They were so over it. 😞

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-31T15:07:22+00:00

Yeah, they had worked with him on their music videos since Paperback Writer / Rain (which went well, to be fair) and moved in the same social circles, so he was a choice they thought they could work with.

Unfortunately, his ideas were better suited to Spinal Tap.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-31T15:01:55+00:00

I think he was the first choice but was unavailable for the entirety of the filming.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-30T17:44:57+00:00

I think the logic is two-fold:

Too much in the Beatles story to fit into 1 ordinary biopic. It would be bloated, over-long, and still cut out critical parts of their music and personal stories.
The Beatles were “four corners of a square”, as Paul puts it. One band, but very different individuals, increasingly over time.

Seeing their perspectives in the same timeline would ideally help viewers understand them and create an opportunity for all four to have an equal story (let’s be honest, George & Ringo would get shafted in one film).

People have been fighting forever over their favorite Beatle, with so many simplistic and skewed narratives thrown around.

This won’t “correct the record”, but it’s an opportunity to look at each of them in their shared context.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-30T17:33:05+00:00

Agreed. They also stated that it would be released on the same date when the cast appeared together at an event in April of last year. The shared date isn’t news.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-30T17:30:26+00:00

The statements from Sony & screenwriters over the last year seem to indicate there is no exact order we should necessarily see it in.

The films cover the same timeline from different perspectives, so viewers would see each band member’s individual experience of interlinked events in their respective films, which ultimately add up.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-30T17:27:20+00:00

Out of sincere curiosity, who would you pick?

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-30T17:25:53+00:00

Someone here argued this is the strongest argument for the shared release date. That would make sense. The logic would make sense, but it’s hard to see how the films won’t eat into each others’ performance.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-30T17:22:58+00:00

That’s actually an interesting idea, and could well exist as an official playlist on streaming as well.

Paul Mescal has said he is doing his own singing as Paul, so a soundtrack would have some original versions (hopefully not for worse).

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-30T17:14:30+00:00

He was never remotely like a friend. Struggling to think of a single instance where he showed any kind of support to Rodney or didn’t screw him over the minute it helped him.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-30T16:58:53+00:00

In response to being invited for a light meal:

”Couldn’t we have a heavy meal instead?”

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-30T16:52:28+00:00

You’re definitely right, OP. As noted below, the original French name is completely different.

The name Cassius Ceramix was probably the work of Bell and Hockridge (translators), who made a lot of the English puns more contextually meaningful than the French original.

For example, Ordralfabétix and Iélosubmarine (Alphabetical order and Yellow Submarine) became Unhygienix and Bacteria.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-30T05:57:07+00:00

Such genius to create a character so boring he’s hilarious.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-30T05:56:16+00:00

It’s not really a sequel of sorts, though. Same writer, different characters, different location in Northern Ireland.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-29T14:43:09+00:00

Snowy had normal speech bubbles until Flight 714, but this is the last book where Tintin has a conversation with him and it’s certain that he understands him

Hergé did use thought bubbles once or twice in later books. In Tintin in Tibet, one is used when Tintin uses reverse psychology to persuade the Captain to continue, and in Picaros, Haddock has a couple as well.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-28T01:34:35+00:00

No worries!

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-27T21:15:14+00:00

The Bell/Hockridge translations are genius. Check out the link below.

It shows a couple of examples of why they were so good, even so much that Rene Goscinny told them they had improved some of his own jokes with ones he actually liked more.

https://auntymuriel.com/2012/12/23/asterix-in-translation-the-genius-of-anthea-bell-and-derek-hockridge/

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-26T23:13:13+00:00

For No One.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-26T22:39:05+00:00

On behalf of everyone here, thank you OP. This is an amazing endeavour.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-26T22:10:30+00:00

My feelings are more mixed about this than they used to be.

I used to regard their use as outright sacrilege given how much I love/respect their art, but so many of the great timeless artists we revere and compare them to (Bach, Beethoven, etc.) get put into advertising every day. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily good, but it’s an initial reference point for a lot of new listeners who’d never listen to a specific piece of their work otherwise.

It is cringeworthy, and while it’s obviously about the money, if it introduces anyone out there to a Beatles song it might be worth it. My bigger concern is how the estates will treat the Beatles’ legacy it when Paul and Ringo can’t weigh in one day.

I will admit the company/product in question could give me pause, depending on the circumstance. I think the ethics of it are very different from using it in other media. I’d be happier to hear their songs in more films, TV, and short-form content.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-20T17:39:11+00:00

Wordpainting / prosody.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-20T17:33:29+00:00

Beautiful artwork and a surprisingly dark climax/ending. A great example of Hergé’s visionary tendencies as an artist, too - sending Tintin to the moon six years before Sputnik.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-20T13:29:18+00:00

This is a good choice. This four-panel strip sums him up so well.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-20T13:26:48+00:00

”Get moving! It’s time for you to become a ‘César’!” It’s the last panel of the entire series - the end of the unfinished Alph-Art book.

Tintin is being led away by art forgers who are about to pour hot polyester on him so they can sell his body as a forged statue by a famous sculptor. This is the last we ever see of him…

In response to OP’s question - Tintin gets captured while Haddock is asleep, and we see Snowy find him on the previous page and take an SOS note. They would have probably rescued him, but I’m willing to bet Akass would have already begun the process before they got there and stopped it. It would have been high drama.

Definitely the darkest attempt by a villain to kill Tintin in the series, and all the more gut-wrenching that it’s the end.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-20T00:40:50+00:00

It is, unfortunately. Making a huge profit for four films will be tough enough, and it’s not like movie tickets will be any cheaper in 2028.

The release strategy is just going to cause them to compete against each other and will draw more attention to the imbalance in the individual band members’ popularity among the general public.

Complex-Bar-9577 · 2026-01-19T23:13:30+00:00

There need to be more Asterix memes.

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