RED RACKHAM'S TREASURE is a single-episode story in THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN, an early '90s French-Canadian animated TV series that adapted all of the tales for the big screen, aside from IN THE CONGO and IN THE LAND OF THE SOVIETS due to their controversial depictions of indigenous peoples. RED RACKHAM'S TREASURE is a direct follow-up to THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN, which must be seen beforehand to get the full effect.
And what a joyous episode this is. Sure, the tale has all of the derring do, the adventure, the near-death scrapes, and the globe-trotting of the other Tintin stories, but it has more than that. This tale introduces the delightfully deaf Professor Calculus, who is a wonderful comic addition to the cast of characters. His bumbling interactions with the exasperated Captain Haddock are the highlights here and you get the Thompson Twins in support to boot. Seriously, when all of the characters are assembled on the deck of the ship, I was grinning with delight. Tintin doesn't get better than this and my only complaint is that this didn't stretch to two episodes.
And what a joyous episode this is. Sure, the tale has all of the derring do, the adventure, the near-death scrapes, and the globe-trotting of the other Tintin stories, but it has more than that. This tale introduces the delightfully deaf Professor Calculus, who is a wonderful comic addition to the cast of characters. His bumbling interactions with the exasperated Captain Haddock are the highlights here and you get the Thompson Twins in support to boot. Seriously, when all of the characters are assembled on the deck of the ship, I was grinning with delight. Tintin doesn't get better than this and my only complaint is that this didn't stretch to two episodes.