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Herge Would Be Proud
Herge’s painstaking attention to detail was always at its best when dealing with the latest and future technology. Sometimes, such as the Me-109s in King Ottokar’s Sceptre, he adapts the latest technology of the time. In other books like the rocket in Destination Moon or the sound weapon in The Calculus Affair, he takes current theories and makes them real.
Yet one area that technology that Herge never explored was computers. Unlike planes and motor vehicles that came to the fore in Herge’s lifetime, computers were only really making their mark towards the end of his life. More importantly, computers don’t look exciting and make for lousy action sequences.
Despite this, I think Herge would be fascinated by the internet and the role technology plays in out lives. So he would be proud to now be part of the iTunes store. Tintin’s animated adventures can be download to your iPod. Perfect viewing for that dull commute into work.
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This is not entirely true as computers were widely used in Tin Tin’s moon adventures. It is true that they never depicted personal computers.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:45 am