Overview
Duck Tales is back, and it's brought the whole gang along with it. Huey, Dewie, Louie, Webby, Donald, Mrs. Beakley, Duckworth, Launchpad, and, yes, of course, Scrooge. Their back adventuring through ruined cities finding treasure and having adventures all over the globe, but maybe there's something of more value here than just gold and memories.
Negative
No language or bloody violence. There's plenty of combat involving swords, canes, energy blasts, lasers, missiles, molten gold, but nobody ever dies. There's plenty of magic, which some people might have problems with. It's mostly fireballs, shields, and the like but there is a darker side, which I'll talk about later. The ancient Greek Gods and heroes make multiple appearances. The family battles everything from huge robots to zombies to Zeus to witches to supervillains to ghosts to little robots to criminals (Yes the Beagle Boys are also still around!). As for the darker side of the magic, it has mostly to do with Magica (Yup, she's still around too.). Her magic now centers mostly around her amulet and something called the Shadow Realm, a place where our shadows live. Some characters get trapped in this place or pulled out of it. There's also a land of the dead, but this place is only mentioned, nobody ever goes there.
Positive
I was actually stunned by the storytelling and morals in this show. At first, I dismissed it as a nonsensical kids cartoon. But then when I actually started watching it I realized I had done it an injustice. This show probably is the strongest pro-family and pro-capitalist (*SHOCK*) show I've ever seen. Scrooge is still a skinflint of course, but he empties over half of his fortune trying to rescue a family member from space. Repeatedly the show gives a strong message that families need to stick together, even when it hurts and is difficult. Scrooge repeatedly says that he earned his fortune through grit and lots of hard work. He tries to instill this work ethic in Louie, who tries to start his own business (Even though he's the laziest person in the whole show.). Della, Mrs. Beakley, and Donald raise Huey, Dewie, and Louie, giving up much in the process, and using, shall we say, more traditional methods.
Conclusion
Not all things from the past show made it to the reboot. Duckworth is definitely not what he once was, he's a ghost (Pun intended). A host of new characters made it to the screen, but a lot of things are still there. It's still a show about a family that goes on adventures around the world and sticks together. Scrooge is still a cheapskate and still swims in a bin of coins. Launchpad still crashes planes and pretty much everything else he drives. This show has its all problems, as every story always will. Nothing is perfect, excepting the Ultimate Story, but the tradeoffs here are well worth it in my opinion. The morales are what our culture desperately needs at this time, and to find them in a story made by a very liberal company lifts my spirits. The storytelling is also exceptional. I'm not going to lie, my heart broke when Scrooge sat alone in his house and the memories of... well I'm not going to spoil it! Go give it a watch yourself ;)
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