obslord
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As a fan of the original DuckTales show I have to start with the statement, that I didn't expect too much from this reboot, but the show definitely exceeded my expectations.
One thing that really annoyed me in the beginning were the long time gaps between the released episodes, but I hope that is a thing of the past and didn't influence ratings too much.
As far as the animation is concerned maybe the quality of it is high?, but the style is something you really need to get used too, because for me it feels a bit oversimplified. The same thing you could say for some of the visual character designs.
For example Huey, Dewey and Louie, who practically looked the same in the original show, and completely differnet in the 90's Quack Pack Show are now somewhere in middle, which is good, but it doesn't realy stick because the simplified animation style still makes it hard to distinguish them from each otther.
On the other hand the personalities of them, and of most other characters are very fitting, and compared to the original show there is even a good character development for some of the ducks. About the plot I have say that there are strong and weak episodes but most of episodes are very entertaining.
The mix of family, adventure and humor works good most of the time. Some of the pop culture jokes are of course better than others, therefore I think it was definitely a good decision to include Donald in the show because he adds the slapstick factor into the mix.
When talking about the voices of the Ducks I think it was also a good decision to only give Donald his duckish voice, (and not the kids too) because it sets him appart. David Tennant does a great job as Scrooge and Keith Ferguson as Flintheart Glomgold is hilarious.
Overall I would say it's a good show, that doesn't only work for kids because it has some character and plot development and a nice humor, but I'm not really sure if it's fits in the modern animation landscape, because the style and the themes feel very "retro".