Great post Stephen
I'm going to start reading the whole set again - for the 451st time at least! LOL
I'm glad that someone else picked up on these. Mr Cutts was always a favourite character of mine.
I was a little surprised about the exclusion of the Bird brothers, as in the books it was they, of course, who had bought Marlinspike Hall, and whose wallets (stolen by Silk) contained the second and third maps. Oh well, and Sakharine played only a very minor role in the book. Not to worry, "based on" means just that, and I'm still gloriously happy with the result. I was kind of hoping to see Calculus and his shark mini sub.
Funny story - as I was very young, I never knew that "Calculus" was pronounced as it is until I heard the term at school for the very first time. I remember standing up in class and, correcting the teacher, said "But Sir, it's pronounced "Cal-
cull-us"!" I laugh about it to this day.
My favourite (hmmm... there are a few) book was Flight 714, probably because of the reference at the time to Sydney - my home town. I even remember Rastapopoulos' plane (pilot: Skut) had Rolls Royce Turbomeca engines - sighted as the plane was pushed off the makeshift runway by Allan and his henchmen. LOL
I think I'm going to be in Tintin heaven if they produce their takes on both Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon as a set, as you say, The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun.
I'm going to see the movie again this week. Maybe tonight.
I have to say that Jamie Bell does Tintin's voice justice. He's perfect, and just how I always imagined it.
Thanks for the interview link and app alert. I'll investigate!