Aquaman first appeared on Family Guy in May of , and the show has consistently depicted him as useless. In one episode, Aquaman is seen on his TV show trying to talk a fish into bringing him a beer. Still, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy embark on a few adventures with SpongeBob over the course of the series, and if nothing else, their invisible boat mobile is pretty sweet.
Seaman is the only non-religious figure in the Super Best Friends crew. His constant refrain? Jason Momoa has a fierce presence as the king of the sea—and as V. Looking for more? Sign up for our daily Hollywood newsletter and never miss a story. Clearly, one must get a sharp hook to take its place! He later took to S. It became much more than a harpoon, now telepathically controlled by Aquaman and armed with multiple blades, capable of shooting energy and able to drill into things.
Another variation of the replacement limb consisted of a liquid hand from Atlantean tech that could do all of the above and then some. It could even take the form of a regular hand. Aquaman made the loss of a hand better than having the hand in the first place. Losing your hand is one thing, but losing a child is a whole different catastrophe.
This story took place in the mid s and is about as disturbing as it gets. The baby is suffocated by Black Manta while Aquaman is busy being forced to fight his sidekick, Aqualad, to the death. Clearly this is a lot for anybody to overcome, and this is to say nothing of the effect on his wife, Mera. She struggles to forgive him, but it is in battle with another great Aquaman villain, Ocean Master, when they rediscover their love for each other. The truth is that Aquaman exemplified human struggle on multiple occasions, but he shows his true colors as a leader and a warrior.
In terms of Aquaman, there are two villains who have iconic status. Whenever you are the heir to the throne of Atlantis, there will be sibling jealousy, and power corrupts as usual. There is a sense of family here, but the actions of Ocean Master push Aquaman to have to fight back.
One way that Ocean Master can manipulate things is through his manipulation of conflict with the surface world. He has successfully orchestrated small-scale wars between the U. The actions of Black Manta have been covered, but he is also just a man on a quest for vengeance against Arthur for the accidental death of his dad. Recently, he has created a terrorist organization set on increasing the tension between the United States and Atlantis. During the Geoff Johns New 52 run on Aquaman, a group of heroes were introduced that had worked with Aquaman for years.
They were tasked with keeping various Atlantean relics from Black Manta. Each had a fairly unique backstory and there is likely more to do with these characters in terms of backstory. One is military man who is the only surviving member of his company who is haunted by making peace with the families of his fallen comrades appropriately called the Prisoner. Another is a secret agent-type that is battle-hardened called the Operative.
There are, in fact, others. The point is this history and supporting cast is a whole new canvas providing a lot more room to explore. Game of Thrones is pretty popular. So for Warner Brothers and DC to cast a well-known actor from that series to play a character that some are skeptical about is a huge win.
There seems to be a general level of respect for Momoa and he seems to really be embracing the role. Everything that has come out thus far visually has been stunning.
The Mera costume on Amber Heard looks pretty much spot on as well. With the critical success of Wonder Woman , could this be the beginning of the DC movies turning the tide? Behind every great man is an even better woman. That is how the saying goes and in the case of Aquaman it could very well be true. The character of Mera really came to shine when she began to be featured by Geoff Johns in Blackest Night and the subsequent Brightest Day and Aquaman runs. She is an extremely strong female character with leadership ability and a real loyalty to Arthur that overcame her original mission to actually kill Arthur.
But once she learned the truth about him and Atlantis, she backed off and the two eventually fell in love instead. She has at different points been married to Aquaman and is right now engaged. These two make a true power couple. Arthur Curry is royalty. He once murdered a store full of his own customers to leave his day-to-day retirement as a fishmonger to resume trying to wax Aquaman.
That's the dedication we would want for a super-villain. The green scaled pants and orange Under Armor is iconic to the ocean hero. Unfortunately, this isn't the bad-ass bullet-deflecting, tool and weapon hiding Batsuit, or the all-American uniform of Superman.
In fact, for quite a while as mentioned earlier, Aquaman pretty much ran around shirtless. This would mean that whoever played the role wouldn't mind being half naked for most of the film. Yet whoever played Garth Aqualad, Tempest, whatever , would have the benefit of a full body suit. You gotta earn that shirtless green pants look. Then there is this scene from The Big Bang Theory in which Aquaman's pop culture reputation takes a big hit. View Iframe URL.
You decide. From an off and on member of the Justice League, to having a comic series that has been on hiatus several times, Aquaman has always been second-tier. While characters like Thor over in the Marvel universe are also second tier, they haven't been subject to as much ridicule as Aquaman.
From being lampooned by Cartoon Network Latin America, where Aquaman starred as a children's television series. It hurts even more that Aquaman was chosen as the lead for this seven episode program because the producers weren't allowed to use all the Super Friends.
Someday we might see Aquaman get his own movie franchise, then that'll be the time for another fanboy article casting the movie. Until then, the former hook handed hero will be the subject of pop culture ridicule. The good news for Aquaman: at least he's still relevant. Image: Flickr User: jmv. It would require a massive budget. Topics Aquaman Armchair Geek Avengers batman comics d.
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