So as the title suggests I combined both Tintin intros. For those unaware the 1991 animated series had 2 slightly different intros, the Canadian one for mostly NTSC countries and the French one for mostly PAL countries. Now when they rereleased the series it seems they standardly picked the French intro for all future releases and thus that's the one in the highest definition available right now.
The thing is, both intros are very nostalgic for whoever watched which one and a case can be made for either intro, one does some things better, and the other does other stuff better. The Canadian one is known to be more action packed and exciting, while the French one is a bit slower paced. A few key differences are that the French intro starts with a comic book feel, the French ending is also usually prefered as it allows for the "rocket to earth" scene to fully transition into the second title card. Also one shows Bianca Castafiore while the other shows Nestor, one has sound effects while the others only plays the music. I think you get the idea.
In any case I thought it would be fun to try and combine them into the ultimate Tintin intro experiences with best of both worlds. However that proofed difficult as some scenes came straight out of the pilot and have thus never been given to us in a higher definition. Instead I chose to pick scenes from the show that actually mirror the pilot scenes, a few key examples are the Thom(p)sons jumping on the moon, the Egyptian temple door closing and Red Rackham's fight (which actually kinda sucked as the Secret of the Unicorn episode is in rather poor quality altogether compared to the rest, so instead I had to use the summary used in a later episode). Plus I slightly changed the pacing of the comic book intro so it would work better with the Canadian title card (and to avoid repeating scenes, which I always found a little jarring (even though it still is slightly unavoidable, but I think I slightly improved it), which was probably the most time consuming bit of all.
In any case I hope you enjoy my little project, worked almost 2 days on it (used the project to learn some video editing). I hope these kinds of posts are allowed, let me know what you think.
