King Mark 3,631 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 well, time to admit to your lack of culture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,347 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Nope! How about you King Mark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I uhm..... Well....Yes, but only vaguely aware of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 We're not Americans you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,355 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Nope - I had never even heard of it before I saw the announcement that Spielberg and Jackson were going to be making it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I had read some of the comics before the film was announced and was aware of the characters and comics from very early on. They are widely available in Finland.I rather preferred Asterix and Obelix to Tintin when I was younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Known the characters an books from my childhood, they were pretty much a staple of any child reading in the 80's. Together with Suske en wiske, Luckly Luke, Asterix etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I rather preferred Asterix and Obelix to Tintin when I was younger.Asterix is awesome. But I find it funnier now that I'm older.But it can't be repeated enough: Asterix is awesome, from the script to it's art style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Only vaguely aware of it. I knew what the character looked like, and I thought he was a detective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedohr 0 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 We read many of them in the 70's and 80's in Iceland, Tintin, Asterix, Spirou, Gaston, The smurfs, Lucky Luke and more. I read them all over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I remember when I was very very young they showed stuff about the character in TV and it already sounded familiar to me (mainly the moon rocket) before fully knowing Tintin or reading it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I only knew vageuly about it.Still haven't read any of the comics, though. But the names Tintin and Snowy (or Milou) were familar to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy 55 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 When I was a child I read some comics and I watched some animated films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I had read some of the comics before the film was announced and was aware of the characters and comics from very early on. They are widely available in Finland.With covers by Hiltunen, I hope?Alas no. Only Hergé ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Been a huge fan all my life. I've had a framed Tintin poster framed on my bedroom's wall since I was 10. I've read and own all the Tintin books. I was beyond excited when I read the news Spielberg was making a movie, specially by the prospect of a JW score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,245 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Yes, I read most of the Tintin comics in the mid to late 70s, thanks to a very close friend of mine who used to collect them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Nope. Though in my line of work, we recognize it as SnSn, or Sn2 to be more accurate. It's rare to find tin bonded with itself in such a dual-atom molecule, as it usually forms salts with more reactive elements.What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Nope. Though in my line of work, we recognize it as SnSn, or Sn2 to be more accurate. It's rare to find tin bonded with itself in such a dual-atom molecule, as it usually forms salts with more reactive elements.What?It's alright Sheldon. You can still hang out with us, the cool kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Only vaguely aware of it. I knew what the character looked like, and I thought he was a detective.Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 So, who's this Tinman you guys are talking about lately...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 So, who's this Tinman you guys are talking about lately...?He is The Chosen One. He'll bring balance to Williams.He is Tuna Tin the son of Sardine Tin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob 0 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Option 1, except change comics to TV show.Wasn't a huge thing in my childhood but I liked it because it was like Indiana Jones.I'm American, by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ymenard 54 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Yes, and probably read the comic books 100 times each in my bed during childhood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 You know, Oz never did give nothing to the Tinman that he didn't, didn't already have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percival 0 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Grew up with them, (I'm in the UK) but I just can't bring myself to call them comics. They were wonderful, sturdy hardback books with a cover that could be wiped clean of sticky pop/sweet/crisp marks (very important when you're a messy squirt), and I read them all. The later tv animations were crap in comparison - didn't capture the wonderful essence of the stories and the fabulous illustrations. Mind you, I have to admit to preferring Asterix and Obelix - so, so funny. Also, even at that young age I was uncomfortable with some of the dodgier ideas/drawings in Tintin - it was the height of Rock Against Racism in the UK and there was my book with terrible stereotypical pictures of thick-lipped Africans (I think it was Tintin in the Congo). Not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 We read many of them in the 70's and 80's in Iceland, Tintin, Asterix, Spirou, Gaston, The smurfs, Lucky Luke and more. I read them all over and over again.Imagine having to grow up in America with rubbish like The Fantastic Four, Superman, Thor.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Or a sex toy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Also, even at that young age I was uncomfortable with some of the dodgier ideas/drawings in Tintin - it was the height of Rock Against Racism in the UK and there was my book with terrible stereotypical pictures of thick-lipped Africans (I think it was Tintin in the Congo). Not good.Mmm, I don't think I read all of the comics but from the ones I do remember there was often more cross cultural / cross racial friendship going on than would occur even in my town in 2011. In that way TinTin was almost ahead of his time in some of the interactions going on within the stories of the comics. No doubt there are colonial elements in some of them, and accentuating physical features is always going to be controversial but in other ways the stereotypes lay upon tendencys within the culture he was in, which are accurate even today. On a side note, I've always found Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom to be very much like a TinTin comic in the whole feel and look of the movie. It certainly lays it on thick at times about the Indians and Chinese, and the film's portayal of Kali is a half truth. But at the same time again there is always this thing running through the film where common ground is found between the characters, finding everyone of whatever culture and race ultimately has the same needs, the same value, and the same pains and redeeming qualities in the same way I remember from the TinTin comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 If we could just all live together in harmony, and people would adhere to our traditional Western values, then as a human species, we would be OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 If we could just all live together in harmony, and people would adhere to our traditional Western values, then as a human species, we would be OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob 0 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I'm American, by the way.Yeah, I think we got that when we saw your avatar with "A is for Victory". Only an American can mix up the letters A and V.You'll be sorry come World War III, Euro-trash swine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathieu 6 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 As many of french children, I began to read with the adventures of Tintin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 It is interesting how some comics come emblematic of different countries and are ingrained in the early reading of children there. In Finland the most influential comic book must be Donald Duck, the magazine having a big circulation. It contains stories with all the different Disney characters and the later comic book additions to their cast drawn by a variety of artist from Don Rosa to Carl Barks. It is basically the material children learn to read to here plus it contains some of the most vivid and inventive language and play on words that widens children's vocabulary as well.And Tintin seems to be a more of a Central European thing.We certainly have had the Tintin comics here and it is known to nearly all but as I said before I do not think it has been anywhere near as popular and Donald Duck or Asterix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I didn't learn to read with Tintin but, together with some other comic books, it inspired me to write when I was very young.I aslo remember seeing the Castafiore Emerald episode of the cartoon show and liking it, before I read that one. Also, I think it took me abit more to get into Asterix than Tintin.I love Asterix, btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I had hear of Tintin, but didn't know anything about him. I remember seeing the drawn characters of him and Snowy here and there throughout my life, but I never had a context. Tintin just simply wasn't a big part of American childhood. The books seem like a lot of fun though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 And Tintin seems to be a more of a Central European thing.I think i as a central-south-western european thing.United kingdom, ireland, Germany, france, Netherlands, belgium, Italy, Portugal and Spain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Read all the books when I was 8 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,828 Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I did know him as a character and image (and Captain Haddock) but i never had read any comics, or saw the TV series and animation films.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,687 Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 I'd heard of the character but didn't know anything about him or the peripheral characters. I was surprised that Spielberg thought he could make a mainstream film from it.Tonight, I'll find out what all the fuss is about...Edit - pretty damn good. I hope there are more. And I loved Serkis as Haddock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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