Lots of information given to the viewer in just 7 episodes, but mysteries still abound.
I love that alternate universe Shiro is Sven.
Lotor's crew is pretty cool. I like the silent, blind Galra lizard hybrid the best.
I wonder what the long term plan with Shiro is. He's back, but the Black Lion has chosen Keith now and won't work for Shiro.
Haggar/Minerva seems like the key to everything. She was getting unhinged before the dark lifeforms corrupted her.
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I got a huge kick out of the fact that Lotor is a pretty-boy type that seems nice but is still a dangerous asshole and whose lieutenants appear to be an all-female group.
Still a bad guy, but a completely different and enjoyable flavor from his father's "I REQUIRE MORE POWWWWEEEEERRRR!" ruling style. Seems way more into what he's doing, instead of having a bunch of Voltron tunnel-vision.
I got a huge kick out of the fact that Lotor is a pretty-boy type that seems nice but is still a dangerous asshole and whose lieutenants appear to be an all-female group.
Still a bad guy, but a completely different and enjoyable flavor from his father's "I REQUIRE MORE POWWWWEEEEERRRR!" ruling style. Seems way more into what he's doing, instead of having a bunch of Voltron tunnel-vision.
Yeah....
Lotor seems to have an underlying philosophy behind what he does, which makes him interesting. He (and/or his crew) seem like Grade A antihero material in the mold of Zuko.
I like that as the rebellion slowly builds, there's added political pressure on the heroes. It's not enough to simply kick monsters' asses any more.
OKKO seems pretty cool so far. There's a manic style to the animation that doesn't quite leech over into the actual writing, so you get a lot of visual craziness but some more grounded characters and stories.
Even the biggest Simpsons fans might not be familiar with Mimi Pond’s name, despite the fact that she wrote the very first full-length episode of the show. Being a huge, lifelong fan, I was surprised I didn’t know of her. And then I read the story of what followed her writing that episode, and I very much wasn’t....
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So why isn’t her name more well known as a Simpsons writer? Because the world is unfair and everything is garbage.
“I was never invited to be on staff, and I never knew why for the longest time,” she says. “No one ever called me or explained to me or apologized or anything. And it wasn’t until years later that I found out that Sam Simon, who was the showrunner, didn’t want any women around because he was going through a divorce. It had remained a boys’ club for a good long time. I feel like I was just as qualified as anyone else who came along and got hired on the show, and it was just because I was a woman that I was, you know, not allowed entry into that club. I always wind up being the turd in the punch bowl because the show is so beloved and everything, and I’m sorry to burst bubbles but [laughs]. It wasn’t a pleasant experience for me.”
So let’s make sure we’re clear. Pond showed initiative and accepted this offer to write a television episode. She was on time with her work when everyone else was behind schedule. She wrote an episode (filtered through a writers’ room, but still, this was her initial product) that hooked audiences and launched one of the most popular shows of all time.
But she was ignored because her boss was having problems with one woman, a totally different woman, and let that bleed into his work life enough to exclude all women from the writing staff. Through absolutely no fault of her own, and only because of the personal issues one man was going through, she was denied the opportunity to pursue an entire career.
What really makes this story feel so familiar is how quietly it happened. I’d never heard this story told. No one told Pond what happened. For women who experience workplace discrimination, rarely is there an open conversation about why a woman is being discriminated against.
Even the biggest Simpsons fans might not be familiar with Mimi Pond’s name, despite the fact that she wrote the very first full-length episode of the show. Being a huge, lifelong fan, I was surprised I didn’t know of her. And then I read the story of what followed her writing that episode, and I very much wasn’t....
***
So why isn’t her name more well known as a Simpsons writer? Because the world is unfair and everything is garbage.
“I was never invited to be on staff, and I never knew why for the longest time,” she says. “No one ever called me or explained to me or apologized or anything. And it wasn’t until years later that I found out that Sam Simon, who was the showrunner, didn’t want any women around because he was going through a divorce. It had remained a boys’ club for a good long time. I feel like I was just as qualified as anyone else who came along and got hired on the show, and it was just because I was a woman that I was, you know, not allowed entry into that club. I always wind up being the turd in the punch bowl because the show is so beloved and everything, and I’m sorry to burst bubbles but [laughs]. It wasn’t a pleasant experience for me.”
So let’s make sure we’re clear. Pond showed initiative and accepted this offer to write a television episode. She was on time with her work when everyone else was behind schedule. She wrote an episode (filtered through a writers’ room, but still, this was her initial product) that hooked audiences and launched one of the most popular shows of all time.
But she was ignored because her boss was having problems with one woman, a totally different woman, and let that bleed into his work life enough to exclude all women from the writing staff. Through absolutely no fault of her own, and only because of the personal issues one man was going through, she was denied the opportunity to pursue an entire career.
What really makes this story feel so familiar is how quietly it happened. I’d never heard this story told. No one told Pond what happened. For women who experience workplace discrimination, rarely is there an open conversation about why a woman is being discriminated against.
Beakley embedding a pen in the wall was not something I was expecting. She's definitely not someone to fuck with.
Ending spoiler:
It's being made pretty clear that the event that split up Donald and Scrooge involves Donald's sister/the boys' mother. It's also why Donald is their guardian (and it's clear he's basically been their sole parent for most of their lives.)
Please god let this get us a new Darkwing Duck. Please duck god in duck heaven.
I've heard that Darkwing will be appearing in some way or another in this series, but it will not be a big role, as they don't want him...
A. Taking over the show/episode
B. Stealing Launchpad from the Duck family.
Well, Dras, let me tell you a story, our ancestor's in their great wisdom, managed to create many a wonder in their times. Miracles possibly, one of these miracles was something call the Television set. Search out one of these things.
I will not accept Darkwing Duck unless he's voiced by Jim Cummings.
But damn that was an amazing premiere.
The only voice in Ducktales that really threw me off at all (despite them all being drastically different) was Donald's. I know his schtick is that he's hard to understand, but it literally took me a few scenes with him in it before my ears adjusted to the point where I started understanding him.
I will not accept Darkwing Duck unless he's voiced by Jim Cummings.
But damn that was an amazing premiere.
The only voice in Ducktales that really threw me off at all (despite them all being drastically different) was Donald's. I know his schtick is that he's hard to understand, but it literally took me a few scenes with him in it before my ears adjusted to the point where I started understanding him.
Tony Anselmo has been Donald's voice for over 30 years so I'm not sure how it threw you off. Unless you're just not used to hearing him talk so much.
I guess since I play so much Kingdom Hearts it didn't bother me.
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I really liked the new DuckTales theme. They could have done some horrible horrible things to it. But it stayed very true to its original, while sounding modern.
Well, Dras, let me tell you a story, our ancestor's in their great wisdom, managed to create many a wonder in their times. Miracles possibly, one of these miracles was something call the Television set. Search out one of these things.
It might surprise you to know, Matthew, that there are benighted people who inhabit the frozen wasteland known as "outside the US", whose television channels rarely show new shows until perhaps six months later, if they even have access to the necessary exclusive channel in the first place .
(Seriously, Disney and Disney XD are premium channels around here, and even if I had them, which I do not, I would bet you ten bucks that the episode probably hasn't been dubbed yet and therefore is not showing).
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So has the upcoming new from Matt Groening been mentioned? Not much info about it, not even a trailer I can find but it's apparently going to be a Netflix Original. Frankly, I love the Simpsons and Futurama is probably one of my favorite series of all time, so I'm hopeful this will be good, and I'm always happy to see more animation targeted towards my demographic (not-children)
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Well, Dras, let me tell you a story, our ancestor's in their great wisdom, managed to create many a wonder in their times. Miracles possibly, one of these miracles was something call the Television set. Search out one of these things.
It might surprise you to know, Matthew, that there are benighted people who inhabit the frozen wasteland known as "outside the US", whose television channels rarely show new shows until perhaps six months later, if they even have access to the necessary exclusive channel in the first place .
(Seriously, Disney and Disney XD are premium channels around here, and even if I had them, which I do not, I would bet you ten bucks that the episode probably hasn't been dubbed yet and therefore is not showing).
Understood, just giving you a hard time I hope you managed to find a place to watch it.
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I haven't watched the whole vid yet but Fenton flat out says how much Scrooge is worth in an original DT episode.
I love that alternate universe Shiro is Sven.
Lotor's crew is pretty cool. I like the silent, blind Galra lizard hybrid the best.
I wonder what the long term plan with Shiro is. He's back, but the Black Lion has chosen Keith now and won't work for Shiro.
Haggar/Minerva seems like the key to everything. She was getting unhinged before the dark lifeforms corrupted her.
Still a bad guy, but a completely different and enjoyable flavor from his father's "I REQUIRE MORE POWWWWEEEEERRRR!" ruling style. Seems way more into what he's doing, instead of having a bunch of Voltron tunnel-vision.
Yeah....
I like that as the rebellion slowly builds, there's added political pressure on the heroes. It's not enough to simply kick monsters' asses any more.
Anyway I noticed CN has been re-airing the original Teen Titans show on weekday mornings.
Yep, that's exactly what it is.
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There's the Disney XD app. I can't remember if thy requires a cable sub or not. Not sure about the actual website.
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Ending spoiler:
I was so hyped for it that I thought there was no way it could live up to what I had built up in my head, but it did. It really really did!
Yeah this is a train wreck. Criminal waste of Pattin Oswalt too.
Also on Webby's conspiracy board is tons of easter eggs. Including a reference to F.O.W.L.
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The show creator leaked Darkwings new updated design at the Comicon Panel.
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I've heard that Darkwing will be appearing in some way or another in this series, but it will not be a big role, as they don't want him...
A. Taking over the show/episode
B. Stealing Launchpad from the Duck family.
But damn that was an amazing premiere.
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The only voice in Ducktales that really threw me off at all (despite them all being drastically different) was Donald's. I know his schtick is that he's hard to understand, but it literally took me a few scenes with him in it before my ears adjusted to the point where I started understanding him.
I can't take a different Darkwing Duck theme song. The Ducktales one nearly killed me.
Tony Anselmo has been Donald's voice for over 30 years so I'm not sure how it threw you off. Unless you're just not used to hearing him talk so much.
I guess since I play so much Kingdom Hearts it didn't bother me.
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This is a ridiculous overreaction. New DuckTales song is quite fine and good.
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It might surprise you to know, Matthew, that there are benighted people who inhabit the frozen wasteland known as "outside the US", whose television channels rarely show new shows until perhaps six months later, if they even have access to the necessary exclusive channel in the first place .
(Seriously, Disney and Disney XD are premium channels around here, and even if I had them, which I do not, I would bet you ten bucks that the episode probably hasn't been dubbed yet and therefore is not showing).
Looking forward to Big Hero 6 as well
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Understood, just giving you a hard time I hope you managed to find a place to watch it.