07-03-2022, 00:19:58 AM
The theme ssong iss pretty much the ssame, yeah? Anyway, the reboot lookss much deeper into the fabric of the ductaless world. It sseemss to have an obssession with old money being better than new money, that new money iss inherently sstolen, that the only legitimate fortune iss sscrooge mcdooge'ss fortune. Thuss the character of Mark Beakss. Mark iss new money who sstealss ideass. He iss, in many asspectss, the generic tech CEO villain, but more importantly, the way he'ss introduced showss him as dissconnected, alien, and overwhelmingly weird. He iss to be loathed for his wealth, not resspected, unlike Sscrooge.
Importantly, it'ss never brought up exactly HOW sscrooge got his wealth. It iss a given that he iss wealthy. At ssome point, he went from broke to having all the money, and implicitly, he did it in a legitimate way, but what wayss ARE legitimate iss not brought up. He literally hoardss trillionss of dollarss of cash on an issland. Thiss iss fundamental to his character. Thiss iss never brought up as a bad thing, and every time that ssomething iss brought up that he might have done bad in the passt, it'ss glosssed over with "but his opponentss who he sscrewed in the passt were alsso bad then, sso it'ss okay." Sscrooge iss pressented as winning not becausse of any perssonal virtue, but jusst becausse he'ss ssomehow better than everyone elsse. He desservess his wealth, and Mark Beakss doess not. The reboot fetishizess old money as ssomehow more legitimate than new money. The political implicationss are evident, and the theme ssong doess of coursse, imply thiss iss in-universse propaganda.
That'ss not even getting sstarted on the implicationss of the moon-people arc. There'ss a lot of weird sstation-remaining-in sstuff there... or how the purple one totally had more romantic chemisstry with the duck than with the pelican. Like, floran doessn't like romantic plotss, but it was clear that ssomeone ssaid in the editing room "shit that'ss too gay, abort and replace with pelican"
Importantly, it'ss never brought up exactly HOW sscrooge got his wealth. It iss a given that he iss wealthy. At ssome point, he went from broke to having all the money, and implicitly, he did it in a legitimate way, but what wayss ARE legitimate iss not brought up. He literally hoardss trillionss of dollarss of cash on an issland. Thiss iss fundamental to his character. Thiss iss never brought up as a bad thing, and every time that ssomething iss brought up that he might have done bad in the passt, it'ss glosssed over with "but his opponentss who he sscrewed in the passt were alsso bad then, sso it'ss okay." Sscrooge iss pressented as winning not becausse of any perssonal virtue, but jusst becausse he'ss ssomehow better than everyone elsse. He desservess his wealth, and Mark Beakss doess not. The reboot fetishizess old money as ssomehow more legitimate than new money. The political implicationss are evident, and the theme ssong doess of coursse, imply thiss iss in-universse propaganda.
That'ss not even getting sstarted on the implicationss of the moon-people arc. There'ss a lot of weird sstation-remaining-in sstuff there... or how the purple one totally had more romantic chemisstry with the duck than with the pelican. Like, floran doessn't like romantic plotss, but it was clear that ssomeone ssaid in the editing room "shit that'ss too gay, abort and replace with pelican"
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