Tintin

***azalea*** · 04-15-2002, 10:48 PM

I searched through all of these threads and didn't see this so...

is anyone else here a Tintin fan?

GandalfTheWhite · 04-15-2002, 11:52 PM

are you talking about the cartoon? the only tintin i know is the one were he has his dog and he goes on adventures

***azalea*** · 04-16-2002, 09:11 AM

It was a French comic book, but in the early '90s they did do a cartoon of them on TV.

So if anyone else does like them, which was your favorite? Mine are The Black Island, The Seven Crystal Balls, and The Secret of the Unicorn.

aldesign · 04-16-2002, 05:01 PM

ive got a couple of them, there ok, not the best comics, i prefer Astrix!!!!!!!

my tintin comis are = Tintin In Tibet (lots of Snow, and a Yeti)
hhhhhmmmmmm whats the other one.
ill post back

andy

TwirlingString · 04-16-2002, 05:06 PM

Who's Tintin, never heard of him.

***azalea*** · 04-16-2002, 07:24 PM

It is a French comic about a young reporter who solves mysteries. (They are translated into English).

TwirlingString · 04-16-2002, 07:26 PM

O are they still in print?

galadriel · 04-16-2002, 07:47 PM

I know that they're still in print in French; my French teacher has some of the books.

It was a cartoon too; I think they were once on TV here in the US (dubbed, and many, many years ago).

TwirlingString · 04-16-2002, 07:49 PM

Not french (insert high scream) I'm taking it. Oh well, it'll probably get me extra cred.

***azalea*** · 04-16-2002, 07:53 PM

I'm sure they're still in print. Most big book stores will have them or at least order them for you.

TwirlingString · 04-16-2002, 07:56 PM

Thanx for the tip, I'll go find them!

anyone else notice that the sticks out tounge looks more like a cutesy embarrassed grin?

***Earniel*** · 04-17-2002, 05:22 PM

WHAT!!!!????
FRENCH!!!!!???!!!!IEIEIEIEIEIE!!!!!!*screams in rage*
NOOOOOOO BLOODY WAY!!!!!!!

I would turn around in my grave if I had one!

Tintin (Kuifje) IS SO NOT FRENCH!

IT'S BELGIAN people! Belgian!

And French fries aren't French either by the way but that's unrelated...

***azalea*** · 04-17-2002, 06:33 PM

Oops! sorry about that! I just knew them in English, and I assumed Herge was French (bu come to think of it, I may have known he was Belgian many years ago). Is that why it's pronounced Tonton instead of Tantan?

BeardofPants · 04-17-2002, 06:52 PM

Yes, Herge was Belgian, with slightly Nazi'ish views, last time I heard.

Great comics though. My favourite one is of course, red rackham's treasure. Although, I like the secret of the unicorn, and that one about aliens, (flight 714).

Tintin rocks! And cap'in Haddock, of course!

***azalea*** · 04-17-2002, 07:58 PM

Woah!

TwirlingString · 04-18-2002, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Eärniel
WHAT!!!!????
FRENCH!!!!!???!!!!IEIEIEIEIEIE!!!!!!*screams in rage*
NOOOOOOO BLOODY WAY!!!!!!!

I would turn around in my grave if I had one!

Tintin (Kuifje) IS SO NOT FRENCH!

IT'S BELGIAN people! Belgian!

And French fries aren't French either by the way but that's unrelated...

Why are you screaming?

I don't really know the dif

***azalea*** · 04-18-2002, 09:29 AM

I guess it's kind of like making the mistake of getting on Entmoot and saying LotR was written by PJ. We need to give the right country credit for doing something we like!

***Earniel*** · 04-18-2002, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TwirlingString
Why are you screaming? I don't really know the dif

Uck, now you've done it, you've killed me. We try to get our own identity for 150 years and they still think we're some race of native indians speaking some weird french dialect (this was actually the conclusion of a survey what Americans knew of Belgium a couple of years ago. Imagine

)

You're right BoP, he slightly had that kind of views, that's why one of his albums was only very recently released because it wasn't deemed suitable then.

Tintin is the French name and the name used in every other translation.

I don't blame you, Belgium is easily overlooked and a large part of it IS Frenchspeaking. I just thought I'd rectify it. Sorry for screaming.

***azalea*** · 04-18-2002, 01:21 PM

I quite understand -- it's like walking into a Canadian bar and saying that "Canada's just part of the United States anyway" or something like that.

Hey, how do you pronounce Kuifje?

***Earniel*** · 04-18-2002, 03:33 PM

Thanks for understanding *gives Azalea a virtual smartie*
The pronounciation of Kuifje, oh this is going to be a tough one getting it in phonetically English....This is the closest I can get: the 'ui' is pronounced as the 'u' in run but a bit more stretched, like 2 twice as long in sound. The 'j' is like the 'y' is 'yes' and the 'e' is very short like a cough the 'e' in 'trek'. The 'k' and 'f' are pronounced as in English. How does that sound?

04-15-2002, 10:48 PM	#1
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Tintin I searched through all of these threads and didn't see this so... is anyone else here a Tintin fan?

04-15-2002, 11:52 PM	#2
GandalfTheWhite Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 297	are you talking about the cartoon? the only tintin i know is the one were he has his dog and he goes on adventures __________________ "Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council." -Gandalf The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say. "He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom." -Gandalf "A thing is about to happen which has not happened since the Elder Days: the Ents are going to wake up and find that they are strong." -Gandalf

04-16-2002, 05:01 PM	#4
aldesign Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Uk Posts: 447	ive got a couple of them, there ok, not the best comics, i prefer Astrix!!!!!!! my tintin comis are = Tintin In Tibet (lots of Snow, and a Yeti) hhhhhmmmmmm whats the other one. ill post back andy __________________ The funniest story on the net, made by entmoot fanatics, visit it @ FOTMB.com FRODO LIVES!! GET FREE AVATARS HERE!

04-16-2002, 05:06 PM	#5
TwirlingString Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: My mother would say somewhere between the adult mystery section and the YA sci-fi Posts: 489	Who's Tintin, never heard of him. __________________ "The Astels are an emotional people. They cry at the drop of a handkerchief. Their culture is much like that of Pelosia. They're extremely devot and invincibly backward. It's been demonstrated to them over an over that serfdom is an archaic, inefficent institution, but they maintain it anyway--largely at the connivance of the serfs thmselves. Astellian nobles don't exert themselves in any way, so they have no concept of human endurance. The serfs take advantage of that outrageously. Astellian serfs have been known to collapse from sheer exhauston at the very mention of such unpleasant words as 'reaping' or 'digging'." ----------------------------------------------- “They lost him?!” Lupin asked , amazed. “Voldemort has been after Harry for 15 years, and then he misplaces him?!”

04-16-2002, 07:26 PM	#7
TwirlingString Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: My mother would say somewhere between the adult mystery section and the YA sci-fi Posts: 489	O are they still in print? __________________ "The Astels are an emotional people. They cry at the drop of a handkerchief. Their culture is much like that of Pelosia. They're extremely devot and invincibly backward. It's been demonstrated to them over an over that serfdom is an archaic, inefficent institution, but they maintain it anyway--largely at the connivance of the serfs thmselves. Astellian nobles don't exert themselves in any way, so they have no concept of human endurance. The serfs take advantage of that outrageously. Astellian serfs have been known to collapse from sheer exhauston at the very mention of such unpleasant words as 'reaping' or 'digging'." ----------------------------------------------- “They lost him?!” Lupin asked , amazed. “Voldemort has been after Harry for 15 years, and then he misplaces him?!”

04-16-2002, 09:11 AM	#3
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	It was a French comic book, but in the early '90s they did do a cartoon of them on TV. So if anyone else does like them, which was your favorite? Mine are The Black Island, The Seven Crystal Balls, and The Secret of the Unicorn.

04-16-2002, 07:24 PM	#6
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	It is a French comic about a young reporter who solves mysteries. (They are translated into English).

04-16-2002, 07:47 PM	#8
galadriel Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: a castle made of clouds Posts: 459	I know that they're still in print in French; my French teacher has some of the books. It was a cartoon too; I think they were once on TV here in the US (dubbed, and many, many years ago). __________________ Human kind cannot bear very much reality. dreamflower - for all things Lady Galadriel

04-16-2002, 07:49 PM	#9
TwirlingString Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: My mother would say somewhere between the adult mystery section and the YA sci-fi Posts: 489	Not french (insert high scream) I'm taking it. Oh well, it'll probably get me extra cred. __________________ "The Astels are an emotional people. They cry at the drop of a handkerchief. Their culture is much like that of Pelosia. They're extremely devot and invincibly backward. It's been demonstrated to them over an over that serfdom is an archaic, inefficent institution, but they maintain it anyway--largely at the connivance of the serfs thmselves. Astellian nobles don't exert themselves in any way, so they have no concept of human endurance. The serfs take advantage of that outrageously. Astellian serfs have been known to collapse from sheer exhauston at the very mention of such unpleasant words as 'reaping' or 'digging'." ----------------------------------------------- “They lost him?!” Lupin asked , amazed. “Voldemort has been after Harry for 15 years, and then he misplaces him?!”

04-16-2002, 07:53 PM	#10
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I'm sure they're still in print. Most big book stores will have them or at least order them for you.

04-16-2002, 07:56 PM	#11
TwirlingString Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: My mother would say somewhere between the adult mystery section and the YA sci-fi Posts: 489	Thanx for the tip, I'll go find them! anyone else notice that the sticks out tounge looks more like a cutesy embarrassed grin? __________________ "The Astels are an emotional people. They cry at the drop of a handkerchief. Their culture is much like that of Pelosia. They're extremely devot and invincibly backward. It's been demonstrated to them over an over that serfdom is an archaic, inefficent institution, but they maintain it anyway--largely at the connivance of the serfs thmselves. Astellian nobles don't exert themselves in any way, so they have no concept of human endurance. The serfs take advantage of that outrageously. Astellian serfs have been known to collapse from sheer exhauston at the very mention of such unpleasant words as 'reaping' or 'digging'." ----------------------------------------------- “They lost him?!” Lupin asked , amazed. “Voldemort has been after Harry for 15 years, and then he misplaces him?!”

04-17-2002, 05:22 PM	#12
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	WHAT!!!!???? FRENCH!!!!!???!!!!IEIEIEIEIEIE!!!!!!screams in rage NOOOOOOO BLOODY WAY!!!!!!! I would turn around in my grave if I had one! Tintin (Kuifje) IS SO NOT FRENCH! IT'S BELGIAN people! Belgian! And French fries aren't French either by the way but that's unrelated... __________________ We are not things.

04-17-2002, 06:33 PM	#13
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Oops! sorry about that! I just knew them in English, and I assumed Herge was French (bu come to think of it, I may have known he was Belgian many years ago). Is that why it's pronounced Tonton instead of Tantan?

04-17-2002, 06:52 PM	#14
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Yes, Herge was Belgian, with slightly Nazi'ish views, last time I heard. Great comics though. My favourite one is of course, red rackham's treasure. Although, I like the secret of the unicorn, and that one about aliens, (flight 714). Tintin rocks! And cap'in Haddock, of course! __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

04-17-2002, 07:58 PM	#15
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Woah!

04-18-2002, 09:29 AM	#17
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I guess it's kind of like making the mistake of getting on Entmoot and saying LotR was written by PJ. We need to give the right country credit for doing something we like! Last edited by azalea : 04-18-2002 at 10:16 AM.

04-18-2002, 01:21 PM	#19
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I quite understand -- it's like walking into a Canadian bar and saying that "Canada's just part of the United States anyway" or something like that. Hey, how do you pronounce Kuifje?

04-18-2002, 03:33 PM	#20
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Thanks for understanding gives Azalea a virtual smartie The pronounciation of Kuifje, oh this is going to be a tough one getting it in phonetically English....This is the closest I can get: the 'ui' is pronounced as the 'u' in run but a bit more stretched, like 2 twice as long in sound. The 'j' is like the 'y' is 'yes' and the 'e' is very short like a cough the 'e' in 'trek'. The 'k' and 'f' are pronounced as in English. How does that sound? __________________ We are not things.