Tintin: 75th Anniversary Boxset

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Nov 2005, 17:12

I already have a couple of the "Volume" discs so at 25 quid this seems a pretty good value set.. not sure if I want all of the episodes?

Some of them are better than others, I love the excellent "Secret of the Unicorn" "Red Rackham's Treasure" and "Cigars of the Pharoah"

Bisc do you have this set?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 04 Nov 2005, 17:41

I remember watching the episodes on TV when I was a kid.
Kinda miss it...

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Nov 2005, 17:53

As-tu regardé Les Adventures De Tintin en Anglais ou Francais?

The UK DVDs have a French track I'm sure. Was French the original language (as it were)?

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 04 Nov 2005, 19:02

You got a link to this set Grim?

Is this identical to the £17.99 boxset which is already available (I think it's £17.99).

I'd love to own this. It's a crime that the UK DVDs don't have subs.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 04 Nov 2005, 19:08

Yep, Grim, the original language is french (or "French-Belgian" to be more precise

).
I've never heard the english dub.

P.S: In french, adventure doesn't have a "d". Still, you're getting better.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Nov 2005, 20:07

D'oh!

Whats the diff between French and Belgian French?

Bisc, I'm talking about this set:

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=ti ... g=72&pa=sr which contains all the TV cartoon episodes. Hopefully it'll be cheaper nearer or after Xmas.

Eh? What do you mean the UK DVDs dont have subs? Its the English dub

The £17.99 set is a forthcoming 3 disc set of TinTin feature films.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 04 Nov 2005, 21:44

I'm probably gonna do my DVD shopping at the post xmas sales. Would love to own this. I'm a massive fan of Tintin (and Asterix, another top French comic).

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 04 Nov 2005, 22:27

grim_tales wrote: Eh? What do you mean the UK DVDs dont have subs? Its the English dub

The UK DVDs also have the French soundtrack, but no subtitles at all.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 04 Nov 2005, 22:51

I think I've read all the comic books when I was a kid and I really loved them. I recently looked at the first volume again. Kinda racist looking at how the black people were portrayed back then, lol.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 04 Nov 2005, 23:15

grim_tales wrote:
Eh? What do you mean the UK DVDs dont have subs? Its the English dub

I find it weird how they've provided the original soundtrack but no subs, forcing us to essentially listen to the dub (which I don't mind, but it would've been nice to have given the option).

I think every UK DVD should have subs or HOH subs anyway.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 04 Nov 2005, 23:18

I like the comicbooks: read them all multiple times as a kid as my uncle has a huge collection of 'comics' as in Donald Duck, Suske and Wiske (dont know the english french name), Lucky Luke, Asterix, TinTin etc etc etc...

I didnt quite like the cartoons though. kinda missed that magic the comics had. Plus the dutch voices were awfull...

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 04 Nov 2005, 23:19

LD wrote:Kinda racist looking at how the black people were portrayed back then

You should have read the very first Tintin album (Tintin au pays des Soviets = Tintin in the land of the Soviets).

Grim wrote: Whats the diff between French and Belgian French?

Most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference, but Belgian French is quite different from French.
The main difference is the pronunciation.

Examples:
-In french, "Wagon" is pronunced "Vagon". In Belgian French it's "Wagon".
-In french, the "gt" at the end of "Vingt" isn't pronunced. In Belgian, every letter is.

-Instead of saying "70 = Soixante-Dix", "80 = Quatre-Vingts", "90 = Quatre-Vingt Dix", they say "Septante", "Octante", "Nonante".

It's easier, yes, but it ain't french.

From French to Belgian French:
-"Petit Déjeuner" (Breakfast) is "Déjeuner"
-"Déjeuner" (Lunch) is "Dîner"
-"Affectueux" (Friendly) is "Amitieux"
-"Bizarre" (Weird) is "Apothicaire" (which can be confusing because it means Apothecary in french

)

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 04 Nov 2005, 23:41

BTW, Tom... how has the response to the new Asterix comic been? Cause here in Holland it wasn't well received...

It's sad so many classic french comics have gone down the drain: Lucky Luke, Spirou, Asterix... etc etc.

I LOVE Lanfeust of Troy though...absolutely amazing, both in terms of storytelling, as well as in art-work. Also filled with lots of humour.
If ever I'd like to see Hayao Miyazaki interpret a big-epic story, I'd love for it to be Lanfeust...

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 04 Nov 2005, 23:58

We HATE it over here.

Empty story, stupid references to bad american movies, ugly drawings...

Since Goscinny (the original creator of Asterix) died, his partner Uderzo has taken his place, but he doesn't understand Asterix.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 05 Nov 2005, 07:13

What's the new Asterix comic called?

When Goscinny was alive, what did Uderzo do? The drawings, the dialogue, or a bit of everything?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 Nov 2005, 08:48

I didnt know the UK DVDs didnt have any English subs (Never bothered checking) so you cant listen to the French dub with English subs, didnt realise that was what you meant Gasteropod

Are there any DVDs available where you can?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 Nov 2005, 08:50

Aren't there subtle prejudices in most TinTins Tom/LD? Think of the made up Soviet names - Syldavia, Borduria, Klow, and how these Eastern Europeans are quite often the bad guys, or if not that, they're always very poor etc.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 07 Nov 2005, 11:57

Interestingly I think AB mustve used the French prints on some of the UK DVDs, as I was watching the episode "The Shooting Star" and even with the audio set to English, it uses the French opening title sequence (it says "Les Aventures De Tintin" at the top).

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 07 Nov 2005, 17:20

In other words, Anchor Bay are a bunch of lazy twats.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 07 Nov 2005, 21:45

LOL you could say that.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 10 Nov 2005, 10:45

Tom2681 wrote:Yep, Grim, the original language is french (or "French-Belgian" to be more precise ).
I've never heard the english dub.

I recall from seeing the Tintin cartoon as recent as a couple years ago, that the English dub dialogue sync'ed up perfectly... Actually I find that's the case with most piss-poor French cartoons (the Tintin cartoon was good though) that I've seen (that were dubbed into English by Canadians).

We get ALOT of Canadian junk washing up over here in NZ cuz the 2nd major TV network is owned by Canadian media giant, Canwest.

BTW is it pronounced "Tan Tan"?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 10 Nov 2005, 10:55

It is in French yes, not sure why

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 10 Nov 2005, 10:57

BTW is it pronounced "Tan Tan" ?

Pretty much, except that the "n" is silent.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 10 Nov 2005, 11:30

Hahaha, so it's 'Ta ta'. Great.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 10 Nov 2005, 12:12

gasteropod wrote:Hahaha, so it's 'Ta ta'. Great.

'Ta Ta' Sounds like something Thompson and Thomson would say.