It has staff from Gravity Falls.
Oh, I know. But of all the "new" shows, I feel this is the closest to GF in soul.
Confession time, ERA-fam; as a kid, I HATED fucking Ducktales. Uncle Scrooge was a dick. The triples were little, lying bastards. Webby was a pain in the ass that reminded me of my sister on her bad days. And a lot of the supporting characters are just boring (Doofus Drake, anyone?)
And yet, I loved the NES game. I know.
The main reason I gave the remake a chance was because a chunk of the GF team is on the job. And they didn't disappoint. They pulled the stick out of Scrooge's ass. The boys each have an individual soul. Webby was turned into Mabel 2.0, but given a sympathetic light. They even made Mrs Beakley interesting, giving her a piece of dry wit from Batman's Alfred.
Sure, some characters I'm mixed on (making Gyro a jerk and Doofus period), but the return of
had me swear my loyalty. I would be stunned if the first episode with
doesn't get a nom for a daytime Emmy.
For this, with the advent of Disney Plus, I'm doing something I haven't done in about 25 years - I'm giving the original DT a rewatch. Sure, a lot of it so far was...um...alright, but I get to see where a lot of this stuff stems from (e.g. I swear I don't remember Gandra Dee at all, finding myself surprised by the remake's Ramona Flowers-ish nod). I just finished a replay of Rescue Rangers and Darkwing Duck's next.
But I digress. It seems like all of Disney's new shows have staff from GF in them, and for that, a bit of its soul as well. So, I'd say thanks for making Ducktales a shit-ton better.
