Not that I give a fuck about anything Disney shits out these days, but I was a huge Darkwing Duck fan as a kid and if they didn't even consider asking Jim that'd piss me off!

oh I see one of the idiots behind the trashy embarassment that was Star Trek: Picard is behind this. Yea I'm not gonna give this reboot the time of day.

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Apparently he was on board as recently as this March, and had even recorded a pilot, but he gave an interview in August that revealed that he was no longer attached to the project and the role would be recast. No real details though.

From what I can see it looks like the overall shape of the series has changed pretty dramatically in that time as well. It was originally going to be about an older Drake picking up the mantle again after a period of retirement, ala The Dark Knight Returns. Now it seems to be something about the character being transported to an alternate dimension where nobody's ever heard of Darkwing Duck. (Which, wasn't that a subplot in the DuckTales reboot?)

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 8 points 6 days ago

The recent DuckTales series had it where Darkwing Duck was an older in-universe TV show that Launchpad loves. During the development of a movie reboot of the show, a young actor comes to replace the original in-universe TV Darkwing, who turns heel. This causes the new guy to become Darkwing Duck in the "real life" of the DuckTales universe, at Launchpad's behest. Then the OG Darkwing dons a yellow and red costume, thus becoming Negaduck. A later episode has some dude use a machine that pulls the fictional villains from the TV show into the DuckTales universe, thus giving the new Darkwing his rogues gallery. (My kids got us to watch the new DuckTales and it's actually pretty great as a parents-watching-with-kids show since it draws a TON from the Disney animation block from back in the day, especially in later seasons).

I was always under the impression that Disney was preparing for a spin-off Darkwing Duck from the new DuckTales. Guess they've decided to do something entirely different. Which, to be honest, is a little sad to me because of how great the new DuckTales turned out to be.

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 7 points 6 days ago

UGH. Alternate dimension is such a tired trope!

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

They did initially and then... idk, decided not to? No idea about why.

"I did a pilot for it several years ago, to see the viability of it coming back, and everybody went nuts. And they are bringing it back, and they're hiring somebody else to do Terry McGovern's role of Launchpad, and they're hiring somebody else to be Darkwing Duck," Cummings told Collider at the premiere of "Coyote vs. Acme." "I hope they get … everything they deserve. Crazy, I don't know what to tell you."

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 6 days ago

Copyrights are about 100 years too long

[–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I am the terror that flaps in the night...

[–] marlowe221@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I am the bread that sticks in your toaster!

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 days ago

I don't need a revision.

I need to find the originals in decent quality. All the ones I found were like 360p at best.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Stop! My hard drives can only hold so much content!

[–] bowsertattoo@piefed.social 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

i just hope it's traditionally animated

[–] HuePony@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It will have AI

[–] bowsertattoo@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago

i hope not

[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (5 children)

...Seth Rogen...

No thanks.

[–] JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip 12 points 6 days ago

Mark Hamill though.

[–] jesusactuallyhateshorses@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

What do you mean? Seth Rogen has the acting chops to not just play Seth Rogen in every movie he's in, but to also play Seth Rogen, Seth Rogen, and even Seth Rogen. The man has range!

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 6 points 6 days ago

Disney, no thanks

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Wait, what's wrong with Seth Rogan?

[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago

He wasn't bad in Invincible.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 days ago

Godammit...

[–] kyogen@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago

I don't have high hopes, but I'll give it a shot.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago

Only on Trump TV! LOL.