Not exactly, superman's destructive power can be used in combat easily but Aquaman's abilities could be easily used to cause widespread destruction and little else.Nerf Ninja said:
I just feel Aquaman would be a sweet villain.
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I just feel Aquaman would be a sweet villain.
Aquaman is a better character than most people think. At least in the comics,at any rate. At one point. That's kind of the problem with talking about a character that has been regularly published for several decades. Different writers and artists provide varying degrees of quality.
Aquaman hit a high point in the late 70's when he was a headliner in Adventure Comics, an anthology title DC discontinued in 1983.
By that point, they had established Aquaman as the king of Atlantis, married to a woman named Mera who was an undersea queen another dimension (?), with whom he had a son, and a kid sidekick, Aqualad.
Since Aquaman had been little more than a back-up feature at this point, the writers were given a bit more breathing room than they might have in, say, Batman. So, the status quo of his life was being shaken up. He was already deposed as king. Then the villain Black manta captures him, Aqualad, and his son. Manta put Aquababy in an air bubble. Being like Aquaman, he needs to breathe water every hour or die. Time was fast running out and manta pit Aquaman and Aqualad against each other in a gladiatorial battle to the death, where one must die before the child dies. Aquaman, seeing no other way, attempts to kill Aqualad to save his son. But they manage to escape the area and free the child, only too late and the boy dies. Aquaman has his pet octopus carry the body of his son back to his wife while he pursues Manta, but once apprehended, he brings Manta to justice rather than killing him. Mera goes insane with grief and slips into another dimension. Aqualad, meanwhile is understandably shaken that his friend and mentor had tried to kill him.
Maybe I'm not summarizing this very well, but that's a lot of drama that didn't happen as much to other super heroes. He lost his home. His son died. His wife goes crazy and disappears. And his sidekick's faith in him is shaken. I think this raw material (and, yes, reading the actual comics is not as good as I'm making it out. The dialog is corny) could be made into a decent movie, if not a trilogy.
The sad thing is, that will never happen. For one, movies are a business and an Aquaman movie would by necessity be expensive. It would need to take place mostly underwater and doing effects like that the entire movie is likely to run up the cost astronomically. And of course, public opinion does not justify such an expense as most people don't even know who Aquaman is and most of the remainder consider him a joke. (yeah, Seanbaby's page was funny. Like, ten years ago)
But it could work, it just would need to be approached as an underwater fantasy rather than a super hero movie. But, that's how some of the more recent, successful super hero movies have been. Look at Iron Man. That ain't a super hero movie. It's a movie with a super hero in it.
Honestly, though. Aquaman isn't the slouch most seem to think. Even on land.
Aquaman hit a high point in the late 70's when he was a headliner in Adventure Comics, an anthology title DC discontinued in 1983.
By that point, they had established Aquaman as the king of Atlantis, married to a woman named Mera who was an undersea queen another dimension (?), with whom he had a son, and a kid sidekick, Aqualad.
Since Aquaman had been little more than a back-up feature at this point, the writers were given a bit more breathing room than they might have in, say, Batman. So, the status quo of his life was being shaken up. He was already deposed as king. Then the villain Black manta captures him, Aqualad, and his son. Manta put Aquababy in an air bubble. Being like Aquaman, he needs to breathe water every hour or die. Time was fast running out and manta pit Aquaman and Aqualad against each other in a gladiatorial battle to the death, where one must die before the child dies. Aquaman, seeing no other way, attempts to kill Aqualad to save his son. But they manage to escape the area and free the child, only too late and the boy dies. Aquaman has his pet octopus carry the body of his son back to his wife while he pursues Manta, but once apprehended, he brings Manta to justice rather than killing him. Mera goes insane with grief and slips into another dimension. Aqualad, meanwhile is understandably shaken that his friend and mentor had tried to kill him.
Maybe I'm not summarizing this very well, but that's a lot of drama that didn't happen as much to other super heroes. He lost his home. His son died. His wife goes crazy and disappears. And his sidekick's faith in him is shaken. I think this raw material (and, yes, reading the actual comics is not as good as I'm making it out. The dialog is corny) could be made into a decent movie, if not a trilogy.
The sad thing is, that will never happen. For one, movies are a business and an Aquaman movie would by necessity be expensive. It would need to take place mostly underwater and doing effects like that the entire movie is likely to run up the cost astronomically. And of course, public opinion does not justify such an expense as most people don't even know who Aquaman is and most of the remainder consider him a joke. (yeah, Seanbaby's page was funny. Like, ten years ago)
But it could work, it just would need to be approached as an underwater fantasy rather than a super hero movie. But, that's how some of the more recent, successful super hero movies have been. Look at Iron Man. That ain't a super hero movie. It's a movie with a super hero in it.
Honestly, though. Aquaman isn't the slouch most seem to think. Even on land.
Oh yeah He'd make a fantastic villain or antihero type.AugustFall said:
Although just because he can destroy doesn't mean he has to, there's no reason for him to use his powers so freely as to appear barbaric. Restraint shows the strength of his character too.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing with you for the sake of argument I just think he's an underappreciated character.
So as long as it doesn't cost too much they'll make it?
I'm imagining the king of B movies right here...
I'm imagining the king of B movies right here...
Isn't Aquaman the King of Atlantis at one point? Personally I think if they were a movie showing that aspect of his character would be the way to go.
I'll have you know Aquaman is AWESOME.Wicky_42 said:
His strength and endurance are big enough that he has taken on Superman in a straight fight and won at least twice. He can also swim incredibly fast (naturally), and he doesn't just talk to aquatic animals. He COMMANDS them. If he told it to, a dolphin that would never hurt a fly normally would, I don't know, kill and eat babies.
This mind control thing extends to anything that had an aquatic ancestor, albeit in a weakened state. At least once he's given a man a SEIZURE by using his abilities on them, and he's killed a bunch of White Martians using the same method.
So don't diss Aquaman. He is awesome, especially in Brave and The Bold.
Unless the synopsis is: A tuna company illigally testing chemicals on the water and Aquaman has to fight an army of robo-mutant sea horses. I don't see anyone going to watch the film, Aquaman outside of DC is a joke to everyone. Hey, maybe they could make it work. Or piss alot of money away.
The reason GL will do better than an Aquaman movie even though they are both "unfamiliar characters" apparently is because GL and GL Corps is actually good, whereas Aquaman has really never been that interesting.Logan Westbrook said:
I thought Aquaman could control water too. Seriously, if there's no killer starfish on land, then just go Katara on those assholes.
Well Aquaman is pretty *yawn* all by himself... he's like an older Marine Boy to me.
Having the Smallville creators in charge of his spinoff show isn't exactly a ringing endorsement either. Smallville was cliched and boring and they STARTED with a wildly popular, commercially-proven superhero.
Having the Smallville creators in charge of his spinoff show isn't exactly a ringing endorsement either. Smallville was cliched and boring and they STARTED with a wildly popular, commercially-proven superhero.
