DuckTales

The new and modern adventures of Donald's nephews and Uncle Scrooge.

I enjoyed the original series but rarely got to watch it. I finally took the time to watch the new series and was thoroughly impressed! The animation, story beats, and comedy are all great! The first season is generally more episodic while the latter seasons become more serialized. The earlier seasons are stronger in terms of character development, but the latter seasons are stronger in terms of villain and story development. The show is witty, fun, and simply by good time had by all. It's sad that it only lasted three seasons, but it does seem they took these characters as far as they could go.

I went into yesterday waiting for the DuckTales reboot skeptical. Many times when something is relaunched, it's not nearly as good as expected. However, I must say that the new DuckTales is quite good, perhaps, dare I say, even better than the original. There are some things I like better off the bat. The animation is much higher quality now than it was in the 80s. It's fluid, it's clean and it has a comic book feel to it that gives a nice nod to Carl Barks and his original creation. Also, I like that Huey, Dewey and Louie are given actual individual personalities. In the original, they were pretty much interchangeable. This one, each has a unique appearance and demeanor. Webby is also much better in this one. The writing is strong. A great mix of humor, adventure and character development. Having Donald Duck as a main character is great and adds new dimensions to the show. The only thing early on that really bugged me was the new voice of Scrooge. I know that Alan Young has passed away, but it's going to take some time to get used to this new voice. In defense, I do like the characterization of Scrooge, so once I get used to the voice, it shouldn't be bad either. The other voice actors are great. You can tell they hired some big names to help with this show. This reboot is high quality and has a ton of potential. I look forward to seeing how it unfolds once it goes on the regular schedule. Bravo Disney!

I've seen some reviews ranting about how this show isn't faithful to the original and too much has changed in the reboot. I however strongly disagree. The reboot is very faithful to the original, without repeating the exact same formula as the original had. All of the characters, including the triplets and Webby, now have their own personality.

Webby is no longer the stereotypical "girly" fourth triplet. She's spontaneous, creative and a quick thinker as well as a quick talker (even more so in stressful situations).

Huey seems to be the only one who's still in the Junior Woodchucks. He's the oldest, more organized triplet. He's not as spontaneous as his siblings are. But make no mistake: he's still mischievous. He seems to be cool with getting dragged into dangerous situations together with his two younger brothers, never showing any signs of being really scared. He's level headed. But can get overly excited about small things such as activities on field trips.

Dewey is the middle child. He's extremely spontaneous even more so than Webby and his two brothers. He's not afraid of putting his own life in danger. He seems to enjoy taking risks that put him in deadly situations.

Louie is the youngest triplet. He's by far the most laid back triplet. He likes to slack off. A lot. He is, however, ready to act whenever the need arises. He has talked to Webby more his brothers thus far.

Scrooge McDuck is believed to be the uncle of Donald Duck but the triplets have always called him uncle Scrooge. He's the richest duck in the world. He has a bit of an Indiana Jones vibe about him. He is famous in the world as an adventurer and loves to get himself into trouble (unlike the Scrooge in the old series). Despite his old age he's surprisingly agile and can take quite the beating and still fight back without any problem.

Donald Duck is the Uncle and the caretaker of the triplets. Unlike the original show, Donald will have an important role in the reboot. He was Scrooge's sidekick once but they parted ways after an incident of some kind.

I like the new voice actors surprisingly much. Some say the triplets sound a bit too old but I think it works. The writing is simply brilliant! Witty, mysterious and adventurous!

Seriously give the show a chance even if you never watched the original series. It's a reboot done right.

Even though I've only seen 10 episodes of the original series, I really enjoyed watching them. So when watching this reboot I did have high expectations unlike everyone else, and I was also afraid that it might suck badly because most reboots in recent years have been borderline trash. This reboot is not trash, not even close. It stays faithful to the original series, has great writing, and the jokes constantly hit. I've seen a few people complain about the art style and honestly, it's actually really good and fits well with the new comic book style the series is taking. The voice acting is better than the original (although Alan Young as Scrooge in the original is still brilliant) and I love David Tennant as Scrooge. He fits the character so well and does such a great job. Even though we only have two episodes so far, they are two episodes that I adored and I'm pretty sure fans of the original series will love this just as much, if not more than the original. The animation is gorgeous as well. It isn't choppy and is actually really fluid and the original Pac-Man shaped black eyes for the pupils are a very nice touch. Overall, this is a great reboot and you should watch it right now. Great job all around, can't wait for new episodes!

What I saw: Debut episode

Personal history of series: Didn't grow up with the original series, but did grow up with the movie. The original series has been on my "to watch" list for a very long time. The theme song has been a permanent resident on my ipod for a decade.

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Having never seen the original Ducktales series, I went into the first two episodes with an almost blank slate. I do really enjoy the 1990 movie, and something like that was what I was hoping for with this new series.

So far it is very, very promising. They've given Webby a personality outside of "a girl", they have defined the triplets a little more as opposed to them essentially being one character, and I think they've done very well with the voice actors as none of them felt out of place or stale.

A good bunch of the jokes landed, especially anything with Launchpad, I got some giggles out of it, so I'm satisfied on that front. Their first adventure was good, I'm just interested in how they're going to continue worldbuilding this as clearly magic continues to be canon.

The most interesting aspect that stuck out to me the most, however, was the family drama and relationships between the Duck family, in particular the mystery behind what happened to the triplets' mother, and what she was like.

The animation? Of course I'm a little put out that it is flash animation and not looking anywhere as nice as Gravity Falls or Star vs the Forces of Evil, but it's a high quality flash animation and I don't think it impairs the overall quality of the show too much.

The people behind this new series clearly like the franchise and want to do a good job. I've given it a 7/10 so far, but it is looking very likely that the score will shuffle up higher and higher. It is very well done and I look forward to more!