filmismagic I used to love watching this when I was young. I noticed that with some children/family shows, I hated them when I view them now because I sometimes see them as rip-offs or a way of making kids dumb (some of the playhouse Disney shows for example, and even some of the Asterix films). However, in this case, watching it again after a long time made me like it even more.Tintin and the Lake of Sharks was a total screw-up!!! An absolute disgrace to the comics. The voices (Captain Haddock sounding like Popeye), the ridiculous music (especially when there is one part when the two kids sing an annoying song, making it a musical), the cheap animation and a number of Tintin-related factual errors like Calculus hearing badly and hearing well most of the time, the inaccurate characters ...all of it made it horrible a movie. The series has none of these flaws.The visuals remain true to Herge's fantastic drawing style and the animation fits really well with it. The music in the series is perfect for Tintin. The humour remains the same(just as good), with a couple of clever add-ons for the Thompsons. The characters remain the same as in the comic books. The voice-cast is perfect and the voice-acting by everybody makes the characters portrayed exactly like they were in the books. The Thompsons are really hilarious and their voices were a joy to listen to, making the two detectives in the comics really come to life. My congrats to them, the voices of Tintin and Captain Haddock and the rest of the cast.The stories remain true to the books even though any fans of the books will easily spot a few differences. I am pleased to say that they actually fit really well with the episodes, because picturing some of the edited parts being identical to these parts in the book instead of being altered, just wouldn't work. And hearing me say that the stories are reasonably true to the books clearly means that they are fantastic, matching the clever imaginations and twists that Herge came up with in his books.A flawless adaptation is perhaps the best way to describe the series. Forget about that movie which rips off the books. If you want an enjoyable, loyal series, then pick this one as soon as you can.

robted Sorry, but you're wrong. The 'Moon mission' sub-plot, finding the Inca temple, and the mission to the Metorite in the Arctic? Solving crimes, I think not! Best thing you can do is read the books, man! Sample plots(not in chronological order): 1) Picaros- A little adventure during a coup with Gen. Alcazar. 2) Moon sub-plot: The moon mission and the attempts to sabotage it. 3) Incas: The disappearance of Claculus, resulting in the discovery of the last remaining Inca temple! 4) The Calculus affair: Another adventure in Syldavia, following on(I think) from King Ottakar's Sceptre. 4) The 'Red Rackham' sub-plot. A story of the hunt for a pirate's treasure, which Captain Haddock's ancestor recovered.

Glenn Mertens This great cartoon series, which are not only animation for kids, follows the reporter Tintin in a lot of countries all over the world. Also the accents of the voices are very nice done. People speak English, but you can hear from which country they originally come from.Another thing, this is not a French/Canadian production!!! This is a Belgian production, in Belgium people speak Dutch or French. So if a series is in the French language, this means not automatically that it comes from France or Canada!Tintin is real hero, but one with brains. And his good friend Haddock is so aggressive, but in a funny way. Then you have the good hearing professor...

Freedomisanillusion This show came back on TV a few months ago, and I have been watching it religiously. I used to watch this show as a small child, and I loved it, but coming back to it after almost ten years (I was five when it was first on) of only reading the books, it is very disappointing. That's not to say that I don't love the show, though. But (if you can get your hands on these episodes) compare the Cigars of the Pharaoh episode to the Shooting Star episode - Cigars of the Pharaoh - creepy, mysterious, surreal - like the book. The Shooting Star - sappy, obnoxious, boring - very much not like the book