NationStates Jolt Archive

http://blog.news-record.com/staff/melskitchen/mac2.jpg v http://tintintribute.com/logos/tintin1.jpg

This is probably going to be one-sided to MacGyver, but I'd like to see who thinks Tintin could take him. He has the advantage of Snowy who is better than MacGyver's bald, fat-ass companion Pete or that bastard Jack Dalton.

Well as Tintin was a Nazi he would have whole German army to back him up.

Well as Tintin was a Nazi he would have whole German army to back him up.

Are you kidding? I hope so. (http://www.tintinologist.org/articles/defence.html)

EDIT
Besides, MacGyver could take the German army easily. He'd rig up some crazy bomb from some discarded glass bottles, a apaperclip and some hay.

Tintin was an imperialist prick, but MacGyver is a twat. How can you possibly look at that smug, self assured face and not want to smother it with a plastic bag? Personally I hope they both gouge eachother's eyes out and die a rather grotesque death. With fingers in eachother's eye sockets.

But Captain Haddock was the shit. I wanna be just like him. Except not a captain, and more an unemployed drunk.

Yeah.

Snowy would bite Richard Dean Anderson's nuts off, and then the Captain would call Professor Calculus and old goat, and Calculus would accidentally brain Richard Dean Anderson with a shovel.

Tintin clearly wins, without even doing anything.

Which reminds me that I need to add to my collection of Tintin comics.

Does anyone else here remember the TV show that they had on for a while?

[CENTER][B]http://blog.news-record.com/staff/melskitchen/mac2.jpg v [IMG]


Wrong! That is Jack O'neil, MacGyver is not real but merely a false alias so that the aliens wont recognize him when he kicks but.

Snowy would bite Richard Dean Anderson's nuts off, and then the Captain would call Professor Calculus and old goat, and Calculus would accidentally brain Richard Dean Anderson with a shovel.

Tintin clearly wins, without even doing anything.

Which reminds me that I need to add to my collection of Tintin comics.

Does anyone else here remember the TV show that they had on for a while?

lol. If you mean the latter series I actually got all of those episodes from somebody else on my uni's network. I like Tintin's Canadian accent...

Snowy would bite Richard Dean Anderson's nuts off, and then the Captain would call Professor Calculus and old goat, and Calculus would accidentally brain Richard Dean Anderson with a shovel.

Tintin clearly wins, without even doing anything.

Which reminds me that I need to add to my collection of Tintin comics.

Does anyone else here remember the TV show that they had on for a while?wrong. Snowy would be tranqed by some blowgun and dart made from a straw, paper towel and paperclip and dipped in some solution mixed with common household chemicals.

then using a ruler, a pair of shoes as well as three cookie sheets, he'll overpower the Captain.

then he will have time to booby trap the area before Prof Calculus and old goat get there.


Wrong! That is Jack O'neil, MacGyver is not real but merely a false alias so that the aliens wont recognize him when he kicks but.you got it backwards. MacGyver had to change his name after being assigned to the Top Secret SG project. and btw... it's "O'neill with two L's" :p

Snowy would bite Richard Dean Anderson's nuts off, and then the Captain would call Professor Calculus and old goat, and Calculus would accidentally brain Richard Dean Anderson with a shovel.

Tintin clearly wins, without even doing anything.

Which reminds me that I need to add to my collection of Tintin comics.

Does anyone else here remember the TV show that they had on for a while?

The animated one or the live action one?

Tintin for the win. He knows how to use a gun. MacGyver doesn't. Also, Tintin only requires one punch to knock anyone out.

MACGYVER

Sorry, had to annoy people...

Anyways, MacGyver mostly because he can make a paperclip into anything imaginable...

The animated one or the live action one?

Tintin for the win. He knows how to use a gun. MacGyver doesn't. Also, Tintin only requires one punch to knock anyone out.

MacGyver doesn't use guns because of deep ideological reasons stemming from a childhood accident involving a firearm- not that he needs them. He'll just hide amongst the pipes in the shadows and wait for Tintin to wonder past then swing from a low-hanging pipe, drop-kicking Tintin in the back of the head.

The animated one or the live action one?

Tintin for the win. He knows how to use a gun. MacGyver doesn't. Also, Tintin only requires one punch to knock anyone out.

The animated one.

you got it backwards. MacGyver had to change his name after being assigned to the Top Secret SG project. and btw... it's "O'neill with two L's" :p

as both of you are talk of that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v9sCo7xZK0

as both of you are talk of that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v9sCo7xZK0

LOL! LOVE IT!!!

also, if you ever watch when he says that, try to see how many fingers he holds up when he says that line. ;)

As long as we all realise that Asterix can take both of them down AND a roman legion at the same time.

As long as we all realise that Asterix can take both of them down AND a roman legion at the same time.

Yeah, but Obelisk is a total pussy, so it balances out.

But he has Dogmatix

kuifje FTW!

Snowy would bite Richard Dean Anderson's nuts off, and then the Captain would call Professor Calculus and old goat, and Calculus would accidentally brain Richard Dean Anderson with a shovel.

Tintin clearly wins, without even doing anything.

Which reminds me that I need to add to my collection of Tintin comics.

Does anyone else here remember the TV show that they had on for a while?

My girlfriend bought me the DVDs of the cartoon series, I love them. They're in French in & English, so I can brush up on my French whilst watching Tintin kick arse. :)

MacGyver would use Tintin to make some manner of matter teleportation device.

Tintin killed a rhinoceros by drilling a hole in the animal's back and inserting a stick of dynamite. Tintin would fuck MacGuyver up and probably shoot him and dynamite the corpse.

Tintin and Milou ftw!

Tintin killed a rhinoceros by drilling a hole in the animal's back and inserting a stick of dynamite. Tintin would fuck MacGuyver up and probably shoot him and dynamite the corpse.

MacGyver would probably make hit own dynamite, and some manner of dynamite launcher.

Tintin killed a rhinoceros by drilling a hole in the animal's back and inserting a stick of dynamite. Tintin would fuck MacGuyver up and probably shoot him and dynamite the corpse.

Then let Milou eat the corpse.

Tintin killed a rhinoceros by drilling a hole in the animal's back and inserting a stick of dynamite. Tintin would fuck MacGuyver up and probably shoot him and dynamite the corpse.

and that's why MacGuyver is better. He doesn't use a gun. so he'll stop the Rhino without killing it.

I thought MacGyver was just a long-running gag in The Simpsons.

More fool me.

Robot Chicken from behind with a baseball bat! - FTW!!

Tintin for the win. He knows how to use a gun. MacGyver doesn't. Also, Tintin only requires one punch to knock anyone out.

Not just one gun. Tintin has been shown to be proficient in hand to hand combat (he beat up three thugs in enclosed quarters in The Pharaohs Tomb), all manner of handguns, most rifles (Golden Claws edition that introduced Haddock, I think I got the name wrong), as well as automatic rifles (Flight 700).

He also has significant space walk experience (lassoing Haddock while hanging off the edge of a ship), is capable of driving a battle tank, can fly fighter aircraft (King Ottocar's sceptre) and is shown to be incredibly resourceful in tight situations (large bricks down cylinder stairwells make for good bowling).

He has also been shown clearing up Chicago of mobsters during the 1930s (Tintin in America).

Let's see MacGyver top all of that.

Oh, almost forgot. He's friends with a Saudi Arabian oil Sheik, a South American general, a superpower nation with working trans-orbit nuclear powered rockets and one of the maddest of mad scientists.

What's MacGyver got?

As long as we all realise that Asterix can take both of them down AND a roman legion at the same time.

Let's see how well that Pipsqueak Gaul can do without his Juice.

What's MacGyver got?

A tube sock, a ball point pen, and a turkey baster!

What's MacGyver got?

He does carry his Bond Pen a lot, but he rarely uses it if ever.

But the real advantage of MacGyver? He's dangerous even when completely stripped of his gear. Because he's got the kind of brain who can take almost anything and improvise an innovative solution to a problem. And apparently most people mistake his hesitance to kill people as being a pussy. Hell no. If MacGyver didn't have any reservations about snuffing people who get in his way, you'd see a substantial bodycount rise. With gruesomely creative manners.

Not just one gun. Tintin has been shown to be proficient in hand to hand combat (he beat up three thugs in enclosed quarters in The Pharaohs Tomb), all manner of handguns, most rifles (Golden Claws edition that introduced Haddock, I think I got the name wrong), as well as automatic rifles (Flight 700).err.. MacGuyver was in the military service. so he is also proficient with weapons. however, he's been known to use those gun parts in better fashion than the whole.

He also has significant space walk experience (lassoing Haddock while hanging off the edge of a ship), is capable of driving a battle tank, can fly fighter aircraft (King Ottocar's sceptre) and is shown to be incredibly resourceful in tight situations (large bricks down cylinder stairwells make for good bowling).ah, but has Tintin replaired a plane's landing gear using nothing but wood found in the wilderness? has he prevented himself from being shot using nothing but a ruler? Has he ever converted a flare gun into a rocket propeller? prevented a nuclear meltdown with chewing gum? Stop an assassin while blind and unarmed? Save a friend from being poisioned with chemicals found in a photomat? Freed himself from imprisonment using nothing but parts from a broken mini Refridgerator? Disarm bombs using nothing but neon signs and milk?

So far, Tintin sounds like the typical fighter-hero. needs the weapons, the vehicles, needs to fight. Mac doesn't.

He has also been shown clearing up Chicago of mobsters during the 1930s (Tintin in America). and MacGuyver fought in the civil war...

Let's see MacGyver top all of that.easily.

What's MacGyver got? Friends who are willing to go the distance for him. heck, even some of his enemies will come to him for help as well as help him out.

What's MacGyver got?

Duct tape.

Instead of using stuff other people have created, he is so badass that the stuff he creates with home apliances are better than military graded equipment. And he only needs duct tape.

MacGyver is so badass he is just one step below Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee.

Statistically, MacGuyver is due to have one of his jerry-rigged devices backfire on him in a catastrophically awful way, so I'm going to give this one to Tintin.

Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee.
Never use the name of that Texan poseur in the same breath as the Great One. NEVER!

This poll is damn closer than most on NSG. I was expecting Mac to walk all over Tintin.

MacGyver 2008 (http://www.specialfarm.net/macgyver2008.html)

Statistically, MacGuyver is due to have one of his jerry-rigged devices backfire on him in a catastrophically awful way, so I'm going to give this one to Tintin.


Never use the name of that Texan poseur in the same breath as the Great One. NEVER!
statistically, Tintin is due the same with his guns, tanks, planes and whatnot. :p

This poll is damn closer than most on NSG. I was expecting Mac to walk all over Tintin.
Tintin is actually winning. Guess people just know who has the better hair.
statistically, Tintin is due the same with his guns, tanks, planes and whatnot. :p
If tanks had the same failure rate as homemade explosives, we'd still be using trench warfare.

Let's see how well that Pipsqueak Gaul can do without his Juice.

*Whistles for Obelix* :p

Tintin is actually winning. Guess people just know who has the better hair.that's because not everyone knows MacGuyver.
Damn younguns :p

If tanks had the same failure rate as homemade explosives, we'd still be using trench warfare.but they do fail. hence the need for maintenance. ;)

Speaking of which... now I wanna watch that movie TANK...
"why would anyone want to own their own tank?"
"well son, for one thing, you can't accidently shoot yourself cleaning it."

Never use the name of that Texan poseur in the same breath as the Great One. NEVER!

I just did. Here, let me show you:

MacGyver is so badass he is just one step below Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee.

And here is a movie that shows MacGyver is better than TinTin (what a fagot name)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brjuhXQXFJA

He knows how to roll and fire fireworks.
He knows how to do rapel and go down mountains using ropes.
He knows how to jump on boats in the most stupid and cool way ever, getting completely wet in the process.
He knows how to crawl under trucks.
He knows how to jump on helicopters.
He knows how to use a pole to do flying kicks.
He knows how to jump over 50 cm green fences.
He knows how to smile besides a plane.
He knows how to jump on a 10km/hour train.
He knows how to look completely stupid while hanging holding a box.
He doesnt know where Russia is.
He likes icecream.
He is afraid of sparks.
He knows bullets are bad for you.
He is smart enough to paddle against the river flow.
He likes to run in the desert.

That is MacGyver for you.

Tintin is a great fictional character. And to compare Richard Dean Anderson's MacGyver to Hege's Tintin is just blasphemy.

Tintin is actually winning. Guess people just know who has the better hair.

What the fuck? A second ago it was 21-22, now it is 21-25. HAX! Also, someone voted Murdock, so that counts as one for MacGyver, so it is 22-25. Not that it matters; more people can think Tintin would win, but MacGyver would still, in reality, make a bomb from a taco and win.

I just did. Here, let me show you:
I didn't say that it was impossible to do so, I said that you shouldn't do it as in providing friendly advice about how someone could avoid looking like a complete asshole.
(what a fagot name)
And MacGyver isn't?

What the fuck? A second ago it was 21-22, now it is 21-25. HAX! Also, someone voted Murdock, so that counts as one for MacGyver, so it is 22-25. Not that it matters; more people can think Tintin would win, but MacGyver would still, in reality, make a bomb from a taco and win.
"In reality"? In reality, MacGyver wouldn't have lasted more than a week before he died attempting to use the elastic of his underwear band as a bungee cord, or something else equally asinine.

Nuff said (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver)

"In reality"? In reality, MacGyver wouldn't have lasted more than a week before he died attempting to use the elastic of his underwear band as a bungee cord, or something else equally asinine.

considering it's a fight between two fictional characters... one being a cartoon... yeah. "In Reality" really... doesn't work. :D

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/DarkSideOfTheSpoon/pwnage.jpg

Not just one gun. Tintin has been shown to be proficient in hand to hand combat (he beat up three thugs in enclosed quarters in The Pharaohs Tomb), all manner of handguns, most rifles (Golden Claws edition that introduced Haddock, I think I got the name wrong), as well as automatic rifles (Flight 700).

He also has significant space walk experience (lassoing Haddock while hanging off the edge of a ship), is capable of driving a battle tank, can fly fighter aircraft (King Ottocar's sceptre) and is shown to be incredibly resourceful in tight situations (large bricks down cylinder stairwells make for good bowling).

He has also been shown clearing up Chicago of mobsters during the 1930s (Tintin in America).

Let's see MacGyver top all of that.

Oh, almost forgot. He's friends with a Saudi Arabian oil Sheik, a South American general, a superpower nation with working trans-orbit nuclear powered rockets and one of the maddest of mad scientists.

What's MacGyver got?

Tintin even has the respect of aliens! Though they did wipe his mind.

Tintin, he's been all over the world in all kinds of situations. As long as he doesn't tie MacGyver up in a small room with assorted household objects then MacGyver won't have a clue what to do.

Tintin, he's been all over the world in all kinds of situations. As long as he doesn't tie MacGyver up in a small room with assorted household objects then MacGyver won't have a clue what to do.

MacGuyver's also been around the world in all kinds of situations. and all you need to foil Tintin is to tie him up in a room with no guns, knives, radio, phone or anything besides assorted household objects.

MacGuyver's also been around the world in all kinds of situations. and all you need to foil Tintin is to tie him up in a room with no guns, knives, radio, phone or anything besides assorted household objects.

Snowy'd bite through the ropes:)

Snowy'd bite through the ropes:)

Is Snowy a household object?
so you're saying that Tintin can't do it alone? :p

MacGuyver's also been around the world in all kinds of situations. and all you need to foil Tintin is to tie him up in a room with no guns, knives, radio, phone or anything besides assorted household objects.

Quite true. Tintin isn't the only fucker down with rebel coup leaders. What about that time MacGyver posed as a weapons dealer to rescue Pete and that nun? Good shit.

all you need to foil Tintin is to tie him up in a room with no guns, knives, radio, phone or anything besides assorted household objects.
Isn't that how you foil most people? Except for the stars of contrived '80s action-T.V. shows, of course.

Is Snowy a household object?
so you're saying that Tintin can't do it alone? :p

He's part of the household. Tintin's practical, doesn't make things unnecessarily hard. MacGyver just wants to show off.

And of course everyone assumes MacGyver is stupid enough for a head-on confrontation.

No, he'll take down the little Frenchy the way MacGyver does. Out of sight, and with an assortment of boobytraps and ambushes. Think "Home Alone" with even higher accuracy and damage.

He's part of the household. Tintin's practical, doesn't make things unnecessarily hard. MacGyver just wants to show off.

but not an object. thus snowy would not be in the same room or would otherwise be muzzled.

Blistering barnacles!

Everyone who voted for MacGyver, I have somethings to say to you:

Pirates!
Doryphores!
Gobbledygooks!
Filibusters!
Slubberdegullions!
Patagonians!
Vampires!
Sycophant!
Kleptomaniacs!
Egoists!
Tramps!
Monopolizers!
Pockmarks!
Belemnite!
Crooks!
Miserable earthworms!
Coconuts!
Harlequin!
Parasites!
Macrocephalic baboon!
Brutes!
Guano gatherer!
Pachyrhizus!
Toads!
Gyroscope!
Bougainvillea!
Bloodsuckers!
Nincompoop!
Shipwreckers!

but not an object. thus snowy would not be in the same room or would otherwise be muzzled.

Or dead.

Blistering barnacles!

Everyone who voted for MacGyver, I have somethings to say to you:

Pirates!
Doryphores!
Gobbledygooks!
Filibusters!
Slubberdegullions!
Patagonians!
Vampires!
Sycophant!
Kleptomaniacs!
Egoists!
Tramps!
Monopolizers!
Pockmarks!
Belemnite!
Crooks!
Miserable earthworms!
Coconuts!
Harlequin!
Parasites!
Macrocephalic baboon!
Brutes!
Guano gatherer!
Pachyrhizus!
Toads!
Gyroscope!
Bougainvillea!
Bloodsuckers!
Nincompoop!
Shipwreckers!

And proud of it. :D :upyours: :D

Although if we took motivation and mindset into account, they'd end teaming up. Which means the villains start falling victim to a series of unexplained and inconceivable sabotages and boobytraps.

Nuff said (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver)

Indeed. Here are some random ones:

In order to fix a piston con-rod for a water pump, MacGyver makes an arc welder out of a generator, some jumper cables, and two half dollars, by running the DC current through the coins to create heat and electrical discharge, with which he can weld the con-rod.

In order to open a locked security van, MacGyver creates a "thermite" torch using magnesium filed from a racing cycle frame and rust held in a long tube and lit with a roadside signal flare. Side note: Thermite is made with finely ground rust (iron oxide) and aluminum powder, and is commonly lit with magnesium ribbon.

MacGyver makes a bomb using fertilizer, starter fluid, foam, and newspaper.

To open the door of a walk-in freezer, MacGyver fills the lock with water and allows it to freeze in the lock. The expansion forces the lock open.

MacGyver repairs a blown fuse using the aluminum wrapper of a stick of chewing gum to bridge the blown fuse.

http://blog.news-record.com/staff/melskitchen/mac2.jpg v http://tintintribute.com/logos/tintin1.jpg

This is probably going to be one-sided to MacGyver, but I'd like to see who thinks Tintin could take him. He has the advantage of Snowy who is better than MacGyver's bald, fat-ass companion Pete or that bastard Jack Dalton.

Tintin. He'd just blow him up with a stick of dynamite, like that rhinoceros.

...at least Tintin knew his way around a baguette...

MacGyver had a Coffin Jet Ski :eek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTWEh2mcdsg

Isn't that how you foil most people? Except for the stars of contrived '80s action-T.V. shows, of course.

and stars of Animated Shows...

Blistering barnacles!

Everyone who voted for MacGyver, I have somethings to say to you:

Pirates!
Doryphores!
Gobbledygooks!
Filibusters!
Slubberdegullions!
Patagonians!
Vampires!
Sycophant!
Kleptomaniacs!
Egoists!
Tramps!
Monopolizers!
Pockmarks!
Belemnite!
Crooks!
Miserable earthworms!
Coconuts!
Harlequin!
Parasites!
Macrocephalic baboon!
Brutes!
Guano gatherer!
Pachyrhizus!
Toads!
Gyroscope!
Bougainvillea!
Bloodsuckers!
Nincompoop!
Shipwreckers!
and as Villians go... Murdock pawns them all.

And of course everyone assumes MacGyver is stupid enough for a head-on confrontation.

No, he'll take down the little Frenchy the way MacGyver does. Out of sight, and with an assortment of boobytraps and ambushes. Think "Home Alone" with even higher accuracy and damage.

Psst, he's Belgian.


but not an object. thus snowy would not be in the same room or would otherwise be muzzled


anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
Besides, they're a duo, can't have one without the other, if MacGyver gets household objects Tintin definitely gets Snowy.


Wow, dead heat at the moment.

Besides, they're a duo, can't have one without the other, if MacGyver gets household objects Tintin definitely gets Snowy.then Tintin doesn't get the guns, tanks, planes, etc...

but since he does... :p


Wow, dead heat at the moment.well, when you think about it, they really don't clash that much...

then Tintin doesn't get the guns, tanks, planes, etc...

but since he does... :p


well, when you think about it, they really don't clash that much...

I could think of a few scenarios that might pitch them against one another.

31-32. Most exciting poll ever on NSG.

then Tintin doesn't get the guns, tanks, planes, etc...

but since he does... :p


well, when you think about it, they really don't clash that much...

he knows how to use guns and been on the moon

he knows how to use guns and been on the moon
MacGuyver also knows how to use guns... and has more uses for them than Tintin does.

and Mac doesn't need to go to the moon.

Tintin, obviously.

Tintin always wins.

Macgyver wins, because of his awesome mullet. Chuck Norris had to kill people to get his, but Macgyver was born with it.

MacGuyver also knows how to use guns... and has more uses for them than Tintin does.
all so a better shot then Tintin
and Mac doesn't need to go to the moon.
well theres no bad guys up there so it be broing for him

No contest. MacGyver>all

No contest. MacGyver>all

35>31
Tintin>MacGyver currently :p

35>31
Tintin>MacGyver currently :p

The two votes for Murdock count towards the MacGyver quota though, so it is 34-35. Plus MacGyver is awesomer so instantly gets an extra million points SO STFU!!111!!?12?$E#!Q4

Tintin. Tintin never loses. Ever.

Macgyver wins, because of his awesome mullet. Chuck Norris had to kill people to get his, but Macgyver was born with it.

Mullets = t3h lose.

Even without the mullet Chuck Norris always loses, he's an ape-brained reactionary dink.

At least Tintin eventually outgrew being a fascist. :)

Macgyver loses for having a mullet.

At least Tintin eventually outgrew being a fascist. :)

Tintin was never a Fascist. A royalist, an anti-communist, a social democrat, a 1930s bourgeoisie Belgian imperialist... all of these yes. Fascist? No. In fact, he fought Fascists in Borduria and Syldavia!

Tintin was never a Fascist. A royalist, an anti-communist, a social democrat, a 1930s bourgeoisie Belgian imperialist... all of these yes. Fascist? No. In fact, he fought Fascists in Borduria and Syldavia!

The originals of The Shooting Star. ;)

Although, I don't blame him for writing it that way, given the circumstances.

Mullets = t3h lose.

Even without the mullet Chuck Norris always loses, he's an ape-brained reactionary dink.

At least Tintin eventually outgrew being a fascist. :)

Macgyver loses for having a mullet.

Mullets rock. Business in the front, party in the back.

Chuck Norris always wins. He's made of awesome.

Macgyver wins because he's got Chuck Norris on the mullet squad