Unironicly not enough violence. Yeah there's adventure, but american audiences don't really like adventure with no physical conflict in it. This is why Indiana Jones so easily filled the role Tintin couldn't.
>t. half belgian who read all the tintin books as a kid and loves them to death
No idea but Tintin books are fricking dope, I'll love them forever
Unironicly not enough violence. Yeah there's adventure, but american audiences don't really like adventure with no physical conflict in it. This is why Indiana Jones so easily filled the role Tintin couldn't.
>t. half belgian who read all the tintin books as a kid and loves them to death
There's plenty of violence in the Tintin books.
I think the problem is Tintin is a twink who hangs out with a Seaman.
Tintin clearly bottoms for Captain Haddock
There's very little compared to my example of Indiana Jones. When tintin has to defeat armed enemies, he either runs away from them or he outsmarts them. He only uses a weapon on a rare few occasions.
Captain Haddock only has three great loves: whiskey, swearing, and the sea.
People rarely ever die. Off the top of my head I can think of only Jorgen in Explorers on the Moon, Alonso and Ramon in The Broken Ear, and Mitsuhirato committing seppuku off-page. There's also the comical assassin bomb death in The Broken Ear.
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The madness poison, don't remember what it's called, is freakier than death.
Rum sodomy and the lash are the Captains vices.
Get yourself a copy of Tintin in Thailand.
The dirty old bugger couldn't keep his hands off the ladyboys
>Unironicly not enough violence.
American comic books where censored as frick after ww2. Read about the whole comics code nonsense.
It's the reason capeshit became so dominant
One reason may be that the series is written in French, which is not as widely spoken in the United States as it is in Europe. This may have made it difficult for American readers to access and enjoy the series.
Another reason may be that Tintin's adventures often take place in European and African locations, which may not be as familiar or interesting to American audiences. The series also features a number of European cultural references and historical events, which American readers may not be as familiar with.
Overall, while Tintin is a beloved and popular series in many parts of the world, it has never gained the same level of popularity in the United States. This may be due to a combination of factors, including language barriers, cultural differences, and the series' European setting and references.
If they did Tintin in Mexico or just made Tino with a pitbull it'd sell billions. 90% of it would be complaining about yankees though, and thus would be extremely alienating to the largest spanish speaking country in the americas (usa).
Tintin in mexico quite literally exists as a comic.
2 of them actually. Well its more broadly "Tintin in latino america" but its essentially the same thing. Broken ear and the picaros.
Tintin is translated into practically every European language, including English. There's just something about it that fails to appeal to American sensibilities, just like Donald Duck comics.
>make tintin movie for americans and britgays >Tintin is supposed to be belgian and hadock is a british royal seaman >Give Tintin gay english accent and Haddock a over the top moronic scots voice
still kino movie.
It's too European. There isn't enough edge, there's too much sex and not enough guns. If they gave tintin a gun and had him talk extensively about it in every book he would be about as well known as the Punisher/Frank Castle. There would be a ripoff videogame ie Max Payne.
This is especially true considering the artists' other works, some of which qualify as softcore porn in the US. This speaks to different cultural values between France and the US.
Nothing against Tintin, but imo Belgium is a fricking shit ass excuse of a country. It is peak gay. I cheered for Morocco today in hopes that they would end it and burn Brussels to the ground. Frick you Belgian, it is so shit it is unreal. They have less culture than modern day Germany. I want to visit it just to experience the pleasure of leaving it again.
Because euro cultural export to US was limited. You don't get much following for Asterix, Diabolik, Tintin, Pif, Dylan Dog and others in US, but they have certain following in native countries to this day. Damn, even in SocBloc. I recall having soviet published Pif book, Jugoslav old farts still enjoy Alan Ford.
A better question is why did the phantom never become big i america? He was one of the first capeshit heroes, he became big in scandinavia (especially sweden, too the point that they did their own phantom comics) he got big in australia and papua new guinea too, they even painted him on war shields
It's too politically nuanced, especially the implicit support of native rights I imagine to have been difficult to swallow for a large sunset of American whitoids.
Because Tintin is pretty shit
No idea but Tintin books are fricking dope, I'll love them forever
Unironicly not enough violence. Yeah there's adventure, but american audiences don't really like adventure with no physical conflict in it. This is why Indiana Jones so easily filled the role Tintin couldn't.
>t. half belgian who read all the tintin books as a kid and loves them to death
There's plenty of violence in the Tintin books.
I think the problem is Tintin is a twink who hangs out with a Seaman.
Tintin clearly bottoms for Captain Haddock
>t. Fujofiore
There's very little compared to my example of Indiana Jones. When tintin has to defeat armed enemies, he either runs away from them or he outsmarts them. He only uses a weapon on a rare few occasions.
Captain Haddock only has three great loves: whiskey, swearing, and the sea.
People rarely ever die. Off the top of my head I can think of only Jorgen in Explorers on the Moon, Alonso and Ramon in The Broken Ear, and Mitsuhirato committing seppuku off-page. There's also the comical assassin bomb death in The Broken Ear.
The madness poison, don't remember what it's called, is freakier than death.
Rum sodomy and the lash are the Captains vices.
Get yourself a copy of Tintin in Thailand.
The dirty old bugger couldn't keep his hands off the ladyboys
Tintin tops
Captain Haddock and Calculus bottom for him (and occasionally Snowy does too)
Tintin is for Chang only.
>Unironicly not enough violence.
American comic books where censored as frick after ww2. Read about the whole comics code nonsense.
It's the reason capeshit became so dominant
Americans need a lot of their media to be a specific flavour of "cool". Tintin doesn't fit that.
I grew up with tintin as well as asterix and obelix. Excellent reading for a kid. Later on discoveter kajko i kokosz which is charming in its own way.
Competition from comic books.
Tintin is peak Bélgitude and Americans find that shit weird
Because Americans can't read lmao
Tintin was the shit
Strange indeed, considering other European media such as The Smurfs found success in America
One reason may be that the series is written in French, which is not as widely spoken in the United States as it is in Europe. This may have made it difficult for American readers to access and enjoy the series.
Another reason may be that Tintin's adventures often take place in European and African locations, which may not be as familiar or interesting to American audiences. The series also features a number of European cultural references and historical events, which American readers may not be as familiar with.
Overall, while Tintin is a beloved and popular series in many parts of the world, it has never gained the same level of popularity in the United States. This may be due to a combination of factors, including language barriers, cultural differences, and the series' European setting and references.
If they did Tintin in Mexico or just made Tino with a pitbull it'd sell billions. 90% of it would be complaining about yankees though, and thus would be extremely alienating to the largest spanish speaking country in the americas (usa).
Tin tin aired in Mexico for my entire childhood.
mexicans didn't have TV until recently
Tintin in mexico quite literally exists as a comic.
2 of them actually. Well its more broadly "Tintin in latino america" but its essentially the same thing. Broken ear and the picaros.
Tintin is translated into practically every European language, including English. There's just something about it that fails to appeal to American sensibilities, just like Donald Duck comics.
world's geography and history vs superhero comics in a country where the first 2
tough competition there
I watched it all the time.
>make tintin movie for americans and britgays
>Tintin is supposed to be belgian and hadock is a british royal seaman
>Give Tintin gay english accent and Haddock a over the top moronic scots voice
still kino movie.
It's too European. There isn't enough edge, there's too much sex and not enough guns. If they gave tintin a gun and had him talk extensively about it in every book he would be about as well known as the Punisher/Frank Castle. There would be a ripoff videogame ie Max Payne.
This is especially true considering the artists' other works, some of which qualify as softcore porn in the US. This speaks to different cultural values between France and the US.
>there's too much sex and not enough guns.
Is there?
Nothing against Tintin, but imo Belgium is a fricking shit ass excuse of a country. It is peak gay. I cheered for Morocco today in hopes that they would end it and burn Brussels to the ground. Frick you Belgian, it is so shit it is unreal. They have less culture than modern day Germany. I want to visit it just to experience the pleasure of leaving it again.
Quite a curious hatred for a random nondescript country. I'm genuinely interested why.
You're not from the DRC, are you?
Man, do I have a movie for you!
Tabarnak oui ! C'est malade! Les films jouaient tjrs à Radio-Can pis à Télé-Québec, ça pis Lucky Luke c'était mes coups de coeurs de jeunesse !
Had a decently long cartoon in the 90s. Its a shame no one showed up for the movie.
Because euro cultural export to US was limited. You don't get much following for Asterix, Diabolik, Tintin, Pif, Dylan Dog and others in US, but they have certain following in native countries to this day. Damn, even in SocBloc. I recall having soviet published Pif book, Jugoslav old farts still enjoy Alan Ford.
a mix of marshall plan and monroe doctrine means that US cultural power is and always will be one-sided
That's not true, Nintendo and Anime is extremely popular in the US and that is chink shit.
A better question is why did the phantom never become big i america? He was one of the first capeshit heroes, he became big in scandinavia (especially sweden, too the point that they did their own phantom comics) he got big in australia and papua new guinea too, they even painted him on war shields
It's too politically nuanced, especially the implicit support of native rights I imagine to have been difficult to swallow for a large sunset of American whitoids.
A plenty of comics.