tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post45440044429419873..comments2024-02-25T03:15:48.893-05:00Comments on News and Views by Chris Barat: DUCKTALES RETROSPECTIVE: Episode 4, "Micro Ducks from Outer Space"Chris Barathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-9626008470865281382012-08-15T14:40:44.350-04:002012-08-15T14:40:44.350-04:00Now, the answer to why it was never revealed (in c...Now, the answer to why it was never revealed (in case you're wondering)...it was too expensive! Scrooge did away with it. Having a mansion, a limo and a butler was costly enough, but an orbital sphere powered by a star in space - better off just using the name to sell vacuum cleaners instead. ;)Comicbookrehabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363501054869978524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-78730230165530272182012-08-15T09:59:38.464-04:002012-08-15T09:59:38.464-04:00Or how about this: the Mansion is actually a Dyson...Or how about this: the Mansion is actually a Dyson Sphere, with the money bin inside it, so...yes, that office is in the bin, but he is also in the mansion at the same time...just one of those great untold stories that they never got around to clearing up. :) Comicbookrehabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363501054869978524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-16968266394680825592012-08-13T21:28:18.969-04:002012-08-13T21:28:18.969-04:00Ryan,
Yes, Scrooge usually doesn't practice t...Ryan,<br /><br />Yes, Scrooge usually doesn't practice that level of redundancy... at least, not in the TV series, where we only really saw one example of balls-out use of Scrooge's pre-Gizmoduck, quasi-Barksian security system.<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-34367710102594239202012-08-09T03:23:26.582-04:002012-08-09T03:23:26.582-04:00Chris quoted Greg as writing, "as we head to ...Chris quoted Greg as writing, <i>"as we head to Scrooge's second office (I've accepted that he has another vault and office inside his mansion now; so it's no longer a logic break, just mere overkill on Scrooge's part.)"</i><br /><br />The <b>real</b> overkill is that this "second office" is <b>identical</b> to the one in the bin ... as is (at least...) the <i>exterior</i> of the vault!<br /><br />At whatever point during the several years following the series' original season's premiere run that, while watching a rerun of this episode, I first noticed this discrepancy ... it <b><i>really annoyed</i></b> me! <br /><br />... thus, when <i>The DuckTales Index</i> cited an article as having noted that "Micro Ducks" was one of the earliest episodes to have been produced ... well, <i>that</i> explained a <b><i>lot!</i></b><br /><br />... to the point where, finally, I can forgive it ... <b><i>KIND OF</i></b> ... <br /><br />;)<br /><br />-- Ryan<br /><br />(... yes, out of anything, THAT may actually stand the test of time as what truly to me defines this episode! I'd argue that it's testimony to what a mediocre adaptation it is of Barks' original ... but I know well that it all it really demonstrates is what a geek I am ...) :D ;)Ryan Wynnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00477919968924048814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-77796939528171322412012-08-03T19:42:30.266-04:002012-08-03T19:42:30.266-04:00CBR,
"Gyro's Brainstorming Barn" ap...CBR,<br /><br />"Gyro's Brainstorming Barn" appeared as the title of a feature in the old DUCKTALES ACTIVITY MAGAZINE. But I think that the series itself only used the descriptor twice.<br /><br />I can imagine Space Duck looking like Lillyputt. The way that things were going in the series, with a turn towards lighter, more sitcommish plots, Space Duck would probably have been a far goofier character than, say, the Micro-Ducks. That's not to say that I wouldn't have preferred to see the Micros again!<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-19158833219970818082012-08-03T10:17:32.508-04:002012-08-03T10:17:32.508-04:00I recall in some places it was "Gyro's Br...I recall in some places it was "Gyro's Brainstormin' Barn". <br /><br />It would have been nice to see what Tad's Space Duck looked like - that's assuming the sketch he used in his presentation (if there was one at all) exists. I keep imagining this image of Liliputt (from Darkwing Duck)recycled (because eventually, every idea gets used) or O.K. Quack.Comicbookrehabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363501054869978524noreply@blogger.com