tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post6387044173486516654..comments2024-03-28T03:15:52.497-04:00Comments on Duck Comics Revue: "The Golden Nugget Boat"GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-71744268691618096832023-10-09T04:26:54.234-04:002023-10-09T04:26:54.234-04:00Scrooge looks really happy, I’m really glad for hi...Scrooge looks really happy, I’m really glad for him after such tribulation. I remember how relieved I was that had such good fortune. Of course Carl Barks used this plot device before where insufferable Gladstone seems to be the winner but is trumped in the end - Trail of the Unicorn, The Gilded Man - I think there were a few others. Gladstone was kinda like Dr Smith in the original Lost in Space series, as a kid I hated both of them now I see Dr Smith as great foible that propels the adventures of the Robinsons, otherwise it could get boring. Gladstone is a kind of allegory for what could happen to any of us if we were to get our own way all the time and the hell it could easily create for us. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-12712054588272674712011-03-26T12:42:01.912-04:002011-03-26T12:42:01.912-04:00I dunno--do you find Gladstone winning some random...I dunno--do you find Gladstone winning some random raffle to be an inspiring, life-affirming affirmation of the human spirit? Sure, you'd rather have a golden boat than not have a golden boat, but when the whole point of the story was for Scrooge to show that he's still Got It, this sort of victory really isn't what he needed.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423579092779163824.post-72737813112350391422011-03-26T02:06:21.613-04:002011-03-26T02:06:21.613-04:00I don't mean to argue with you, but for my mon...I don't mean to argue with you, but for my money, any victory where you're up a solid gold boat is far from a "hollow victory."Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03343947041898057102noreply@blogger.com