Just as soon as I finish writing and drawing it. j/k Actually, since I have a copy of Guillermo del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness script, I could rip his film off before he even has a CHANCE TO MAKE IT.
Beside of the sky and the logo the cover looks nice.
Btw when thinking of the old real Tim&Struppi movies, two things were quite annoying, the always yelling voice of Haddock and the high frequency of the music, almost like in the Fantomas films.
I loved the cartoon, I'll see them for sure and yes, the trailer was just reviewed for rating. Can't wait. Oh who am I kidding. I'm going to go see it even if it looks awful.
...so they scrapped the subtitle it seems. The first one is just going to be called "The adventures of Tintin" and the others will have subtitles? A little odd... haven't seen movies do that really(not when others are already planned).....unless they're waiting to see if it will flop.
I've never actually seen/read tintin before. (of course, I knew of him, but never actually viewed the media before.). I'm quite interested in this though, so I shall have to see if I can convince my friends to see it. I doubt they will though, after I convinced them to see alice in wonderland because it was a tim burton film, and they all hated it. ¬_¬
Tintin goes searching for something because of the professor
He sees something suspicious and snoops around
He runs into the Thom(p)sons who are bumbling on the case
Haddock swears and drinks
Tintin gets caught and knocked out
Snowy(the dog) bites someone and tintin escapes
He punches and shoots at people and saves the day
Rrraawwwggh... Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, Stephen Spielberg AND Peter Jackson? Oh goodness I need to see a trailer. I can't imagine even those men living up to my love for the cartoons though.
Nice. Still a bit weird to see Tintin (he'll always be 'Kuifje' for me) looking so...real, but I trust the team behind this completely. Such a giant part of my childhood (together with Asterix), so I'll see this a thousand times, regardless of the actual quality of the film.
Nice gag with the Thompsons and the newspaper (pause the trailer at that bit and look at the ads beneath their eyes).
Rrraawwwggh... Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, Stephen Spielberg AND Peter Jackson? Oh goodness I need to see a trailer. I can't imagine even those men living up to my love for the cartoons though.
This frame epitomizes the trailer for me. So afraid to show faces, especially faces that are moving, that they hide them at every possible turn. Essentially the opposite of the Mars Needs Moms trailer, if you want to go back and see that as a basis of comparison.
This frame epitomizes the trailer for me. So afraid to show faces, especially faces that are moving, that they hide them at every possible turn. Essentially the opposite of the Mars Needs Moms trailer, if you want to go back and see that as a basis of comparison.
Thanks a lot. Now when I watched that trailer all I could think about was where all the faces were.
This frame epitomizes the trailer for me. So afraid to show faces, especially faces that are moving, that they hide them at every possible turn. Essentially the opposite of the Mars Needs Moms trailer, if you want to go back and see that as a basis of comparison.
Uh, no they don't...er wait..let me say it the way the majority of Telltale wish they could speak to you. YOU WERE WRONG, PAL! HA! HA! They showed faces quite a bit in the time frame, with the only two faces really obscured being Tintin and Haddock. Keep in mind this is a TEASER, and Tintin's face was shown at the end. Even when faces are obscured in shadow their features are clear, at least to me.
This frame epitomizes the trailer for me. So afraid to show faces, especially faces that are moving, that they hide them at every possible turn. Essentially the opposite of the Mars Needs Moms trailer, if you want to go back and see that as a basis of comparison.
That was the frame I was talking about! Love the gag with the Thompson nose/moustache. Very Herge.
About your comment: I don't agree. It's how Spielberg always makes his trailers (at least for his blockbusters) - don't show the good stuff until the movie (see Jurassic Park (you don't get to see the dinosaurs), ET (no alien), Jaws (no shark). Don't underestimate how big this franchise is in Europe. It's a huge part of European culture. It doesn't even really matter how the movie does in the US, this movie will make history in Europe (I think it's saying a lot that this is a Spielberg/Peter Jackson-movie and it's releasing two months earlier in the EU than in the US. That doesn't really happen, ever). Seeing these characters in 'real-life' for the first time is one of the biggest reasons people want to see this movie, same as the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, and the shark in Jaws. Every little tidbit of news about this movie has made headlines in the mainstream media over here. I'm not defending the movie's use of motion capture or CGI or whatever (I'm not the biggest fan of it myself), but I don't think they're 'scared' to show these characters to the world. Hell, one of the first pictures released was an extreme close-up of Haddock. Not to mention that the big 'reveal' at the end of the trailer is a close up of Tintin's face. All marketing shots so far have had Tintin's face strategically covered in shadows.
They're not scared to show anything, it's just the same marketing-trick to generate hype Spielberg has been using for ages. And, judging by the reactions here in Europe so far, it's been working.
Don't forget that this is just a teaser trailer. More will come.
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as Thompson and Thompson is the greatest casting ever.
Anyway, I think it would be pretty awesome if Telltale made episodic Tintin adventures...that would be amazing. I grew up reading these comics, couldn't think of a better developer to make a Tintin game.
Uh, no they don't...er wait..let me say it the way the majority of Telltale wish they could speak to you. YOU WERE WRONG, PAL! HA! HA! They showed faces quite a bit in the time frame, with the only two faces really obscured being Tintin and Haddock. Keep in mind this is a TEASER, and Tintin's face was shown at the end. Even when faces are obscured in shadow their features are clear, at least to me.
Hell, one of the first pictures released was an extreme close-up of Haddock. Not to mention that the big 'reveal' at the end of the trailer is a close up of Tintin's face. All marketing shots so far have had Tintin's face strategically covered in shadows.
They're not scared to show anything, it's just the same marketing-trick to generate hype Spielberg has been using for ages. And, judging by the reactions here in Europe so far, it's been working.
Don't forget that this is just a teaser trailer. More will come.
The issue with some of this sentiment, I think, is that I was entirely unclear when it came to what I meant, because I felt it was particularly obvious. I don't feel the facial models themselves are worth hiding, but rather the dead look that this studio invariably gives off when the characters speak. Notice that the faces aren't talking, or looking at the camera, or otherwise the main focus of any frame within the trailer. Though faces EXIST, they are mostly obscured, move by quickly, and aren't particularly "animated".
As far as any currently-released press that prominently displays any major faces, was that from before Mars Needs Moms was an industry-changing bomb? I'm actually curious, and I haven't gone through this film's press material, but I wouldn't be surprised if the presence and prominence of character faces made a massive drop after mid-march due to the popular analysis being that consumer backlash against Zemmeckis motion capture was the main reason behind the massive failure of Mars Needs Moms.
About your comment: I don't agree. It's how Spielberg always makes his trailers (at least for his blockbusters) - don't show the good stuff until the movie (see Jurassic Park (you don't get to see the dinosaurs), ET (no alien), Jaws (no shark). Don't underestimate how big this franchise is in Europe. It's a huge part of European culture. It doesn't even really matter how the movie does in the US, this movie will make history in Europe (I think it's saying a lot that this is a Spielberg/Peter Jackson-movie and it's releasing two months earlier in the EU than in the US. That doesn't really happen, ever). Seeing these characters in 'real-life' for the first time is one of the biggest reasons people want to see this movie, same as the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, and the shark in Jaws. Every little tidbit of news about this movie has made headlines in the mainstream media over here. I'm not defending the movie's use of motion capture or CGI or whatever (I'm not the biggest fan of it myself), but I don't think they're 'scared' to show these characters to the world.
One thing I don't get about this post is that the faces are a major surprise AND Haddock's face is a major advertising image? It comes off as a very conflicting message, doesn't it?
I don't see how a character's face is a major surprise, especially one as simple in design and well-known as Tintin's. The dinosaurs in Jurassic Park and the alien in E.T. were unknown designs and their effects work was the main selling point, the shark in Jaws was actually barely even in the movie at all and the trailers reflected this. It seems to me like they used every obscured facial shot they could in order to focus on the landscapes and locales, everything that does not actually utilize the now-despised(by network executives afraid of Mars Needs Moms failure) Zemeckis motion capture.
It is a major surprise because no one quite knows how the faces, as you said, will look under motion capture. As a promotional image, it was important that faces be shown, but still images are nothing compared to the actual animation, and that's still something that a teaser just isn't made to show off entirely. Plus the fact that everything may not be fully finished yet. It's common for teasers to show off unfinished digital effects. Everything you wanted to see is exactly what is meant to be saved for a main trailer.
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Now that was a great comic and a comic movie.
I hope it's soon. I want to read this so badly, even though it's just a fan image. IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES.
Just as soon as I finish writing and drawing it. j/k Actually, since I have a copy of Guillermo del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness script, I could rip his film off before he even has a CHANCE TO MAKE IT.
It's like a Belgian trollface...
Btw when thinking of the old real Tim&Struppi movies, two things were quite annoying, the always yelling voice of Haddock and the high frequency of the music, almost like in the Fantomas films.
Eat me, Tintin skeptics and haters. EAT ME. Exclusive look at the trailer debuting on Empire Online tomorrow.
V That one too!
Tintin goes searching for something because of the professor
He sees something suspicious and snoops around
He runs into the Thom(p)sons who are bumbling on the case
Haddock swears and drinks
Tintin gets caught and knocked out
Snowy(the dog) bites someone and tintin escapes
He punches and shoots at people and saves the day
He still wrote it!
Ah. I wasn't aware of how much he actually did before deciding that Time Lords were cooler.
He made a hilarious statement way back in 08 about leaving to take a position he first sent an application in for when he was seven.
I think he made the right choice!
Nice gag with the Thompsons and the newspaper (pause the trailer at that bit and look at the ads beneath their eyes).
And Joe Cornish (director of Attack the Block).
STEPHEN!
This frame epitomizes the trailer for me. So afraid to show faces, especially faces that are moving, that they hide them at every possible turn. Essentially the opposite of the Mars Needs Moms trailer, if you want to go back and see that as a basis of comparison.
Thanks a lot. Now when I watched that trailer all I could think about was where all the faces were.
Uh, no they don't...er wait..let me say it the way the majority of Telltale wish they could speak to you. YOU WERE WRONG, PAL! HA! HA! They showed faces quite a bit in the time frame, with the only two faces really obscured being Tintin and Haddock. Keep in mind this is a TEASER, and Tintin's face was shown at the end. Even when faces are obscured in shadow their features are clear, at least to me.
Oh look. Faces:
That was the frame I was talking about! Love the gag with the Thompson nose/moustache. Very Herge.
About your comment: I don't agree. It's how Spielberg always makes his trailers (at least for his blockbusters) - don't show the good stuff until the movie (see Jurassic Park (you don't get to see the dinosaurs), ET (no alien), Jaws (no shark). Don't underestimate how big this franchise is in Europe. It's a huge part of European culture. It doesn't even really matter how the movie does in the US, this movie will make history in Europe (I think it's saying a lot that this is a Spielberg/Peter Jackson-movie and it's releasing two months earlier in the EU than in the US. That doesn't really happen, ever). Seeing these characters in 'real-life' for the first time is one of the biggest reasons people want to see this movie, same as the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, and the shark in Jaws. Every little tidbit of news about this movie has made headlines in the mainstream media over here. I'm not defending the movie's use of motion capture or CGI or whatever (I'm not the biggest fan of it myself), but I don't think they're 'scared' to show these characters to the world. Hell, one of the first pictures released was an extreme close-up of Haddock. Not to mention that the big 'reveal' at the end of the trailer is a close up of Tintin's face. All marketing shots so far have had Tintin's face strategically covered in shadows.
They're not scared to show anything, it's just the same marketing-trick to generate hype Spielberg has been using for ages. And, judging by the reactions here in Europe so far, it's been working.
Don't forget that this is just a teaser trailer. More will come.
Anyway, I think it would be pretty awesome if Telltale made episodic Tintin adventures...that would be amazing. I grew up reading these comics, couldn't think of a better developer to make a Tintin game.
As far as any currently-released press that prominently displays any major faces, was that from before Mars Needs Moms was an industry-changing bomb? I'm actually curious, and I haven't gone through this film's press material, but I wouldn't be surprised if the presence and prominence of character faces made a massive drop after mid-march due to the popular analysis being that consumer backlash against Zemmeckis motion capture was the main reason behind the massive failure of Mars Needs Moms.
One thing I don't get about this post is that the faces are a major surprise AND Haddock's face is a major advertising image? It comes off as a very conflicting message, doesn't it?
I don't see how a character's face is a major surprise, especially one as simple in design and well-known as Tintin's. The dinosaurs in Jurassic Park and the alien in E.T. were unknown designs and their effects work was the main selling point, the shark in Jaws was actually barely even in the movie at all and the trailers reflected this. It seems to me like they used every obscured facial shot they could in order to focus on the landscapes and locales, everything that does not actually utilize the now-despised(by network executives afraid of Mars Needs Moms failure) Zemeckis motion capture.