Blog:Quack Pack (1998 film) (FAKE)

Quack Pack is a 1998 American animated action film directed and written by Jacob S. Lee. It is a loose adaptation of the Disney television series of the same name and features the voices of Tony Anselmo, Jeannie Elias, Pamela Adlon, E.G. Daily, and Kath Soucie, who all reprise their roles from the original series. Despite being produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, the film was released theatrically by 20th Century Fox on June 18th, 1998.

Summary
Donald, Daisy, and the nephews reunite with Uncle Scrooge, Webby, and Launchpad at a gala, and they soon learn that the Claw, a recurring villain from the show, has stolen a microchip from the U.S. President and plans to use it as part of a weapon for global domination. Joining forces with Calico “Callie” Briggs and the Federal Organization for World Loyalty (F.O.W.L.), the Duck family has to stop the Claw and his henchmen, the Bandits of Duckburg, from taking over the world.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The film has the unusually bold move of taking a mediocre TV show and adapting it to the big screen by removing what's wrong with the show itself and improving on the source material by changing the story, characters, and overall tone in order to not only do something new with the concept but still have it entertaining. In the case of the film version of Quack Pack, it works incredibly well, as it takes away its pandering towards the hip crowd and replaced it with likable and interesting characters, an engaging story, and intense action scenes that will keep audiences, especially kids, on the edge of their seats.
 * 2) It has beautifully fluent animation with a mixture of CGI, which was still relatively new around that time.
 * 3) The characters, especially the nephews, are likable.
 * 4) Excellent voice acting, ranging from Tony Anselmo to Tim Curry.
 * 5) The film has action sequences that are fun and intense. The scene where Huey is trying to protect the President from one of the Bandits and the final fight scene between Donald and his nephews and Claw and the Bandits are two perfect examples.
 * 6) The designs of the main characters are faithful to the original series.
 * 7) Great dramatic moments, like the scene where Donald and the nephews almost died in the helicopter crash, which is considered to be a tear-jerking moment.
 * 8) Funny Humor.
 * 9) Not only is the score by Mark Mothersbaugh amazing, but the soundtrack to this movie is awesome. It also features a retooled/remixed rendition of the show's theme song "Duck Daze", by Apollo 440.
 * 10) Features a LOT of cameos of characters from classic Disney films such as Alice in Wonderland and The Little Mermaid.
 * 11) It launched a successful franchise, which is still going to this day. The film spawned sequels, spin-offs, two television series, video games, comic books, and toys.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The story itself is a bit formulaic.
 * 2) Despite the entertaining aspects, however, the film has a somewhat poor grasp of the source material.
 * 3) *In contrast with the TV series, which was light-hearted, the movie has a much darker tone and is too violent.
 * 4) *Claw looks and acts nothing like his TV series counterpart. For example, in the episode "Long Arm of the Claw", he appears as a "good citizen", but soon relapses back to his violent behavior when he sees some gold objects, and after he hears the sound of a ringing bell, he calms down. Also, he never had henchmen on the original show.
 * 5) *The nephews' personalities differed greatly from the show. For example, in the series, Dewey has been described as a practical joker. In the movie, however, he is a computer genius and a comic book fan.
 * 6) *Other characters such as Ludwig Von Drake, Kent Powers, and Gwumpki were not featured in the movie, although they were mentioned briefly. In addition, Callie Briggs, Mallory McMallard, and the cast of DuckTales were not featured in the original series.
 * 7) While the voice acting is great, Tress MacNeille was seriously miscast as Webby.
 * 8) Although it is mild, there is constant swearing from certain characters, especially Daisy Duck, in a Disney movie, which can be out of place.

Trivia

 * 1) This was the first film produced by Disney to be distributed by another major Hollywood studio, in this case, 20th Century Fox. Ironically, The Walt Disney Company would purchase 21st Century Fox and all of its affiliates 21 years later.
 * 2) Tim Curry, who voices Claw, also had a role in the original series as Moltoc in the episode "Transmission: Impossible".