"Captain Mohawk stole our baby!"
Just to be clear, I quite like a lot of KISS. But "I Was Made for Loving You" is a disco-tinged abomination. Just to be clear.
That said... otherwise, I like this episode. Yes, it's very silly having the concept. of Howard the Duck and Dacy (Mr and Mrs "the Duck"...) have a hybrid kid together, absolutely leaning into the interspecies sexz fun of 1986's Howard The Duck (nice touch, the reference to "Mrs Switzler"). And naturally this egg is the most important child ever, whose coming has been foretold and who is therefore fought over by all the cosmic entities of the MCU, from Zeus to the Grandmaster to Dormannu to Thanos to SHIELD.
Only for it to turn out that it's the parents who should raise the child after all, as that's how childrearing works. This child is special... but aren't they all? This episode, broadcast on a day which commemorates the birth of a child, is a rather nice and fun metaphor for all the things we parents go through, and it's lovely.
But also fun. And with a surprisingly high amount of star wattage.
I'm left wondering, though... yes, this works as just a metaphor. We don't need to take the metaphor literally and see what this little girl becomes... but will we?
I have never seen the Howard film (though I have seen Nostalgia Critic's YouTube Review of it), but I was surpruise to read about this. I'm not saying the Howard and Dacy ship is a fantastic romance or anything (believe me, I have seen many other interspecies romances in film and cartoons, many of which are written well and good chemistry (sometimes having kids that are actually endearing when you don't question it much, :)) , but I have to say I am impressed with this short, the writers gave 100% effort for a human about falling in love with a alien duck. It would have been easy for the average viewer to keep expecting/joking their child to probably be a half-human/half-duck monstrosity, but remarkbly...the character upon reveal is "appealing" no "uncanny valley" or even "ugly" cute" and, alright, she was pretty cute too (and I mean in an appealing way). They did good on Byrdie's design. Considering how the 1986 Howard the Duck film is still disliked (even with its cult following), what the writers did here is shockingly sweet and emotionally resonnate. Given the film that made this happen in the first place and the couple it is based around, it was a very pleasant surprise.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree, this episode was lovely, a real treat, and not falling into the traps of being predictable. I have to defend the film, though! No, it's not exactly the greatest film of all time, but it's not a bad film, either. It's a perfectly serviceable '80s action film which is not without its flaws but nor is it without its charms.
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