Talk:DuckTales (2017 TV series)/Archive 1

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Release date controversy

On January 27 the air date was revised, in one part of the article, from Summer to February 25. The source provided doesn't mention February and states the date as Summer in its title, and if we really believe the more recent claim we should not elsewhere claim in the article that the start will be this Summer. Funnily enough, the same source is cited to support both dates! What's more, I could find no evidence anywhere of the earlier date. The only "February 25" fact I can establish is that the show was announced on that day in 2015. So why do we now trust this date again? 86.139.193.182 (talk) 21:51, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

First Look Trailer

I believe the first look trailer is up and should be mentioned here. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-LNgU4e1rE Visokor (talk) 15:51, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

What makes this particular trailer notable versus the millions of trailers that exist for other works? --McDoobAU93 16:15, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

A lot of articles about series and movies tend to have a section called "marketing" which often covers trailers and posters for it. Not sure it's warranted in this case.★Trekker (talk) 18:03, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

DuckTales to air early in international countries?

So user Gyerek-Vilag got info from a press schedule (which will be released on the same site later) that DuckTales will air on Disney Channel in the Czech Republic/Hungary and Disney Junior in the CEMA region on June 9. http://www.gyerek-vilag.tk/2017/05/a-disney-junior-juniusi-ujdonsagai.html I wanted to bring this up because the exact release date for the US wasn't even announced yet. I wonder how this should be handled, if it ends up being true. Palettepony895 (talk) 04:26, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

First episode is a single episode

The first episode was advertised as a 1-hour TV movie per this and this. The fact that it was likely produced in two segments and combined for presentation is irrelevant to what was actually broadcast and what should be documented in this article. Geraldo Perez (talk) 02:18, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Yes, definitely should be listed as 1 episode/entity/release. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 04:19, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

So if the two parts were later aired separately, independently of one another, there's nothing stopping us from listing it as two episodes. -- 68.32.218.140 (talk) 05:19, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

This article should be documenting original airing, not reruns. A guide for what is long-term official is how iTunes or Amazon sell it. See for Amazon which shows "1. Woo-oo!" for the first episode. Geraldo Perez (talk) 13:46, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Given that the title sequence operates as a "clean break" between the 1st and 2nd part as originally aired, what's the harm in notating it and splitting the summary into two paragraphs? Morty C-137 (talk) 06:34, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

A paragraph break looks reasonable but more for breaking up a wall of text and that is a logical place for it. Redoing the title sequence in the middle is sloppy of them, and doesn't need to be noted. Usually when they merge two productions into one episode they are more careful. Geraldo Perez (talk) 13:48, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

The current plot description is short enough now that a paragraph break won't be necessary to make reading easier. Geraldo Perez (talk) 13:54, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

You realize it didn't open with a title sequence - the episode goes more than 20 minutes till the opening credits roll the first time. Morty C-137 (talk) 16:00, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Production needs Expanding - Currently lacks certain Information

To any editors out there:

If you can assist in sorting out a number of issues regarding the Production section of this article, it would be greatly appreciated. At the moment, the section does not contain any information regarding the reasons for the reboot and how it was conceived, along with the date that episodes began to be produced, and a few minor areas (what these are, I don't know). If these can be sorted out, it should help to improve the article. GUtt01 (talk) 08:58, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Just on a side note - Has anyone got any objections to the Premise Section having a sub-section - Characters - listing the differences between the reboots characters to those of the original (and possibly the appearances of the nephews and Donald to other cartoons they've featured in)? Of course, the list would be open to further expansion, but only on the proviso that any new characters must be regulars (been in more than three episodes or such like). GUtt01 (talk) 15:27, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

One issue would be if it were not referenced and the comparison was WP:SYNTHESIS and WP:OR. Geraldo Perez (talk) 21:00, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

The proper place to put that kind of information is under production in the form of a (sourced) description of how the production team adapted the characters from the comics and the 1987 cartoon. Understanding how characters were changed compared to previous media is not important to understand the roles of the characters within this show, but is definitely relevant to the production.--IDV^talk 08:37, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Ducktales also airing on ABC on Demand

http://abc.go.com/shows/ducktales-on-abc

The new Ducktales show is also seen on ABC on Demand App. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:640:c600:8270::60ce (talk) 03:22, 29 September 2017‎ (UTC)

edit warring vs vandalism-- unsourced changes, whatever

The page is now protected. Please discuss changes. Be prepared to cite reliable sources. ThanksDlohcierekim (talk) 21:17, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Cast list

How is the best way to handle this? I generally don't work much on animation articles, so I'm coming at this from a live-action mindset, where the "main" actors are generally always credited, even if they don't appear. However, it appears (rightfully) that only actors who appear in these episodes get the credits, and the order is different each time. I feel Scrooge, the nephews, Webby, Launchpad, Beakley, and Donald should definitely remain, but how do we handle characters like Gyro, Ma Beagle, Lena, etc.? I felt a good way was to include only those actors who appear on the first voice credits card in the end credits, but who is and isn't included on that changes drastically from episode to episode. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 00:59, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

I say we divide the cast into 'Main' & 'Recurring' categories. BarricadeX (talk) 03:18, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

The show doesn't separate "main" and "recurring" cast. It only credits "voice talents" which includes cast appearing in one episode only, as well as those appearing in every episode. No matter what we decide to do, to use rhose terms is to make up stuff -09:23, 10 October 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pyy (talk • contribs)

I agree. I don't want to use those terms for the reasons you pointed out Pyy. I just think we do need a way to control who is listed here, otherwise, it will just keep getting to be a really large list each time a new character is in an episode. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 23:09, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Suggest treating the list like recurring characters get treated in other articles. Don't list unless show up in a significant percentage of the episodes. Maybe make the cutoff 3 episodes for now before get listed. Don't list one-offs. Geraldo Perez (talk) 16:33, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

I like that, for now. If no one objects, I'll try making those changes. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 18:57, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

The season one press release actually seperates main voice cast from recurring guest voices. I've provided source in the article, and deleted the guest voice actors from the list. -Pyy (talk) 20:32, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Executive producer

I have read on several websites that wrote about Ducktales that Rob Renzetti is an executive producer. Was he replaced or something? I can't find information about him on Ducktales' imdb page and maybe the news articles quoted the German wikipedia or an earlier version of the article as e.g. in the German wikipedia article it says that Rob Renzetti is an executive producer. Is he included in the credits of the show? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reditec (talk • contribs) 15:10, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

@Reditec: After the show has started airing most of the credits get verified by Wikipedia editors watching the episode credits as the aired credits are the authoritative source of credit info. I am wary when credits information is added after that. IMDb generally transcribes credits correctly and I use IMDb as a first pass filter when I can't watch an episode. Sometimes IMDb editors add names that don't belong so can't absolutely trust them but generally they don't miss any who were actually credited. Basically if a person is not in the credits they haven't been credited, no matter what other sources say. Other sources can be used to show involved in some way that doesn't raise to the level of getting a credit but that is generally for minor things, not not likely for executive producers. Geraldo Perez (talk) 18:56, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Reference for episodes not aired in the US?

On March 21, 2018, Disney XD Scandinavia (and presumably other international XD channels) aired the episode "The Missing Links of Moorshire". Other than a recording of the full episode, and an online TVGuide that thinks this was an episode from the 1987 show, I have no actual references. How can I add information about this episode without it being removed for being unsourced information? TrondM (talk) 10:53, 24 March 2018 (UTC)