DuckTales

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1. NeutralElCapitanMarklaSep 15, 2022

   It has some weird annoyances on Apple TV too.

   If you resume watching an episode in a series, then want to get back into the episode list for that series i always end up back on the Apple TV Home Screen a couple of times before figuring out the button presses needed.

   And slightly unrelated whinge, the old Ducktales isn’t in the kids account, you have to be on an adult account to see it for some weird reason.

2. Neutralnoob_slayerJun 16, 2019

   It's actually a rip-off of the Ducktales movie.

3. PositiveTulliusCiceroDec 10, 2018

   > I mean I do think the general level of quality of movies and TV shows is going down

   I'd say it's the opposite, at least for TV. We're in the golden age, as they say. There are so many damn good shows out there.

   And if you compare modern remakes to the old school versions, usually the difference in quality is drastic. Been watching She-Ra, and the old one is basically garbage compared to the remake. Same thing for Ducktales: the new one doesn't just have better animation, it's way smarter too (and I loved Ducktales as a kid).

4. NeutralbitwizeFeb 8, 2018

   That reminds me of the episode of DuckTales where Huey, Dewey, and Louie convince Scrooge McDuck that it's Saturday in order to get their allowances early; the entire global economy must follow suit in order to keep doing business with the most powerful duck in the world; and chaos ensues.

5. PositiveNoosAug 13, 2016

   I don't think it was. It lasted a while, but that had to do with it being the first syndicated afternoon Disney animated cartoon. (Gummi Bears was a saturday morning one first.) It lasted a bit because of that, but around the same time you had the really popular cartoons and shows, like Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman the Animated series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

   Ducktales was a very well done series, but what appeals to adults doesn't always appeal to kids, and the Ducktales movie bombed so bad it canceled the rest of the movies based on Disney Afternoon shows.

   For comparison, the best Disney Afternoon series in the states was Aladdin, which outlasted Ducktales by several years, and spawned several direct to DVD movies.

6. PositivesteauengeglaseFeb 13, 2013

   Yes. It tells an important story about product creation.

   DuckTales had to make it over 65 episodes and under budget. It had simple goals and it accomplished them.

   Look at Apple at their brightest hours. You can say that the iPhone was Apple throwing down the gauntlet and rejecting the tyranny of buttons and saved us all, but the reality is simple. Touch was expensive and bad for a long time, so Apple waited until touch was cheap and good, then they solved for X. They didn't care if you didn't buy iWorks for your iMac and your iPad, they just wanted to sell hardware.

   That is the secret to success for many products and avoiding it is the road to failure for many others: if affordable{solve for x();} else {do something else();}

   MS and Disney have shot themselves in the foot numerous times. MS making sure they didn't hurt other product lines created huge waste and left consumers hesitant. Disney obsessed with the Disney Princess and drove away everyone but the pre-teen girl and parents didn't bother taking their kids to see The Princess and the Frog because Dad would lose his mind and empty his walled if he thought he'd have to spend another second in Hanna Montana-ville. Instead of just solving for X, they lost consumers who assumed they'd get screwed down the road somewhere.

7. NeutralnhebbFeb 13, 2013

   Given that it's a Disney property, I'm stunned that they are available on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ducktales+full+episodes

8. NeutraldansoFeb 13, 2013

   Duck Tales is not on Netflix Instant, but Season One is streaming on Amazon Instant, FYI

   http://www.amazon.com/DuckTales-Volume-1-Alan-Young/dp/B000AXWGRC

9. NeutralvanderZwanFeb 12, 2013

   And instead of drawing its inspiration from a toy line or popular movie (like other pioneers in the afternoon animated-syndication market), DuckTales drew its inspiration from a series of comic books that weren’t terribly well-known in the United States.

   I think the author suffers a bit from US-centric short-sightedness here. If the goals was world-wide syndication, then the Carl Barks stories were the most logical option, as they have always been Disney's most popular comics internationally speaking.