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Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn (S. Spielberg & P. Jackson)

Discussion in 'Other Off-Topic Chat' started by janpor, May 21, 2011.

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  1. janpor

    janpor Well-Known Member

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    Yes, I know -- Steven Spielberg has said that a very large majority of Americans will experience it as something "brand new". However, Tintin is a real superstar anyways -- no matter if the film will take off in the USA. I'm sure it will be a massive success in the "overseas market" for sure.

    The strip stories of Tintin have sold about 250 million copies worldwide, it's one of the biggest fictive heroes in Europe and Asia!

    Belgian boys -- like I once was -- grew up with Tintin and all other sorts of Belgian awesomeness, e.g. The Smurfs, Gaston, Lucky Luke, Suske & Wiske (in the USA known as "Willy & Wanda" -- BTW the orginal artist (Willy Vandersteen) lived in my town!), Largo Winch, Asterix, Spirou and Fantasio, Nero, etc.
     
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    janpor Well-Known Member

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    Review: Spielberg's 'Tintin' is comic book fun

     
    janpor, Oct 23, 2011
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    Tintin isn't well known in the USA, since it was never published there. But it's known in Europe and Asia. It's one of the better (Belgian) comic book series out there. Hergé combined ligne claire drawing style with an adventurous background. It's not just for kids and not entirely free of controversy either, but then again Hergé was a product of his time.

    Should be interesting to see what Spielberg made of it. I gathered from the newspapers that it took him 30 years to get from idea to movie and the trailer looked promising. :)
     
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    my wife has so much of those books pffff, when can i sell them!
     
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    OMG I love Tintin! Back to when I was a little kid, I used to watch Tintin cartoons a lot in Turkish TVs! I can even admit that back when I was little kid again, when I go to barber I used to ask the barber to make my hair like Tintin's :love: Not that it was successful though lol.

    In Turkey we call him "Tenten" instead of Tintin though. Not sure why, something to do with the spelling/pronounciation probably.
     
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    janpor Well-Known Member

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    LOL!

    Breath, in Dutch Tintin is called "Kuifje" -- which refers to his hair!

    In Turkish it would be: little (?) "tepe". :mrgreen:
     
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    READ THE GOD (*)(*)(*)(*)ED COMIC! Read it NOW!

    Looks a bit violent for my wee one.
     
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    No, I don't think so.
     
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    Blue blistering barnacles! Ten thousand thundering typhoons, yes! I always liked le Chevalier de Hadoque best.
     
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    The Turkish for the word "little" is; "küçük". But lol, what's the English for the word, "kuifje"? Can't translate it to Turkish since I'm not sure what it exactly means :)
     
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    And yet you identify yourself by it... rather than a word you are intimately familiar with. Interesting.
     
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    Breath...

    GoogleTranslate translates "küçük" to "little"!

    What I'm aiming at is Tintin's "tuft" -- the hair.

    In Dutch it is called "kuif", but because it's a small "kuif" we add +je in Dutch, e.g.

    Small/little house = klein huis or huisje

    Small/little tree = kleine boom or boompje

    Small/little button = kleine knop or knopje

    Small/little tuft = kleine kuif or kuifje!

    :-D
     
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    What do you mean?
     
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    Oh I get it now, your "-je" is very similiar to our "-cık" (or -cik, -çik, -cuk, etc. depending on the word). It also give the similiar meaning (little, small).

    If it "kuif" means "tuft" then the best Turkish translation of it is propably "Püskülcük" :D
     
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    I was and am a great fan of the books, I read them all.

    I havent watched the movie yet but I watched the trailers and the characters look weird its like they are made out of plasticine, imma watch as soon as I can anyway.





    'Bout those yanks who never heard of Tintin:
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