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Post by Arturo Classico on Jun 11, 2008 9:27:29 GMT -5
So after watching Superfriends on Boomerang I came up with a way to explain Aquaman and make him actually interesting. Aquaman is insane.
Arthur Curry just believes that he has the power to talk to aquatic sea life and is the king of Atlantis. But in fact he gains those delusions after he witnesses his father a Dr. Thomas Curry come back home drunk and kill his mom he runs outside to the ocean amd has his first episode with "communicating" with a crab. Ever since than he believes he can talk to to sea creatures, and runs away from home and joins Waterpark where he does sensationalist stunts and becomes a star attraction and gets dubbed "The Aquaman". After the waterpark shuts down he becomes homeless in Atlanta. However he gets a 5 Million dollar check from an unkown person to get help (releaved to be from his Half Brother Orm Curry)
He does have good fighting skills but no superpowers and travels through the world on his ski-doo,reference from Superfriends where instead of swimming long distances he just uses a ski-doo to go places.
The major storyline would be between Arthur and his half-brother Orm Curry who wants to get Arthur help to break these delusions but Arthur believes Orm's the Ocean Master, who wants to control all the oceans for his own means, but is just a Marinebiologist as his father was.
Anyway this is my idea and I was wondering what people think of it.
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Post by maxx420 on Jun 11, 2008 9:30:55 GMT -5
If Aquaman were entirely self-contained & not affiliated with the rest of the DCU, then yes. But you couldn't work this into regular DC continuity.
Also, how would he breathe underwater & survive the pressure of ocean depths?
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Jun 11, 2008 9:31:44 GMT -5
Vincent Chase is intriqued by your ideas. Hit Ari up, he'll talk to the screenwriter and they'll try to get some of these changes worked into the next picture.
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Post by Arturo Classico on Jun 11, 2008 9:37:39 GMT -5
If Aquaman were entirely self-contained & not affiliated with the rest of the DCU, then yes. But you couldn't work this into regular DC continuity. Also, how would he breathe underwater & survive the pressure of ocean depths? Okay good point about continuity, also the whole being able to survive pressures of ocean depths and breathing underwater can be explained that he has the ability to have better than average ability to hold his breath under water. But when he tries to do this too much he could die but since his brother is a famous and rich Marine biologist who feels guilty over the situation over Arthur he has people watch over him. Also again he has delusions so probably most times he's "underwater" or in Atlantis he could be in a desert or be in Atlanta or something.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2008 10:00:30 GMT -5
That's a pretty good idea actually.
I could see it as an animated series, but only if it came out during the same time Aeon Flux, the Maxx and all those other shows on MTV's The Ten Spot came out.
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Jun 11, 2008 10:03:37 GMT -5
You wanna make Aquaman cool? Just make him suddenly black.
Right, Ultimate Nick Fury?
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Post by Arturo Classico on Jun 11, 2008 10:10:36 GMT -5
You wanna make Aquaman cool? Just make him suddenly black. Right, Ultimate Nick Fury? The Adventures of Black Manta?
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Jun 11, 2008 10:53:15 GMT -5
A way to make Aquaman cool? Set the film in the temperate waters around the North Sea. He would be very cool then.
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Post by KingPopper on Jun 11, 2008 11:01:59 GMT -5
I was just thinking about Aquaman the other day, I think he should be turned into more of a wisecracking jerk that KNOWS his powers suck, break the 4th wall a little bit throw some comedy in there. He'll turn into one of comics best anti heros.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jun 11, 2008 11:50:06 GMT -5
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jun 11, 2008 11:57:10 GMT -5
Give him a make over and call Him Namor?
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jun 11, 2008 18:48:47 GMT -5
I don't know why they don't just give him control over water ala Hydro Man. they really missed the boat on the new Aquaman by not giving him new powers like hydro-kinesis to make him more useful.
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Post by Rorschach on Jun 11, 2008 18:57:15 GMT -5
How to make Aquaman cool.....hell, I say give him a "Black Adam" makeover. Everytime he controls an undersea animal, it's always a cute, cuddly little dolphin, or a friendly, unobtrusive crab or something.
You want to make him COOL? Have him really show what one could do with all of the ocean's BADASS creatures at his disposal. One villain ripped to itty bitty pieces by a pack of Orca whales later, he'd be much more respected. His new escorts in his undersea kingdom? Great White sharks, which act like snarling Doberman Pinschers under his control.
Really....there are ways to make a character like that intimidating. Too bad DC is content to make him one big running joke.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jun 11, 2008 19:04:29 GMT -5
The Viking/Norse looking Aquaman is f***ing badass, imo.
We need more of that Aquaman, and STAT!
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Post by Rorschach on Jun 11, 2008 19:08:53 GMT -5
Even Sperm Whales, man. Those things can be BADASS and destructive as all hell when they're motivated.
Imagine Arthur warning someone that they'd never be safe in the oceans again.....and then remember that this planet is 70% water.
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Jun 11, 2008 19:17:58 GMT -5
So in the spectrum of water based comic super characters is it ...
Namor ----> Aquaman ------> Hydroman
to be honest I don't really like any of them, I was so happy when Venom ripped off Namor's little wings on his feet.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jun 11, 2008 19:22:37 GMT -5
Namor's alright. it's just that Black Adam is better at being Namor than Namor is (seriously, not enough people make note of how similar they are).
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jun 11, 2008 20:03:53 GMT -5
Namor's alright. it's just that Black Adam is better at being Namor than Namor is (seriously, not enough people make note of how similar they are). Yup which explains the esteem I've always held Namor in, as Black Adam is my favorite DC character, it'd make sense that his water based doppleganger would hold a place in my heart. I've always thought he's cool though. I think he'd be an interesting foil for another FF flick, even in the semi cutsie way they've done the first two.
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Post by Beebs is the Final Girl on Jun 11, 2008 20:16:20 GMT -5
aquaman will always be cool to me. perhaps because one of my favorite people, my cousin Casey Jones, was a penciller-of the viking/norse badass version, of course
yeah, i'm as biased as David Crockett.
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Post by Tehboobz wants Ewa Sonnett on Jun 11, 2008 20:22:43 GMT -5
Namor's alright. it's just that Black Adam is better at being Namor than Namor is (seriously, not enough people make note of how similar they are). Yup which explains the esteem I've always held Namor in, as Black Adam is my favorite DC character, it'd make sense that his water based doppleganger would hold a place in my heart. I've always thought he's cool though. I think he'd be an interesting foil for another FF flick, even in the semi cutsie way they've done the first two. Meh....now that Jessica Alba is OFFICIALLY a mom, get ready for her to bring Franklin Richards into the world in FF3....after she has lipo, and boob lifts and whatever else a celebu-Mom gets in the first forty eight hours after they give birth. Seriously, cause you know, she has the pregnancy/mothering EXPERIENCE now. And just IMAGINE the gold mine of poop and dirty diaper jokes that Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis get to be the victims of! HAR HAR.....oh the HILARIITY.
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