overheard conversation of the day:

"... so, when did you realise you were mad?"
"when I woke up married to a pineapple - an ugly pineapple..."

Rememberance

Isn't silence loud.

I've been occupied.

Yep. Anti-capitalist tent dwellers have pitched up on my site.

Ah, well...

Billions of Blue Blistering Barnacles on a Thundering Typhoon

Here's some Captain Haddocks:

Tintin was fantastic. Better than the trailer made it look. The animation cleverly makes the characters look real but with Hergé faces (noses in particular), it's got everything you expect from Tintin; action (look out for the dockside cranes and a couple of car-chases...), adventure, humour, Captain Haddock shouting creative insults. I'm not going to tell you too much in case I give the story away but- (as you may know) it combines The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure with elements of The Crab Withe The Golden Claws there are references to the other books too and several characters (even fairly minor ones) are included and faithfully copied from the book. The title sequence is brilliant as is the very beginning of the actual film- Tintin is having his portrait done by an artist in a market; the artist holds up his portrait- it's a proper Hergé Tintin (like the books) it's at this point you realise the pictures pinned on a board in the background are all characters from the book or Hergé-style people at least, then I realised- the artist looks like Hergé, I like that. Other things I liked; Haddock as a Scotsman, Tintin's typewriter collection, Snowy (etc, etc.). I think there's one thing I didn't like Bianca Castafiore (who has an asteroid named after her- 1683 Castafiore) isn't singing The Jewel Song (oh and the 3D wasn't really necessary).

Anyway- Go Watch It - NOW

 

They really should make another one, perhaps based on Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon...



4 of the best Belgian Things

In no particular order

• Tintin
• Poirot
• Smurfs
• Chocolate

I mention this as I'm going to see that new Tintin film later... will it live up to Hergé's brilliance?

I'll tell you tomorrow!