Comments on: The Adventures of Tintin: Season One

By: Tintin Comes to Home Video » DVDs Worth Watching

Tintin Comes to Home Video » DVDs Worth Watching — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:18:23 +0000

[...] up their release of Season One late last year, Shout! Factory is bringing The Adventures of Tintin: Season Two to DVD on March 20. [...]

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:42:59 +0000

If you do decide to read the original comics, I’d strongly avoid skipping the first few. Herge hadn’t really solidified his characterization yet, and the stories are pretty disjointed–they read more like a series of set-pieces without much connecting them.

I’d say the stories start holding together around “Cigars of the Pharaoh.” The series that begins with “The Crab with the Golden Claws,” which introduces Tintin’s adventuring partner Captain Haddock, is another good place to start.

By: Remco

Remco — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:19:23 +0000

We’re currently watching ourselves through the complete(r) box set. I remember seeing older cartoons during my youth, though; less faithful to the Tintin style than these, but imo working better as animation (with more squash&stretch etc), and with its own charm. They’re from 1959 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iWAVI2_yNI
Herge wasn’t too keen on them, though (and have to wonder what he’d make of the mutant-Tintin of the current film).

By: Dwight Willliams

Dwight Willliams — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:51:37 +0000

Been trying to refresh my memory for weeks about when the anglophone portion of North America was going to get its launch date for that movie! As you may or may not know, the rest of the planet got the jump on us owing to their greater familiarity with this particular franchise...and Tintin is indeed a franchise on par with any major Disney-owned character, Star Trek or Peanuts. I've seen the book featuring a great deal of the production artwork that went into building this movie already on sale in local independent bookstores around Ottawa, and it's going on my want list for the holidays. And as for the original graphic novels? Chase them down when you can.