tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post7664928377260021345..comments2024-02-25T03:15:48.893-05:00Comments on News and Views by Chris Barat: DUCKTALES RETROSPECTIVE: Episode 17, "Bermuda Triangle Tangle"Chris Barathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-86152446309579662552012-11-17T13:44:50.946-05:002012-11-17T13:44:50.946-05:00Well, Chris, you brought politics into this review...Well, Chris, you brought politics into this review, so I feel compelled to respond.<br /><br /><i>"[Bounty's] first principle is to provide security for 'his people' even if it means taking no risks, as a representative of the socialistic worldview."</i><br /><br />Considering that the banks and corporations plunged the world economy into crisis through what amounts to gambling with their customers' money, is avoiding risk really such a bad thing?Mark Lungohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470025194827675845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-47496388808844894232012-11-13T09:33:28.570-05:002012-11-13T09:33:28.570-05:00A check of Inducks reveals that Ridgeway also wrot...A check of Inducks reveals that Ridgeway also wrote the Genie story from the back of Gladstone's Ducktales 11. That's not a particularly memorable story, but the Genie in it does have a Captain-Bounty-like fondness for corny jokes. An authorial trademark of Ridgeway's?Dan Neyerhttp://www.thenostalgialeague.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-88365974760582071062012-11-12T17:56:45.915-05:002012-11-12T17:56:45.915-05:00"Notice how Bounty's provision of 'bo...<i>"Notice how Bounty's provision of 'bounty' to his underlings includes 'dividing [Scrooge's flagship's] supplies equally.'"</i><br /><br />In an updated version, Bounty would only have to provide free cell phones. ;)Ryan Wynnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00477919968924048814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-14870599801380103552012-11-12T13:30:15.011-05:002012-11-12T13:30:15.011-05:00Frankly, I think equating Bounty with "blue-s...Frankly, I think equating Bounty with "blue-staters" is doing the latter too much of a favor; the Captain at least has the best interests of the whole "citizenry" at heart and is quite capable and efficient, whereas our present rulers........Besides, Bounty looks more green-tinted than blue to me (probably from his extensive seaweed diet). <br /><br />About the episode itself, it was one I missed back during Ducktales' original run, and it was a pleasant surprise when I rediscovered it on DVD. The complex characterization of Bounty is really what makes the episode stand out, as Chris has observed in his review; it would have been so easy to make him either an out-and-out villain, a comically incompetent ignoramus, or even a jovial Santa Claus figure. Kudos to Ridgeway for avoiding all these cliched characterizations. The Nemo comparison is a good one, since Bounty is also an autocratic but statesmanlike figure, albeit lacking Nemo's murderous tendencies--unless the cannibalism theory is correct (I sure hope not!). <br /><br />I'm left wondering why Ridgeway's comics work was so relentlessly dull(this is the first time I learned the name of the man behind so many of those Disney Studios tales from Gladstone 1's run). Perhaps Ridgeway's scripts were weakened by being filtered through the Jaime Diaz studio mill? (the artwork certainly didn't help those stories; I can picture Fountain of Laughs being somewhat funnier with livelier Van Horn-style drawings). Dan Neyerhttp://www.thenostalgialeague.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-62518673821999230782012-11-12T12:53:38.419-05:002012-11-12T12:53:38.419-05:00Joe,
I didn't specify personalities, did I? ...Joe,<br /><br />I didn't specify personalities, did I? Though I must confess that the analogy popped into my head in the wake of the election. <br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-13832095599614741822012-11-12T12:19:46.067-05:002012-11-12T12:19:46.067-05:00So Scrooge = Mitt Romney and Bounty = Obama?
To t...So Scrooge = Mitt Romney and Bounty = Obama?<br /><br />To the point that Bounty even offers "Bounty-Care"?<br /><br />Oh, Chris... Really?Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com