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[FeD.nL]

^^^^^^^ That isn't her fyi.

Oh seriously? Damn my bad.

 

[Evo X]

Without the text:

Lol, this is a terrible photoshop. His trident is ruined and his left hand looks mutated.

 

[fertygo]

Fucking awesome, I like they not trying make him blonde or shit.. fucking metal.

 

[Serpentine]

I trust Zack Snyder in directing a good strong female character on screen.

 

[FeD.nL]

As far as blockbusters go he has a pretty good record in my opinion. Both Queen Gorgo and Faora could handle their own and did not seem to need 'saving' from a male character.

 

[DieH@rd]

Momoa looks great. It's about time we got badass Aquaman on the screen.

 

[PsychBat!]

Cant tell if snark or not, but I thought that scene was great.

Holy shit, I think this is the first time I've seen this opinion.

 

[Philippo]

Awesome as fuck.

Don't care if he's not blonde, bt that color doesn't fit Momoa at all.

Can't wait for the second movie where he gets a hook.

 

[Zocano]

It JUST hit me that it's incredibly fitting for Jason Momoa to be Aquaman after Stargate Atlantis...

 

[John Bender]

He looks damn good as Aquaman!

 

[Sambrez_]

So awesome, good thing they didn't go with the blond hair, even though we already knew that.

 

[Discotheque]

there might be blonde streaks in his hair, or that could be grey. i dunno with the filter.

 

[Carbonox]

Oh nice he looks fantastic. Love Jason Momoa.

 

[Calcium]

Khal Drogo riding sharks? I'm in.

 

[SlowRevolution]

I kind of like the super-dramatic look and the muted colors, at least for the promos. They look like they're basically gods, and since the DC heroes aren't really as immediately relatable as a lot of the Marvel ones they might as well go all-out with it.

 

[SargerusBR]

I feel nothing about this. It's confirmed that he will appear in BvS?

 

[Chuckie]

Not even close:

90s Aquaman FTW

Lol. Wow..a badly drawn hobo. Really menacing

 

[Avixph]

It's a good design but he should have been beardless.

 

[TatteredHat]

Guy legitimately looks like Poseidon.

 

[bigmase21]

Curious to see what the full trident looks like

 

[Merc_]

He looks terrible, but that's Aquaman.

Once a shit character, always a shit character.

 

[Kard8p3]

Mamoa is awesome as hell, I hope he's as badass as the JLU aquaman.

 

[anaron]

looks great though I hope those are golden highlights

 

[hobblygobbly]

He was awesome as Ronon Dex in Stargate Atlantis and Drogo in Game of Thrones.

He seems to suit this role very well.

 

[Apt101]

As far as blockbusters go he has a pretty good record in my opinion. Both Queen Gorgo and Faora could handle their own and did not seem to need 'saving' from a male character.

Sarah Polley's character in Dawn of the Dead was great as well - often overlooked in these discussions (Snyder and the women he directs).

 

[Tabris]

There is only one Aquaman:

 

[Mr_Zombie]

TBut if you don't have the confidence in your characters to think it's worth establishing real narrative weight with them, that's an even bigger problem. The point is to make these characters worth a damn in the cinematic universe. That's what Marvel keeps doing, because they're taking their time. Honestly few people gave a shit about Guardians of the Galaxy before the films, just look out how popular they were. And now people are interested. If you do it right, you can make concepts that aren't particularly compelling on paper work well for film.

Yes, and Guardians of the Galaxy didn't need a solo Star Lord movie, solo Gamora movie, solo Drax movie and solo Groot & Rocket movie. Each of those characters just appeared in the movie and made a team.

What is it with comic book movies that people are so afraid of of simply jumping in and going with the flow? No, you don't need a dozen of solo movies to introduce a team and the universe and you don't need yet another boring-ass origin story. You can easily establish a whole team and weird alien universes in a single movie and still be successful.

 

[Saya]

I love how his tattoos and armor are based on his real tattoo. Is it Maori style? Looks awesome.

 

[BouncyFrag]

For some unknown reason, I expected him to look like this:

 

[Log4Girlz]

So instead of a trident what is that, a pendent?

 

[Messypandas]

 

[Kard8p3]

I love how his tattoos and armor are based on his real tattoo. Is it Maori style? Looks awesome.

It is iirc.

 

[Apt101]

Yes, and Guardians of the Galaxy didn't need a solo Star Lord movie, solo Gamora movie, solo Drax movie and solo Groot & Rocket movie. Each of those characters just appeared in the movie and made a team.

What is it with comic book movies that people are so afraid of of simply jumping in and going with the flow? No, you don't need a dozen of solo movies to introduce a team and the universe and you don't need yet another boring-ass origin story. You can easily establish a whole team and weird alien universes in a single movie and still be successful.

I liked how the first action scene featuring Groot, Rocket, and Gomora pretty much told the audience everything you needed to know about them at their core, and set up dynamics between the characters that would last the entire film. Very few ensemble action movies have had this type of quality writing and acting work since the golden age of big budget action films, back when movies like Predator were being made (that helicopter scene) or Die Hard, Aliens, etc.

 

[Wiktor]

. Wonder Woman is supposed to look intimidating physically and somehow I doubt I can take Gal Gadot seriously in such a role.

No actress will ever be able to look physically intimidating when standing next to Cavill and Afflect.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

The only true Aquaman.

 

[Amir0x]

Yes, and Guardians of the Galaxy didn't need a solo Star Lord movie, solo Gamora movie, solo Drax movie and solo Groot & Rocket movie. Each of those characters just appeared in the movie and made a team.

Actually, if you ask me they could have used maybe one other film to flesh out another character at least, because many of the characters in that movie were really shallow as presented because they didn't have a lot of room to breathe and develop. They did the best with the screen time they had, and it was a funny film at times, but I was left a bit cold by it personally. But in any event, as I said it's not impossible for these things to work out, they've just made their job much more difficult is all. There are far more movie examples of Spiderman 3 than X-Men: Last Man Standing. I'm just going to continue to be a bit skeptical about this production until they finally pull something genuinely great out of the DC Cinematic Universe they're building, because the way they're going about it just doesn't feel right so far and Man of Steel was rough.

What is it with comic book movies that people are so afraid of of simply jumping in and going with the flow? No, you don't need a dozen of solo movies to introduce a team and the universe and you don't need yet another boring-ass origin story.

It's not specific to comic book movies or anything. It's a common problem in any sci-fi/fantasy/comic book style narrative... the issue of suspension of disbelief. Writers have faced the obstacle for as long as such genres existed. At a certain point things have to continue to ring true for an audience within the given rules presented in a movie or novel or game or whatever. Now you can stretch those boundaries, but the more wild things you introduce, the less leg room you give to introduce those concepts in a complex enough fashion, the more likely you are to lose the audience, to where to start to think it's silly, or lame, not believable or simply poor writing altogether.

That's why I think it's better to give these concepts room to breathe and enter into the common vocabulary of movie goers, but they chose this route. I'm just a little concerned as of now, they keep doing things that don't inspire confidence.

But Jason Momoa does look like a fine AQUAMAN at least. I can see him tearing apart a foe with a trident.

You can easily establish a whole team and weird alien universes in a single movie and still be successful.

You can, but certainly not easily. Extremely few films juggle that many bizarre disparate concepts and introductions - many of which are already pretty over the top by themselves - and come out looking pretty on the other side. That's not to say it's impossible, but smart money is to slowly introduce concepts and give each their time to shine and grow on people. Instead, they're taking the fast route. It can work, but given the talent behind it, the way Man of Steel turned out, and the big hurdles they have to overcome in order to have an even remote chance of a decent film coming out of this mishmash... i don't know. I wish for the best.

 

[Game4life]

No actress will ever be able to look physically intimidating when standing next to Cavill and Afflect.

Well Warner could have at least tried finding someone.

 

[Mariolee]

Not nearly as bad as people thought lol

 

[Replicant]

Looks more like Poseidon or Triton than Aquaman.

5/10.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Damn, Momoa looks great.

Digging the hair, the tattoos, the armour. the epic beard. It all looks damn good.

I am so fucking sold.

 

[PhantomZone]

All he needs is a predator mask and he can be the predator in a new movie.

 

[overcast]

He looks pretty dope. They nailed the casting here as far as appearance imo. Dude just screams (badass version of) Aquaman.

Hopefully BvS is a much needed improvement over MoS. Not too worried about the amount of characters showing up, it's possible to do that justice. Just has to have some good writing. Hopefully there is some more color in the films, I don't mind the grim tone but I want a little more of a visually interesting film.

 

[neorej]

Took some getting used to, but I like it. This Aquaman looks like he'll ride a bullshark into battle, commanding a legion of tiger sharks.

 

[Moff]

I know nothing about aquaman and always thought he was lame. but that looks more like a badass poseidon, I like it a lot.

 

[True Savior]

Looks like Jason Momoa. This could be aquaman or any other warrior.

 

[sappyday]

It's Drogo with a spear...

That's all I see too

 

[Marion Cobretti]

 

[Visceir]

I'll be impressed if they manage to pull it off well enough for non-comic book readers to consider it a good movie.

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

Looks pretty awesome for someone who talks with fish and dolphins.

 

[hal9001]

Hggnnnnn. I can't wait to see all seven lined up.