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2010/11/01 19:33:49
Subject: Pics from the Spielberg/Jackson Tin Tin Movie
Tin Tin is a reporter who travels around the globe fighting bad guys with his dog and his best buddy, a drunk old captain. It's known and loved across Europe.
2010/11/01 20:25:38
Subject: Pics from the Spielberg/Jackson Tin Tin Movie
It would have been better if French-Belgian people were cast. I hope Jamie Bell can do a passable accent.
n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
2010/11/02 01:10:08
Subject: Re:Pics from the Spielberg/Jackson Tin Tin Movie
Anung Un Rama wrote:Tin Tin is a reporter who travels around the globe fighting bad guys with his dog and his best buddy, a drunk old captain. It's known and loved across Hades.
Fixed.
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
2010/11/02 02:29:21
Subject: Re:Pics from the Spielberg/Jackson Tin Tin Movie
They're boy's own adventure type things, lots of running from bad guys and getting shot at, all while solving a mystery. Good fun stuff.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
2010/11/02 03:33:19
Subject: Pics from the Spielberg/Jackson Tin Tin Movie
Yes, the early stuff tended to be a bit racist and if you wanted to, you could make fun about Tim managed to get tied up at least twice in pretty much every book but they're still fun.
2010/11/02 10:46:24
Subject: Pics from the Spielberg/Jackson Tin Tin Movie
It was a different age, 'racism' while technically correct colloquially implies hatred and so I would use a different descriptor. It can certainly be seen as offensive to Africans, and Arabs, and is controvercial enough to provoke lawsuits and stock relocation from time to time, but not a withdrawal.
n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
2010/11/02 12:07:48
Subject: Pics from the Spielberg/Jackson Tin Tin Movie
Necros wrote:Hello! How very peculiar indeed, my dog talks to me too!
She keeps saying "Throw ball" over and over again. I can't figure out why...
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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2010/11/02 13:22:14
Subject: Re:Pics from the Spielberg/Jackson Tin Tin Movie
I'm a bit freaked out by the pics in the same way I found Beowulf a bit freaky. I don't think "photo real" is quite the term to define the effect.
However, I am a massive Tintin fan. Herge was an artisic genius. Check out some of the drawings of cars and planes in the books and see how accurate they are. It all adds to the sense of realism.
Please don't attach non wargaming posts directly to Dakka, they will be deleted and then see how your post is left looking eh ?
I am left bemused by the inconsistent policing of pic posting. I assume that was you Reds8n
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I personally prefer Boro Tintin. It's basically just Tintin cartoons dubbed over with filth by a person from Middlesbrough, which just so happens to be my hometown.
Warning! VERY NSFW - Contains extremely foul (but also quite amusing) language.
York/London(for weekends) oh for the glory of the british rail industry
The racism criticism, has to be put into context, it was written a while ago and Herge has gone on record to say he was wrong and was effected by the 'west European culture is superior' belief of the time, he has also rewritten alot of pages.
Just think how people would react to Shakespeare's portrayal of Shylock if it was written now.
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2010/11/02 14:27:08
Subject: Pics from the Spielberg/Jackson Tin Tin Movie
BluntmanDC wrote:The racism criticism, has to be put into context, it was written a while ago and Herge has gone on record to say he was wrong and was effected by the 'west European culture is superior' belief of the time, he has also rewritten alot of pages.
Just think how people would react to Shakespeare's portrayal of Shylock if it was written now.
To be fair most of the racism is pretty tame, compared to some of the hateful content coming out at the time.
2010/11/02 14:31:19
Subject: Pics from the Spielberg/Jackson Tin Tin Movie
generalgrog wrote:It sounds comparable to the early Looney Toons racism.
It is actually quite amazing how much they have chopped out for the DVD releases of old cartoons because they are considered "racist" now.
I thought they were releasing the racist versions, because they are considered part of our History and can show us how far we have come as as society.
GG
You would think so but being PC sometimes is more important than historical documents. You know that if you never show a blackface joke, it never happened, and everyone will get along much better.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2010/11/03 02:40:23
Subject: Re:Pics from the Spielberg/Jackson Tin Tin Movie
Bakerofish wrote:people keep saying that the Tintin was racist...
Actually people said that it was racist in the sense that what was committed to the page at the time was fairly common and within societal norms. It is looking back that we see how inconsiderate and thoughtless it could be to represent people in such a way. The racism has to be put into context, and has been pointed out (over and over and over) in this thread.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2010/11/04 10:19:54
Subject: Re:Pics from the Spielberg/Jackson Tin Tin Movie
<--Tin Tin
