The Adventures of Tintin trailer

[JoeZhang]

That was a joke.

 

[Greylock Crescent]

Most of the Tintin books don't have science fiction or fantasy elements, and that's true of the three books this movie is based on.

I can totally see how the desert-dunes-turned-to-ocean-waves sequence avoids both science fiction and fantasy elements.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

That was a joke.

Oh, okay. Sorry for missing it.

I can totally see how the desert-dunes-turned-to-ocean-waves sequence avoids both science fiction and fantasy elements.

Like I said, the particular books this is based on don't have any SFF elements. Whether they've added any in for the movie is something I can't speak to yet, although I doubt it. There will likely be a non-SFF reason for that scene.

 

[Greylock Crescent]

Problem is, that visual is yet another contradiction within the trailer. Is this a SF/F film or not? The animated medium suggests SF/F (else, why do animation at all), yet the source material isn't SF/F? It's as much of an issue as the juxtaposition of realistic rendering of airplane crashes, explosions, and sea-faring with unrealistic-looking humans, whose facial articulation is so out of synch with the dialogue.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

The animated medium suggests SF/F (else, why do animation at all), yet the source material isn't SF/F? It's as much of an issue as the juxtaposition of realistic rendering of airplane crashes, explosions, and sea-faring with unrealistic-looking humans.

The Tintin comic books are the most famous example of one of the leading styles in Franco-Belgian comics, namely the ligne claire style. Ligne claire translates to "clear line" in English and the style is typified by cartoony characters against very detailed and realistic backgrounds. Spielberg and Jackson are attemtping to replicate this art style in animation.

 

[Greylock Crescent]

Well then, to Spielberg and Jackson I say, bonne chance. Artistic intent aside, this trailer doesn't do much to inspire confidence in the already-questionable, motion-capture approach to filmmaking. At this point, the parallel of juxtaposing obviously fake mouth movements and dialogue with realistic rendering and fantastical sequences is hardly impressive.