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Well, the show found a way for improbably good luck to be a bad thing.
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I think this was the best and funniest episode so far.
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Oct 14, 2017 18:02
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I think PFT struck a really good balance between insufferable and charismatic.
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Oct 14, 2017 19:08
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Also apparently Gladstone was listed under recurring characters when they put up a board of characters. (It being divided into Main, Recurring, Globetrotting, and Villains.)
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Oct 14, 2017 19:26
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Psychedelicatessen posted:It's a Don Rosa story called "The Sign of the Triple Distelfink". Its really good if you're tired of Gladstone having his way. Although the story ends with Gladstone removing this weakness and being lucky all the time, I still found it entertaining and fitting. After they figure out why Gladstone is unlucky on his birthday. Donald points out he can use it to steal Gladstones luck. Which leads to them getting in a race for it. (Scrooge saying this is going to be great to watch.) Gladstone ends up coming out on top. And everyone happily celebrates Gladstones birthday. With Scrooge joking with Donald stating that Gladstones Amateur bad luck was no match for Donald's perpetual misfortune.
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Oct 14, 2017 19:57
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Is Launchpad smuggling a child back to Duckburg?
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Oct 14, 2017 23:45
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I wanted to meet Ziyi but UNCLE SCROOGE WAS FINALLY IN AN EPISODE
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Oct 14, 2017 23:48
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Appearntly the Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks aired tonight.
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Oct 15, 2017 01:49
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The only thing missing from that episode was a reference to the seminal Alan Parsons Project album "The Turn of a Friendly Card." You disappoint me, writers.  Just kidding (mostly). Probably the strongest episode yet aside from the pilot. Scrooge outwitting the host by using check-in as a means to find the exit was perfect.
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Oct 15, 2017 02:10
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MonsterEnvy posted:Although the story ends with Gladstone removing this weakness and being lucky all the time, I still found it entertaining and fitting. After they figure out why Gladstone is unlucky on his birthday. Donald points out he can use it to steal Gladstones luck. Which leads to them getting in a race for it. (Scrooge saying this is going to be great to watch.) Gladstone ends up coming out on top. And everyone happily celebrates Gladstones birthday. With Scrooge joking with Donald stating that Gladstones Amateur bad luck was no match for Donald's perpetual misfortune. Actually that's another recurring thing in the comics I can't stand, Donald's perpetual bad luck, I prefer his mishaps coming from him letting his temper or greed get the best of him, not from him just happening to be the universe's punching bag
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Oct 15, 2017 02:15
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MonsterEnvy posted:Appearntly the Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks aired tonight. Apparently it's that the Mark Beaks ep aired in Canada while the Gladstone ep aired in America
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Oct 15, 2017 02:25
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I love you Launchpad. Never stop surprising us.
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Oct 15, 2017 02:27
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I love how Scrooge always seems to instantly switch on when there's a hint of adventure. From the first episode where he effortlessly vanquishes three spectral threats to now when he has the great line "I sat through three showings of Aquarion when I could have been fighting a demon!?" it's consistently great.
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Oct 15, 2017 02:55
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"Bail posted at $20" 
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Oct 15, 2017 03:04
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RandomPauI posted:I love you Launchpad. Never stop surprising us. I feel like this episode is setting the groundwork for the idea that his night job is flying for Darkwing Duck.
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Oct 15, 2017 03:04
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I love that the only thing more powerful than Gladstone's luck is Donald's incomprehensible rage 
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Oct 15, 2017 03:25
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Interesting take on Gladstone. He doesn't come off as a completely bad person, but certainly selfish and self-centred. But he's pretty much unable to have five minutes to self-reflect and try to get along better with his family because the world heaps good fortune on him no matter what he does.
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Oct 15, 2017 05:47
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Great episode! Lots of good gags, but I think my favorite was right at the end when it's revealed that the Golden Cricket is just a regular bug with no universal secrets.
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Oct 15, 2017 06:05
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This episode is basically exactly what I want this show to be. The last few episodes have been fine but Disney really screwed the pooch by airing them all together and they would've worked much better with episodes like this between them.
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Oct 15, 2017 08:04
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Inescapable Duck posted:Interesting take on Gladstone. He doesn't come off as a completely bad person, but certainly selfish and self-centred. But he's pretty much unable to have five minutes to self-reflect and try to get along better with his family because the world heaps good fortune on him no matter what he does. Yeah, its a really good character choice. Luck seems to have stunted any part of his personal growth because, well, he doesn't really need it. He can just keep coasting by, consequence free.
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Oct 15, 2017 09:44
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As a Canadian I will give my impressions on the Beaks episode when I catch it this morning.
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Oct 15, 2017 12:42
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Must say, I liked everything about this Episode. The guy voicing Gladstone Gander (Fetter Anton) does his best (and succeeds) in making him the selfish insufferable prick that I know from the comics and it's nice to have an episode with Donald as the main focus character. Also, goddamn did the first part do a good job of making it feel like there was more to the casino than meets the eye before the truth came to light. Best Episode at the moment.
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Oct 15, 2017 20:08
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Folt The Bolt posted:Must say, I liked everything about this Episode. The guy voicing Gladstone Gander (Fetter Anton) does his best (and succeeds) in making him the selfish insufferable prick that I know from the comics and it's nice to have an episode with Donald as the main focus character. Also, goddamn did the first part do a good job of making it feel like there was more to the casino than meets the eye before the truth came to light. Paul F. Tompkins voices Gladstone not Fetter Anton. Edit:Oh Fetter Anton is Gladstones name in a different part of the world.
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Oct 15, 2017 20:41
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Anyway watched the Beaks episode it was good. Beaks is an utterly awful person. He openly boasts about being a fraud and liar. (Except in public or online as that would make him look bad.) How awful he can be shown is with a simple exchange. Huey:You're just as fake as your product. Beaks: Yeah, but the money and fame are all real.
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Oct 15, 2017 20:52
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Mercury Hat posted:Is Launchpad smuggling a child back to Duckburg? He has to pay for all those crashed vehicles somehow.
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Oct 15, 2017 20:58
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I haven't been keeping up with this show but that Beaks episode was great. I don't think he's much of a villain yet but he's detestable all the same.
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Oct 16, 2017 04:43
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Folt The Bolt posted:Best Episode at the moment. Maybe it's because I'm not familiar with the comics, but while I enjoyed the episode the resolution of the episode didn't do much for me. I kept expecting to find out that Scrooge was in some way responsible for the final $20 Gladstone picks up that allows Donald to win, given Scrooge's talk about how luck has nothing to do with how he made his fortune and general rejection of the luck vampire's ethos. I also found it a bit disappointing that after struggling through almost the entire course plagued by bad luck, one speech from Louie pushed Donald to simply power through the rest of the course and completely void the concept of luck given no more bad luck came at him at all. It just didn't seem like a satisfying way to end a struggle based on luck to have nothing to do with luck in the climax, at least on the protagonist's side. I wasn't really a fan of Gladstone or Donald having such explicit and definite luck of either kind in the first place though really. It was fun when the show was using it for jokes about how Gladstone would find money while Donald would get fingered for theft, but having it be such a solid thing that Gladstone could literally walk in to a fire and it'd inexplicably go out somehow to help him was overboard to me.
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Oct 17, 2017 20:55
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tsob posted:Maybe it's because I'm not familiar with the comics, but while I enjoyed the episode the resolution of the episode didn't do much for me. I kept expecting to find out that Scrooge was in some way responsible for the final $20 Gladstone picks up that allows Donald to win, given Scrooge's talk about how luck has nothing to do with how he made his fortune and general rejection of the luck vampire's ethos. I also found it a bit disappointing that after struggling through almost the entire course plagued by bad luck, one speech from Louie pushed Donald to simply power through the rest of the course and completely void the concept of luck given no more bad luck came at him at all. It just didn't seem like a satisfying way to end a struggle based on luck to have nothing to do with luck in the climax, at least on the protagonist's side. I wasn't really a fan of Gladstone or Donald having such explicit and definite luck of either kind in the first place though really. It was fun when the show was using it for jokes about how Gladstone would find money while Donald would get fingered for theft, but having it be such a solid thing that Gladstone could literally walk in to a fire and it'd inexplicably go out somehow to help him was overboard to me. Counterpoint:  (I agree with you on the 20$ bill, I was ready for Scrooge to reveal that he snuck it up there somehow.)
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Oct 17, 2017 21:24
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Psychedelicatessen posted:Counterpoint: I love the follow up to this. The pilot is informed that the small Meteorite opened a hole in the side of the plane were a passenger was seated. Pilot "Omigosh! Did he fly out" Co Pilot "Yes... but it was Gladstone Gander!" Pilot "Whew! He'll be okay with his luck."
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Oct 17, 2017 22:10
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MonsterEnvy posted:I love the follow up to this. The pilot is informed that the small Meteorite opened a hole in the side of the plane were a passenger was seated. Now you know why they tell you to put your seatbelts on. In case of meteorites sucking you and only you out of the plane. What?
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Oct 17, 2017 22:17
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Here is the comic for those that want to read it.
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tsob posted:Maybe it's because I'm not familiar with the comics, but while I enjoyed the episode the resolution of the episode didn't do much for me. I kept expecting to find out that Scrooge was in some way responsible for the final $20 Gladstone picks up that allows Donald to win, given Scrooge's talk about how luck has nothing to do with how he made his fortune and general rejection of the luck vampire's ethos. I also found it a bit disappointing that after struggling through almost the entire course plagued by bad luck, one speech from Louie pushed Donald to simply power through the rest of the course and completely void the concept of luck given no more bad luck came at him at all. It just didn't seem like a satisfying way to end a struggle based on luck to have nothing to do with luck in the climax, at least on the protagonist's side. I wasn't really a fan of Gladstone or Donald having such explicit and definite luck of either kind in the first place though really. It was fun when the show was using it for jokes about how Gladstone would find money while Donald would get fingered for theft, but having it be such a solid thing that Gladstone could literally walk in to a fire and it'd inexplicably go out somehow to help him was overboard to me. Technically, Gladstone's luck already ensured he''d get bailed out because Scrooge and Donald, despite their absolute annoyance of him, did (begrudgingly) come to his aid. As for Donald, that's kinda who he is. If he gets riled up enough, Gladstone's luck is not going to help him because he lacks all the other kinds of skills and/or talents to make an effective countermove to someone who is now able to negate his luck. I also liked how Scrooge basically exploits Liu Hai's belief in the end (and just outsmarting him in general) that good luck is the "only real way" to get ahead in life to trick him into taking Donald and essentially starve himself to powerlessness because his prisoner (for all of three seconds or so) essentially has the opposite of Gladstone's good luck.
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Oct 17, 2017 22:36
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The thing that struck me the most about this episode was the part where Gladstone got annoyed at Louie and shouted at him, "I don't want YOU! I want him[Donald]!" It made me wince, considering how the triplets don't know what happened to their parents, and how they might feel like they got abandoned.tsob posted:Maybe it's because I'm not familiar with the comics, but while I enjoyed the episode the resolution of the episode didn't do much for me. I kept expecting to find out that Scrooge was in some way responsible for the final $20 Gladstone picks up that allows Donald to win, given Scrooge's talk about how luck has nothing to do with how he made his fortune and general rejection of the luck vampire's ethos. I also found it a bit disappointing that after struggling through almost the entire course plagued by bad luck, one speech from Louie pushed Donald to simply power through the rest of the course and completely void the concept of luck given no more bad luck came at him at all. It just didn't seem like a satisfying way to end a struggle based on luck to have nothing to do with luck in the climax, at least on the protagonist's side. To be fair, Scrooge wanted to handle it himself. It's just Liu Hai is a cheating hack who picked Donald instead. I imagine Scrooge doing anything would be seen as interference and they'd forfeit the contest. Really, I'm fine with Scrooge being a bit of a hypocrite about not needing luck, it makes a nice flaw that could be explored later. In the first episode, it was only luck that Donald was there to make sure Scrooge and others weren't hurt. And it was just lucky that Glomgold didn't notice the real treasure of Atlantis was on the ceiling.
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amigolupus posted:The thing that struck me the most about this episode was the part where Gladstone got annoyed at Louie and shouted at him, "I don't want YOU! I want him[Donald]!" It made me wince, considering how the triplets don't know what happened to their parents, and how they might feel like they got abandoned.
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Oct 18, 2017 07:33
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Yeah, some familiarity with the comics helps with this show, because much like Scrooge's ability to swim in money, Gladstone's luck is more or less an outright superpower used for comedy and drama. He can be pretty difficult to write satisfactorily as a result, with the punch line usually being the completely ridiculous circumstances he ends up in.
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Oct 18, 2017 11:26
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Haven't gotten to see the Beaks episode, but just finished catching up on the others. Kind of interested in the idea of mocking silicon valley baby-faced billionaires. Really excited to see where the show goes from here, and hoping Disney doesn't screw it over scheduling-wise.
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Oct 18, 2017 12:58
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MonsterEnvy posted:I love the follow up to this. The pilot is informed that the small Meteorite opened a hole in the side of the plane were a passenger was seated. Pilot: Omigosh! Did he... did he...? Co-pilot: Yes! He paid in cash. Pilot: Whew! What a relief! 
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Oct 18, 2017 14:23
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Finns probably can't understand the idea of someone having good things happen to them.
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Oct 18, 2017 15:01
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Inescapable Duck posted:Finns probably can't understand the idea of someone having good things happen to them. Seriously though, I believe Don Rosa's stories were published in Europe first in the late 90s and early 00s, so I wouldn't be surprised if what we got was in the original script (I'd like to see some of the other translations from that time) and the scene was changed when the story was published in America later. That's just a guess, though.
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Doc Morbid posted:The Finnish translation has the scene play out a little differently: That's way funnier.
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