Tintin et le lac aux requins (1972)

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   Tintin et le Lac aux Requins (and the Lake of Sharks) intrigued me as a kid. Not the film, the graphic novel. I had it, and it was this gorgeous artifact that used the background paintings of the animated film (which never ran on television along with the animated adaptations of comics-first stories), though looking at the movie now (in English-only on Amazon Prime Canada, like, how hard is it to be bilingual in this case, Amazon?!), the Hergé Studio redrew all the figures and edited the crap out of the story, removing most of the slapstick humor, thus increasing the pace of the story considerably. Oh, and it removes the kids' song, which is just awful, at least in English where their tone-deaf, screechy voices. It also looks 100% better and on-model, especially where the animators created their own characters NOT in Hergé's style. The adaptation recognizes that the action bits in the third act are the most interesting and extends those set pieces, which are also more fun on screen. See, Tintin is an adventure strip, not a humor strip, and while yes, there is quite a lot of slapstick in the original albums, it's the adventures that enchant. This one isn't signed Hergé. Greg did it, and he's best known for Achille Talon (Walter Melon) which IS principally a humor strip, but he still manages a good adventure behind all the silly nonsense, with strange inventions, underwater action, and Tintin's archenemy behind the nefarious plot. So by all means, check the comic album if you can find it, but avoid the original animated film. 4 years 1 month ago

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