For our Frenchspeaking friends: Tintin in Iraq

[KDLarsen]

I understand absolutely nada of what's being said, so could someone with French skills be so kind & translate it to english?

http://80.67.180.111/tintin/index.html

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

1. here's a tintin site

http://www.remick.net/tintin/index.html

[chenGOD]

2. This is bullshit....

the second frame says (pardon my translation it's been at least 10 years since I spoke French).

"I'm a member of the Iraqi opposition...with the help of the Americans, the regime of Hussein will fall. I am therefore a revolutionary, but I have been arrested"

Someone's scanned in some images from a Tintin book (I think Tintin in the Land of the Black Gold?), then typed in their bullshit.

[patcox2]

5. You should read on before passing judgment.

The point the cartoon makes in the early segments is that Bush I encouraged resistance to Hussein, then left the rebels hanging out to dry when he refused to finish the job.

The remainder of the cartoon states that Bush II went to war with Iraq on a pretext at the behest of the oil companies; its quite funny and not at all bullshit.

[chenGOD]

9. Yeah I should have...

I realized that afterwards. Just got impatient...plus I was pissed to think that someone would even remotely consider Tintin supporting Bush....

but yes, It's quite a funny parody.

[On the Road]

6. Maybe They DID Overwrite Old Illustrations

On pgs. 6 and 7 it shows a spokesman showing the collapse of the WTC as justification for the invasion. That alone convinced me it had to be original illustrations.

But on the other hand, a few of the drawings are repeated, and the political characters like George Bush and Kofi Annan don't look anything like them.

I still think it's wonderful. Page 18 for example, shows the weapons inspectors demanding an Iraqi open some suspicious containers, which turn out to contain crab (which the Iraqi assures them is "very good quality"). Page 19 shows Rumsfled furious that the Iraqis have accepted the UN inspectors. All the bullshit justifications for the war are presented in great detail in cartoon form. This is a classic.

[Kamika]

8. its allcut from original

Its all original tintin comics cut together

[Kamika]

3. i could translate this

Would be translated in "acceptable" high school french heh

The page where hes getting shot is pretty funny.. (page 3) it goes something like this, (if you know better french then me dont flame me when i dont know a certain word i justguess

picture 1 (p1) get ready!
p2 Stop, dont shoot
p3 im saved, i will get rescued!
p4 Iraquis, the americans are triumphant, saddam hussein the notorious dictator is dead, the great general colin powell and the president george bush is in charge
p5 yey bush, death to the tyrants, death to saddam hussein, hurray to democracy
p6 you can go mister, you are free
p7 ah finally colonel i was looking for you
p8 now what is it again?
p9 what is it , have they captured saddam hussein?
p10 nono, the americans decided in the last minute to stop their offence, and keep saddams goverment in place. So there wouldnt be a shiite islamic state. Are you sure?
p11 *not sure if this is corrent translation* yes im sure, the oil from kuwait is ok again.
p12 Soldiers, the rebellion is over, the criminal americans are defeated by the glory of saddam hussein
p13 yey saddam. death to the imperialists, yey to the baath party, death to bush
p14 I am sorry mister, but i will have to carry out your execution by orders
p15 get ready!


just saw its 63 pages long way to much for a translation, sorry there

[On the Road]

4. That is Wonderful!

What an incredible parody! Full book length and absolutely true to form in dialogue and illustration.

I could not find an English translation. My French is terrible and it's much too long to translate for DU.

But the first page has Tintin as a dissident against Saddam in an Iraqi prison during the first Gulf War. He's about to be shot by a firing squad when the news comes in that the Americans have won. Everyone cheers Bush Sr and pledges support to the Americans. Then the word comes in that the Americans are allowing Saddam to stay in power and everyone shouts slogans supporting Saddam again.

The next section takes place in DC in 2002. A businessmen comes in for an appointment with Bush Jr and sees Tinitn sitting at the desk. Tintin says that the president has had a problem with a pretzel. The businessman starts telling Tintin about Iraq's oil wealth and how he wants to change the regime. Tintin throws him out of the office.

The businessman is next seen talking directly to Bush, who accepts his proposal.....

[Paschall]

7. Be patient

As Kamika says, way too long to translate here. It looks like they're working on an English version, though. Stay tuned.

[ArkDem]

10. this will do it

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr