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Dimmukane:
I do remember that section in one of them about the Chinese stereotypes, which I thought was pretty harsh, even as an elementary school student.
Jimmy the Squid:
My cousin had all the books, they were pretty damn awesome. I used to watch the cartoon series when I was about 12 and it was basically the best thing ever. I saw some of the live action films on tv. They weren't wholly terrible.
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: KickThatBathProf on 01 May 2008, 19:01 ---I think you might be right about that. I went back today and read one of the comics today for nostalgic purposes and I noticed some stereotypes of non-European people, but I'm sure that in his time, Herge was just portraying the viewpoint that any Belgian would. I'm also pretty sure that one of the comics was recalled in some place (Tintin in the Congo, perhaps?)
--- End quote ---
Actually, Hergé had a bit of a sketchy past. He worked on a very right wing paper and associated with a few Belgian fascists, and Tintin appeared in some publications generally seen as collaborationist during the war. However, a lot of people think Hergé just had a tendency to go with the flow when it came to politics and simply wanted to keep working after he returned from France to Belgium following the German invasion. Tintin's rather like that himself actually, there's that one where he accidentally ends up assistant to a dictator and doesn't seem too disturbed by this state of affairs...
Still, one of the giants of comics. A film that isn't based on Hergé's artwork seems utterly pointless, they'll undoubtedly make it a lot less weird and sketchy as well.
snalin:
I loved The adventures of Tintin. The tv-series. The drawings were simple but good, the voice acting (both the norwegian and the english dubbing, I never saw the original, for the obvious reason that I would not understand it) were bloody brilliant. And Tintin is a really cool guy. Down-to-earth, nice and good.
I have to read the comics.
Spluff:
I used to love the cartoon, never read the comics.
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