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It sure would be a lot of fun to have a movie based on The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. I think everyone here will agree that the DuckTales cartoons were done very well and kept the spirit of the comics reasonably. It's just a fun series, so a movie in the same vane would be delightful.
Could a movie capture the little details of Don Rosa's works? Probably not. Could a movie be exactly true to the narrative or the jokes? Probably not. But with Disney's crews working on it, I'm sure it would still be a really fun movie!
What do you say Roger?

Yes, there should be, but not just one! I always dreamed about a Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck trilogy. It could be done two ways. Either as an animated movie (I mean hand-drawn animation) with the ducks or live action with a lot of modifications. I wonder if the Walt Disney Pictures ever thought about a Life of Scrooge movie...

Quote from user: Robb_KI think you'd need a series of films or TV series to cover even all the main adventures Scrooge had.
Yes but we are talking here about an adaptation of Don Rosa's Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.

That does sound like a good idea to have a TV Series based on Scrooge's Adventures that is more true to the comic books than Duck Tales was. Of Course a Movie Trilogy based on the Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck isn't a bad idea either. You People have such good ideas that I'm surprised I didn't think of them.

I would like to see it, yes, but I would prefer nothing to the the kind of CGI overkill that is so popular today. If it could be old-school quality (expensive - very expensive) Disney animation, yes. I film like Shrek, with a total range of about 3 facial expressions and about 12 body movements- no.

Quote from user: MykalI would like to see it, yes, but I would prefer nothing to the the kind of CGI overkill that is so popular today. If it could be old-school quality (expensive - very expensive) Disney animation, yes. I film like Shrek, with a total range of about 3 facial expressions and about 12 body movements- no.
Are you kidding?!? Shrek was a FANTASTIC animated film! The amount of detail and expertise in the animation from every respect is astounding??and groundbreaking! Computer animation has come a long way. It is a different art than Bambi-style of traditional animation, obviously. You cannot rightfully call one superior over the other any more than you can call an orange superior to an apple. Or a paintbrush a superior tool over the computer. Please "give the Devil his due." If you prefer traditional animation over CGI thats fine. But don't make the false statement that modern animation as lacking in quality or as displaying "3 facial expressions and about 12 body movements." That is simply the opposite of fact. Watch the movie again and count the number of different expressions and bdy movements. I'll would wager that there are many more of each than in the best of the traditional animated classics.

Do you realize that all modern comics are computer-colored? They look that much better for it, in my opinion. Look closely at the subtle and beautiful gradations of color displayed in modern comics, not possible without the computer.

I'd have no problem with CGI animated films or miniseries', but I would definitely NOT want them to be 3-D style like Shrek. CGI animation such as in most "traditional" Disney animated films since the 90s would work great I think. CGI is not a bad thing, it's all in the implementation, and what style best suits the story you're trying to tell.

Quote from user: mvblairHere's the thing about movies: sometimes it's important to have low expectations. And let's face it, if there was a movie based on "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck," does anybody really think that it would be better than the comic? Not me. It would be worse than the comic. The comic was so good.

But, that doesn't mean a movie would be bad. It could still be good, but fans like the ones on this board would have to have "different" expectations for the movie than the comic.
Quote from user: Roger North....it's fun to imagine what would happen if it did.
Sure!

Personally, I would like traditional animation. Computer animation is incredible these days (the Gremlin in "The Lord of the Rings" was incredible...honestly, it could've won an Oscar). I think most people just have a kick for traditional animation. An Uncle Scrooge movie in the style of Disney's "Robin Hood" or "Aristocats" would be lovely.

But the days of traditional ink and paper animation are gone.
I agree. I would want any films to be traditional 2-D animation, to keep the spirit of Barks' work. I like to draw by hand with a pencil, and like to see hand drawing. I'd like the cartoons to be similar in style to Barks' own drawing style. Maybe Daan Jippes could head up the character design department. They should resurrect The Disney Feature Animation crew to work on this series. We need those 700 traditional animation jobs back in The Industry!

What REALLY should have happened (and what I will work towards, if I ever have access to a time machine)-is The Disney Company should have had Carl Barks head up the character design, storyboarding and layout departments of a separate feature animation unit to produce a series of cartoon features of Donald and Scrooge stories starting in 1952 and continuing into the early 1960s. He should have gone without sleep to spend 50 hours a week working on comic book stories, and another 50 on the animated films.

Floyd Gottfredson should have had his own feature animation unit to make a series of Mickey Mouse features from 1938-1955.