Poe’s balloons, Verne’s guns, Wells’ electromagnetic waves and now nuclear physics. [19] Hergé incorporated much of this technical information into the story, but juxtaposed it with moments of humour to make it more accessible to his young readership. [21] A number of scenes were also deleted. [53], Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi, Tintin – Le Temple du Soleil – Le Spectacle Musical, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Destination_Moon_(comics)&oldid=970352437, Works originally published in Tintin (magazine), Literature first published in serial form, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 July 2020, at 20:09. After witnessing Calculus test out a new multiplex helmet for the planned mission, they are informed of both his plan and his new use of an ear trumpet due to his signature hearing ailments. Tournesol finally comes out as the great scientist he truly is! Welcome back. A rocket is being sent to the moon? We’d love your help. His work is as realistic as possible by 1950 standards! This one was amazing! As usual, a good mix of action and slapstick. Haddock is against the plan, but due to him mistaking Haddock's pipe for the ear trumpet (an error made in reverse by Haddock and corrected in a respective and consequent fire accident), Calculus instead believes he agreed. [44] [21] Hergé was certainly inspired by a number of photographic stills from the Destination Moon film which had been published. At this time, it is revealed that an unnamed foreign power is using agents to seize vital information on the rocket and intends to disrupt the "Mammoth Project" (their name)'s launch of X-FLR6 via radio interference. Destination Moon is a two-part episode of The Adventures of Tintin, produced by Ellipse - Nelvana, based on the book of the same name by Hergé. [47] McCarthy also interpreted the scene in which Calculus cries and tears at his hair in response to the rocket's capture by the enemy as reflecting Hergé's own anxieties at having his work published and reinterpreted by his readers. He and his assistants then used the model from which to accurately sketch when producing the comic. [32], The story was collected together and published by Editions Casterman as Objectif Lune in 1953. The story began serialisation in the Belgian Tintin magazine from 30 March 1950, in the French language. The plot tells of young reporter Tintin and his friend Captain Haddock who receive an invitation from Professor Calculus to come to Syldavia, where Calculus is working on a top-secret project in a secure government facility to plan a manned mission to the Moon. There are no female characters in this comic. Wolff follows Haddock out of suspicion. Flying into a rage and marching Haddock (in full space-suit), Tintin, and Snowy to the main vehicle facility, Calculus drives them maniacally to the construction site via jeep, where he shows them the process of building the Moon-Rocket. Let's send a teenager, his small dog, a retired alcoholic sea captain, and an old man! Eventually, after repeating the phrase "acting the goat", Haddock successfully triggers Calculus' recovery. [3], When Calculus' memory fails to be brought back, Haddock opts to use a violent shock to overcome Calculus' amnesia, though his attempts repeatedly backfire. [26] My mother read me these when I was a child in Brazil in the 1960s. Hergé Who in their right mind would let this gang crew the world's first space rocket? However, in doing so, Calculus forgets to look where he is going, falls down a ladder and suffers amnesia. Now looking forward to re-reading Explorers! I first read the "moon books" in 1995 and remember these as being among my favourite Tintin adventures (esp. [48] He was also of the opinion that several scenes in Destination Moon reflected recurring themes throughout the series; he suggested that Haddock's attempts at smuggling whisky into Syldavia echoed the smuggling of treasure in The Secret of the Unicorn,[49] while the "correction" in which Thompson and Thomson were recognised as not being spies reflected a theme of corrections in the series. Herge's drawing of characters and backgrounds is flawless, as is his ability to pace the story across the page. The shady rivals sub-plot is good, but is drawn out with no resolution, as ag. a worthy tintin book. This book nice and cool and something I love about it is rockets even though the book is not speaking about rockets.This book speaks about the moon that they are trying to go to it.Sometimes there is no captain haddock in the book so I don't like that.that is why I gave this book 3 star. There are problems, of course, including spies and sabotage and unfortunate accidents, but Destination: Moon feels almost whimsical, with Hergé taking considerable time out to have a bit of fun with his characters, and playing various set-ups entirely for laughs. After receiving a questioning phone call and a telegram from Calculus, they hop on from Marlinspike to catch the next plane to Klow, the Syldavian capital. Destination Moon, published from March to September 1950, involves Tintin and Captain Haddock who receive an invitation from Professor Calculus to come to Syldavia, where Calculus is working on a top-secret project in a secure government facility to plan a manned mission to the Moon. [27] It then began serialisation over the border in France, in that country's edition of the magazine, from 11 May 1950. [42] He goes on to claim that in becoming the "sacred ancestor", the voyage to the Moon becomes "a mystical quest" with science as its guiding religion. LS | TC | TA | CP | BL | BE | BI | KO | CG | SS | SU | RR | SC | PS | LB | DM | EM | CA | RS | TT | CE | FS | TP | AA | guide to abbreviations. [45], Literary critic Tom McCarthy stated that in the Destination Moon-Explorers of the Moon story arc, Calculus "embodies Hergé's... own wartime position, spun out into a post-war environment", representing a genius driven by his work whose activities are coincidental to national and political causes. When reprimanding Haddock for not watching his step, Calculus loses balance and falls down a well onboard, causing him to suffer from temporary anterograde amnesia.With the project temporarily halted due to Calculus' condition, Tintin and Haddock attempt to bring "poor Cuthbert" back to reality, but to little avail-including Haddock's childish attempts (which backfire hilariously). [22] The computer system at the Sprodj space centre was visually based upon the UNIVAC I, the first computer to be created for non-military purposes. Professor Calculus is building a rocket, but Tintin quickly realizes that there are spies around every corner trying to steal the professor's design! In honor of the first moon landing that happened on this day in 1969, I'm reviewing Destination Moon by Georges Remi Herge. [38] Hergé biographer Pierre Assouline felt that the two Moon adventures "mark a stage in the development of Hergé's work". Fed up with all the waiting around an technical difficulties with his clumsiness, Haddock infuriates Calculus with the phrase "acting the goat." Start by marking “Destination Moon (Tintin, #16)” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Like most Tintin books, it is 62 pages long and the illustrations are in colour. Destination Moon (1953) gives a detailed account on the preparation and the launching of the expedition to the Moon for which Professor Calculus has chosen Syladavian soil. Published as book [52], In 1991, a second animated series based upon The Adventures of Tintin was produced, this time as a collaboration between the French studio Ellipse and the Canadian animation company Nelvana. In the middle of the space race, Tintin’s character beat everyone and was first to walk on the moon In 2019, we celebrate 90 years since Tintin’s first appearance, but one of the greatest achievements in the history of mankind is also celebrated: the 50th anniversary of man’s arrival to the moon in 1969.