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[personnage-neutre]

Happy Halloween :)

[mechachimera]

Hergé's Adventures of Tintin (1957)

Good morning yall,

After watching all of Nelvana-Ellipse Tintin and the film (which rocks) with my partner, we wanted to see more. I was working on a whole list of stuff to go through for fun, perusing wiki pages to add to it.

And so, we learned of the other animated adaptation....

Belvision Tintin.

Also known as Hergé's Adventures of Tintin.

This post is a longer one.

I'd been meaning to write this post since Monday as a follow-up to my last Belvision Tintin viewing update, but it's been hard to put into words how I feel about this show. When @fourthdslip and I first started watching, it was with Destination Moon (Called Objective Moon in the Belvision adaptation), and we actually had some decent expectations going into the series with the first impression it made; Sure, Objective Moon wasn't as faithful as NE Tintin's adaptation and the animation looked a bit rougher in comparison to NE, but it was still pretty interesting, and the changes weren't too obtrusive to the story.

I think I would've liked it more if it had stayed that way, but after Destination Moon... it only went downhill from there. While the missed story bits were a part of my disdain, it was not the only reason why I felt dread near the end just to finish the show. I had already finished NE Tintin and figured this would just be different, and not worse...

It was worse, and now that I've recovered from the slight fatigue that was watching this every day for the past week, I'm here, adding to this post gradually.

For the sake of simplicity, here are some things that I simply didn't enjoy about Belvision Tintin:

The changes in the story: While they weren't the most out there in Objective Moon, later episodes would have changes that completely derail the plot from the original source material. This wouldn't be a problem if these story changes were actually interesting, but they aren't. For the most part, they just serve to quickly heighten the tension in some way. I understand they had to keep the viewers hooked to watch the next 5-minute episode, but when putting all the pieces together, it's full of pointless happenings that don't move the story or highlight aspects of the characters, all wrapped up by an ending that's less satisfying than the original and really, just makes you glad that it's over.

The character adaptations: They weren't that great.

This version of Tintin could've been anybody, and felt like a watered down version of him in comparison to how he is in other media. Not as clever, curious, investigative, etc... just any ol' Boy Scout could've filled the role in this one, to be honest. Haddock for the most part remained about the same, though it also felt like he was flattened for the sake of action and didn't display the same range of emotions that he does in the original comics. Out of everyone though, the Thompsons had it rough in terms of character adaptations. They're clumsy and a little foolish sometimes, yeah, but in this version I have zero clue how they are still alive as they simply do not think, ever... except in the final story, The Calculus Case, where they suddenly lock in and are the funniest characters in that entire saga.

Somehow even more stereotypical than the source material: I have no clue how they did it, but they managed to do it. Not only that, but there's scenes that actively focus on a racial or ethnic stereotype that didn't exist in the source material or weren't as blatant, all to add tension to the story, and they're pretty hard to watch. Red Rackham's Treasure and Crab with the Golden Claws were the worst offenders.

The best episode was probably Objective Moon, and probably the only one I would recommend watching. The rest of it, I can't recommend it personally. It's not worth it. If you've already watched the Nelvana adaptation, you're set. That's the best one.

I can at least say one good thing about Belvision Tintin:

There are goofy screenshots you can get out of it.

The best for last:

[zetanebulaarts]

Never a dull moment when the captain is around!

Found this amazing fanart of Haddock being surrounded by different versions of Tintin, and I thought of making the opposite!

it was the blurst of times

!!!!!!

Haddocks from upper left clockwise: 2011 movie version, comic version, Tintin and The Orange Blues (1964), Belvision version

[cariseca]

Lucky Luke ➦ animated adaptations:

Lucky Luke/Daisy Town (1971) ★ The ballad of the Daltons (1978) ★ Lucky Luke (1983) (1991) ★ The New Adventures of Lucky Luke (2001) ★ Lucky Luke: Go west! (2004)

[tintinology]

Belvisions movies and tv show may have many faults but I gotta say they've got the cutest design for Haddock

I mean, look at him!!

[grishamanimationstudios102]

Remember when Belvision Studios produced a Johan and Peewit (Johan et Pirlouit) feature, entitled “La Flute a Six Schtroumpfs” (The Smurfs and the Magic Flute)? Well, imagine if Belvision produced a sequel to said feature, which would be an adaptation of “Le Pays Maudit” (The Cursed Land). It would also have a different title in English, named “The Smurfs and the Evil Dragon”.

The feature would have a handful of original musical numbers like in the last film (written by Ivan Delporte, of course), and the same French actors would go back and reprise their roles. Also, it would be dubbed once for British audiences and another for American audiences (just like what they did for “The Magic Flute” movie before). The film would then be released in 1978 in Belgium and other countries first, then dubbed into English in the UK around 1981 and again in America for 1985.

[studiotriggerfan397]

The Red Turtle (French: La Tortue Rouge; Japanese: レッドタートル ある島の物語) by Michaël Dudok de Wit.

One of the most beautiful animated films.

A story about the circle of life and all its splendor and benign brutality. It's a masterpiece. Sublime animation and a deep meditation about life, love and man's place in the natural world.

The main character faces mysteries that elude him, but eventually surrenders to love, life and his place in the universe. This film is a poem.

[aboardthescheherazade]

Character art for Captain Haddock in the Belvision animated series, illustrated by animator Ray Goossens, 1959