First Look at Jason Momoa as AQUAMAN
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Mrs. Manky
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I love Momoa as Aquaman. Unite the Seven with your sexy self, Jason.
BlackGhost
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I want aqua man to act exactly like Drogo, Drogo man.
Father_Brain
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When did it become the talking point to conflate a desire for well-executed world building with presumption of audience stupidity?
The existence of Greek gods, of Atlantis, and of Themyscira are all pretty out-there concepts, and while they don't necessarily need two movies to introduce, I think they probably require more screen time than what BvS can likely afford them.
(That is, unless BvS does a tonal reboot and gives us a full-on comic book universe where diverse superpowered costumed beings are already firmly established. Which I would be more than fine with, actually, but I still don't expect to happen.)
Pai Pai Master
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Looks cool. Momoa was such a damn good pick.
Sibersk Esto
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Not that guy, but for me it's just what Momoa looks like in everything.
CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
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Even his name sounds like something Aquaman would use as an alias. Momoa...
TacticalFox88
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"I. AM. MOMOA!!!"
But he looks badass in everything!
Schweinehund
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There's an arc coming up that expands aquaman's universe significantly. There are seven hidden kingdoms under the sea. So it could be a reference to that or the justice league.
My guess is the Justice League unless they want to establish him as the King of Atlantis from the getgo.
I hope we see Topo.
edit: Lol holy shit, are we still talking about characters needing solo movie introduction in a post guardians of the galaxy world?.
TheContact
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What no Vinnie chase as aqua man? Lol can you imagine if they really cast him as aqua man or that in entourage people thought he'd make a good one lol
Pai Pai Master
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Khal Drogo is cool
Wiktor
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WW and Aquaman are superstrong methumans who can kick butt. The end. Nothing else is required for BvS to work.
BlackGhost
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I just really like khal Drogo.....
FunkyPajamas
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Fixed
Sho_Nuff82
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That's one of the top 5 best designed costumes for any superhero film so far. Dude was built for this.
And here I was imagining some ridiculous orange and green monstrosity like the first costume they showed Vinny in Entourage.
Edit: I like the fact that they are functionally clothes. Like something straight out of GoT, that an ancient warrior might actually wear. Instead of just tights because reasons. Wonder Woman's armor should be similar - actual armor. They're fighters, not superheros to start, after all.
And here I was imagining some ridiculous orange and green monstrosity like the first costume they showed Vinny in Entourage.
Edit: I like the fact that they are functionally clothes. Like something straight out of GoT, that an ancient warrior might actually wear. Instead of just tights because reasons. Wonder Woman's armor should be similar - actual armor. They're fighters, not superheros to start, after all.
Father_Brain
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That level of cursory explanation doesn't work if the entire point of the plot is that superheroes are only just emerging. (Flash at least wouldn't require much more than that, to be fair)
As I said, I'd be fine with BvS abandoning MoS' attempt at ultra-realism and going the Incredibles/George Miller JL route. But that's so far removed from MoS tonally that I just don't see it happening.
Because cinema is show, not tell.
I think people grossly overestimate how much The Avengers audience knew about the previous Marvel Studios films. The biggest Phase 1 film made half of The Avengers box-office. Which is why Joss treats The Avengers as mostly self-contained, and any elements alluding to earlier films are re-explained and simplified. Shit, Thor and Loki's entire relationship is summed up as a punchline. 'He's adopted.'
Not to mention how if an audience sees Aquaman walking out of the Goddamn ocean holding a fucking trident, they'll connect the dots that:
a) He's not human.
b) He's angry enough to be on land.
c) He not only lives underwater, he thrived there.
and:
d) Shit is about to get real.
I mean... if people see The Flash running fast, they know he's got superspeed. All you need is him to say 'I was hit by lightning and got superspeed' and have another character be all 'that... doesn't make any sense' and then Flash shrugs. Like it doesn't matter if it makes sense or not, the audience sees he has superspeed regardless and that's all the information they need.
Can Crusher
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LOL
Going with The Matrix as an example of a movie that only explains to you what's happening in a 5 min sequence is hilarious. Did the rest of the movie just fly by your head?
It spends an enormous amount of time establishing the Universe, characters, rules and roles.
By the way it's not about the audience being intelligent, it's about the audience caring. And the audience won't care for Aquaman or Wonder Woman if they know next to nothing about them. Batman and Superman are going to greatly overshadow everybody else to the point of turning them irrelevant. That said it's called Batman vs Superman, so it makes sense.
I think because Aquaman's design is kind of silly and no one expected it to be translated properly.
This works. It has the spirit of Aquaman... while still looking cool in live-action
GuitarAtomik
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Interesting. I like the Maori take on it. Wonder what it looks like without the color saturated out.
It's funny that this is really only an issue with the people who actually know these characters already.
Extra Sauce
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I hope he accidentally chops off his own hand while introducing himself to Superman.
Really happy for him because he was awesome as Khal and took a throwaway character from the first book and made him noticeable on the show. I was bummed Conan didn't work for him. He looks amazing, as expected. And I expect the Rock to look amazing as Black Adam, the way Cavill looks amazing as Superman and Affleck as Batman. DC's actors actually look like gods, like superheroes.Well, except for maybe Ezra Miller and Wonder Woman, but it remains to see if they can bulk up. Ezra Miller is a wierd casting choice anyway.
Can Crusher
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As opposed to?
Fancy Clown
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Looks like he's a member of Twisted Sister or something
Jorok Goldblade
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I wonder if the tattoos will work like Atlantean tattoos on Young Justice- as a conduit for sorcery that glow when the powers they bestow are used.
He looks like Rob Zombie meets Khal.
soundscream
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Skinny Pete
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Wow, looks pretty badass.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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woah, i didnt expect an aquaman looking like that. i might watch it now because it looks bad ass
MadLaughter
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Everything looks great except his pitchfork.
Schweinehund
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Barry will probably be like he is on the show, fit and sleek but not overly muscular. His suit probably won't be skintight. I still have a hard time picturing Miller as flash though
.He might be in the Aquaman solo movie, there have been rumors that Karl Urban will be Orm though.
The trinity will get most of the time, think cyborg/flash/aquaman have a few cameos.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Momoa has the look of a villain imo and doesn't really fit what I was expecting/wanting out of Aquaman's design. I guess there's only up from here lol
Designed with purpose and history. I hated the colour correction in the Marvel films (Guardians of the Galaxy is the exception), as it felt flat (lack of shadows, crushed levels, muted temperatures, etc) and the filmmaking was standard (medium shots galore!).
I find it hard to see WB overstepping themselves, or rushing into anything. They've chosen some of the most seriously interesting cast members to join a shared, cinematic universe. Production times are slow and deliberate; the filmmakers that were hand picked so far have been exciting choices. The only slated cinematic universe that's on par with the serious dedication is Disney's Star Wars.
Momoa is going to kill the role; and being a few inches taller than Chris Hemsworth (the other God-kin), he's definitely going to have a presence.
Very excited to be a DC fan right now!
I find it hard to see WB overstepping themselves, or rushing into anything. They've chosen some of the most seriously interesting cast members to join a shared, cinematic universe. Production times are slow and deliberate; the filmmakers that were hand picked so far have been exciting choices. The only slated cinematic universe that's on par with the serious dedication is Disney's Star Wars.
Momoa is going to kill the role; and being a few inches taller than Chris Hemsworth (the other God-kin), he's definitely going to have a presence.
Very excited to be a DC fan right now!
DC doesn't know who that is anymore.
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
He looks like he always does.
Mass_Pincup
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You say it like it's a bad thing.
Sho_Nuff82
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Quicksilver isn't a character, he's a plot device in DOFP, and it's by and large most people's favorite scene in the movie.
They throw in an easter egg to hardcore fans about his relationship to Magneto and his little sister, but the movie never even bothers to explain how they find him, or why he's not helping in the final fight.
Audiences simply do not care about origin stories explained in exhausting detail.
How many people that saw Avengers actually watched Ang Lee Hulk or Incredible Hulk, two underperforming flops? And yet, they got the basic run down, he's a smart guy who turns into a monster when he's angry. Here, watch him CGI smash stuff.
The Joker never had an origin story in TDK. He just shows up one day, and he's the Joker, and he hates Batman. He's a great character, who's obviously a bad guy, so the audience roles with it.
If they show WW flying in and catching a truck falling off a bridge, everyone is going to recognize "Hey, that's Wonder Woman. Hey, she can fly. Hey, she's pretty strong." Whether she endears herself to audiences is based solely on whether they give her something interesting to do. The concepts of Atlantis and Greek Gods are well ingrained in Western pop culture. I think Sam Worthington made a living exploiting both.
I find it ridiculous after a decade in which some of the highest grossing films were LOTR, Harry Potter, Transformers, Avengers, Hunger Games, Twilight, Batman, Iron Man, Star Wars, Avatar, and stupid LOTR prequels, we're still here, in 2015, worried about whether audiences will accept Wonder Woman and Aquaman. We should be past this. People go to the movies to watch impossible shit happen. No one's going to walk out of a superhero genre film and go "How come that guy could hold his breath underwater for so long? How come that other guy was faster than Superman? None of this makes sense!"
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