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Reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy traverse the globe in pursuit of stories and injustices to solve, report and shed light on.
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| Tintin and Snowy always on the run to report and solve mysteries |
Reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy traverse the globe in pursuit of stories and injustices to solve, report and shed light on.
The Adventures of Tintin is a French/Canadian co-production TV-series of Belgian comic book author Hergé's beloved Tintin comics, which he wrote and drew from 1929 until his death in 1983.
The animation in the series is far from being terribly sophisticated, - in fact, it is nearly over-simplified and may seem unambitious, - but, most importantly, it is very faithful and near to Hergé's style in his comic books. It was also done at a time when digital shortcuts were mostly not around to help the animators out.
The show is funny and directed more towards children than the comic books necessarily were with several sensitive contents toned down or left out. There is always mortal danger, - but no one ever dies, (unlike in the comics, where there's also more drinking, violence and politically incorrect racial aspects.) Tintin's luck is sometimes ridiculous, but then again, it's a show mainly for children. Still, I find that adults can still enjoy Tintin's mysterious adventures all over the world (and beyond) swimmingly.
The voices (English version) are good and done with obvious love for the universe of the comics.
The series' director Stéphane Bernasconi has previously story-boarded on other animated series like Babar (1989) and produced other childrens' shows like the animated The NeverEnding Story (1995-1996).
In the last episode of Tintin, a Latin American revolution is introduced, actually fairly detailed and well-balanced. This is a merit of Tintin's formidable, cultural aspects; it conveys actual learning to future members of our world society about different countries and cultures.
Unfortunately, both the Soviet and the Congo adventures are missing in the series, both for political reasons in the hope of averting hysterical outcries.
Still, The Adventures of Tintin is a very good animated family adventure series.
Best episodes:
Episode 7: The Shooting Star
Judgment Day-dreams, absurdism and a maritime race. Followed by the episode that finally introduces Captain Haddock, who is an amusing addition along with Professor Calculus later on.
Episode 14 and 15: Destination Moon/Explorers on the Moon
The animation in the series is far from being terribly sophisticated, - in fact, it is nearly over-simplified and may seem unambitious, - but, most importantly, it is very faithful and near to Hergé's style in his comic books. It was also done at a time when digital shortcuts were mostly not around to help the animators out.
The show is funny and directed more towards children than the comic books necessarily were with several sensitive contents toned down or left out. There is always mortal danger, - but no one ever dies, (unlike in the comics, where there's also more drinking, violence and politically incorrect racial aspects.) Tintin's luck is sometimes ridiculous, but then again, it's a show mainly for children. Still, I find that adults can still enjoy Tintin's mysterious adventures all over the world (and beyond) swimmingly.
The voices (English version) are good and done with obvious love for the universe of the comics.
The series' director Stéphane Bernasconi has previously story-boarded on other animated series like Babar (1989) and produced other childrens' shows like the animated The NeverEnding Story (1995-1996).
In the last episode of Tintin, a Latin American revolution is introduced, actually fairly detailed and well-balanced. This is a merit of Tintin's formidable, cultural aspects; it conveys actual learning to future members of our world society about different countries and cultures.
Unfortunately, both the Soviet and the Congo adventures are missing in the series, both for political reasons in the hope of averting hysterical outcries.
Still, The Adventures of Tintin is a very good animated family adventure series.
Best episodes:
Episode 7: The Shooting Star
Episode 14 and 15: Destination Moon/Explorers on the Moon
The best in the series, both exciting, anxiety-provoking and really funny.
Episode 18: Tintin in Tibet
Another high-point, this episode is about the search for Tintin's Chinese friend Chang in the cold Tibet mountains. - With a yeti!
Episode 20: Flight 714
Also incredibly exciting: About a plane crash, the series' grand villain Rastapopoulos and UFO's!
What do you think of The Adventures of Tintin?
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