Monday, January 04

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The Adventures Of Tintin Pre-Review

I'm toying with the idea of Tintin as an anti-hero, like Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné, so completely obsessed with getting the story (no matter how trivial) that he is entirely unaware of the disaster he leaves in his wake.

This film did not grab me.  There is one part that is very, very, very good, but that's a few minutes of honey in almost two hours of cold porridge.

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1 Are you a Tintin fan, out of curiosity?  Or did you go into the film cold?

Posted by: Wonderduck at Tuesday, January 05 2016 12:33 PM (zAcee)

2 I've read a bit, years ago, but it's not something I grew up with like Asterix and Obelix.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Tuesday, January 05 2016 01:04 PM (PiXy!)

3 Gotcha.  I learned to read with Tintin, but I've only read a couple of Asterix books.  I'm the only person I know IRL who routinely uses the word 'menhir', though.

Posted by: Wonderduck at Tuesday, January 05 2016 04:38 PM (zAcee)

4 What does "menhir" mean?

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Wednesday, January 06 2016 02:52 AM (+rSRq)

5 Ah, not an Asterix reader.

A menhir is a standing stone (as in Stonehenge), typically used to comically squish Roman legionaries.  In the Asterix series, Asterix's best friend Obelix is a menhir-maker.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Wednesday, January 06 2016 10:48 AM (PiXy!)

6 Or did he just deliver menhirs?  Can't remember; it's been a while.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Wednesday, January 06 2016 11:57 AM (PiXy!)

7 Delivery man.  Who makes the menhirs he delivers is a mystery I don't remember.

Posted by: Wonderduck at Wednesday, January 06 2016 01:43 PM (zAcee)

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Apple pies are delicious. But never mind apple pies. What colour is a green orange?




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