TINTIN! The Motion Picture!

[davidraphael]

No, Struppi doesn't mean anything in German as far as I know

 

[Philip Adams]

No, Struppi doesn't mean anything in German as far as I know

Just remembered there's something called dict.leo.org which is handy when it comes to translating German.

There it states, as you say, there is no direct translation of 'Struppi', but it does offer a similar word of 'struppig' which it translates into 'shaggy' (amongst a few other words). That may be where the name came from as Snowy (as I would know him) is a bit on the shaggy side.

 

[Mario]

Does 'Struppi' translate to anything in English?

I just had a quick look on Google Translate and it translates 'Stuppi' to 'Tintin'!! :eusa_doh:

No, Struppi doesn't mean anything in German as far as I know

The name 'Struppi' might have been derived from the German word 'struppig', meaning shaggy, fuzzy or scrubby...

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Looks like a pretty nice computer game. Oh wait..... It's a movie? I just see the deep uncanny village and wish they made a decision wether to do a cartoon or movie with real actors. The backgrounds look nice but I dislike the look of the faces, the eyes, the noses!

 

[Fly Boy]

I loved Tintin when I was younger, but I'm not sure about the art style - Their faces look lifeless and without expression - A bit Polar Express!

I'll still go and see it though.

 

[Mario]

From what I've seen so far the film adaption doesn't appeal to me at all.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

.... wish they made a decision whether to do a cartoon or movie with real actors.

Agree with you 1000 percent. Furthermore, "Tintin" characters don't look so over-the-top that they can't be played by real actors with a minimum of prosthetic makeup. There are plenty of people in the world who look like Captain Haddock, the Thompson twins (not the musical group!), etc.


The characters in this movie are just shy of looking grotesque.

 

[Mario]

Absolutely. I get the feeling that Spielberg was trying too hard to be true to the comic books. I'd have prefered a film with real actors as well. As it is the overall visual style looks too strained, especially the characters. And Tintin himself looks like a schoolboy that has to be put to bed after supper.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

As it is the overall visual style looks too strained, especially the characters.

... and that's a big pity, because the greatest strengths of the Tintin series are its characters and plots. The drawings, though fantastic, come third.


This movie shouldn't so strongly be about visual gimmickry.

 

[Mario]

... and that's a big pity, because the greatest strengths of the Tintin series are its characters and plots. The drawings, though fantastic, come third.


This movie shouldn't so strongly be about visual gimmickry.

I think the unique visual style of the original comic books with it's crisp, clean lines was very important to their success. Spielberg tried to add something but instead he ended up taking away.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

I think the unique visual style of the original comic books with it's crisp, clean lines was very important to their success. Spielberg tried to add something but instead he ended up taking away.

:eusa_clap Yes. The famous Ligne Claire. The style is still very popular among comic artists today without looking too dated.

 

[Mario]

Blake and Mortimer is another fine example of that style.

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You know, it's funny. In a way Hergé was the Karl May of comic books. All his stories are set in some of the most exotic places in the world but he himself never really travelled anywhere. He took all his information and inspiration from his vast collection of books, photos and newspapers.

 

[ericwills85]

Well the Movie seems Quite Good in Trailers I haven't seen it yet but it is Steven Spielberg so it becomes a must watch

 

[HadleyH]

tin tin?

the only tin tin i know is the rin tin tin the adorable dog .... German Shepherd he was (German: Deutscher Schäferhund)

what .... is there another rin tin tin out there? :noidea:

 

[Dan'l]

The wife and I saw the trailer for the first time last night on CBS. I had never heard of TinTin until this thread was started and my wife until last night. We're both excited by what we saw. We'll probably take our son, four years old, with us to see this one.

 

[scottyrocks]

I was going to write pretty much what Dan'l said. I'll just add that when I saw the trailer on TV, the visual style of animation looked like nothing I've seen thus far and I didn't know what to make of it.

As for 'struppi,' it sounds a little like the Yiddush 'shtuuping,' or 'shtupping' (without the accent) which means 'intercourse,' or if you're an Austin Powers fan, 'shagging,' which sounds a lot like 'shaggy' to me.

 

[Dan'l]

...I'll just add that when I saw the trailer on TV, the visual style of animation looked like nothing I've seen thus far and I didn't know what to make of it...

Yes, I noticed that too and, as you mention, wasn't quite sure what to make of it.

 

[LocktownDog]

For those of us who grew up with TinTin and Snowy, this film is a long time in coming. Don't screw it up.

 

[Italian-wiseguy]

Never been a huge Tintin's fan; anyway, I feared that the adaptation would be worse than what I see in the trailers. Changing two-dimensional, cartoonesque characters in something more realistic isn't easy task.

As for the names, in Italy we used the original french names: cultural proximity, I thing; so I'm used to Milou, Dupont & Dupond etc.

 

[ericwills85]

The Adventure Of TinTin, its quite an exciting movie and kids will love it too. For all adult fans who used to read TinTin's Adventure comic book during childhood days, I think its a must see movie.