søndag 16. august 2020

"A Goofy Movie" and "Ducktales the Movie" - Two Theactrical Full-Length Features of Two Disney Afternoon Series That Starred Famous Disney Characters

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Word :)
We are dressing up like Indiana 
Jones for this flash mob :)


 

















At least it´s not 
Tuesday Afternoon :)
When people think of Disney, they usually label them for their full-length animated features or the characters who came from Walt´s shorts (Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and co). But frankly, both of these mediums are entirely different entities. 
While Disney are forever known for adapting classic stories (despite also having their own original content), the shorts are pretty much a departure in that regard how those characters are completely original. But while the squad from the shorts have actually starred in full-length features, the features they´ve starred in have been pretty remarkable.










The History of Ducktales and Goofy

It´s just the two of us on this
troop :)
Don`t ask why :)
In fact, to summarize the features Mickey, Donald and co have starred in: First they´ve appeared in the Package Features that were in Walt´s time between the World War II. But they were exactly package features, being rather episodic and rather anacronistic. However, regarding the other forms they´ve appeared on the big screen, there was made big budget shorts with these characters (Mickey´s Christmas Carol, The Prince and the Pauper, Runaway Brain). But in terms of true full-length features which were dedicated to tell a cohesive story, the trend was officially broken with both Ducktales The Movie and A Goofy Movie.
Both were full-length features that were released theatrically. And both of them, being released within five years, happened to have their own anniversaries the year this entry was written (Ducktales turning 30 and Goofy turning 25). But regarding both of their histories, Goofy`s first appearance was in 1932 in Mickey's Revue as Dippy Dawg (who was older than Goofy came to be). Later that year, he was re-imagined as younger in the The Whoopee Party short (as Walt changed his name). But of course both A Goofy Movie and Ducktales The Movie were expansions of their series Ducktales and Goof Troop. Both starring on A Disney Afternoon program.
It should`ve been 
FrankenMickey :)
But for the origins of Ducktales, it´s main character Scrooge McDuck differs from Goofy by not being a creation of Walt. Yet still coming from the same Universe. It originated from the comics of Carl Barks. While Scrooge was originally intended to be just used once as an nemesis for Donald, Scrooge became very popular (yet Barks wasn´t a stranger to Walt. As he was a Disney animator who in 1942 was asked to contribute to a line of comic books. The name Scrooge was, funny enough, taken from the 1947 Dickens parody Christmas on Bear Mountain. Which makes it a full circle, since Scrooge was after all featured in aforementioned Mickey´s Christmas Carol). 
It`s not about 
Scrooge
anymore :)
You can`t catch us, nananana :)
But while there`s been made full-length features starring the characters from Duckburg afterwards, none of them were released Theatrically (they´ve usually been direct-to-video properties). And while this is far from the first time which I´ve made an entry featuring two movies, it makes perfect sense to tie them together in this entry for their similarities. Perhaps it may be shallow to compare them for those aforementioned reasons alone. But let´s face it, both movies are comparable for being full-length expansions that were released theatrically.










Ducktales The Movie

It´s white sauce that 
comes out, but still
the
Genie is not
covered
with it :)
Tales of ducks are 
dangerous, because
we look
like food to
everyone :)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit`s success lead various animators to Disney's London studio. The opening and closing sequences was done there. Ink/paint/camera work was done in China, and additional work in Spain. An initial treatment for the film centered on the Philosopher's stone. Originally it was conceived as a five-part episode for the show. There´s no doubt that there´s an Indiana Jones-vibe to the tale (since president Gary Kriesel of Disney Television Animation was fascinated with Jones). Still the plot was also taken from Carl Barks Pyramid Scheme. Side characters like Gyro, Doofus, Bubba the Cave Duck, and Gismoduck are absent. Since the filmmakers didn't want to confuse those who´ve not seen the show. Which is also why none of the villains (Beagle Boys, Magica DeSpell, and Flintheart Glomgold) are present.  
It`s should`ve been 
horse duck :) Oh 
nevermind :)
Voice actors veterans played the cast, as June Foray as Mrs. Featherby and Christopher Lloyd (Anastasia) as Merlock. Rip Taylor, (the Genie) even phoned in some of his lines. Which was six or seven pages, because they kept changing the dialogue. Washington Post´s Richard Harrington said that "Scrooge's burry voice (by Alan Young) sounded like Sean Connery as Dr. Henry Jones". But Young came by his Scots accent as a child (his English parents moved to Edinburgh soon after his birth. When he was six, he moved to West Vancouver). David Newman (Anastasia) scored the film (and who considered it “like a dream experience”). The famous theme song appears at the end credits twice. Ducktales was also paired with the 1951 Donald short Dude Duck on it`s theartical release.












Similarities to Aladdin, My Own Personal History With Ducktales The Movie & Box Office Results

Please, I`ll behave after 
I get all my wishes:)
Basically, Ducktales the Movie is pretty much a predecessor of Aladdin (preceeding two years). Since it basically has the same storyline. And sure, it´s quite tempting to compare the pivotal characters in both movies, which are the Genies (which both have a similar want). But believe it or not, Weimers actually wanted Robin Williams to voice the Genie, but they couldn´t get him. Due to how Ducktales is synonymous with adventure, it´s not strange that this movie relies on it (with a reference to Atlantis within it).
Which means I have to 
sleep here all the time :)

As for my personal preferences, I was not completely in love with Ducktales the series nor it´s movie. However, I still liked the show well enough to watch it a lot during my childhood. The same could be said about the movie. I didn´t own it as a child, but I remember that my family rented it and I enjoyed watching it again.
It´s not lost
anymore :)











A Goofy Movie

Don`t let us out, we smell
horrible
because we`ve been
at the jungle :)
Far more remembered and cherished is A Goofy Movie (originally called The Goofy Movie). Released April 7th 1995, it was the directorial debut by Kevin Lima (who really wanted to direct and who later on become the director for Tarzan, 102 Dalmatians and Enchanted). Yet Lima´s role is a perfect match, as he was a part of a Sport Goofy special.  
Also produced by MovieToons and Walt Disney Television Animation (despite having a smaller crew, Goofy took the same amount of time to make as Tarzan). It was originally developed as a direct-to-video property (producer Don Hahn called it a "C movie”). The directors came up with the idea when Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas special was done.
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This is how a goof surfs :) 
Not recommended :)
ince Goofy mostly plays a second-fiddle for Donald and Mickey, it´s nice that he got his own movie. But at least it takes the premise a step forward and depicts now Max (voiced by Step by Step´s Jason Mardsen, who would voice several Disney characters. And his voice was chosen for not being too cartoony) as an angst-ridden and lovesick adolescent













Behind the Scenes Information

We want you to look at our
eyes,
not at our cartoony
bodies :)
What´s remarkable about Goofy is that´s allowed to be a musical (by Tom Snow, Jack Feldman, Patrick DeRemer and Roy Freeland). Perhaps it would be easy to blame the pattern of their canon features being musicals (and therefore making Goofy akin to them, as Max is somewhat an outcast at first). Yet it´s not a bad thing, sine Goofy is remembered for it´s song (Feldman thought it was meaty to write a song for the contrasts of Goofy and Max).
It`s the fist and clap with your
feet
dance :) It`s gonna be
big ;)
No more Jack
Johnson for me :)










More Behind the Scenes Information, Deleted Storylines & Cameos

Half of A Goofy Movie was shot on 35mm film, and the other half was edited digitally on Avid. Early drafts had different destinations for Goofy and Max, as Hawaii. Another had them getting on the game show America's Funniest Gladiators. Magon watched various Road Trip Movies to get ideas of different tropes. Like the National Lampoon's Vacation series. An scrapped subplot included the big woman (Treeny) and nebbish man (Wendell) from the On the Open Road song to show up throughout the trip. There was a running gag where Treeny would get beaten up through Goofy's antics. But it was dropped for being unfunny and misogynistic (Pat Carroll, who voiced Ursula from The Little Mermaid, was originally the voice of Treeny and as Powerline`s solo singer. She is credited in a list of additional voices, though)


 
 







My Own Personal History With A Goofy Movie, Premiere & Tributes

It should´ve been Goofy and 
Bigfoot movie :) Despite how
Bigfoots`
part is a gimmick to
draw people to
this movie :)
Unlike Ducktales the Movie, I never saw A Goofy Movie as a kid (despite wanting to, since I happened to like Goof Troop a lot as a child). In fact, I didn´t get to see it until my teenage years (and yes, even then I was obsessed by Disney). 
Perhaps I wasn´t gaga for Goofy back then, but I did like it enough. And I can see why it still strucks a chord with people. It`s a fun and breezy romp. And it´s definitively easy to see the Kevin Lima-influence on Tarzan. Since both are happy-go-lucky and light films. And now I happen to like it more than ever.
Yes, a goof can read a map :)
 Regardless of the
aforementioned
incident :)
At least I can make him 
cool for a second :)
Don`t worry, it will be 
much longer soon :)
While many have asked of Max’s mom, there’s never been any explanation from Disney of it at all (still Farmer jokes that Goofy married to Jessica Rabbit before Roger, and it didn’t work out). But ironically enough, Goof and Max appeared in the 2017 reboot of Ducktales where Goofy Movie is referenced and it shows that Max and Roxanne are still together (which makes it full circle). Max and Roxanne has also appeared on House of Mouse, in Max's Embarrassing Date (aired on January 19, 2002). 
We`ll not going to eat 
like Lady and Tramp :)
The father/son plotline is mostly a reason why this movie has struck a chord with people. Lima used the film as therapy for when his father left when he was 12 (and didn't see him again until 20 years later after directing Tarzan). As for other full-length features based on TV shows, there were plans to have films based on Chip`N`Dale`s Rescue Rangers, but they were scrapped.










Epilogue

It`s going to be less messier 
when we`re sober :)
Yes, I`m trying to occupy
space
to make myself bigger
than you :)
Regarding how both Ducktales the Movie and A Goofy Movie are big
screen-adaptations of TV show, there`s a clear difference between movies that are spinoff of series and other types of movies. Mostly because the former types of films tends to be fluffier, lighter and truth to be told, often regarded as vanity projects. So regardless of there being a stigma of movies based on TV shows versus other types of movies, at least both Ducktales and Goofy are fine examples of adaptations of TV show that have been done right.
Regardless of what could´ve been said about the series they´ve been based of, both movies are features that honors their TV show counterparts (despite that Goofy has less references to Goof Troop than Ducktales). And both are honorable additions to Disney´s evergrowing catalog of movies. Regardless that Ducktales happens to be less mentioned than Goofy, at least both of them are comparable for aforementioned reason. Nonetheless, Happy Past Anniversary to both Ducktales the Movie and A Goofy Movie and may you continue to have many more.



We haven´t found the treasure yet :) 
Otherwise there wouldn`t
 been a story, duuh :)
It´s a Goofy Movie and Co :)


















 
 

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