saving tintin

Tintin is slated to make the transition to the silver screen and Steven Spielberg (last seen attempting something like this with Hook). Tintin (like Asterix) seems to work best for me as a cartoon character ... can't bear to see some acne-plagued teenager (dude!) wandering around with an orange plume on his head ... accompanied by the sensuous strings of John Williams ...
{link courtesy: Vivek}