Ok, I'm probably the only one around childish enough to be watching this, but hay- so what? Worst case scenario I talk to myself for a while and then the thread dies :D

I liked the first two-part episode. I was sceptical of the reboot for a few reasons and I love both the original cartoon and the Carl Barks/Don Rosa comics. But the result is, at least going by the pilot, better than I was expecting. It doesn't have the same feel as the classic series, but then again that might be a good thing. It's better fot it to be it's own thing than just a copy of what's already been done superbly.

What I liked:
- Giving the nephews more personality is definately interesting
- The implied backstory between Scrooge and Donald has a lot of potential
- There's quite a few legitimately funny moments
- while I don't like some design choices, it has it's own style and the animation is really good. And I'm endlessly grateful they didn't go CGI

What I disliked
-The theme is defiantely worse than the original, and overall the music is not nearly as memorable. The original had some superb pieces, this (so far) had nothing.
- I know it's always been this way, but Donald's voice is a pain in the ass. In a cartoon where there are actuall conversations happening, and not just slapstick, it's downright intolerable. They should have dialed it down a little.
- I still can't get used to Tennant as Scrooge. He sounds way to young. Ironically enough, the other scottish Doctor Who actor, Peter Capaldi, would have been a far better, pretty much perfect choice.
-Why isn't Duckworth around?

On the fence about
-Webby and Mrs Beakly are essentially entirely new characters, and I'm not sure if I like them yet. I get why they went the way they did, but Webby seems way too much like the boys now, so much less "useful".
-the "mystery" teased at the end of the episode. In itself it might seem interesting, but the show already feels very much like "Ducktales by the way of Gravity Falls", and what is teased at the end there feels like we might actually be ripping the Falls wholesale.

I'm not sure I'll have the chance to watch it so soon, but all trailers I watched really sold me on the concept. :)

Really hoping to see it in the future.

I don't like the art style, that's for sure. But the concept seems interesting enough. I'm just not sure who it's for. The people who would enjoy this reboot the most are probably too old to enjoy the subject matter today.

In case you don't know art is mostly based on 1947's comics style. You're not alone.
I wish they would have kept the original starting music.
BTW what's Huey, Dewey and Louie called there? Future is now old man. ;)

I'm nuts about the classic series but this just doesn't look like something I would be able to enjoy. The trailer really put me off, especially the nephews' voices and the overall visual style. Admittedly I'm not sure anything less than a carbon copy of the original would've satisfied me.

Betrayal!!! Betrayal! Betrayed me! This reboot suuuuuuuuuuucks!!!!!

On a more serious note, I only saw a brief commercial for the reboot. It was, erm, something of a huge letdown, but I'd need to watch a lot more of it before I can make a fair assessment. Speaking only of aesthetics, you simply cannot beat the original series (it was my favorite after-school show growing up).

Well, I'm (mostly) enjoying it, for what that's worth :D More seriously, the Scrooge McDuck comics, at least the Carl Barks Don Rosa (especially Rosa's Life and Times) always appealed to audience of pretty much all ages, so there is at least potential for the cartoon to be that too. They are definately aiming for this to sort of replace Gravity Falls, which also had a lot of adult fans (in some ways it felt aimed more at adults than kids). I'm not saying it's not a show for kids, but as long as they manage to maintain good writing and humor it'll be fun for everybody. I used to think that too, but then I though of stuff like Force Awakens and Strnager Things and I realised that carbon copies of stuff I like are exactly what I don't want. What you end up with then is... well, exactly that- a copy. A fake. A waste of time, becuase you might as well watch the original again and get more out of it. So I'd rather watch something that does seomething new, even if I'll never like it quite as much as the original.

Admittedly, I'll probably like it more if they didn't call it "Ducktales" and didn't use a variation of the orignal theme, just made it a whole new show and not a reboot.

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Searching for the reboot gives me this trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExSSTfWHBbM
Here's a 1947 Donald Duck cartoon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-nnoNgwY3k

Now, disregarding the fact that what I'm seeing in the trailer makes me want to retch, I don't see the connection.

Personally, I'm staying with Carl Barks & Don Rosa. And the NES games.

Do they have the duck accent again? When I watched it for the first time it was dubbed and was perfect but after a few years I stumbled on a tv replay which was on the original english and I couldn't make half of what Donald and the nephews were talking :D

I've got this on the DVR waiting to be watched. I'm not overly optimistic about it (even less so when I see reviewers dumping praise at its feet as if it were the second coming of Christ in the form of a Disney cartoon) but I'm trying hard not to have a negatively colored opinion of it before I actually sit down and watch it (which, with any luck, I'll do tonight).Loonatics Unleashed vs. Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes shorts is another one for that list.

Stranger Things? I'm not sure I'm following you here. Is it a copy of something?
As for Star Wars. By the end of Episode 3 I had the 6 films as a definition for me of what Star Wars is. If I were to reject a Star Wars film outright it would be because it strays too far from that definition. I didn't like the Force Awakens, but not because it strayed too far from that definition. Actually I think it still fits my definition. Instead it's the story and acting that put me off, a lot. Perhaps Rey's casting as well.
My problem with Ducktales is that I similarly have a definition of what Ducktales is to me, but this show strays very far from it. It just isn't Ducktales anymore, not to me at least.

In the case of a cartoon I think it's a lot harder for a new show to fit the same definition in terms of visual style. In something like Star Wars it is supposed to represent real life : real sets, real people, real deserts. You don't have this luxury in a cartoon, especially in the Disney cartoons with the amazing background artists they used.

Also, I don't think a carbon copy is a waste of time necessarily. Especially with these Disney Cartoons : TaleSpin, Goof Troop, Gummi Bears. My appetite for stories set in those universes isn't close to being satiated. Same cast, same artists, same writers and I would be in 7th heaven! Unfortunately I'm too rigid in my definition of those universes to ever have it satiated by a new show. Case and point the new Ducktales unfortunately, which really does seem like something that's being properly put together. Perhaps I'll just have to learn to watch and enjoy a fresh continuation like this one. Unfortunately I just don't think I can :P

As a fan of the original series, I enjoyed the premier. Though I do hope it doesn't fall into a series long "you must watch every episode at least twice to fully understand the show" plot. *glances at Gravity Falls*

I do think Tennant is a good Scrooge, but lets be honest no one can truly replace Alan Young. As for the triplets, Webby, and Mrs. Beakley ... ehhh. I get that they wanted, with Heuy, Dewey, and Louie anyway, to make them more individual than the original series, but considering the fact that they had the same basic personalities as in the comics it seems rather forced.

Of pretty much every 80s kids adventure movie you could find.

That's exactly the point - it doesn't stray from anything, it's essentially a poor remake of A New Hope.

Well, one could easily argue that Ducktales strayed from the original comics, sometimes quite far. Don Rosa himself, while he praised the show, underlined that it's not by any stretch a faithful adpatation of his or Carl Barks' work. The best way to go about this reboot is to think of it as yet another, distinct version of Scrooge's adventures.

I totally get that. In this case I'm rather flexible, but in some others I'm where you are now. For example I simply refused to watch the american House of Cards, because I love the english original so much and I don't care how good the new show might be, it's very existence annoys me. It's always very subjective, things like that.

Oh, and I'd love a continuation of Gummi Bears. The damned silly name aside, I think it was a very fun fantasy universe, and I was always curious about every hint of it's backstory.

Oh, what?! This sounds great! Loved DT, Blackwinged Duck and RR to boots! :)