hergé comes to the silver screen

Here comes Tintin, photorealistic and set for a big-screen trilogy. Directed by two heavy-hitters: Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. Sweet. I wonder why they didn't stick with the time-tested ligne claire visual style. This could be GREAT, or REALLY BAD. Or, more unlikely, mediocre.
I grew up with Tintin, and used to own a couple comics/works of art of Hergé's (aka George Remi). I actually saw a biography of Hergé a while back, on his (or Tintin's, I can't remember) 100th anniversary. Good stuff. I was inspired by Tintin, and drew a couple comics of a similar style way back when.

Look here.