# Tintin movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594 "2011-10-24T01:35:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/21 "2011-10-25T00:40:07Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Tintin is reasonably well known in America. Most bookstores, at least around where I live, carry Tintin books. He’s not as popular here as he is in Europe, but being American doesn’t mean that someone will “of course” have never heard of him. My sister and I grew up in Ohio and loved Tintin. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/22 "2011-10-25T00:56:32Z")
I remember seeing one Tintin book - one! - in my childhood in NE Ohio. Then I went to high school near Pittsburgh, and there were several Tintin fans there. Still by no means a big following in the U.S., though, from all I’ve read. Maybe this movie will change that. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/23 "2011-10-25T03:01:19Z")
No. No. Animated Tintin, perfect. Live-action Tintin, acceptable. GGI Tintin . . . just no. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/24 "2011-10-25T03:32:53Z")
I guess I’m the only one, but I like the look. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/25 "2011-10-25T05:41:00Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > The animation looks way creepy. Too uncanny valleyesque to succeed? As bad as [Mars Needs Moms](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1305591/combined)? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/26 "2011-10-25T06:05:10Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > No. No. Animated Tintin, perfect. Live-action Tintin, acceptable. GGI Tintin . . . just no. I don’t know… this is Peter Jackson we’re talking about. Nobody does better motion capture than him. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/27 "2011-10-25T13:41:22Z")
There’s been so much discussion in Hollywood and among film buffs about the Uncanny Valley problems with _Polar Express_, I have to think Jackson and Spielberg will bend over backwards to avoid the same problem here. > **[Uncanny valley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley)** > > In aesthetics, the uncanny valley (Japanese: 不気味の谷, Hepburn: bukimi no tani) is a hypothesized relation between an object's degree of resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to the object. The concept suggests that humanoid objects that imperfectly resemble actual human beings provoke uncanny or strangely familiar feelings of uneasiness and revulsion in observers. "Valley" denotes a dip in the human observer's affinity for the replica—a relation that otherwise increases with the... ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/28 "2011-10-25T14:03:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > There’s been so much discussion in Hollywood and among film buffs about the Uncanny Valley problems with _Polar Express_, I have to think Jackson and Spielberg will bend over backwards to avoid the same problem here. > > [Uncanny valley - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley) I don’t know… look at, for instance, _Beowulf_. Perfectly good action movie, wonderful actors, naked Angelina Jolie… A really nice work by everyone involved. And yet the animation was just off putting. It didn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/29 "2011-10-25T14:06:26Z")
I’m no hardcore Tintin fan, that said I dont understand how someone that has enjoyed the books could be turned on by the trailer. It looks like Tintin being raped, hardcore style. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/30 "2011-10-25T14:28:05Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > I didn’t mean for my comment to be nasty - I just figured Tintin was like Passe-Partout… generally, Americans aren’t familiar with it. I grew up on Tintin (and Asterix). _Secret of the Unicorn_ is one of my favorites, so I’ve been quite nervous that they’ll screw it up, especially with the Uncanny Valley issue. Has anyone else seen this little["unofficial title sequence" video](http://vimeo.com/30402976)? I love it, but I don’t know if it’s actually in the movie. Does anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/31 "2011-10-25T20:07:12Z")
> [@dangermom](#): > > Has anyone else seen this little["unofficial title sequence" video](http://vimeo.com/30402976)? I love it, but I don’t know if it’s actually in the movie. Does anyone know? It’s not, but apparently Spielberg was so impressed he hired them for a different movie. ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/32 "2011-10-25T20:13:12Z")
I’ve always thought Tintin was well known in America. I read all of them as a kid, and they are prominently displayed in the childrens’ section of most libraries I’ve been to. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/33 "2011-10-29T17:08:20Z")
Tintin has a distinctive British accent in the trailer, is he retconned as being a Brit in the movie? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/34 "2011-10-29T17:21:47Z")
Nah. It’s just that it was that or have him speak in English with a Belgian accent, which would have been just silly. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/35 "2011-10-29T18:11:03Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Nah. It’s just that it was that or have him speak in English with a Belgian accent, which would have been just silly. Ha ok, with the accent and the complexion that they used for his face, he has a very British feel to him (that said they could have chosen a less pronounced accent if that’s not what they were looking for). ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/36 "2011-12-22T01:27:37Z")
Going to see it tonight. Shall I comment here, or will there be/should I start a new thread? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/37 "2011-12-22T01:37:22Z")
I used to own at least 20 Tintin books that I got when I was visiting Belgium as a child (I’m in my early 20s now). I’ve been in a lot of book stores in my life and I’ve never seen them anywhere since that trip. Part of me wants to see the film but the other part of me is just assuming they’ve fucked it up. It’s got a lot of nostalgia to compete with and I don’t know if it can meet those high standards. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/38 "2011-12-22T02:22:22Z")
I read every Tintin book during my childhood, and I have to say they did a good job with the movie. Left you wanting more, just like with the books. Aside: My wife’s comment - “where are the female characters, besides that obnoxious opera singer?” Me: Umm, well, you see this is a story about a friendship between a dashing young man and older, hard-drinking, sea captain. Women need not apply. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/39 "2011-12-22T04:12:12Z")
Yeah, there are almost no women in Tintin comics–there’s the terrifying opera singer, and a couple of anonymous landladies, and…um…well, anyway, accept it as part of the Tintin universe, or forget about Tintin entirely. I’m glad to see a positive review. I’ll take the kids to see it if it’s not horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594/40 "2011-12-22T22:51:00Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > Tintin has a distinctive British accent in the trailer, is he retconned as being a Brit in the movie? The comics were translated into English, and there the fiction was made that Tintin was living at 26 Labrador Road and that Captain Haddock would live in Marlinspike Hall.This was continued in the movie, with Tintin’s British English, and the Thom(p)son’s reference to Scotland Yard. But the visuals remained true to the comic, with Citroen cars driving on the right and Belgian/French architecture for instance. Nestor’s butler’s yellow striped uniform does not seen British but I don’t know if it’s French/Belgian. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tintin-movie/600594.md?page=3)