The Adventures of Tintin (TV Series) Red Rackham's Treasure (1991) User Reviews

The Adventures of Tintin at its very best

[Leofwine_draca · 8/10 · 21 December 2016]

RED RACKHAM'S TREASURE is a single-episode story in THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN, an early '90s French-Canadian animated TV series that adapted all of the tales for the big screen, aside from IN THE CONGO and IN THE LAND OF THE SOVIETS due to their controversial depictions of indigenous peoples. RED RACKHAM'S TREASURE is a direct follow-up to THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN, which must be seen beforehand to get the full effect.

And what a joyous episode this is. Sure, the tale has all of the derring do, the adventure, the near-death scrapes, and the globe-trotting of the other Tintin stories, but it has more than that. This tale introduces the delightfully deaf Professor Calculus, who is a wonderful comic addition to the cast of characters. His bumbling interactions with the exasperated Captain Haddock are the highlights here and you get the Thompson Twins in support to boot. Seriously, when all of the characters are assembled on the deck of the ship, I was grinning with delight. Tintin doesn't get better than this and my only complaint is that this didn't stretch to two episodes.

Wow

[bevo-13678 · 10/10 · 16 December 2020]

There is some great footage in this show that would look great on a T-shirt

Tintin goes booty hunting.

[lost-in-limbo · 26 March 2007]

After discovering the parchments, which has a compass reading of where the treasure could be located. Tintin and Captain Haddock organise a shipping party to go out and find it. This becomes big news across the world, and a professor known as Calculus. Offers them the use of his shark-shaped, one-man submarine to help search the shark infested waters. They turn him down. Joining the crew is Thompson and Thompson, who are going undercover to protect form the escape criminals who were also after the treasure. Then they notice Professor Calculus has stowed away. So the journey for Red Rackham's treasure has begun.

"Red Rackham's Treasure" is the twelfth comic strip album by Herge and filth episode of Season 1, which originally continues on from the story in "The Secret Treasure of the Unicorn". What prominently makes this entry very memorable is that it's the first appearance of the clever, but hard at hearing Professor Cuthbert Calculus. This inclusion adds a real sentimental and random air to most of the story's he written into. Most of his creations onwards become the central part of story, or lead onto something of importance. However there's a chaotic sense of madness dripping from this journey, because it pairs together Tintin's sidekicks on even ground. Scenes with Haddock and Calculus were pure gold. The freshness and chemistry streaming throughout was truly alive and zippy. This is a fun outing with humorously witty sparks injected into the bouncy situations and exotic backdrop of this surprised-filled adventure of danger and intrigue. There are some exciting under-water scenes involving Tintin and large shark. When you got the aggressive Haddock, bumbling Thompsons and unhinged Calculus together, expect nothing but fireworks. This leaves the ever reliable Tintin and his dog Snowy to come up trumps again. A neat, deft and satisfying closure to the story.

Grand Conclusion

[injury-65447 · 10/10 · 23 June 2020]

This is a satisfying conclusion to the three part Unicorn saga. It's fast paced and full of thrills.

Highlights:

• introduction of the constantly mishearing Cuthbert Calculus (sensational side character), has to get a 10 just for that
• mimicking parrots (funny)
• shark attacks & Anti-shark submarines
• the acquisition of Marlinspike Hall

There's a point where a shark swallows the treasure chest then gets drunk on rum. They bring it on board but they leave it up to your imagination how they got that chest out! Pretty grisly stuff! Eek.