Escapist Podcast: 171: Will Aquaman Ever Be Cool?

GabeZhul

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I find it hilarious how so many people diss Aquaman because of his 80s Super Friends reputation, but I don't see anyone ever saying stuff like "Batman can NEVER be cool because he drives a dorky purple car and uses bat shark-repellants!" (the Adam West series) or "Wonder Woman can NEVER be cool because she is just a secretary!" (early Justice League comics).

Hell, there is literally no superhero in existence that doesn't have at least a handful of skeletons like that in their closet. Superman was depicted as a hobo who uses guns, Peter Parker had Spiderman 3's infamous dance-scenes, Green Lantern (Kyle Raynor) had an entire live-action movie no one wants to remember, yet I see no one crying out how they can NEVER be taken seriously ever again (save for trolls who know nothing about the characters and just want to whip up controversy, but I digress).
 

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I dig comics, but not so much DC and Marvel stuff. Aquaman is an old character that already has his chips stacked against him, because we know now that Atlantis didn't exist, even while there are many cities that flooded during the earlier ancient years. So going to see it is going to be strange. Its something to watch anyway.
 

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Just going to copy paste my response to the video and put it in here.

Anyone who says Aquaman is lame has:

A) Got their information from Super-Friends cartoon
B) Watched Robot Chicken and judged from that
C) Watched The Big Bang Theory and went from there
D) Never touched an Aquaman comic in their life.

Aquaman is as strong as Superman when he is underwater and has given Wonder-Woman hell when he was above water which is impressive as she is a planet buster. He was boding Darkseid.

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/aquaman/images/6/67/Aquaman_Vs_Darkseid.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120302120752

That Spear? Magically enchanted. Superman would have holes through his face just like Darkseid. With a singe touch he can dehydrate someone's body by removing ALL water from their body. Effectively a touch of death if he is sick of your shit. It's not just aquatic life he can communicate with, but rather all animals at anytime meaning he has a global surveillance system that Batman had to amass a fortune just to do.

He has threatened the heavy hitters of the Justice League OUT of Atlantis because they knew if they took him on in the sea in a fight to the death they probably aren't walking away from that.

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/10/103530/2409348-1.png

If he felt like it, he can put people into a state of a seizure with a twitch of his hand.

http://imageserver.moviepilot.com/batman-v-superman-who-would-win-that-was-so-cool-hit-him-again.jpeg?width=694&height=491

Gives Superman what-for.

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/1111/aquamandemandsrespect028ft.jpg

WARNS one of the strongest group of people to check themselves before they get their asses handed to them.

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/11112/111124701/3561105-justice+league+%2310+-+page+10.jpg

That was a cruiser. An ENTIRE cruiser.

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11112/111124701/3561053-justice+league+%236+-+page+6.jpg

Darkseid boding again.

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11112/111124701/3561245-justice+league+%2316+-+page+11.jpg

Tanked a punch from Wonder-Woman.

The guy can exist at the furthest depths of the sea which is around 8000 psi. If a human were down there their organs would be pushed out of their mouth. Crushed like a can under a car tire. Just to lift a finger at that depth you would need an insane amount of strength.

People who go "BAAAAAAAAAAWL! AQUAMAN IS USELESS!!!" Are the ones who haven't read a single Aquaman comic before. Geeks? Yeah right.
 

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PapaGreg096 said:
Aquaman doesn't need to be cool, he is already outrageous
Truly? Truly? http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120627031516/jem/images/9/9c/Beautiful_and_Truly_outrageous.jpg

Ramzal said:
Just going to copy paste my response to the video and put it in here.

Anyone who says Aquaman is lame has:

A) Got their information from Super-Friends cartoon
B) Watched Robot Chicken and judged from that
C) Watched The Big Bang Theory and went from there
D) Never touched an Aquaman comic in their life.

Aquaman is as strong as Superman when he is underwater and has given Wonder-Woman hell when he was above water which is impressive as she is a planet buster. He was boding Darkseid.

The guy can exist at the furthest depths of the sea which is around 8000 psi. If a human were down there their organs would be pushed out of their mouth. Crushed like a can under a car tire. Just to lift a finger at that depth you would need an insane amount of strength.

People who go "BAAAAAAAAAAWL! AQUAMAN IS USELESS!!!" Are the ones who haven't read a single Aquaman comic before. Geeks? Yeah right.
Uuuhm, but those are all new. See the artwork? They mentioned specifically that on the podcast. But every time until DCAU he's appeared in outer media it has been the 1950s/70s version, who just seems to be Batman + Fish.

GabeZhul said:
I find it hilarious how so many people diss Aquaman because of his 80s Super Friends reputation, but I don't see anyone ever saying stuff like "Batman can NEVER be cool because he drives a dorky purple car and uses bat shark-repellents!" (the Adam West series) or "Wonder Woman can NEVER be cool because she is just a secretary!" (early Justice League comics).

Hell, there is literally no superhero in existence that doesn't have at least a handful of skeletons like that in their closet. Superman was depicted as a hobo who uses guns, Peter Parker had Spiderman 3's infamous dance-scenes, Green Lantern (Kyle Raynor) had an entire live-action movie no one wants to remember, yet I see no one crying out how they can NEVER be taken seriously ever again (save for trolls who know nothing about the characters and just want to whip up controversy, but I digress).
I've never really taken any capes seriously to be honest. I was exposed to little girls with equal strength first :^}
also the lack of variety in american comics as anything but capes (or random vigilantes like Question and Punisher) has always kept me away from anything except 'proven works' that become TPBs. I tend to stick with Belgian and French, especially Lucky Luke!
http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/smilepc/43795029/35557/35557_640.png
http://i.imgur.com/fTOeLh1.jpg
You remember that animated gif of the man vs the little spider? Yes, that is pretty much it, these girls are the spider. :]
They even have their own Rainbow Mika! Don't let this one be the topper! (yes, she just smashed that with her butt)
http://38.media.tumblr.com/a12aab4d071741c77ec7bbe8d447dd8a/tumblr_nj2tkg8Q2U1qz64n4o3_400.gif

viranimus said:
In order for Aquaman to effectively be involved in any of the normal adventures any of the other JLA chars have, there has to be a scenario specially crafted for him to combat, instead of being able to go against any potential threat with some measure of success. So ultimately his "usefulness" has always been incredibly limited, and THAT is the biggest reason he is always been the butt of the joke.
You know, I am surprised no one does anything like this. Does anyone remember Mutanimals? Their whole schtick was this because their leader was a mutant manta ray. I guess nobody must care about the environment anymore, or maybe Captain Planet just ruined it for everyone like Superfriends Aquaman did anything in the sea, because this would be a good angle to see him go after. Like "Hey there oxygenarian! Could you please not?" and throw the trash from an ocean liner back on it.
 

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Wait wait wait, WHAAAAAT?
"Call of Duty invented Nazi Zombies?"
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