Complex sentence: The story features a number of characters from the original series, notably Tintin himself and Captain Haddock (referred to only as'the Captain'), but not the original themes or plot and the characters themselves have been changed, practically beyond all recognition.
Split into simpler sentences: The story features a number of characters from the original series, notably Tintin himself and Captain Haddock (referred to only as'the Captain'), but not the original themes or plot. The characters themselves have been changed, practically beyond all recognition.