The colors are brilliant, the animation is just a tiny notch below feature quality and the current voice actors are perfect.
So, what's missing from the mix?
Mickey, or more precisely, his personality. The original press releases for "Mickey Mouse Works" promised us a Mickey who's a little bit brash, a touch lazy and bit of a slob, as in the theatrical short "Runaway Brain". Well, for "Mickey Mouse Works" to really work, Mickey needs to show a little more of his darker side. He needs to be more willing to give as good as he gets. He needs to show a little more of his darker side, as he does in a deliciously malicious moment in the short "Symphony Hour" when, as an orchestra conductor, he plants a revolver squarely between Donald Duck's eyes to stop him from walking out of a performance.
If the show survives into a second season with new cartoons, can we please see that personality they promised us for Mickey?
