I’ve
been waiting for a proper Tintin movie for pretty much my entire life. The
first time I saw a movie on TV (any kind of movie) was a Turkish TV broadcast
of Tintin and the Blue Oranges, a live-action Belgian attempt from the 1960s to
bring Herge’s comic book characters to life. Even my six-year-old self at the
time knew enough to call bullshit on that one. I remember that halfway through
the film, the power went out in Ankara and plunged us into darkness, as if
willed by my refusal to accept some random dude pretending to be Tintin.
