YMMV / Lucky Luke: Ballad of the Daltons

• Values Dissonance:
  • Lucky Luke is still seen smoking here, a habit he would quit five years later in the comic books (a move by Morris that was lauded by the World Health Organization, no less) and didn't showcase in the animated series.
  • Also, Ming Li Foo and Snake Feather are racial stereotypes that come across as a bit more uneasy nowadays. On the other hand, they are among the more capable targets for assassination. Snake at least gets the upper hand on the Daltons without even needing Luke's intervention, and Foo's a total badass whose knifehand strikes are so strong he can cut through wood and metal as if it's butter.
• What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: Referencing drug use in a children's movie? Horrible! Devoting more than five minutes in a eighty minute children's movie to a musical number that is very clearly an extended drug trip by characters (after explicitly having their drink spiked with "mushrooms" by a snake doctor), including a desecration of "Jingle Bells" ('Shooting guns, shooting guns, shooting all the way') and a spoof of Singin' in the Rain? Awesome!

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