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Aquaman (2018)

bionicbob said:
but yeah, the whole call me A.C. thing was annoying both in this pilot and on Smallville.
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What is it with DC shows and a blatant reluctance to call their characters by the names their characters are supposed to be called?
 
I'm late to this thread and only skimmed it but which part is Vinny Chase playing?
 
I'm also late to the thread, and I have two comments:

1: this movie looks completely bananas
2: there is only one Aquaman, in my opinion:

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Zamros said:
What is it with DC shows and a blatant reluctance to call their characters by the names their characters are supposed to be called?
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A resentment that the IP they're adapting is originally meant for children. Simple as that.

Granted, CW shows like The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow have embraced their comic roots, but you've still seen that resentment crop up in Man of Steel, nearly every post-Adam West Batman, and even Aquaman himself. They're so set out to make the character not come off as silly, but they also lean in so hard into the 90s one handed, long-haired, dad-beard look that it teeters into an a different kind of silly. Honestly, if you just cast a Carey Elwes or Brendan Fraiser type and play Aquaman as a more light-hearted, quick thinking swashbuckler, the property would feel a lot more confident. But keep Mamoa, 'cause I think he can pull off that swashbuckler look.

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revel911 said:
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You know that's how AM has looked recently as well?
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Yes, I know. And I find it very BLEH.
 
i bet aquaman smells like a fish market.
 
I've no interest in the character or francise but this extended preview looks just silly enough to be entertaining:


I liked the chemistry between the two leads, the synth score was nice (same guy as WW) and it looks colourful and weird. Although some of the FX shots didn't even look half finished and I was laughing at the film a few times. I enjoyed this new kind of extended-trailer/scene-preview/sampler thing.
 
The first half was almost getting to me; and then it fell flat.  I'm still unsure about these trailers.  The underwater stuff looks better than the trailers before it but the film is seemingly uninteresting.  Maybe it will turn out to be good, who knows... I'm still not on board, though.
 
I think the script is the issue, here. All the dialogue is pulled straight out of 'generic sci-fi plot 246' How many times people are going to mention that Arthur Curry is from both the land and the sea? Both of the writers are television people, one of them wrote 'Red Riding Hood' and 'Wrath of the Titans'... So...

At least it looks well directed!
 
It still looks like good popcorn fun to me.
And I love the colour palette.  Finally, a superhero movie that isn't dull, dark and dreary.
So I remain hopeful.   :D

In a weird related note, as some of you may know, I am sort of a nut job about Ancient Astronaut theory and Forbidden Archeology (and Sasquatch, don't forget Sasquatch!!!! lol).... anyway, when the trailer shows Arthur and Mera in a desert locating an Atlantean outpost, and Arthurs says something like "it wasn't located so far inland".... it reminded me of this awesome Atlantis location theory....

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDoM4BmoDQM&t=514s[/video]
:p
 
bionicbob said:
In a weird related note, as some of you may know, I am sort of a nut job about Ancient Astronaut theory and Forbidden Archeology (and Sasquatch, don't forget Sasquatch!!!! lol).... anyway, when the trailer shows Arthur and Mera in a desert locating an Atlantean outpost, and Arthurs says something like "it wasn't located so far inland".... it reminded me of this awesome Atlantis location theory....

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDoM4BmoDQM&t=514s[/video]
:p
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I just recently discovered that theory through that very same video, so when I saw this new "Aquaman" tailer, I had the same reaction. When they discovered Atlantis (or at least some Atlantis-related city) out in the desert, I started wondering, "are they referencing what I think they are?"And when they mentioned that it was in the Sahara and that there used to be water there, I knew for certain that they were indeed referencing the theory that the Richat structure is Atlantis.

Here's the follow-up video, by the way:


I've also done a bit more research on the theory that Atlantis is in the Sahara, and it turns out that it's a theory that's been around for about a hundred years. A German scientist named Leo Frobenius first claimed to have discovered Atlantis in northwestern Africa (approximately where the Richat structure is). Here's an old New York Times article about his discoveries:

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/01/30/104819013.pdf

Years ago, I watched "The Mistress of Atlantis" (1932) (starring Brigitte Helm, of "Metropolis" fame, as the Queen of Atlantis), and it portrayed Atlantis as being located in Africa. At the time, I thought nothing of it except that it was an odd idea to portray Atlantis as being in the middle of a desert rather than underwater, but I now realize that it must have been based on Frobenius' theories.
 
hbenthow said:
I just recently discovered that theory through that very same video, so when I saw this new "Aquaman" tailer, I had the same reaction. When they discovered Atlantis (or at least some Atlantis-related city) out in the desert, I started wondering, "are they referencing what I think they are?"And when they mentioned that it was in the Sahara and that there used to be water there, I knew for certain that they were indeed referencing the theory that the Richat structure is Atlantis.

Here's the follow-up video, by the way:


I've also done a bit more research on the theory that Atlantis is in the Sahara, and it turns out that it's a theory that's been around for about a hundred years. A German scientist named Leo Frobenius first claimed to have discovered Atlantis in northwestern Africa (approximately where the Richat structure is). Here's an old New York Times article about his discoveries:

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/01/30/104819013.pdf

Years ago, I watched "L'Atlantide" (1932) (starring Brigitte Helm, of "Metropolis" fame, as the Queen of Atlantis), and it portrayed Atlantis as being located in Africa. At the time, I thought nothing of it except that it was an odd idea to portray Atlantis as being in the middle of a desert rather than underwater, but I now realize that it must have been based on Frobenius' theories.
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Yeah, it's a pretty cool theory.  It certainly checks the most boxes of any Atlantis theory I have ever read.  The follow up video is equally interesting.
Who knows.... ?
There is another video making the rounds, that expands on the exact same theory, except the guy then goes on talking about a how you can see a DRAGON corpse in the same geological maps.... sigh....  :blush:
 
Final trailer...

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wcj6SrX4zw&t=2s[/video]

This just looks so FUN!!!  But I have been so wrong before....  :p
 
bionicbob said:
Final trailer...

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wcj6SrX4zw&t=2s[/video]

This just looks so FUN!!!  But I have been so wrong before....  :p
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You know that shot of him in the actual gold/green suit is going to be the last frame of the movie, teasing a sequel that will never happen.
 
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