Tintin

BREAKING NEWS: The Guardian respond to Tintinhategate

Last week, I pointed out that The Guardian seemed to have a bee in their bonnet over Steven Spielberg's The Adventures Of Tintin, and how they'd published no less than six articles bashing it. Well, brace yourself: The Guardian have given us an official response.

Why does The Guardian hate Tintin?

You may have already seen Steven Spielberg's new movie, The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn. It's good, huh? Well, The Guardian couldn't disagree more: in fact, they've dedicated FOUR SIX separate op-ed pieces on why they disliked it so much. Protest much?

Review: The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn

Despite a directorial career that spans – holy shit, 40 years? – The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn is Steven Spielberg's first animated film. Techniques have come and gone over the years, barriers have been broken, box-office records and preconceptions shattered alike, but only now has Spielberg decided the medium is ready for him – and he's picked his moment well. For all of the good work done by Robert Zemeckis, Peter Jackson and James Cameron, it is Spielberg who has justified the existence of motion-capture technology: The Adventures Of Tintin is a relentlessly thrilling, rip-roaring yarn that's as close as anyone has ever come to bringing a comic-book to life.

Tintin trailer is full of win-win

New action-packed trailer for The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn shows off some of the exotic locales Tintin & Co. will be visiting; makes the uncanny valley look like a ditch full of old mattresses.

In times of trouble, we can all find solace in an awful Tintin poster

The London Riots will not dampen our spirits. We will club together and mock awful movie posters, because THIS IS THE INTERNET and WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER!

Only a day after everyone else; here's the Tintin trailer

Yes, everyone else had the trailer for The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn yesterday when it was still fresh - but we followed our gut instincts and went with a piece about Paul Blart instead. Turns out we are just a pretty face.

5 things worth waffling about on the Tintin poster

The Gods have spoken (albeit via the rather nerdy conduit of Empire Online), and handed down to us mere mortals the first official poster for The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn. We went exploring and uncovered five mysterious, er, mysteries...

Blistering Barnacles! First look at JackBerg's Tintin

You could almost hear the waffles hitting the floor when it was announced that Belgium's most famous not-beer-or-lace-or-karate export would be coming at us not only in 3D, but also as a computer-generated Billy Elliot. But you know what? This tiny glimpse is already looking all kinds of awesome. By which I mean fuck you shut up - it's Tintin, and that's all that matters.

Tintin effects will take 2 years to finish

Steven Spielberg has finished shooting his mo-cap take on Belgian boy wonder Tintin, but the 3D special effects will take two years to finish. Over to you, obese computer animators! Get these guys some Doritos, stat!