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** Yes. it is, it was shown by Mythbusters that this is possible, but only if, and I mean (IF) the singer can sing that high.
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*** Possibly, he might have been bought by an agent of one of the Warehouse's at the time. seeing as how Tintin has never died, has been just about everywhere and seems utterly morally upright, don't you think the Regents just might wanted to have him "on ice" who knows? Ceasar might have been a Warehouse agent.
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* Whatever happened to Ahmed? I might have missed something, but I think Tintin got to him and the latter managed to impersonate him to get close to Muller. So he's just left in the desert?
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* Whatever happened to Ahmed? I might have missed something, but I think Tintin got to him and the latter managed to impersonate him to get close to Muller. So he's just left in the desert?desert?
* From the movie, Haddock figures out that Sakarine is really [[spoiler:a Rackham]] because he "remembers" that [[spoiler:Red Rackham]] looked exactly like him. Problem: how can he remember something like that when it was his ancestor, not him, that actually met [[spoiler:the original Rackham]]?
* From the movie, Haddock figures out that Sakarine is really [[spoiler:a Rackham]] because he "remembers" that [[spoiler:Red Rackham]] looked exactly like him. Problem: how can he remember something like that when it was his ancestor, not him, that actually met [[spoiler:the original Rackham]]?
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* From that same scene in the film -- Is it even possible for Castafiore's singing to break the bullet proof glass that was protecting the model?
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** Possibly his glasses were clear plastic or some other non-glass material, or somehow altered to survive shockwaves. He did have the opportunity to prepare for it.
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**** Nope it was definitely from San Theodoros
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**** Nope it was definitely from San TheodorosTheodoros
* Whatever happened to Ahmed? I might have missed something, but I think Tintin got to him and the latter managed to impersonate him to get close to Muller. So he's just left in the desert?
* Whatever happened to Ahmed? I might have missed something, but I think Tintin got to him and the latter managed to impersonate him to get close to Muller. So he's just left in the desert?
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** Truth in Televison – my partially-deaf father does this all the time.
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** This troper is of the opinion that he has selective hearing or has realised that his hearing problem is often advantageous. For instance his misinterpreting or mishearing allows him to ignore anyone who refuses him (''Red Rackam's Treasure'' when he joins Tintin and Haddock despite their objections), to helpfully misinform people (''The Calculus Affair'' when he gets rid of Joylon Wagg), or deflate awkward social situations (''Tintin and the Picaros'' when he surprises Alcazar's wife and ends her tyrade). Yes I am aware that this probably falls under the category of FanWank
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** Sakharine had been arrested, and due to several counts of attempted murder and kidnapping will most likely spend the rest of his life in prison and be stripped of his estates. The butler mentions how nice it would be to have a Haddock in charge of the place again.
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*** How about a ''Belgian'' ticket?
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*** How about a ''Belgian'' ticket?ticket?
**** Nope it was definitely from San Theodoros
**** Nope it was definitely from San Theodoros
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*** But if Tapioca was in power, how would Alcazar have been allowed to claim the money? I'm assuming that when Tapioca's in power Alcazar is persona non grata in San Theodoros
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*** But if Tapioca was in power, how would Alcazar have been allowed to claim the money? I'm assuming that when Tapioca's in power Alcazar is persona non grata in San TheodorosTheodoros
*** How about a ''Belgian'' ticket?
*** How about a ''Belgian'' ticket?
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* So if General Alcazar was down and out in ''Seven Crystal Balls'' how does he have enough money to buy aircraft in ''The Red Sea Sharks''?
** This is just a guess but maybe he earned money as a film actor.In the beginning of ''The Red Sea Sharks'' when Tintin remarks on the resemblance between the star of the western and the General he is actually noticing that its the same person. We know that Alcazar does odd jobs when he's not starting revolutions so maybe he found his way to Hollywood and landed a contract with a studio. He's a politician and knife throwing is a kind of performance art so acting would probably come naturally to him.
** Another possiblilty. In an early draft of ''Tintin and the Picaros'' Alcazar explains that he met Peggy in New York when he was doing his knife throwing act and that she is the daughter of arms dealer Basil Bazarov as well as being very wealthy. So if we accept that about the two then we could assume that the General is either married or engaged in ''Red Sea Sharks'' and Peggy is bankrolling his coup (she wants that palace after all)
** Also remember that Tintin found a lottery ticket from San Theodoros in Alcazar's wallet. This might be a clever way on Herge's part of telling us that he won the lottery and that's where he got the money
***But if Tapioca was in power, how would Alcazar have been allowed to claim the money? I'm assuming that when Tapioca's in power Alcazar is persona non grata in San Theodoros
** This is just a guess but maybe he earned money as a film actor.In the beginning of ''The Red Sea Sharks'' when Tintin remarks on the resemblance between the star of the western and the General he is actually noticing that its the same person. We know that Alcazar does odd jobs when he's not starting revolutions so maybe he found his way to Hollywood and landed a contract with a studio. He's a politician and knife throwing is a kind of performance art so acting would probably come naturally to him.
** Another possiblilty. In an early draft of ''Tintin and the Picaros'' Alcazar explains that he met Peggy in New York when he was doing his knife throwing act and that she is the daughter of arms dealer Basil Bazarov as well as being very wealthy. So if we accept that about the two then we could assume that the General is either married or engaged in ''Red Sea Sharks'' and Peggy is bankrolling his coup (she wants that palace after all)
** Also remember that Tintin found a lottery ticket from San Theodoros in Alcazar's wallet. This might be a clever way on Herge's part of telling us that he won the lottery and that's where he got the money
***But if Tapioca was in power, how would Alcazar have been allowed to claim the money? I'm assuming that when Tapioca's in power Alcazar is persona non grata in San Theodoros
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* Also from the film: In the comic, Tintin and Haddock discover Rackham's treasure in the basement of Marlinspike hall after Haddock and Calculus have bought the place. But in the film, they ''haven't'' bought it, and Haddock even tells Nestor he can't afford it. So doesn't the treasure legally belong to Sakharine, then?
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* Also from the film: In the comic, Tintin and Haddock discover Rackham's treasure in the basement of Marlinspike hall after Haddock and Calculus have bought the place. But in the film, they ''haven't'' bought it, and Haddock even tells Nestor he can't afford it. So doesn't the treasure legally belong to Sakharine, then? then?
** Sakharine may have been stripped of the right to own it due to his criminal activities - who knows, after his arrest they may have discovered that he acquired the mansion, or the money to buy it, by illegal means. And the small treasure found by Tintin and Haddock in the basement may be enough to buy the mansion back (and considering its state of disrepair, it may be relatively cheap).
** Sakharine may have been stripped of the right to own it due to his criminal activities - who knows, after his arrest they may have discovered that he acquired the mansion, or the money to buy it, by illegal means. And the small treasure found by Tintin and Haddock in the basement may be enough to buy the mansion back (and considering its state of disrepair, it may be relatively cheap).
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* Also from the film: In the comic, Tintin and Haddock discover Rackham's treasure in the basement of Marlinspike hall after Haddock and Calculus have bought the place. But in the film, they ''haven't'' bought it, and Haddock even tells Nestor he can't afford it. So doesn't the treasure legally belong to Sakharine, then?
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* From the film -- so, in the scene where the Milanese Nightingale sings and breaks every glass in the building, why doesn't Sakharine's glasses break as well?
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*** Tintin may be his last name. One of the characters in 1912 book ''La Guerre des Boutons'' ([[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted]] to the screen in France in the 1960s and in Ireland in the 1990s) is called Tintin, and his sister is Marie Tintin.
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*** Tintin may be his last name. One of the characters in 1912 book ''La Guerre des Boutons'' ([[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted]] to the screen in France in the 1960s and [[WarOfTheButtons in Ireland Ireland]] in the 1990s) is called Tintin, and his sister is Marie Tintin.
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*** Tintin may be his last name. One of the characters in 1912 book ''La Guerre des Boutons'' ([[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted]] to the screen in France in the 1960s and in Ireland in the 1990s) is called Tintin, and his sister is Marie Tintin.
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** Truth in Televison – my partially-deaf father does this all the time.
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** Calculus always insists that he's not as deaf as he actually is, and seems serenely convinced that what he thinks people say is what's been said. He says he needs the hearing aid for the Moon expedition because his hearing must be perfect under those circumstances, but this troper always assumed that once the expedition is over, he is quite content to go back to his regular auditory existence, being after all "only a little hard of hearing in one ear".
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*** It's a more sophisticated TranslationConvention. We see very few Incas speaking. They speak Quechua between one other; two characters can speak with Tintin in proper Spanish: the Inca himself who has to be the better educated and wise person of his people, and the sacrifice priest; and there are a soldier and a servant who talk to Tintin in a pidgin, probably a mix of their own language and two or three Spanish words, plus Huascar who infiltrated himself in the Peruvian society.
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** What kind of name is it, you ask? Answer: A Swedish one. There are people in Sweden named Tintin, though they're not that many. (And it's not certain how many of them are named after a certain popular comics hero.)
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*** You forget that they do keep in contact with the outside world. They are able to get to other countries to follow the archeologists and the high priest hangs round the streets of one of the cities.
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*** Wouldn't isolated Incas be more likely to speak Quechua, which is much more obscure?
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** It can be explained through FanWank : Haddock is a sailor and probaly knows several languages. Tintin is a polyglot genius (he probably speaks chinese, arab, spanish, english, etc...). In Temple of the Sun, it's just TranslationConvention. Everybody actually speaks spanish.
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* I just realised, literally while at my fridge looking for food, that the Incans in Temple of the Sun speak French. ...WTH? They've hung around a mountaintop inaccessible to visitors for thousands of years, and yet they're somehow able to communicate perfectly with a pair of random strangers that waltz into their main hall of worship out of nowhere? I mean, sure if all the other foreigners (Tchang, the Emir, Oliviera) are able to speak easily as they could've learned French or English etc, but the Incas? Just bugs me.
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* I This troper just realised, literally while at my fridge looking for food, that the Incans in Temple of the Sun speak French. ...WTH? They've hung around a mountaintop inaccessible to visitors for thousands of years, and yet they're somehow able to communicate perfectly with a pair of random strangers that waltz into their main hall of worship out of nowhere? I mean, sure if all the other foreigners (Tchang, the Emir, Oliviera) are able to speak easily as they could've learned French or English etc, but the Incas? Just bugs me.me.
** In fact, now that I think of it, the only person that's shown to have an accent is Szut, the Estonian pilot... or is it just a case of selective memory on this troper's part? Still doesn't explain the Incas though...
** In fact, now that I think of it, the only person that's shown to have an accent is Szut, the Estonian pilot... or is it just a case of selective memory on this troper's part? Still doesn't explain the Incas though...
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* I just realised, literally while at my fridge looking for food, that the Incans in Temple of the Sun speak French. ...WTH? They've hung around a mountaintop inaccessible to visitors for thousands of years, and yet they're somehow able to communicate perfectly with a pair of random strangers that waltz into their main hall of worship out of nowhere? I mean, sure if all the other foreigners (Tchang, the Emir, Oliviera) are able to speak easily as they could've learned French or English etc, but the Incas? Just bugs me.
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** Franco-Belgian comics' heroes with just a nickname weren't uncommon, by this time. And the Thompsons are in the same case.
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**No, Allan was sent to get the plastic explosives to blow up the cave. The Sondonesians stampeded him, but he came back with the explosives, so they probably survived.
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* What kind of a name is "Tintin" anyway? Maybe that's just a nickname for "Martin", but still... Everyone in the series has a first and last name except for him. This troper is bugged by the fact that no one seems to be bugged by this.
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** Late in the book, Allan mentions that the Sondonesian nationalists fled at the first sign of volcanic activity, well before the actual eruption happened. If the explosives that Rastapopoulos put in their boats were supposed to be remotely triggered, then they probably survived; otherwise, they were likely blown to shreds off-panel.
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**Odds are Tapioca and Alcazar were extremely wary and constantly on the move during times of civil strife, hence why neither man was ever able to catch each other. Tapioca's eventual capture by Alcazar's came about through a combination of his own overconfidence, and Alcazar's rather unusual method of gaining access to the presidential palace.
