Atlantians aren't even human, there are a race mixed with aliens and magical beings
At least she isn't Barry or Carol
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Should Aquaman be Polynesian?
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I assumed people wanted his dad to be Polynesian the Atlantians would make no sense.
Nostremitus
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OK... I still think the idea of a Melanesian Aquaman might be cool, there is a sunken continental shelf running from Australia to around Vanuatu. There's even the theory that the native Papuans migrated there prior to the final collapse of the shelf during the last Ice Age.
neogaffer1
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Aquaman never has, and never will be cool. Sorry, them is just the facts
Brother!
Drank the Family Guy kool aid too hard.
An Atlantean wedding without at least 3 drownings is considered a dull affair.
neogaffer1
Banned
Well Carol occasionally has Peter pop in to grant legitimacy.
Did you not love generic rage monster Firstborn.
She is the first recipient of the Uncle Ben charity.
That's what I was getting at. When you look at Aquaman now, you'd classify him as a white character.
Yes he's Atlantean, and Supes is Kryptonian, and Wonder Woman was an Amazonian (now a goddess) - but they're all still white.
When I ask whether Aquaman should be Polynesian, I don't mean if his Atlantean heritage needs to be changed, I just mean his physical appeareance and human half, and that maybe Atlantean culture borrows more from Polynesian culture.
I love that they spend all those panels trying to fight back against everyone who thinks Aquaman sucks... but yeah, despite reading him saying "I don't talk to fish" I'm still pretty sure his only power is talking to fish.
He once had a magic hand he almost douched Superman to death with
Angelus Errare
Banned
Namor did the whole using the ocean as propulsion to get 60ft+ in the air back when his solo was called Submariner. Hell he did it to get to the moon.
No argument here, I think it would work. I just wanted to mention I knew a Melanesian chick.
No argument here, I think it would work. I just wanted to mention I knew a Melanesian chick.
lol
Yeah I actually like the casting and the opportunities it opens up. I could go either way on changing the comics at least right now.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
Momoa is pretty much the only reason I have any interest at all in the DCCU
Dog!!!! I thought I was the only who saw that, dude said "I am out" and used a water main to go to the moon. Shit was crazy
I never actually liked Jason Momoa and I found his acting in the Conan movie to be really really bad.
Atlantis right?
He wasn't that great in Star Gate either,
That's the weird thing about all of this like dudes absolutely isn't a particularly strong actor. Great physical presence but I feel like this push is mostly just Got fandom.
I think you're right. Momoa doesn't really do much in that show. He mostly sat around looking menacing and because of the language deal it was actually really hard to tell if he was giving a decent job to the part.
Yes
Conan was great until he took over, that little kid was raw.
We all know how those GOT actors been killing at the box office. I am so glad he passed on Drax in GOTG.
Spike Spiegel
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Circe was recently the villain behind Magog in Superman Wonder Woman, the Finches just brought back Ares and Apollo from the dead, and Cheetah is appearing in the next issue.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Namor wasn't fuckin around back in the day. That cemented him as someone not to fuck with. While Aquaman is the Tyga of comics, always holdin Ls.
What a garbage fucking character. Wasn't even the best villain in Azzarello's run (that goes to Strife and Hera). Then DC had the nerve to try and push him as Diana's arch nemesis. Tch.
I'd know this if I hadn't dropped literally every WW book besides Sensational Comics.
They brought Magog back? Why do they keep going to that well? He was a great one shot villain let it go.
Vulcano's assistant
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Slay....it's DC.
It was pretty cool when Maxwell Lord made him kill himself.
Shit what are they doing with Jaime now.
Oh right
Sigh....Doomsday wasn't even that good of an idea, and then they just.....sigh.
I hated that Gary-stew POS
TheKaeptain
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It's pretty obvious that his white looking locks are going to be blonde and that part of his origin will be intact.
Angelus Errare
Banned
I'm mostly laughing at whoever was like "This is such a great memorable design! Thorn visor!"
Why don't they bring the good stuff back?
They tried to extreme Doomsday
Oh right
This is just awful almost as bad as that scorpion girl in Batman Incorporated.
We can go deeper, rememebr when Magog killed Superman and Doomsday took up the mantle?
Having the House of El's symbol on your junk is so disrespectful.
That was hype as hell. Doomsday is such a great character with a rich history and motivations.We can go deeper, rememebr when Magog killed Superman and Doomsday took up the mantle?
Having the House of El's symbol on your junk is so disrespectful.
Superman was better with a mullet and of course Cyborg Superman was just fantastic.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I think what they might end up going with is having his human dad be some variety of Pacific Islander, and keep Atlantis more or less where people expect it to be. I think it's a great decision and I fully expect Momoa to knock it out of the park.
Making him Polynesian in the comics kind of falls into the "more trouble than it's worth" category. Like, I'd love it if he had always been Polynesian, or if they changed it up for the New 52, because like OP said it's a great connection. But at this point they'd have to do some convoluted reboot nonsense and frankly it's just not worth the headache.
Other points from this thread:
-Kaldur was great, and I'm pretty sure he'll be back as soon as they introduce and Aqualad in the new 52, though they probably won't call him Aqualad because jesus christ who would consent to be called Aqualad?
-Aquaman is, as has been noted, a baller. Man'll talk to the bit of your brain that used to be a fish and give you a stroke. Don't fuck with Aquaman.
-I liked Magog in Johns' JSA.
-Doomsday was cool for a hot minute and then not. Dude has exactly one use in him per reboot, bringing him back after that is automatically a Bad Idea.
-That said, maybe they could retool him somehow. Shit, Prometheus just got his first ever good appearance, so weirder things can clearly happen.
Making him Polynesian in the comics kind of falls into the "more trouble than it's worth" category. Like, I'd love it if he had always been Polynesian, or if they changed it up for the New 52, because like OP said it's a great connection. But at this point they'd have to do some convoluted reboot nonsense and frankly it's just not worth the headache.
Other points from this thread:
-Kaldur was great, and I'm pretty sure he'll be back as soon as they introduce and Aqualad in the new 52, though they probably won't call him Aqualad because jesus christ who would consent to be called Aqualad?
-Aquaman is, as has been noted, a baller. Man'll talk to the bit of your brain that used to be a fish and give you a stroke. Don't fuck with Aquaman.
-I liked Magog in Johns' JSA.
-Doomsday was cool for a hot minute and then not. Dude has exactly one use in him per reboot, bringing him back after that is automatically a Bad Idea.
-That said, maybe they could retool him somehow. Shit, Prometheus just got his first ever good appearance, so weirder things can clearly happen.
Ah, fair enough.
……forgetit
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Why don't they bring the good stuff back?
They tried to extreme Doomsday
Wow you're putting in work in this thread, also thank God you got a new avatar.
DonasaurusRex
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Hold your horses there pal, Kaldur isn't going to be on film is he
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