Rosa comics.
He was in the comics.
DrForester
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Tennant sound like he's hacking up a lung.
Oh I know that. They promised to give him more time in the spotlight when this reboot was first unveiled, but then around the time the Theme Song video sung by the main cast popped up, Donald was referred to in more guest-like terms. This trailer does point to him being more involved which is everything I hope for. Here's hoping they squeeze his personality for all it's worth, as much as the voice will allow it. He already gets some helluva dialogue/moments in the new Mickey Mouse cartoons.
half a moon
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Animation and voices are bad. :/
HP_Wuvcraft
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Holy crap.
Ducktales with actual backstory.
Ducktales with actual backstory.
Tizoc
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I thought so too, it will take some time to get used to his voice although I am sure I'll get settled into it eventually :3
Link1110
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I saw people walking on the coins in that preview. Calling it now, there's gonna be a joke about this in the episode.
Heh
Tizoc
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In the final chapter of Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Donald thinks Scrooge will die by jumping into his money in the bin, but he swims through it all normal like, which surprises Donald.
Swimming through money is something only Scrooge McDuck could do ;P
Professor Renegade
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Huey, Louie, and Dewey sound awful but otherwise the show looks solid.
DeviantBoi
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I don't get the criticism of the nephews sounding like grown men. They really don't.
I think they're fine and I'd rather have it this way then having grown women voicing young boys like they do in a lot of Japanese video games.
I think they're fine and I'd rather have it this way then having grown women voicing young boys like they do in a lot of Japanese video games.
Tizoc
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In the original cartoon, the nephews were voiced by Russi Taylor, a voice actress.
It isn't something that is exclusive to anime.
PaulBizkit
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Couldn't listen to the trailer because I'm at work. The animation looks very flat, i tell you that...
Honestly, this remake is already showing improvements over the original.
-Donald Duck actually seems to be in it. In the original show, he basically never showed up.
-The Nephews are better. They're more uniquely designed, have different voices and different personalities.
-Webbie doesn't seem to be the annoying obligatory female character anymore.
-Donald Duck actually seems to be in it. In the original show, he basically never showed up.
-The Nephews are better. They're more uniquely designed, have different voices and different personalities.
-Webbie doesn't seem to be the annoying obligatory female character anymore.
I mostly agree. But the nephews feel less like tweaks and more like completely different characters.
SigmasonicX
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I'm surprised this turned out to be a reboot. It looks good, though I agree the animation isn't as impressive as the old series could be at times. I hope for more comic stuff, especially with Donald sticking around.
People whining about the kids are so blinded by nostalgia. The fact that the old show had them all have the exact same voice, design, and less distinct personalities was sure as hell not something I actually wanted, but tolerated. I can't believe anyone would want that, it just seems like you guys like it because you grew up with it. It wasn't a good thing that the kids sounded like Donald, one should only tolerate that kind of voice from just one character, God.
Reminds me of this, LOL.
Anyway, all I had to say about that gif has already been said, and better than I ever could. Thank you, guys.
Or they just have a different opinion.
witchedwiz
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good if they retain the same quality of the original serie..
that was GOOD!
and boy, the movies..
Duck Tales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp is still today spectacular
that was GOOD!
and boy, the movies..
Duck Tales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp is still today spectacular
WordAssassin
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Thats not the new one that's the extended version of the original theme. Rescue Rangers has an extended theme too!
I agree with a lot of your points, I was thinking about this in the kitchen this morning as I got ready for work and I hate how lazy the singer sounds in this. The "woo-oo" part in particular sounds like she's saying it because she has to, not because she's excitedly singing the song.
I think if the animation was more fluid and emotive the voices would actually fit much better.
They're basing this off the comics so he'll be in it much more than the original series.
After rewatching it a couple more times I think the voice acting feeling off is specifically due to the stiff animation. When the nephews are yelling at Scrooge, they have extremely static faces. "You used to be a big deal!! What happened to you??" is a really funny line and it's read with a lot of emotion but his face is expressionless and his mouth is barely moving. Same with the sequence earlier in the car, the reads and the emotion behind them don't come through in the animation at all.
I wonder if this is an issue with the animation style itself, or if the board artists are to blame. The visual style is great and shouldn't be a problem emoting but it is super lacking when it's actually animated.
Pyrrhus
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Right, pretty unlikely.
Beer Monkey
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Don't you think they should sound like ducks?
iamverificationimage
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Not my Duck Tales!
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