tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post8505157701478264312..comments2024-02-25T03:15:48.893-05:00Comments on News and Views by Chris Barat: DUCKTALES RETROSPECTIVE, Episode 40: "Ducks of the West"... Plus... well, something considerably MORE fascinating!Chris Barathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-22392776652189191322013-06-26T10:56:14.573-04:002013-06-26T10:56:14.573-04:00Pan,
I think that the original German dub of DUCK...Pan,<br /><br />I think that the original German dub of DUCKTALES also had three different actors playing the three Nephews.<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-86153652842051209572013-06-26T05:03:56.517-04:002013-06-26T05:03:56.517-04:00Polish theme song is cool as well :
http://www.yo...Polish theme song is cool as well : <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBCIx30EnC4<br /><br />Interesting enough our HD&L had three diffrent voice actress.Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-70958997803646169472013-06-25T12:28:33.710-04:002013-06-25T12:28:33.710-04:00@Chris: Plunder and Lightning Part Two when Kit wa...@Chris: Plunder and Lightning Part Two when Kit was coming out of the rain from the bullets; and the pirates shot the rope and snapped it. The bullet whizzed right at Kit's head. That small spot was cut in syndication because I watched the DVD of that episode and the spot was not there.<br /><br />Of course Plunder and Lightning is the only episode(s) that I can 100% confirm had edits made for the second run syndication. Considering the number of post production producer credits in various TaleSpin episode; I wonder...Some have claimed that some animation was changed in other episodes and I do recall someone claim that one of Clementine's lines was change.Gregory Weaglenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-8863493404032467342013-06-25T11:09:32.130-04:002013-06-25T11:09:32.130-04:00Greg,
I may be misremembering something you repor...Greg,<br /><br />I may be misremembering something you reported in your rants. Was there ANY scene involving shots at Kit that was edited out for syndication? I could swear that you said that there was at least one.<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-32306993835852329862013-06-24T18:44:16.858-04:002013-06-24T18:44:16.858-04:00--- Those shots came almost as close to the heads ...--- Those shots came almost as close to the heads of the boys as some of the shots aimed at Kit Cloudkicker, which were cut by TD. ---<br /><br />Toon Disney didn't cut that out. The shot where the rope was shot and the bullet came close to Kit's head was cut for syndication.<br /><br />At least the nephews having the bullets shot from the back made more sense to cut then when they did the same thing to Kit in Flight School; only he was in the Thunderyak which for all of it's problems, still provided enough protection. Gregory Weaglenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-91421871835727683502013-06-24T18:38:49.389-04:002013-06-24T18:38:49.389-04:00@Chris: I was completely distracted by the fact th...@Chris: I was completely distracted by the fact that the end arcs to Final Fantasy 4: The After Years were released on VC, so I wasn't so in tune to the episode. Hindsight 20/20; this episode was overrated. Now I think J.R.'s twist face turn was done for the sake of it and some of the Scrooge/JR stuff doesn't make sense, but for me at least; it wasn't really offensive. There are a select handful of episodes worse than this (*cough*Luck'Of'The Ducks*cough*). I probably would downgrade it to a ** episode and a thumbs down.<br /><br />@Joe: Heh, wonder what the creator of the Jungle Book would think after seeing TaleSpin? Bark's only got one slap in the face from this episode compared to the 65 episodes + comics that TaleSpin did to Kipling. <br /><br />With that said; I did get off one of the best "rejected Rhinokey jokes ever" from this episode: <br /><br />"...he thinks the white buffalo is no longer on the roam. So the nephews and the Scooby Doo horse can play... Minus the rabbit of course."<br /><br />At least Richard give me easy material to work with here unlike some writers did with other Ducktales episodes I know.Gregory Weaglenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-32932562406907803562013-06-23T12:05:08.076-04:002013-06-23T12:05:08.076-04:00Pan,
Well, you can't really fault Merwin for ...Pan,<br /><br />Well, you can't really fault Merwin for not anticipating stories that did not yet exist. He SHOULD, however, have realized that it was entirely possible for Scrooge to have picked up Western skills at SOME point during his pre-Duckburg adventures... and, even more to the point, that Scrooge behaved completely out of character during the last half of this episode, regardless of what details of Scrooge's life Merwin was or was not aware of.<br /><br />Chris Chris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-84198861963635327562013-06-23T12:01:42.572-04:002013-06-23T12:01:42.572-04:00Joe,
Not that I want to make you feel WORSE about...Joe,<br /><br />Not that I want to make you feel WORSE about this episode, but... had the ep been produced eight or nine years later, there would have existed a perfect framework for a "dude ranch mystery" story: Pat Block and Ron Fernandez' "Mystery of Widow's Gap"!! That would have made TWO great Duck stories that could have been substituted for this punk plot!<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-74137015782563437212013-06-23T11:58:26.569-04:002013-06-23T11:58:26.569-04:00Anon,
"I wonder if, in your opinion, the epi...Anon,<br /><br />"I wonder if, in your opinion, the episode could have been salvaged if:<br /><br />(1) Rather than Scrooge saying he'd go out of business without the oil, he'd lose billions as he relied on his own cheap (below-market price, at cost) oil to keep down his costs and undercut his competition (i.e. Glomgold)."<br /><br />I could have accepted this. It would have avoided the whole "But doesn't Scrooge have any OTHER non-oil-based holdings?" issue.<br /><br />"(2) Rather than bet everything in a cowboy contest, bet a ridiculously large amount of money (i.e. $100 billion). J.R. could say something like "I'll bet you my oil land against say - well, with oil drying up everywhere, I'd say it'll be worth no less than - well, 100 billion of your dollars. This would give, at least, the opportunity for the episode to continue without Scrooge having gambled away his entire fortune (or anything near it)."<br /><br />It's still hard for me to imagine the Scrooge of DUCKTALES (as opposed to the younger Scrooge of one of the chapters of LIFE OF SCROOGE) making such a deal AND giving power to J.R. to decide what the details of the contest would be. Scrooge has ALREADY seen J.R. try to chisel him out of half of his fortune in exchange for some of J.R.'s oil land; why would he suddenly be so trusting of J.R. to run a contest on the square?<br /><br />As I said in the review, I'd actually have preferred that Merwin double down on the SCOOBY-DOO mystery angle here and jettison the whole contest angle.<br /><br />Chris<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />Chris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-27127482599658365232013-06-23T08:09:02.376-04:002013-06-23T08:09:02.376-04:00I'm enjoying your retrospective, even as a ver...I'm enjoying your retrospective, even as a very young kid I was left bewildered how Scrooge could get his oil back from Jesse Jones having already lost it in a bet to J.R.<br /><br />I wonder if, in your opinion, the episode could have been salvaged if:<br /><br />(1) Rather than Scrooge saying he'd go out of business without the oil, he'd lose billions as he relied on his own cheap (below-market price, at cost) oil to keep down his costs and undercut his competition (i.e. Glomgold). <br /><br />(2) Rather than bet everything in a cowboy contest, bet a ridiculously large amount of money (i.e. $100 billion). J>R. could say something like "I'll bet you my oil land against say - well, with oil drying up everywhere, I'd say it'll be worth no less than - well, 100 billion of your dollars.<br />This would give, at least, the opportunity for the episode to continue without Scrooge having gambled away his entire fortune (or anything near it).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-68780562650388325922013-06-23T03:28:02.673-04:002013-06-23T03:28:02.673-04:00Far from my favorite episode. I recall my cousin (...Far from my favorite episode. I recall my cousin (who is big fan of Don Rosa's "Life and times'...) whach this episode not knowig it was made BEAFORE the comic book and was confuse why Scrooge dosen't know how to be a cowboy...<br /><br /><br />BTW -> I find the upcoming one super creepy :) Hope to see a great review on that one :)Pan Miluśhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364446151493198587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-75646315737414847062013-06-22T23:34:33.225-04:002013-06-22T23:34:33.225-04:00There is NOTHING good that can be said about this ...There is NOTHING good that can be said about this episode! <br /><br />It is an insult to everyone watching who was over the age of 5 – and the worst insult to Carl Barks in the vast history of “Slap-in-the-Face-to-Creator” insults! <br /><br />It is my sincerest wish that Mr. Barks lived the final 13 years of his life without ever seeing the atrocity that was committed upon one of the all-time greatest original comic-book creations – his own Uncle Scrooge McDuck!<br /><br />Um, anybody unclear as to my feelings?Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com