SciFi in Duck stories

Kathy Fitzpatrick kfitz at halcyon.com
Sun Jul 8 21:50:55 CEST 2001


I think sci fi works better for some Disney characters than others.  For
example a lot of what Gyro Gearloose does is actually sci fi.  But in the
world of Duckburg it seems very logical since he is after all an inventor
and a scientific inventor at that as well as a chemist.

Mickey  did well in the world of tomorrow (can't think of exact title at
this time so did not capitalize it).  Mickey and Pete seem right at home in
any setting.  Stories such as "Island in the Sky" and Mickey, Mouse Mail
Pilot (again not sure of title) involved sci fi for the day but were based
somewhat on the possibilites actual inventions of the time. Yet even when a
little sci fi is involved the stories seem logical as written at least the
older stories. The themes of many of the stories are as old as time and
could also have in many cases been done without space ship and things.  The
Ducks often bump into "lost" civilizations that seem alien, here on their
earth as well as on other planets.

Kathy




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