tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post4554166238337795903..comments2024-02-25T03:15:48.893-05:00Comments on News and Views by Chris Barat: POST-DUCKTALES RETROSPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE: Sometimes It's Better to be Lucky...Chris Barathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-79168658575316891642015-01-03T13:20:54.595-05:002015-01-03T13:20:54.595-05:00Ryan,
It definitely sounds as though this feature...Ryan,<br /><br />It definitely sounds as though this featurette corresponds to what you saw that night. For my part, I watched the "Golden Suns" movie debut TWICE that weekend and don't recall seeing it.<br /><br />I wouldn't be at all surprised if a longer version of this -- or several entirely different versions, focusing on other characters -- were produced. The trick now is to seek them out.<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-36673823715784966562014-12-31T20:49:57.614-05:002014-12-31T20:49:57.614-05:00Chris,
Wow, you've struck gold!
As I've...Chris,<br /><br />Wow, you've struck gold! <br /><br />As I've oft-told, I remember that on that September 1987 Sunday night when a local station premiered "Treasure of the Golden Suns", the <i>DuckTales</i> "making of" special came on immediately afterwards. I stayed in the room for its first couple minutes, but whatever time it actually was, it was deemed past a five-year-old's bedtime, and so off I was sent.<br /><br />The thing was, I always remembered that within those couple minutes, it took a quick turn to a showcase and introduction of Launchpad. Might this then be exactly what I saw that night?<br /><br />I'd always assumed that I had missed an entire 30- or 60-minute special, but how would I actually know? I hadn't even learned to tell time yet! Perhaps this four-and-half-minute promo is actually the <b>entirety</b> of the (fabled to some, distantly remembered by me) "making of" special? <br /><br />"Weekdays at 4:30" (just as it was!) appearing superimposed a the bottom of the screen midway through indicates that this was aired on at least one station carrying the series, and not on The Disney Channel or something. "My" station -- and others -- could have been using it to pad out the bottom of "Treasure of the Golden Suns"' second hour. But for all I know, it and other stations could have aired it multiple times, at different junctures in the schedule.<br /><br />One point of contention is that I've always remembered seeing Launchpad's biplane bouncing from rail car top to rail car top at the beginning of "Armstrong" in this segment. However, I <b>could</b> have mixed things up over time. We may well never know.<br /><br />-- RyanRyan Wynnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00477919968924048814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-80992721085891261662014-12-28T00:37:38.730-05:002014-12-28T00:37:38.730-05:00That was amazing! Thanks for sharing!
(More! More...That was amazing! Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />(More! More! I want to see more!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12152231703989809971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-21856758751365884822014-12-27T22:55:30.180-05:002014-12-27T22:55:30.180-05:00I don't think Launchpad became as famous as To...I don't think Launchpad became as famous as Tom Cruise, Robert Redford and Godzilla, but this promotional piece (which feels like part of a press kit created to create interest in the program to sell it to syndicated television markets rather than Disney Channel viewers), but it does a nice job of introducing the series without sounding patronizing. Comicbookrehabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363501054869978524noreply@blogger.com