First thing I noticed lol. Looks like he has a slight strabismus but it's probabaly just from the shadows under his brow
First Look at Jason Momoa as AQUAMAN
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First thing I noticed lol. Looks like he has a slight strabismus but it's probabaly just from the shadows under his brow
Not trying to derail the thread. In which reality is J. Cole average? safe and content I agree, but average?
I agree with you. I still am more worried about the dialogue and script writing than Affleck's performance but you are right that they could have definitely picked a better actor. Fingers crossed. You know what? More than Batman I am worried about Wonder Woman's casting. Unlike Aquaman, Wonder woman is too important to the universe and future JL movies for DC to screw up her intro. I do not like her casting choice one bit
and it has me worried.Angelus Errare
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Yea on second thought it should be there. But it shouldn't be used offensively. It should be used to show his empathetic side. Like as they're introducing the character, do a wide shot of him surrounded by sea life swimming along side of them, and have an Atlantian talk about how beautiful/majestic it all is. Then have another one state he has a empathetic link with them, cue some heart tug music to go with it....then show him killing a bunch of random baddies using water to rip them to shreds.
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Sibersk Esto
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So who's playing his hot wife with water powers?
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heh... Wonder Woman is what I'm most worried about. I don't know though, at first I thought you would have Bats, WW and Supes with Victor Stone(not yet Cyborg) and an Aquaman cameo.
But with the tag "Unite the 7" I dunno.
Angelus Errare
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The rumor is Mera isn't a thing, and he has water powers without needing a water hand.
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That looks so frigging cool.
As someone who loved MoS, I can't wait to see what lies ahead. If all else fails then at the very least we can be sure that Snyder is going to deliver a visual treat.
I don't get the whole MCU vs DCCU debate. Marvel doesn't have a perfect track record. The Iron Man films suck (except maybe the first),Thor gets dragged down by the Earth stuff and Hulk wasn't that great. Really, the only great MCU films are Cap 2, and the Avengers.
At the end of the day, why not enjoy both.
As someone who loved MoS, I can't wait to see what lies ahead. If all else fails then at the very least we can be sure that Snyder is going to deliver a visual treat.
I don't get the whole MCU vs DCCU debate. Marvel doesn't have a perfect track record. The Iron Man films suck (except maybe the first),Thor gets dragged down by the Earth stuff and Hulk wasn't that great. Really, the only great MCU films are Cap 2, and the Avengers.
At the end of the day, why not enjoy both.
Sibersk Esto
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Disappointing. Hope it isn't true.
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Cant tell if snark or not, but I thought that scene was great.
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That scene was when the movie turned to shit.
Jeff Nichols has also been rumored to direct Aquaman, and honestly DC has been hitting pretty well recently with casting as well as choosing directors. David Ayer? Michelle MacLaren? Jared Leto? Chris Terrio? These are talented folks. You can't just ignore the good and focus on the bad (nor vice versa, I'm not saying your concerns are 100% unfounded)
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im not really feeling this. i liked the aqua hand the power boost that comes with it. but aquaman needs mera. it would be like a mr miracle movie without barda
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I want a scene where Bats tries his usual intimidation/getting in your face crap and MomoaMan doesn't take any of his shit.
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They were also introduced in a film with an inherently fantastical alien setting, in which the use of inherently fantastical alien characters requires minimal to no explanation.
A lot of people are talking as though BvS is set in the Incredibles universe, at least in terms of how unremarkable the existence of diverse superpowered beings should be. It's very weird, given how much some of them claim to love MoS, and yet they're apparently fine with the sequel being set in a radically different universe.
Angelus Errare
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The water hand thing or Mera?
Mera I agree, she's really the best thing about Aquaman (that Aqualad and Black Mantis).
The water hand thing is just...*vomits*
Aquaman/Black Adam team-up?
Mera probably wont be seen till Aquaman's movie.
I still say she should be a member of the League.
Sibersk Esto
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Mera. Water/hook hand is whatever.
He is in BvS and JL before his solo film.
He is in BvS. Whether or not this constitutes "shoehorning" will have to wait until any of us see the film.
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You might be the only one.
The Silver
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folks, whenever someone tries to say there's no such thing as a wrong opinion, point to this post to prove them wrong
Angelus Errare
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Mera is too aggressive for the league. They're all "love and peace brahs!" and she's kinda like "Fuck with me you get dealt with".
They'd be like "yo Mera chill tho!" But she could probably esaily solve half the problems JL have with her approach to situations.
lol
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Isn't it true though that the shooting at the theater sort of subdued the opening of the final Nolanverse Batman movie? Not sure if it was ever figured out how much it impacted things, but that first week I know didn't perform quite to expectations the way it was tracking prior to that shooting.
Unite the 7 is the final tagline? Who else is going to be in this movie confirmed so far? Man that's a lot of leg work.
I mean it's not that you can't have a movie with a large ensemble cast work well. But in order to have your audience suspend disbelief, it's nice to ease them into major concepts to give them time to breathe. Comic books inherently have a ton of bonkers concepts to work through, it's the nature of the beast. Which is why it's better to give them room to breathe
I mean if they are planning to introduce all this in this one movie, it's gonna be like 85% exposition. "And on yeah by the way there is a whole underwater society run by Aquaman, he controls fish in the sea. Oh shit and Wonder Woman definitely is an Amazon, there's political intrigue of all sorts there. She lives in an island nation hidden from rest of world." And if you really are gonna have the seven heroes in this one film, that's a whole shitload of stuff to introduce. Big concepts that just sound crazy to throw into the audiences face in one movie. You want the audience to slowly buy into this cinematic universe, it seems more like having a bucket of ice water poured on their head
I agree with you. I still am more worried about the dialogue and script writing than Affleck's performance but you are right that they could have definitely picked a better actor. Fingers crossed. You know what? More than Batman I am worried about Wonder Woman's casting. Unlike Aquaman, Wonder woman is too important to the universe and future JL movies for DC to screw up her intro. I do not like her casting choice one bit
I'm not familiar enough with her other acting work, but she doesn't seem to have the appropriate muscular build. Still, I'm willing to let the jury rest on her... unless you start showing me youtube clips of her acting that leaves me concerned
What makes you worried about her? As I said, I'm not very familiar with her stuff. I know Jason's movies and TV stuff and he does strike me as a fine choice for Aquaman at least.
Shoehorned is a strange word to use for a movie we know nothing about yet
Angelus Errare
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God's had his chance.
That looks.... amazingly competent.
not a gold cod piece in sight!!!
not a gold cod piece in sight!!!
Angelus Errare
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We all know Dark Horse and Image are the real MVPs.
Probably one of the best uses of it: http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=106788911&postcount=10
He posted it before he got banned.
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10 years ago we won't be having this conversation too. Love that Marvel have kickstated a justice league movie with aquaman =)
It's a shallow classification anyway.
I prefer DC comics and I have been hugely critical of many Marvel movies, but I do think one thing they're doing/did better is in setting up the actual overall foundation for their cinematic universe to breathe. And honestly because of how weird or dumb so many of these concepts are on the surface, I think they go down better for the palette when they have their own movies to really have a little fun, play with the audience a bit, do a tongue-in-cheek messing about how silly it is but then begin to take it more seriously after the audience buys in down the line.
I hope after DC catapults themselves into the Justice League that they do take the time to really outline where they want to go and take time in their future productions.
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fixed that for you. image still has savage dragon and spawn anchoring it to its terrible origins
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I don't know it just looks so "on the nose" for me. Like, yeah that's what Jason Mamoa's Aquaman looks like, like Khal Drogo. I expect Eisenberg's Luthor to just be Mark Zuckerburg.
But that's why she needs to be in the League. An angry redhead water bender slicing through Parademons and drowning folks in midair is exactly the kind of hero we deserve.
Plus, it could force them to write Diana as being more peaceful to counter Mera aka how the fuck Diana is supposed to be written.
what interpretation of Luthor are they even going for there? I can't wait to see how Eisenberg plays that
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You don't get to beat Superman without using a few Kryptonite stones.
I'm sure it played a role but I'm not sure how much of an impact it made.
In general the trilogy did well OS but it never did as well as it's domestic pull.
Domestic: $1,189,849,975 (48.3%)
Overseas: $1,273,366,241 (51.7%)
The domestic total almost equaled the overseas total.
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