Darkwing Duck Volume One Review (Spoilers)

[mattzimmer]

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[90scartoonman]

You know, your childhood being killed hurts a lot more when a friend does it

[mattzimmer]

I STILL have all eight action figures and the Ratcatcher. They're in my bedroom right now.

And the show isn't honestly as bad as I said because even back then I knew the early episodes sucked and the show DEFINATELY improved as it went along. The latter episodes of the first syndicated season are actually really good and funny and the only reason I judge the early episodes so harshly is because they suck in comparison.

The concept of Just Us Justice Ducks is really cool but the execution was awful.

Runs off to check Brad's latest review.

[90scartoonman]

Really? The whole series just kinda runs together for me.

What do you think was the best Fatal Five (or whatever they were called) episode? The pirate one? The one where Negaduck steals their power? Or maybe the posiverse one?

[mattzimmer]

The Best Fearsome Five Episode was the Alternate Universe episode Life, the Negaverse and Everything although to be honest that may actually be the best episode of the series (although I DO think Twin Beaks, Time and Punishment, and Dances With Bigfoot are serious contenders). The one where Negaduck steals the Fearsome Five's powers is good fun although the pirate one (Darkwing Dubloon) is REALLY bad. I think the good episodes that are coming up on future volumes will NOT hold up as well as say, Talespin simply because a LOT of cartoons have come and gone that have similar humor to Darkwing but actually perfected it. It seems like a lot of the good things from the later episodes were almost a work in progress as quite a few action/humor cartoon conceits started with Darkwing but were more successfully handled on other later series.