Lots of high-dollar tech companies do that kind of" eccentric, nontraditional workplace? More like playplace!" kind of thing. Google is just the most visible one.
There's a conventional wisdom among office executives that you need things like that to entice millennial workers to join you. As a millennial, I would rather not be treated like I need adult daycare.
Fresh-eyed movie blogActually, that fits in nicely with the idea that millennials are more comfortable with enjoying, and admitting that they enjoy, stereotypically "childish" things. Like this cartoon.
I think that is somewhat true. I know people from older generations who will automatically question your intelligence if you so much as admit you like cartoon ducks or horses or whathaveyou. Especially as a male.
Optimism is a duty.I found this on Frank's tumblr in response to an ask about his favorite Triplet. Maybe the idea of Huey, maybe even unknowingly, being the one to inherit the McDuck temper has some weight to it after all.
edited 19th Oct '17 7:32:39 AM by megaeliz
...... I correct myself. Beaks isn't annoying. .... by the trailer, this WHOLE EPISODE looks annoying.
I think part of that is that the trailer probably makes it look more hectic than it actually is.
Optimism is a duty.It's kinda like a mediocre comedy trailer, they're just putting the most annoying scenes from the episode into one small preview.
" I'm the princess! Everyone has to do what I say!"4x I already saw the episode and without telling too much you will see exactly that.
About Mark Beaks He does have an annoying man child facade with a tyrannically control freak beneath (he looses all of his chill when he gets his 7:15 coffee served at 7:14)
edited 18th Oct '17 11:36:45 PM by Kiefen
Having seen the episode, the annoyingness is kind of the point. Mark's supposed to be the young, hip new-age millionaire trying hard to stay trendy. There's also the fact that he does hide a more ruthless, mean-spirited, and even megalomaniacal side when he's not around anyone or doesn't take his coffee on-time.
The rest of the episode is pretty funny, particularly Scrooge and Glomgold's side-plot.
Latest blog update (November 5th, 2022).I still appreciate how they're continuing to satire stuff. :D
I wonder if it's going to be a feature, because I want to see more of what they can satire of the modern business world.
I would be surprised if they didn't turn it into a reccuing thing. Scrooge McDuck and satire tend to work well together.
x4 That's great. You know that at least one of them had to inherit their family's temper, and having the most responsible and friendliest one get it is a nice twist.
edited 19th Oct '17 1:59:56 PM by megaeliz
You know that Darkwing is popular when he still haven't appeared and yet 15% of posts are about him.
I guess that's what that means.
YO. Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie.
At least if they keep it subtle, then it will be a good way to deliver some really meaningful satire. I mean Scrooge has always been used as a way to satire and teach about business practices, his first animated appearance was about talking about capitalism.
x3 What, it's fun to come up with new, "I am the noun that verbs your other noun" analogies!
Scrooge McDuck and Money is weird.
There are a few funny moments though, like how Scrooge tries to brush off playing in his money to the boys, and when he rips a dollar in half, realizes what he's done, and tries to sew it back together. I'm also pretty sure I spotted a glass case with Scrooge's Number One Dime in the background at 7:52, so there is that, I suppose.
edited 19th Oct '17 8:13:41 PM by megaeliz
... I know I recognize that voice for Scrooge from somewhere...
<looks it up>
It's Ranger Woodlore with a Scottish Accent! Among many, many others, of course...
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.This is something that I haven't seen a lot of people mention, but thought it was interesting. According to someone who went to a panel at D23, the show's art director mentioned that one of the influences on the show's art style was the work of legendary Disney Animator, Milt Kahl, and particularly his Ludwig Von Drake and other Duck work. The Scrooge McDuck and money has a more comic book look to it, though.
Frank reblogged someone pointing this out as well.
edited 20th Oct '17 7:05:49 PM by megaeliz
Man, they really are going old school for this.
You can especially see it in the Beaks. They are generally drawn more square and flat than then in the old school comics, which also makes them easier to draw and animate. I think that may have been part what threw some people off about the art style.
edited 20th Oct '17 7:06:30 PM by megaeliz
Just started watching the Mark Beaks episode and the first image I see is of Glomgold and Scrooge with the biggest "I'm taking a huge shit right now" faces ever.
After watching the entire episode, I thought it was pretty alright. No strong complaints. Mark Beaks was fun, if annoying, but that's kinda what they were going for, weren't they? And Scrooge and Glomgold's side story was hilarious.
edited 21st Oct '17 5:02:51 AM by n3rd_d4sh
" I'm the princess! Everyone has to do what I say!"Well, I'll be. Another pretty darn alright episode. Not as good as the previous one, but another that I actually enjoyed watching start to finish. Let's hope they can keep this up!
Seems like someone inherited Donald's temper.
I don't get why people keep talking about Scrooge as being "old world money" or "old money". He did NOT inherit his fortune, nor was his family wealthy in any way. Reviewers seem to be a bit confused about what Old Money and new money / Nouveau Riche are.
Scrooge IS new money, its just that he has been so for a very long time already. So is Glomgold, by the way...
edited 21st Oct '17 6:37:11 AM by Redmess
Optimism is a duty.Scrooge at this point is like the Rockefellers. Not old money, but highly respected, not particularly ostentatious about his wealth, and well established for a very long time.
I wonder if the any of the other kids mirror anything from Donald? We already know the kids each have an aspect of Scrooge, so I wouldn't put it past the show to give them elements of Donald as well.
And when Frank was asked if there was anyone in the main/reoccurring cast who can relate to Donald's constant string of awful, awful luck, he said "There's one." Does anyone have any ideas on who that could be?
edited 21st Oct '17 6:46:47 AM by megaeliz
Going by this episode, I am guessing Huey.
I'm pretty sure Old Money would not consider Scrooge old money, no matter how respected he is or how long he had his wealth. The whole idea of old money is that you cannot earn or age your way into it. You can be respected BY old money, but you cannot BECOME old money. That's how it works. And yes, that is elitist. That is the point.
Did anyone else have the impression Dewey's role should have been given to Louie instead? It seems they mixed the two characters up.
Optimism is a duty.
That's what I thought too. That's why I said I thought his company was more like Google.
edited 18th Oct '17 8:05:38 PM by xanderiskander