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The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, OmeganautRegistered User, ClubPA regular
Woo-oo!

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Here's the new cast singing the theme song!

https://youtu.be/zZek9PFMYOw



And here's a trailer!




I am feeling pretty excited for this.

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  • masterofmetroidmasterofmetroid Have you ever looked at a world and seen it as a kind of challenge?Registered User regular
    Oh man if they bring in more of "Secret badass who vowed never to lack for anything after gowing up poor" comics Scrooge i'm going to be so into this

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    I am still very psyched for David Tennant as Scrooge.

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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    I liked the original, I liked Quack Pack, and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna love this.

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    I remember watching the original as a kid. At the time, I liked it for what it was on the surface; a fun cartoon with adventures.

    I've since learned about the comic adaptions, and especially The Life And Times of Scrooge McDuck. If any of that works its way into this new show, it's gonna be amazing.

    Also, I am enjoying seeing the triplets having some distinctness about them.

  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    So the question I want answered most is

    are Donald and Scrooge brothers

    or is Scrooge Donald's uncle, and therefore actually GRANDuncle to the triplets?

    I would assume the latter on account of the last name difference

    but like

    this keeps me awake at night.

  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited March 2017
    sarukun wrote: »
    So the question I want answered most is

    are Donald and Scrooge brothers

    or is Scrooge Donald's uncle, and therefore actually GRANDuncle to the triplets?

    I would assume the latter on account of the last name difference

    but like

    this keeps me awake at night.

    donald-duck-family-i2.jpg

    (Della is the Triplets' mother)

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  • PwnanObrienPwnanObrien He's right, life sucks. Registered User regular
    As good as this looks in every other aspect BOY does it ever fall into the trap of modern animation that is hiring a bunch of famous people to do their own natural speaking voice. Aside from David Tennant who is legally required to do a Scottish accent for Scrooge Kate Micucci is about the only cast member whose voice sounds distinct at all.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    You know Tennant's natural accent is Scottish, right?

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  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    edited March 2017
    I don't understand how that family tree is structured at all.

    Edit: Oh, it's upside down.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    RT800 wrote: »
    I don't understand how that family tree is structured at all.

    Roots grow up and branch out, when they intertwine with someone that represents marriage or at least a coupling.

    So Scrooge's sister, Hortense, married Quackmore Duck and together they had Donald and Della. Della and ??? had the triplets.

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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    it never occurred to me until now that it's kind of weird that every time I've seen a "family tree" it's had the roots at the top and branches spreading downwards

    the upside down approach makes sense from a historical/timeline perspective, people that came first listed first and then advancing downward, but from a tree metaphor perspective that McDuck/Duck family tree makes more sense

  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    Donald's dad's name is Quackmore?

    Worst name.

  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    Donald's dad's name is Quackmore?

    Worst name.

    Famous hip hop artist Quacklemore.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Why doesn't Donald's dad and uncle share the same name?

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2017
    Blake T wrote: »
    Why doesn't Donald's dad and uncle share the same name?

    Goostave isn't his uncle.
    EDIT: Rather, he isn't a blood relative. Goostave married into the Duck family tree.

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    Yeah, he's Donald's dad's sister's husband.

  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck may be the best comic series ever

    I wish I could find a copy for less than $texas

  • TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    I'm hyped for this new DuckTales (woo-oo!).

    The triplets' setup-setup-punchline formula looks promising.

  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    at first I was like

    David Tennant?! thats gonna be awesome

    and then I watched the trailer and was like.. oh.. hes just doing his own voice. All I can hear is David Tennant.

  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck may be the best comic series ever

    I wish I could find a copy for less than $texas

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    If I ever happen to have another baby I'm naming it Quackmore

  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Kochikens wrote: »
    at first I was like

    David Tennant?! thats gonna be awesome

    and then I watched the trailer and was like.. oh.. hes just doing his own voice. All I can hear is David Tennant.

    Yeah I'm having that problem from the trailer too but I imagine it will fade after an episode or two.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    So Huey, Dewey, and Louie should be calling him Grunkle Scrooge

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  • DoctorArchDoctorArch Curmudgeon Registered User regular
    The Geek wrote: »
    So Huey, Dewey, and Louie should be calling him Grunkle Scrooge

    I see it happening at least once.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    It's gonna take me time to get used to the kids not doing a weird "Duck accent" and having just normal voices like everyone else

    But it's probably a change for the better and my brain will just have to settle into it

  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    the original nephew voices are baaaaad, they have not aged well

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    I get what they were going for, trying to evoke Donald Duck's voice while still being intelligible

    But yeah, it ain't great

  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    The Geek wrote: »
    So Huey, Dewey, and Louie should be calling him Grunkle Scrooge

    I prefer "dunkle"

    duckle?

  • TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    DoctorArch wrote: »
    The Geek wrote: »
    So Huey, Dewey, and Louie should be calling him Grunkle Scrooge

    I see it happening at least once.

    Am I nuts or do I remember there actually being some connective tissue between the new Ducktales and Gravity Falls somewhere?

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    I would lose my shit if Bill showed up.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Now I want to see Bill start popping into other Disney shows, too. He'd be great on Star vs. FOE

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  • MuzzmuzzMuzzmuzz Registered User regular
    One of my favourite episodes of the Original Duck Tales was an episode that the triplets use a machine the inventor had created to multiply their allowance money so they had tonnes of money. Unfortunately, the massive supply of money caused rampant inflation, on par with Zimbabwe. Which was shown with a montage of random people buying things at insane prices. The gag was at the end, where a dentist told a patient that his bill was thousands of dollars, and the patient looked straight at the audience and sadly said "Some things still don't change"....


    What I'm getting at, my parents were perplexed on how their six year old knew about the basics of inflation. And I don't think I'm the only one, a few history podcasts have used that same episode to explain why various countries were having horrible times with their money.

  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    Scrooge told them about inflation back 50 years ago, too.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAFSrKqIKdc&list=_

  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    Every single time I see the thread title the theme gets stuck in my head. Every. Single. Time.

  • CharmyCharmy Registered User regular
    TankHammer wrote: »
    DoctorArch wrote: »
    The Geek wrote: »
    So Huey, Dewey, and Louie should be calling him Grunkle Scrooge

    I see it happening at least once.

    Am I nuts or do I remember there actually being some connective tissue between the new Ducktales and Gravity Falls somewhere?

    I know some of the storyboard artists and staff migrated to Ducktales after Gravity Falls ended, but I don't think there's any direct connection beyond that.

    I have a twitter.
  • IvarIvar Oslo, NorwayRegistered User regular
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    Every single time I see the thread title the theme gets stuck in my head. Every. Single. Time.

    You say that like it's a bad thing

  • Muddy WaterMuddy Water Quiet Batperson Registered User regular
    For those that wanna read The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Fantagraphics have been publishing all of Don Rosa's duck comics in chronological order and put out the Life and Times volumes last year.

  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    I tried googling for a printed version and the cheapest was £100 on eBay. :C

  • Muddy WaterMuddy Water Quiet Batperson Registered User regular
    I'm talking about these two volumes -

    http://www.fantagraphics.com/rosa4/, and

    http://www.fantagraphics.com/richestduck/

    Together, they cover the original 12 issues of Life and Times as well as a prequel story. Both are in print according to the site and cost $30 each.

    Also included is "Guardians of the Lost Library". Not a favourite of mine but is considered by many to be Rosa's best standalone duck story, which is saying a lot.

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    For those that wanna read The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Fantagraphics have been publishing all of Don Rosa's duck comics in chronological order and put out the Life and Times volumes last year.

    I have been wanting to read those comics ever since I heard the story about Scrooge being tied to a steamboat's smokestacks and being mocked, right up until his captors find a letter from home saying that his mother died. And mock him for it.

    And then Scrooge rips the Steamboat apart with his bare hands.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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