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sweet jesus am i first??
by quantize
Aug 26th, 2008
07:41:41 PM
prob not
Tintin is fucking bad ass.....
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Aug 26th, 2008
07:43:36 PM
I love the old cartoon.
FUCK MO-CAP
by mish87
Aug 26th, 2008
07:43:48 PM
Lazy assholes figured they'd put animators out of a job. Grr.
quantize -- you are indeed first
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Aug 26th, 2008
07:44:43 PM
Cherish this moment my friend. Run to the nearest pub as soon as you can and score try to score some tail with the line, "Bitches bess' open them legs. I be first."
an excellent pair to start off with
by jon pertwee
Aug 26th, 2008
07:45:18 PM
lets hope they follow with destination moon/explorers on the moon and the seven crystal balls/prisoners of the sun. and beaks, i suggest you get reading, you'll become a fan in no time.
Lovely Bones - 2009
by Fineus Fog
Aug 26th, 2008
07:45:57 PM
why the fuck is it taking so long to finish this movie - its had a lost Post Production schedule than Kong and LOTR - what the fuck is he doing? CGI Dust particles in every scene- cos you know that dust looked sifferent in the 70's Tintin is fucking ace by the way - but I dont know about mo-cap
Wow, Lovely Bones has been taking forever!
by Lyghthouse
Aug 26th, 2008
07:45:58 PM
Why has this movie taken so long to make? I don't think this is an effects heavy movie except for Heaven, is it?
serkis bugs.
by MEMEOVORE
Aug 26th, 2008
07:46:09 PM
Kiss of 'cash positive mediocrity'
Yes, it is a good thing
by Gelatinousman
Aug 26th, 2008
07:47:10 PM
The two books are parts one and two of one story.
man -
by Fineus Fog
Aug 26th, 2008
07:48:15 PM
I gotta lay off the excessive angry typing - my post makes nofucking sense. Tintin's next adventure should be Explorers on the Moon - always loved that one. Tropic Thunder starts in 2 hours - should I go see it?
Aint it cool...ALWAYS 2 hrs behind Comingsoon.net
by future help
Aug 26th, 2008
07:49:31 PM
that is all. Indy 4 was shit.
Tintin - won't be going.
by hallmitchell
Aug 26th, 2008
07:49:52 PM
2009 is such a long way off for Lovely bones? What's taking so long? I'm sure he's been shooting for a while.
Needs more Temeraire!
by scrivener
Aug 26th, 2008
07:50:41 PM
When is PJ going to find some time to squeeze Temeraire into his schedule. Never had a fantasy series been so ripe for big-budgetedness.
I've only heard of this recently...
by KCViking
Aug 26th, 2008
07:52:14 PM
could someone point me in the right direction?I assume it's been collected in a trade somewhere.
I don't understand why the fuck this is mocap......
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Aug 26th, 2008
07:52:31 PM
Tintin takes place in a fairly realistic world. What the fuck?
Grand Moff-at Steven
by Amy Chasing
Aug 26th, 2008
07:53:38 PM
one of the best TV writers in Britain today. Hopefully he can help Spielberg put some fun back in his work.
Jeez, I forgot about the Lovely Bones entirely...
by StarWarsRedux
Aug 26th, 2008
07:54:40 PM
...mostly because it's kinda an overrated book. After the suckerpunch first chapter, it's all kinda meandering...
yeah...and Moffat already quit....
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Aug 26th, 2008
07:59:10 PM
He was supposed to write all 3 but quit after the first to continue Dr. Who.
I hate books about rape
by mefrog
Aug 26th, 2008
08:00:51 PM
Seriously. Most of the dramatic narratives about rape are cliched and melodramatic. I read the first chapter of TLB and my reaction was... yeah, seems cliche and melodramatic.

Maybe it's because I used to do Oral Interp in high school and watched talentless girls drop to their knees screaming they were raped and calling it "acting."

THAT being said... I am still interested in this project simply because it is something Peter Jackson has never done before. And I like his movies. Mostly all of them. King Kong could have lost an hour. His pre-LOTR stuff is great and LOTR is, well... LOTR.
Rin Tin Tin?
by HB_Dad
Aug 26th, 2008
08:01:14 PM
Rin Tin Tin? There, I said it since no one else did!! :-)
But... TINTIN!
by mefrog
Aug 26th, 2008
08:01:51 PM
Yeah! Cool! I am interested, though Spielberg has become quite hit and miss... we'll see.
But... TINTIN!
by mefrog
Aug 26th, 2008
08:01:51 PM
Yeah! Cool! I am interested, though Spielberg has become quite hit and miss... we'll see.
Tight
by mefrog
Aug 26th, 2008
08:02:06 PM
Double post.
Yeah, I thought Moffat quit as well
by MMacKK
Aug 26th, 2008
08:03:01 PM
After he became head honcho on Doctor Who. Please explain? Ill be well happy if he does both.
The third director
by TheNorthlander
Aug 26th, 2008
08:12:03 PM
Zemeckis, right?
I mean, it has to be.
Script For LOVELY BONES Is Jackson/Walsh/Boyens' Best Work
by mrbeaks
Aug 26th, 2008
08:12:11 PM
And it was always planned as a 2009 release (first early '09, then later as an awards pic).
Lovely Bones 2009
by Mattyboy122
Aug 26th, 2008
08:22:15 PM
Fuck sake, PJ is the new George Stevens. Shoots everything from every possible angle and then spends years in the editing room making it into a picture. Not necessarily a knock on the man, though I respect those who have the vision to know how their picture will come together sooner than that, but hey, I guess if he gets the job done, more power to him.
What is this Tin Tin bullshit?
by Banzai Rootskibango
Aug 26th, 2008
08:27:11 PM
Tintin?
by Rupee88
Aug 26th, 2008
08:29:12 PM
Sadly, I think this will be one that you can't get into as an adult...probably had to read the books as a kid to care. But probably good for today's kiddies of course. I read Barbar, but no Tintin.
I hope Spielberg picks it up a little
by Turd Furgeson
Aug 26th, 2008
08:31:43 PM
His last few movies have not been up to par with the talent and skill level we usually see out of him.. Here's hoping he finds his inner ET again on this one.
deliciouscowbell
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Aug 26th, 2008
08:34:04 PM
No fucking way would any kid find that show boring.
Is this going to be in 3-D?
by Rupee88
Aug 26th, 2008
08:35:25 PM
After seeing Beowulf, there should be a law that all animated films MUST be in 3D...just f**king incredible if done right.
Please don't fuck up Tintin
by Gungan Slayer
Aug 26th, 2008
08:39:17 PM
Look, whoever directs, just please, please don't fuck up Tintin. I don't know how pissed I'll become if they mess this up.
the best Tintin books are...
by gringostar
Aug 26th, 2008
08:43:49 PM
The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun. Hope they are part of the trilogy.
Those two Tintin books are sort of a two-parter
by fiester
Aug 26th, 2008
08:54:49 PM
Hey, I grew up here and I read all the Tintin books as a kid, so maybe it's just you, Beaks.
Are you all insane???
by performingmonkey
Aug 26th, 2008
09:01:24 PM
This is a project helmed by Spielberg and Jackson. In other words, it's fucking HUGE. Get over yourselves, you WILL see these movies, they WILL be great, they will NOT be straight-to-DVD like ass-children. Lovely Bones was always '09, a major reason for that being all the bullshit surrounding getting The Hobbit off the ground, they knew they needed more time. Jackson/Walsh/Boyens with del Toro are spending a year writing the two movies, the Lovely Bones release will fit nicely at around the end of that writing process. Del Toro will start shooting The Hobbit around that time, Oct '09. While that's happening Jackson will get to grips with the second Tintin movie. In the meantime we get to have sex with Jim Cameron (i.e. Avatar, IMAX, fuckers)
Really? Gawd-
by Judge Briggs
Aug 26th, 2008
09:04:10 PM
Who gives a shit!?
i guess there are no decent literary properties out there
by illegaltouching
Aug 26th, 2008
09:09:53 PM
after the 1st one tanks, they'll regret having 2 more in the pipeline.
Moffat
by INWOsuxRED
Aug 26th, 2008
09:21:09 PM
according to Dark Horizons, Moffat turned down the sequels so he could focus on Who. He also says he isn't opposed to a Doctor Who feature film at some point as long as it didn't affect the series.
Tin Tin? Never heard of this Tin Tin.
by worldofwarcraft
Aug 26th, 2008
09:23:31 PM
I'm far too excited about Disaster Movie, which will be so much better than Crystal Skull!
Is Tintin like Gabbo?
by DarthCorleone
Aug 26th, 2008
09:28:27 PM
I was going to make some snide remark along the lines of "Who the hell is Tintin?"...oh, wait, I just did. But whoever Tintin is, Moffat is a damn good writer, so I can't be too snide.
Combining narratives in Tin Tin seems strange...
by WhinyNegativeBitch
Aug 26th, 2008
09:31:41 PM
...I mean, they were pretty solidly structured one off stories. Then again, its been a long fucking ass time since I read them, so they probally seemed alot...meatier...as a kid.
Hope Spielberg makes up for Indy 4
by SnowDogs
Aug 26th, 2008
09:35:55 PM
The second time I watch that movie will be when it's for free on TBS.
I shanked her pink ass and she LOVED IT!!!!
by Han Cholo
Aug 26th, 2008
09:41:23 PM
Still the only Tin Tin I know. Anyone see him on Prison Break? Dude still looks the same.
Cool.
by jughood
Aug 26th, 2008
10:14:27 PM
I want to read some TINTIN books now. I hope this is good.

by redkamel
Aug 26th, 2008
10:15:06 PM
tintin kicks ass, I hope cant wait to see the Captain and the Professor in real life. And the Thompson twins! ARRR!
The Lovely Bones
by jughood
Aug 26th, 2008
10:17:44 PM
I thought that it was supposed to come out December 2008? I don't think it was always planned for 2009.... Anyway, I guess I'm kind of glad it's coming out 2009, I don't want it to steal attention away frm Benjamin Button.
Jackson/Walsh/Boyens' best work
by Irina Spanko
Aug 26th, 2008
10:21:06 PM
That's not saying much. And Americans won't go to see Tintin unless they are able to market the hell out of it leading up to the film.
Spielberg doing mocap
by Nasty In The Pasty
Aug 26th, 2008
10:22:16 PM
= unhappy Nasty. :(
Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock?
by Shub-Wankalot
Aug 26th, 2008
10:24:12 PM
There's a halibut joke in there somewhere, but I'm too lazy to look.
WHY IS EVERYONE SALIVATING OVER A DOG MOVIE?
by BringingSexyBack
Aug 26th, 2008
10:25:00 PM
Am I missing something here? You're a strange bunch.
Will it start with 30 minutes of a ten-yr-old Tintin
by kabong
Aug 26th, 2008
10:26:31 PM
at the family dinner table?

Spielberg signature boring.

I read The Lovely Bones.
by Rev. Slappy
Aug 26th, 2008
10:31:46 PM
Seriously, what is Jackson doing to it that is taking it this long to make...
Rupee88 and others,,,
by TheBigLebowsky
Aug 26th, 2008
10:33:00 PM
...are sadly mistaking if they think the Tintin movies will only be for kids! I'm sure Spielberg and Jackson will be faithful to the timeline of the books so they will be period pieces. "Secret of the Unicorn"/"Red Rackham's Treasure" will take place in the 40's for sure, and will be a great adventure movie, in the spirit of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", which reminded a lot of us who knew the the belgian comic books, about Tintin in the first place!...
OK, something's weird with Moffat
by Dataset
Aug 26th, 2008
10:45:41 PM
Yesterday, movie sites were posting that Moffat was off TinTin and today AICN says he's on... What gives?
What I have learned in this talkback...
by Smithys.Bark
Aug 26th, 2008
10:47:06 PM
spielberg and Jackson are crap, Tin Tin is now a dog, The lovely Bones needed a production schedule of a day and a half....oh & everything sucks...we're all so bloody emo!!!!
pardon my ignorance
by Phategod2
Aug 26th, 2008
11:03:43 PM
But is TIN Tin the story of the little white dude having adventures with a little white Dog. If so I saw a couple of episodes on HBO thought it was ghey and never watched again. I think I'm too young to get (which at 30 I'm proud of that.)
Nice Crow reference
by Phategod2
Aug 26th, 2008
11:13:47 PM
Thats the only Tin Tin I know too. AKA Eric Dravens 1st victim.
Uneducated Americans
by Fineus Fog
Aug 26th, 2008
11:25:42 PM
Just because you don't know about it - doesn't mean it sucks. Most children in the CIVILISED WORLD (ther I fucken said it) in the late 20th century probably grew up with Tintin. For me it was Tintin and Asterix books - both are a big part of my childhood. I don't know about a mo cap film but I will go see it.
mark my word shai labeef will be tin tin
by Phategod2
Aug 26th, 2008
11:25:44 PM
the burgs in love with kid.
Third Director
by Fineus Fog
Aug 26th, 2008
11:27:17 PM
should NOT be Zemekis - Beowulf was fucking awful. Get Jean Pierre Jeunet involved NOW
Wow.. Do people in Civilized World
by Phategod2
Aug 26th, 2008
11:27:37 PM
have such poor English grammatical skills?
I don't know
by OptimusCrime
Aug 26th, 2008
11:37:24 PM
What the fuck "Tintin" is. I don't think I even care what it is. Does it have something to do with a heroic dog? Lame.
I dont understand why...
by Smithys.Bark
Aug 26th, 2008
11:41:55 PM
anybody would comment on something they know nothing about, do a little research first...google is good, so is imdb.com
I BET TINTIN IS GONNA MAKE A SHITLOAD OF CASH
by Mr Spork
Aug 26th, 2008
11:51:33 PM
I'm being sarcastic, of course. I don't know what Tintin is. I hope it's a dog. I like dogs. Cats, however, I could take or leave. Except Garfield, he's alright.
Spielburg needs to go away
by disfigurehead
Aug 27th, 2008
12:27:02 AM
Hang out on the porch with your buddy George. Eat oatmeal and just stay there.
I hope Spielberg, Jackson and Company...
by TroutMaskReplicant
Aug 27th, 2008
12:34:54 AM
Have considered the lessons learned from The Golden Compass (europhile) and Speed Racer (weird looking). I can't imagine this selling well to Americans and will probably make most of its money in Europe and Asia.
Tintin=Belgian Nancy Drew
by conspiracy
Aug 27th, 2008
12:49:00 AM
A boy journalist, his dog, and a drunk Belgian sea captain have "adventures" from the fantastic to the mundane..Basically Nancy Drew with a European flair. However, given the lack of females, and the fact this young boy journalist and his dog hang out with a belligerent drunk sailor, I'm thinking there is more to this story than we are being told.
Soo...this movie will TANK in the US...
by conspiracy
Aug 27th, 2008
12:54:09 AM
but will probably make back its costs in Europe. By the way my wife is Asian, definitely civilized, and has no F'in clue who TinTin is. This property will be focused at Europe, and pretentious wealthy East Coasters who are of a mind that if it originates from "Europe", it therefore MUST be sophisticated.
Tintin was a huge favorite of mine as a kid
by Teddy Artery
Aug 27th, 2008
01:06:57 AM
You have no idea how glad I am that they finally decided to make a movie.
This will be a box office disaster
by krack
Aug 27th, 2008
01:15:38 AM
TinTin - lol
T'Internet
by The_Skook
Aug 27th, 2008
01:35:23 AM
You know the internet is a useful thing. Instead of saying what the f*** is 'Tintin', Google can be your friend (other search engines ARE available). Good choice as a first off 'Secret of the Unicorn' and 'Red Rackhams Treasure' are two parts of the same story anyway. And it's got pirates in it!
Conspiracy
by TroutMaskReplicant
Aug 27th, 2008
01:42:11 AM
Yeah, but I imagine the Japanese, for example, would be more open to the story's lack of "badass" qualities than the Americans. Didn't Miyazaki goldfish film make quite a bit of money over there? But I was just thinking that it probably wouldn't even get released in China, after Spielberg's snubbing of the Olympics.
Tintin is awesome
by the milf lover
Aug 27th, 2008
02:03:40 AM
Grew up reading the books, they are all kickass stories. However, every adaptation so far, cartoon or live action (yes there were a couple live action movies back in the 60s or 70s, absolutely horrible) have failed to match the greatness of the books, no matter how faithful to the books they make them. I dont see how a mocap/cgi movie will be any different. Still interested, but I have little hope for anything other than a disaster.
Tin Tin is one of THE great comics of the last century...
by PoweredUpPacman
Aug 27th, 2008
02:37:42 AM
...and don't let anybody tell you otherwise. Only thing I'm worried about is that they 'pimp'it to modern times. They need to keep it a period piece (fifty's). If I see Tin Tin wearing goddamn jeans, I'm walking out of the goddamn theater!
Yay series of movies no one cares about!
by Crooooooow
Aug 27th, 2008
02:53:34 AM
Maybe Spielberg concentrate on fixing the Indy franchise... and by that I mean dumping Lucas' ass to the curb
octagonproplex
by SmallTuna
Aug 27th, 2008
03:16:41 AM
Yes! Jeunet or Besson for the third one.

Tintin will probably bomb in the US but in Europe it's huge, everybody knows Tintin.

post-Jaws Spielberg
by Prossor
Aug 27th, 2008
03:19:38 AM
After Jaws (with Raiders the exception)i find his lighthearted or quirky/dramedy movies to be replacable fluff, technically well made, but still fluff for the sake of fluff. Back then when he just did gritty light budget fare like that and Duel is when he worked best, no nonsense, no bullshit, no 'aspiring for greatness' or his hamfisted 'child like wonder', just straight gritty action. No gushy feel-good family fantasy nauseum that he's been into ever since Close Encounters, I find Spielberg to be unwatchable after Jaws. Back then when he just did gritty low budget fare like that and Duel is when he worked best, no nonsense, no bullsh*t, no 'aspiring for greatness', just gritty action. No gushy feel-good family fantasy nauseum that he's been into ever since Close Encounters. He hsould stop with this Tin shit and keep doing more adult R things.
Tintin = Good; Unicorn = Bad
by ianlegend
Aug 27th, 2008
03:28:34 AM
Yeah so Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham effectively constitute a two-parter and so might fit the confines of a full-blown film better, but weren't they two of the very WORST books? Really lame villains, not particularly exciting locales (especially Secret of the Unicorn, which largely takes place in Tintin's gaff and a country house)... I just don't see this appealing to the average Joe. Shame, as there are some good Tintin books.
uh
by Prossor
Aug 27th, 2008
03:31:14 AM
damn copy and paste
Having just reread 'The Secret of the Unicorn' last week...
by newc0253
Aug 27th, 2008
04:01:26 AM
actually i was reading the original french version, so it was 'secret de la licorne'. but i digress:

Yes, combining Unicorn with Red Rackham's Treasrure would be a good thing. Rereading Unicorn for, like, the zillionith time, i was struck by how little plot there is. Tintin buys a model, some people squabble for it, it gets stolen, he finds a parchment, gets the backstory, then gets kidnapped, then escapes and catches one of the bad guys. It's all great stuff, but even if you storyboarded every single frame of the book, you'd still end up with a film that's feels like a starter, not a main course.

Moffatt was hired to write all three TINTIN movies
by palimpsest
Aug 27th, 2008
04:05:24 AM
but he bailed after the first, when the DOCTOR WHO showrunner job came up. He explained his position to Spielberg, saying basically, this was the job he'd only ever wanted to to since he was seven, and the reason he became a writer in the first place, so Spielberg said not a problem my dear, you run off and have fun with the Daleks. I might be paraphrasing there, but that's what happened.
Spike Lee!
by OBSD
Aug 27th, 2008
06:05:48 AM
He should direct "Tintin In the Land of the Congo"! UnionJackass, don't bother reading The Road. Here's every line of dialoge from that book: "Papa, I'm scared!" "Don't be scared, ok?" "Ok." "Ok?" "Ok." "Ok? "Ok." Rinse and repeat over and over again for almost 300 pages.
"so Spielberg said...
by Bloo
Aug 27th, 2008
06:08:30 AM
...not a problem my dear, you run off and have fun with the Daleks"

I can just hear the 'Berg saying just that too

Tintin rules
by judderman
Aug 27th, 2008
06:20:49 AM
The best ones were the ones dealing with China, because those were the ones Herge had a personal stake in. "The Blue Lotus" was his personal tract against the League of Nations for not doing anything to stop the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. But then of course there was all the racism. Has anyone read "Tintin in the Congo"? Is it as bad as they say it is?
Yawn,,,
by tvspace
Aug 27th, 2008
06:25:51 AM
Spielberg hasn't been on his game in years.
what up with the Berg Bashing
by sherlock_junior
Aug 27th, 2008
06:57:08 AM
Munich was an epic R-rated masterpiece, with incredible tension, real locations, real for real effects, great set-pieces and very low on sentimentality. Depressing as shit ending. Loved it.
Great books to start with = BIG movie
by Subovon
Aug 27th, 2008
07:00:40 AM
It starts off as a mystery, we are introduced to the swashbucklin' - naval battlin' legend of pirate Red Rackham, and then it turns into a race to find the pirate's treasure. Lost treasure islands, x marking the spot on a map, home-made submarines, sunken ghost ships.... that's what's in store. Some people think these things in Spielberg's hands will be a box office disaster? Didn't anyone tell them that THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN is the template upon which INDIANA JONES was molded?
Judderman
by Jaws Wayne
Aug 27th, 2008
07:09:12 AM
Yes, Tintin in the Congo is pretty embarrasing indeed. (Herge's 2'nd Tintin story). As for "The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun" being the second or third installment in this new series that sure would be great. The other 2-parter that was already mentioned " Destination moon + Explorers on the moon" when done right could be fantastic as well. As for all you Americans who think the whole world was raised on Spiderman, Superman, Batman and their knock-off heroes, think again. These action hero comic books never were that popular at all in Europe, as we have our own comic book legends over here. The Tintin films will do great overhere, here's hopin they do 'em right.
Tintin is the greatest
by La Frog
Aug 27th, 2008
07:26:03 AM
to those nerds who don't know Tintin and are so proud to say so : well, yes my American friends : There are other countries in the world, and other cultures, some even older than yours, who produced incredible works of art. Tintin is just the greatest comic book ever. Get a life, explore the world, don't be proud of being so self-centered. don't be so proud of your ignorance. it just sucks.
Suck A Big One, La Frog
by Corterville
Aug 27th, 2008
08:27:06 AM
We'll blow your fucking country up with our ignorance.
could not possibly give less of a shit
by spidercoz
Aug 27th, 2008
08:39:59 AM
Cartoon bored the shit out of me as a kid. And mocap? Fuck you. Why don't they just do it in claymation? Tim Burton should be doing these, then the trifecta of suckage would be complete.
BLISTERING BARNACLES
by ArcadianDS
Aug 27th, 2008
09:50:22 AM
I hope its about the Unicorn and not that rocketship to space nonsense. All the crazy beards would just be SGI anyway.
In time for the Rocket to the Moon?
by Subovon
Aug 27th, 2008
10:04:18 AM
What period are these adaptation going to be set in? Present day or in the 40s and 50s like in the books? If it's present day, the EXPLORER books are made obsolete. They're about the first human trip to the Moon. I'd like to see them set in their proper time frame because I hope the whole point of Mo-Cap is to make the movies look like the books. That would be gorgeous. Anyone hear anything about that?
If the 3rd is directed by a beard, bypass Lucas
by pokadoo
Aug 27th, 2008
10:04:50 AM
Cameron etc...and hire Kevin Smith. He'd have a feild day with this material. Gay Nazi adventure-with swearing!
ENOUGH WITH THE MOCAP!
by The8thSamurai
Aug 27th, 2008
10:29:42 AM
I know it allows you to do things that you could never do with a camera, but it's cold and dead and a waste of good actor's time.
JOHN HURT FOR PROF. CALCULUS!!!!
by stickmangrit
Aug 27th, 2008
10:56:35 AM
seriously, who the fuck else are you going to get, Ian Holm?
I don't think TinTin will be direct to DVD, but
by Orbots Commander
Aug 27th, 2008
11:07:39 AM
it will likely have a limited theatrical release in the U.S., probably just on the coasts. If it proves a hit, it'll slowly open wider. The markets where it will likely go wide is in Europe, Latin America and maybe Asia. Spielberg is not a dumb businessman; he knows most Americans don't know who TinTin is. By the way, I remember TinTin. I'm of Greek descent and visit relative there every few years. I recall coming across some Greek-language translation of TinTin comics as a kid. I wasn't too impressed with them. There a couple other European comics I liked better. One was a series of graphic novels about a little kid with a beret and a scarf who had superhuman strength. He lost his powers whenever he came down with a cold. Another was a serialized comic that was Spiderman ripoff about a kid with Cat/Panther like powers and wore a Cheetah or Panther skin for a costume. Just my $.02
Mocap didn't work for Spaghett movie
by ciroslive
Aug 27th, 2008
11:24:19 AM
won't for TINTIN either.
Wow
by Abominable Snowcone
Aug 27th, 2008
11:28:08 AM
I so don't care about this!
tin tin sucks captain haddock's barnacles!
by TurdontheRun
Aug 27th, 2008
11:51:27 AM
spymunk, you demented testicle, tin tin will NOT go to dvd. on what logic or industry experience do you base this? its in the process of being cast, prepped and it'll soon be ready to go. so stop dribbling shite all over these talkbacks. and prossor, you scrotal fucking sack, it was all downhill for spielberg after jaws? hahaha, how incredibly reductive! for me, it was all downhill after his night galleries episode! scorsese peaked with 'the big shave'! peter jackson's homemade king kong on super 8 was his apex! everything made after these works is utterly unwatchable! they'll burn the eyes right out of your fucking head!
If they get it right, it will be the first movie to make $2 Bill
by wookie1972
Aug 27th, 2008
12:04:14 PM
The people who dis this simply don't understand. Tintin is a f*cking GOD everywhere outside of North America. He is the World Cup of comic characters. I am a little disappointed that they aren't doing the moon story first, but it makes sense considering that the Unicorn story introduces the Professor. I can think of no other movie I want to succeed more than this.
Why not start with Crab With the Golden Claws
by BeatsMe
Aug 27th, 2008
12:15:37 PM
or the Shooting Star. Makes more sense to bring Tintin and Haddock together than to have them already be "friends." Unicorn was never one of my favorites (and yeah, all my friends in the US read these)
Beatsme
by wookie1972
Aug 27th, 2008
12:31:11 PM
Crab With The Golden Claws would be okay, but might be a little bit un-PC, as would be Shooting Star.
The Crab With The Golden Claws would have been a better starter
by Stan Gable
Aug 27th, 2008
12:54:49 PM
First appearances by Capt. Haddock and Thompson/Thomson, plus cool middle eastern locales and opium smuggling - good animated lesson for the kids.
OrbotsCommander, you are an idiot
by Stan Gable
Aug 27th, 2008
12:57:52 PM
Do you really think that a movie directed by Speilberg and produced by Peter Jackson will be limited release, bordering on straight to video??? Please come up with any other example where Speilberg has put his time and efforts into directing anything other than an occasional tv episode that was not a major release.
Stan you're talking out of your ass.
by Orbots Commander
Aug 27th, 2008
01:02:01 PM
Many prestigious movies, by respected directors follow the limited to eventual wide roll-out theatrical release strategy. I never wrote that this series of movies would go straight to video. Next time before you call someone an idiot, read the whole comment. Jackass.
And what's taking Shutter Island so fucking long?
by Rev. Slappy
Aug 27th, 2008
01:57:01 PM
And what is the name of it now?
Tintin in America would be cool, too
by wookie1972
Aug 27th, 2008
03:15:24 PM
I'd love to see Cigars of the Pharaoh/Blue Lotus, but again, it would be kind of un-PC with some of the portrayals of arabs and Chinese. I think Rastapopulous is too good a villain to pass up, but by no means should they shoehorn him into another story.
RE: octagonproplex
by Phategod2
Aug 27th, 2008
03:51:03 PM
Be careful what you wish for Bay is a unadulterated hack that has no Idea of how to direct actor just set pieces look at all his movies most them have star that are doing nothing more then playing themsleves wheremost of the script is adlibbed I'm pretty sure shit would blow up nice but when came to the acting I'd feel sorry for anyone in the theater.
Hahahaha
by DeadPanWalking
Aug 27th, 2008
04:16:33 PM
This whole time I thought people were bashing Peter Berg. I was like "What the heck?!?"
On the internets...
by DocPazuzu
Aug 27th, 2008
04:36:17 PM
....there's something known as The Googles. They can be your friends, these Googles. Ask them anything and they'll answer. Just a friendly tip for you braying fucktards who think you're cool when you say "what the fuck is Tintin?"

What's really pathetic is when these very same fucktards with poorly concealed glee talk about how these movies are going to tank. It's like they want things that they don't understand or know about to fail. Seriously, can human beings betray their own poor self-esteem in a more obvious fashion? You sad, sad bastards.

Here's a news flash for the assholes: even if Tintin goes down the toilet in America, it's going to make a fabulous amount of cash in the rest of the world. I know that's hard to swallow and that you're desperately trying to think up reasons for why American box office is the only box office that counts, but that's just the way it is.

Suck it, haters.

It should be dark and gritty.
by Stalin vs Predator
Aug 27th, 2008
04:39:06 PM
No dogs. No Tintins. No France.
w00t??
by Wants Vaders Executor
Aug 27th, 2008
04:40:30 PM
At first, I overlooked this story because in Germany we call the comics "Tim und Struppi" (Struppi being the dog). I didn't know he is called Tin Tin in English. To be honest, I would have doubted that this comic is wildly read in America.

Now it's time for a huuuuge "WAIT A MINUTE": Motion capturing? Big budget Hollywood movie?

Please don't screw this. Take seven other books I like and fuck them up Hollywood-style, but not Tim/Tintin. He's got heart. In fact, if I were mute and one would ask me what a comic with HEART is, I would hand him a copy of Tim/Tintin.
I am tempted to explain what tin tin is...
by emeraldboy
Aug 27th, 2008
05:55:15 PM
but if I try. I will get my ass kicked or something..

Here is the simple, non rambling story. The tin tin books tell the story of a young cub reporter called tin tin. and his dog called snowy. In herges adventures of Tin Tin, Tin was helped by the grog willing Captain Haddock, two inept scotland yard detectives the thompson twins and professor Cuthbert calculus. Tin tin was created in 1929 and its fans included Charles De gaulle and Andy warhol. The Tv show first aired in france in 1961. and was broadcast in the uk 1962. where it was re-dubbed into english and voiced by peter hawkins. 50 episodes were based on the original books and 5 of which were adapted for the small screen. they all had cliffhanger endings. Peter Hawkins voiced the series, he also voiced Captain Pugwash and the Daleks. Finally in recent years mystery has surrounded Georges Remi's past. ie what he got up to during the war. And as Remi never spoke of it, no one really knows. ie he may have been in the french resistance. we will never really know.

So people won;t go and see things if they don;t know the books?
by slappy jones
Aug 27th, 2008
05:57:22 PM
so did people know the books of star wars? what about rambo..were people fans of the books? and of course everyone had read the adventures of woody and buzz lightyear. My point is does it matter if people don;t know the books? Speiberg and Jacksons names will seel it in the states. people do go and see things that are not based on other properties so if you were not aware they were books why would that affect your decision to go and see it. Just make a good film.
sorry that should be...
by emeraldboy
Aug 27th, 2008
05:58:56 PM
belgian resistance.......
The trailer had better be mind blowing
by Phategod2
Aug 27th, 2008
06:54:55 PM
I dont think Spielberg or jackson's name is enough to sell this movie in the states. for the general public there not going care about Tin Tin till they see a trailer Hell I don't care about Tin Tin i don't know if the trailer will even change that. But Names attached to the movie dont effect me in the slightest
A good recent Spielberg scene...
by DanielKurland
Aug 27th, 2008
07:17:16 PM
DiCaprio shouting "Merry Christmas" as money is flying everywhere, and him and Hanks just look tired as fuck, in "Catch Me If You Can."
More on Bay...
by DanielKurland
Aug 27th, 2008
07:23:33 PM
I haven't enjoyed any of his movies, but I watched "On the Lot" and I think he was the only judge that had insightful things to say and was actually making great points. It confused the hell out of me that he seems to know a lot about how to compose a scene, and what is needed in a movie, and can just generally talk about good cinema, but is incapable of making something of worth himself.
I want Lovely Bones now!!
by BurgerKing
Aug 27th, 2008
08:02:16 PM
Fuck Lovely Bones.....
by TheWaqman
Aug 27th, 2008
08:07:13 PM
shitty novel. And also Mark Wahlberg is a terrible actor, honestly I choked on my own saliva when I heard he replaced Ryan Gosling (the guy who could out-act Wahlberg in 10 seconds). Jackson should just ditch the movie and focus entirely on production for the Hobbit aswell as Tintin 2. Honestly if Lucas stays out of this shit, then the Tintin trilogy should be fucking sweet.
Of course the third will be Zemeckis.
by TheNorthlander
Aug 27th, 2008
08:18:31 PM
He's worked with both Spielberg and Jackson (The Frighteners), and he's got plenty of experience with CG movies.

As for the quality of Beowulf, what's that got to do with anything? This is the guy who made the Back to the Future movies, Forrest Gump and Roger Rabbit.

He's definetly the most logical choice to direct the third movie.
NOOOO not Zemeckis....
by TheWaqman
Aug 27th, 2008
08:54:08 PM
I hope its not him. It seems logical to predict it being Zemeckis but I would rather have a Spielberg and Jackson collaboration for the third or Ridley Scott or something.
They are some confident filmmakers, aint they?
by Emperor_was_a_jerk
Aug 27th, 2008
09:15:18 PM
It always strikes me funny how movie makers (in this case Spielberg and Jackson) are so confident that they are making plans for the second one without even beginning the first! "Yeah... well I will do the first one, then you come in for the sequel then after that we can get someone else...". Remember that Howard the Duck was supposed to spawn a few sequels as well. I, for one, wish it did have a sequel but thats just me...
TINTIN = INDIANA JONES
by Subovon
Aug 27th, 2008
10:36:43 PM

And by that, I mean Herge, creator of TINTIN, comes before George and Steven can create Indy. TINTIN is part of their *history* and it has informed the films they’ve made. Now, Spielberg and Jackson are getting the opportunity to adapt one of their childhood heroes. What can you say about people whose curiosity is so limited that they aren’t interested in what two of the best filmmakers in the world are doing?

Here is another perspective on how popular TINTIN is in the rest of the world. Comparatively speaking, THE LORD OF THE RINGS was an obscure book and no one living outside an English speaking country knew what a Hobbit was before the films came out. TINTIN, on the other hand, is known everywhere in the world. I mean everywhere as in, like, the world, you know? Like the whole planet outside of California, dude.

So all y’all haters just need to stop bein’ inorent ‘Mericans and bow down to the superiority of Belgian Comic Books. Heel!

Steven Moffat already turned in the screenplay...
by lynxpro
Aug 27th, 2008
10:42:25 PM
Moffat also resigned from the screenwriting duties of the two next films so he could take on the role of showrunner for *Doctor Who* (his first love) come 2010. And since Spielberg is a fan, he was very understanding of Moffat's desire.
and you can see the lead actor in...
by lynxpro
Aug 27th, 2008
10:50:40 PM
the Series 3 *Doctor Who* 2-parter "Human Nature"/"Family of Blood".
Spymunk 13 thats a sad take one America
by Phategod2
Aug 27th, 2008
11:14:48 PM
It's true to somepart, the success of Transformers and most of Micheal Bay's can be attributed to your dynamic, but then you have something like TDK which is a whole different kind of animal. A movie not catering to slack jawed yokels. True, the character is well known but the movie never panders to the stupid masses. Tin Tin Could be a great movie but here in the states its going to have to fly on its own merits, not it's name.
Spymunk 13 -- I can give a fuck how many people see this...
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Aug 28th, 2008
12:28:32 AM
I'm excited as fuck over this project. If I'm the only one in the theater opening night....so be it. As long as I don't have to sit next to obnoxious cunts like yourself, I'll be good.

That is all....now FUCK OFF.

Let Jackson do it, please.
by zeicee
Aug 28th, 2008
01:40:15 AM
Because you can't make a serious movie about Tintin... He hasn't even got any daddy issues (and boy, Spielberg loves those son-dad relationships). Tintin is all about campy humour, and Jackson if any, should be able to pull it off, as he did with Bad Taste and LoTR ending(s).
Spymunk
by DocPazuzu
Aug 28th, 2008
04:59:26 AM
Thanks for proving the point of my post there, chief.
I read that as...
by Second Try
Aug 28th, 2008
10:09:18 AM
Steven Spielberg Still Casting Lebeef On TINTIN Trilogy!

It must be the coffee.

I hope...
by Second Try
Aug 28th, 2008
10:29:08 AM
...they don't rape the stories like they did on Asterix and the Vikings. That sucked.

The stories are perfect as they are and don't need to be changed.

rhino-murdering belgian douche
by vicious_bastard
Aug 28th, 2008
11:01:07 AM
http://www.psychopia.co.uk/src /1211248510011.jpg Zut alors!
Joel Schumaucher are you serious
by Phategod2
Aug 28th, 2008
04:09:50 PM
Your taste in Directors is becoming suspect. You'd might as well round it out with Paul WS Anderson, and Uwe Boll.
To Monsieur Corterville about his suggestion
by La Frog
Aug 28th, 2008
04:38:52 PM
"Suck A Big One, La Frog". Not yours, obviously. And btw, I think George Miller should do the third one. Tintin film, i mean.
Damn YOU, Spielberg!
by x_dereks_x
Sep 21st, 2008
04:24:54 PM
If there is some higher justice in this universe, it will stop this filthy jew from making this movie!
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