As mentioned in the last post's Comments Section, I am finally in possession of the complete series of DuckTales 2017 on DVD, thanks to my favorite "private label physical media dealer".
And, as I've done many times in the past when discussing such purchases, I once again emphasize that, if the Vast Many-Tentacled Media Giant Conglomerate that owns, or presently holds the copyright to, the property in question would release AUTHORIZED COMPLETE SERIES SETS of said intellectual property (or properties), on DVD, Blu-ray, or dare-I-dream 4K, I would be first on line (or online, as the case may be) to purchase it! ... But, since you don't and, apparently have no intention to do so... well, here we are!
Still slowly wending my way through this long-coveted collection as if it were "The Spear of Selene" itself, I've since battled in "The Shadow War!", played "The Most Dangerous Game... Night!", and am next primed to see what an animated version of Fethry Duck is like!
SO, NO SPOILERS ON ANYTHING PAST FETHRY... OKAY?!
Also, in the previous post and its comments, I've discussed the many differences between the 2017 series, its 1987 predecessor, and the comics by Carl Barks and those who followed in his wake...
...Which brings us to the BACK COVER of the "10-DVD set" that I hope to complete before our country's next civil war... but that's another story - and an off-limits topic at this friendly and humble Blog!
If you can't read all the descriptive text touting the series, fear not... I shall parse it out for you - and verify the veracity of each hyperbole-an paragraph as we go! ...Hyperbole-an? Ahh, let's dive in!
"Scrooge McDuck is back in this reboot of the late-'80s animated series. He gains guardianship of grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie when Donald Duck reluctantly takes them to McDuck Manor, the wonder of which enthralls the mischievous triplets."
CHECK!
"While living with their trillionaire relative, the boys learn long-held family secrets and unleash symbolic artifacts from Scrooge's past."
CHECK! Except Scrooge as a "trillionaire" seems a bit of a comedown from Barks' proud and boastful self-made "fantasticatillionaire"! ...Scrooge wouldn't be..., uh, um... "undervaluing his assets" to avoid taxes, would he? Naww... that's someone else! (Of course, I mean GLOMGOLD here, no references to any actual person living or dead is intended - as those disclaimers used to say!)
"The threesome's antics send the family on a number of adventures, which include Webby Vanderquack, the granddaughter of Scrooge's housekeeper, Mrs. Beakley."
CHECK-A-ROONEY! Three-for-three, so far!
...And finally...
"The show's animation style is inspired by the classic comic designs of animator Carl Barks."
WAIT... WHAT, NOW?
"The show's animation style is inspired by the classic comic designs of animator Carl Barks."
AH-OOO-GAH! TILT! REJECT! YOU ARE FIBBING, FIBBING, FIBBING!
(...Or as our title says, "One DuckBridge too far!")
"The show's animation style is inspired by the classic comic designs of animator Carl Barks."
TIME FOR SOME SERIOUS FACT-CHECKING HERE!
"The show's animation style is inspired by the classic comic designs of animator Carl Barks."
True, Carl Barks *was* a Disney "animator", who worked on Donald Duck theatrical shorts...
...But that was ancient history! Then again, DuckTales is all about... "rewriii-ting hist-treee", isn't it?
However, the Carl Barks we all know and love became an all-time historic figure by working in the field of COMIC BOOKS!
Indeed it was THOSE VERY COMIC BOOKS created by Carl Barks that formed the basis for anything bearing the name "DuckTales" - 1987, 2017, and anything in-between or after!
And, in those fabled comic books, Carl Barks drew his cast of game-changing characters LIKE THIS...
He never drew ANYTHING that looked like THIS...
Aww, but when ya enter the crazy, mixed-up (but now needed more than ever) world of "private labels", ya gotta expect occasional missteps... as long as the discs themselves are of high quality - and these are!
...Just like the many wonderful works of Carl Barks himself!
