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Topic History of: Tintin - terrific Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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JK2006
Exactly that Pru
The Fat Controller
Tintin? Dull? I've hit upon an idea that might sell like hot cakes. The Fat Controller's Adventures of Andy Murray!
It's worth a try.
Prunella Minge
veritas wrote: JK- the nickname for the recently deposed Oz PM Kevin Rudd is TinTin for the obvious reason he looks like him but why Ned Sherrin ? That one escapes me.
Sherrin used to sport a TinTin-style quiff. I don't know if that was the reason.
veritas
JK- the nickname for the recently deposed Oz PM Kevin Rudd is TinTin for the obvious reason he looks like him but why Ned Sherrin ? That one escapes me.
Your review sounds pretty correct. Even reading Tin Tin comix as I did when young and even though they were exciting Tin Tin was never really an over whelming character, just the central point which the action happened around.
A bit like the Famous Five who had amazing adventures surrounding them but mainly spent their time sharing a piece of chocolate while trapped in a smugglers lair and rushing home to feast on lettuce sandwiches.
JK2006
Many critics are calling it flat; I think that's what I liked about it; the way Jackson and Spielberg have captured the flat feel of the printed page whilst making it 3D. And everyone criticises Tintin for being dull; that's the whole point - he's meant to be dull; he reflects the caricature eccentrics around him. Snowy, not Tintin, is the hero, as in the books.