Darkwing Duck, Volume 1
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Movie Reviews of Darkwing Duck, Volume 1
Movie Review: awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a wonder 3DVD set to own. Its a wonderful to ad this to my collection. Love Dark Wing Duck.Movie Review: I am the Itch you cannot Scratch!
Summary: 5 Stars
My 6year old son loves it and I enjoy watching it with him. Great fun for the kids.Movie Review: darkwing review
Summary: 5 Stars
It was a gift for my daugter. She was absolutly thrilled! It is greatMovie Review: Ego-tistical Hero
Summary: 4 Stars
The cartoons of the 90's have really been either great, or not as side-splitting as they've claimed to be. For Disney and Warner Brothers, they've each tried to duke it out with the best in animation. Disney was as creative with conjuring spin-offs from their classic cartoons from Goof Troop, which included Goofy and Pete, and Tailspin which came about as a knockoff from Baloo and his days from The Jungle Book. For another cartoon, Darkwing Duck, it was one of the enjoyable cartoon series Disney had ever developed. The spinoof from Ducktales, a previous Disney series became one of the most unique cartoon shows ever, and celebreating its 15th anniversary on television. Now, the terror that flapped thorugh the night is now on home video.
Darkwing Duck Volume 1, is a reflection of Drake Mallard and his universe around him, as Darkwing Duck, a super sleuth with a ego as big as his mind. The DVD set contains 25 great episodes that have made him a undergound legend. The set includes so many grat episodes from Comic Book Capers, where Darkwing rejects an idea for a comic book series about himself, and he decided to make it himself against Mega Volt, with some disaterous distractions eluding him. There is also Darkly Dawns The Duck Parts 1 & 2, the two episodes that brought him against Taurus Bulba, one of his first foes. Along the way, he meets Launchpad McQuack, a pilot from Duck Tales, who decides to tag along, and become his sidekick, and his adopted daughter Gosalyn Waddlemeier, who lost her original father early in her life. Along the way, he learns to get along with Gosalyn, and tells him asecret code to a dangerous ramrod laser. There also is Duck Blind, where Darkwing tries to adapt to being blind and his crimefighting surroundings after being injured in a terrible accident, and tries to tackle Mega Volt from stealing lights all around the city.
All in all, Darkwing Duck is still one of my favorite guilty pleasure cartoon that Disney had ever developed. This is a great DVD purchase for anyone who hasn't seen these great cartoons, and for die hard Darkwing Duck fans too. I just wish there could've been more episodes that were highlighted like My Ghoulish Valentine, and Negaduck. Hopefully, if another volume hits DVD, those episodes can be included.
Price: B 1/2+
Episodes: B+
Extras: C
Remastering: B+
Overall: B 1/2-
Movie Review: When there's trouble you call Dee-Dubya
Summary: 4 Stars
Of all the Disney franchises my favorite has to be Duck Tales. Many people think that Duck Tales was merely an 80s TV show and never went further than Saturday morning but in reality it has a very rich history going back decades and if you think that it spoofs Indiana Jones you'd be wrong because it's actually the other way around.
Darkwing Duck was a spin-off of Duck Tales, taking place in the same universe but transplanting the action from Duckburg to St. Canard. The only regular returning character was bumbling pilot Launchpad McQuack but he was my favorite, though Gizmoduck does make a couple of appearances.
Darkwing himself, ordinary Drake Mallard by day, is a sort of cross between Batman, The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Shadow. He's a crime-fighter with absolutely no abilities other than his determination to beat the bad guys though his is utterly confident in himself and craves media attention. With Launchpad as his sidekick and the occasional help from his daughter Goslyn he tackles a variety of strange villains, winning usually by chance.
I've often thought that a hero can only be measured by his nemesis and unfortunately none of the Darkwing Duck bad guys are up to much, but that's fine since Darkwing himself is sort of incompetent. Episodes set during the daytime contradict the noirish nature of the show and the best episodes are the ones set in the shadows and dark alleyways. I know that this is a kids show and is not necessarily in the same league as the Batman animated series but it does seem to be selling itself short in this regard. Duck Tales frequently had very dynamic and imaginative stories while Darkwing Duck is sort of hit-and-miss. That's my only complaint though.
Darkwing Duck still has loads going for it, including a brilliant theme song and his memorable signature catchphrase 'Let's get dangerous' (or 'It's gonna get scary big-time' as they say in France). There still life in this bird yet and with the Scrooge McDuck universe still popular to this day then we might just see him return some time.
The DVD features a 1.33:1 full frame transfer for every episode as originally drawn with stereo sound. It's from a video source so it's not too sharp but it won't really bother any serious fans. There are no extras whatsoever.