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It'd be nice if the first line had a *noun* to tell us what Flight 714 is. moink 06:00, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Yay! Thanks, now I know! moink 18:14, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)

The discussion of the missing page is something of a spoiler, is it not? I'm going to reorganize this. - mako 12:24, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Regarding the most recent addition, it's very interesting, but... I'm not sure I agree with the assertion that Flight 714 is a "very big departure from the safe world of comics." In Cigars of the Pharoah we had kidnapping, drug running, gun running, assassination through insanity, etc. so Tintin has seen a lot of violence. (Carreidas's interrogation is more of a comedy moment, as he and Rastapopulous are reduced to the level of children.) The associated statement that this is in the manga tradition is also something I don't quite agree with.

And does it ever say that the little guy is a Russian physicist? - mako 20:10, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Also, given that this comic was released in 1968 and presumuably started a while before that, one most wonder whether Herge had even been exposed to magna. The increasing exposure of magna and other Japanese comic and cartoon forms to the West only appears to me to have started in the 80s or perhaps the late 70s. Therefore I suspect Herge was probably not that well aware of magna. Also, there was also slavery in one of the books and various murders and attempted murders in many of the books so I would have to say the person who wrote this now removed comment appears to know very little about the Tintin books and appears to have little thought or understanding of their addition Nil Einne 03:52, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] "Vietnamese Khmer Rouge"

There is no such thing as a "Vietnamese Khmer Rouge". Either "Viet Minh", "Viet Cong", or "Cambodian Khmer Rouge". The atrocious deeds of the latter are not really a trait of the Sondese, are they? -- 203.162.3.77 04:36, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

That whole addition felt funny, so I got rid of it. We'll see if the originator rolls around to provide sources or evidence in defense of his/her assertions. - mako 05:24, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
Yeah. Good that you got rid of it. When I first read it I really had no idea why it was in there in the first place. — GurraJG | Talk 14:23, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
It also doesn't make much sense. Given that this story is set in Indonesia, the Sondonesians are logically based on Indonesian indepence fighters of some sort. They talk in Indonesia and indeed in the Indonesian wikipedia there is some discussion of what exactly Herge meant by the Sondonesians, whether they were intended to be people from Sunda fighting for independence from Indonesia or what. In any case, there is no evidence they are in any way comparable to the Khmer Rouge or in any way inspired by them and I suspect the person who made that post knows very little about Asians of any sort (the fact that he or she referred to Vietnamese Khmer Rouge seems a dead give away). Nil Einne 03:46, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Extra pages

Have the removed pages ever been released in any form? Nil Einne 03:46, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] guns

Does anyone know what kind of machine guns Tintin and the others use on the island?

It's rather unlikely that Herge would have just come up with imaginary weapons, yet they do not look like any guns that I know of.

[edit] Original research and POV

I removed the following, which read like the theories and opinions of one fan. If I'm wrong, please return them with citations.

In addition Laszlo Carreidas, a business and aircraft tycoon who refuses to shake hands ("it is extremely unhygienic," he says) brings to mind Howard Hughes.
In this album, Hergé chose to ridicule some of his own characters (notably Allan and Rastapopoulos). This was the beginning of a process he would continue in the next and final complete book, Tintin and the Picaros. Many fans were disappointed by this and considered Hergé was damaging his own legacy.

The Singing Badger 03:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

The second paragraph there summarises a view I've read in other places as well, e.g. Michael Farr's book on Tintin. I don't know if that counts as a good enough "source" for Wikipedia purposes though. 84.70.174.155 21:41, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flight 714 to Sydney?

I was in Standfords (the travel bookshop) the other day, when I noticed a stand full of Tintin comics. Glancing over it, I noticed with interest that this comic was labelled "Flight 714 to Sydney", "to Sydney" in sub-heading. Anyone care to elaborate whether this was a recent change or not (as I COULD'VE sworn it used to be "Flight 714" & the image on the wiki page confirms this.)

TIA! Mrdini

It's a change made by Egmont.

[edit] Dr. Krollspell found in Cairo, not New Delhi

The story (at least the English edition) says that Dr. Krollspell was found wandering around Cairo from where he was found missing for over a month.

So does the article require correction? --Bigbossman 05:18, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing pages

Have the missing pages ever been reprinted, anywhere? 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * 22:37, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Explosives and opening mechanism

About the entrance being locked, wasn't it so that Rastapoupolos and his gang just weren't able to find the opening mechanism? I don't think that it was locked (anymore than it was before Tintin accidentally found the mechanism)? 惑乱 分からん * \)/ (\ (< \) (2 /) /)/ * (talk) 15:44, 4 February 2008 (UTC)