‘Superman & Batman’ movie will follow ‘Man of Steel’
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He looks great. I hope this ends 'he should dye his hair blond' complaints.
Green lantern will probably wear a black suit
It looks like there are white streaks in his hair, though...
And whoa, I just realized that most of what's on his torso isn't clothing, it's tattoos!
His blonde hair though is one of the Atlantean "signs" that he is cursed, an anomaly. It's a strong case for being tied to his origins.
It's not like the hand wringing over say, Lois Lane's hair color.
His blonde hair is actually tied to the story of his situation.
I don't dig the body tats look either but the rest looks really good.
The body tats actually correspond to Jason Mamoa's heritage. In Polynesian tattoo designs, shark teeth usually represents shelter or coverage, guidance, power, ferocity and adaptability.
http://www.apolynesiantattoo.com/polynesian-tattoo-meanings/polynesian-tattoo-symbols-meanings-fish-shark-teeth.html
I think it's cool that they are making changes to the character to reflect the actor. Creativity at it's finest.
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Mamoa's heritage is fine...for a documentary. He's playing a fictional character with it's own designed backstory. Aquaman doesn't have tats in any traditional telling.
I like Mamoa, I enjoy history and various cultures within the proper context of a given narrative but praising his heritage isn't something to be done and brought in for this character and film.
We aren't making changes to Supes/Bats/WW because of who and what heritage the actors are in real life. Shouldn't be doing so here either.
Mamoa's heritage is fine...for a documentary. He's playing a fictional character with it's own designed backstory. Aquaman doesn't have tats in any traditional telling.
I like Mamoa, I enjoy history and various cultures within the proper context of a given narrative but praising his heritage isn't something to be done and brought in for this character and film.
We aren't making changes to Supes/Bats/WW because of who and what heritage the actors are in real life. Shouldn't be doing so here either.
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I'm not aware of the Scarlet Witch/Quicksilver argument on their casting.
The Human Torch casting is simply cause the director has worked with the actor. I no more believe they cast a wide net to find the best actor then if I could be the King of Scotland. It was casting of familiarity. Him being non-white is sidebar that dominated the issue.
Your praise of Mamoa's is different. It's about blatantly taking a real persons heritage and infusing it into a fictional character that already has an established history...just because. It'd be a bit different if the general audience had had multiple versions of Aquaman and that this was a new variant take for the sake of mixing things up(but hey TASM tried that and we see where mixing it up just because got them).
I don't see it as the same thing, no.
I'm not aware of the Scarlet Witch/Quicksilver argument on their casting.
The Human Torch casting is simply cause the director has worked with the actor. I no more believe they cast a wide net to find the best actor then if I could be the King of Scotland. It was casting of familiarity. Him being non-white is sidebar that dominated the issue.
Your praise of Mamoa's is different. It's about blatantly taking a real persons heritage and infusing it into a fictional character that already has an established history...just because. It'd be a bit different if the general audience had had multiple versions of Aquaman and that this was a new variant take for the sake of mixing things up(but hey TASM tried that and we see where mixing it up just because got them).
I don't see it as the same thing, no.
Oh. Oh wow. I didn't realize those were tattoos. This is so over-the-top bad it looks like a parody of what you would expect a Zack Snyder-ized Aquaman to be.
It was a bold move for DC to license Conan the Barbarian for their film universe 
. I wonder if we'll get to see Aquaman in this movie, since based on that pic he's obviously not in it. Unless Aquaman has been a Barbarian looking warrior for the past 74 years and I've just been hallucinating whenever I read his comics.
Honestly, though, it seems like DC had no faith in the actual character, so they decided to make some generic "warrior" character and call him Aquaman. This isn't a comment on him not being some blonde haired white guy, I didn't expect that and don't care, its a comment on the fact that he looks more like a generic warrior from a million sci fi/fantasy settings than he does Aquaman.
It doesn't help that Mamoa isn't a very good actor from what I've seen of his work. I guess being on Baywatch: Hawaii made him the most qualified actor to play Aquaman
Maybe he can turn in a surprisingly good performance, like Bautista did as Drax in GotG, but just from his look I know I'm not going to be a fan of the direction they're going with film Aquaman. But, it makes sense. Marvel uses the comic lore as a basis and to enhance their movies, DC runs as far away from the comics as possible, since they seem embarrassed by it (except for their TV shows, which have been using the comics very well).
That said, I have more faith in Mamoa as Aquaman than I do in Cavil playing a non-robotic Superman or Gadot as Wonder Woman, so it could go either way. At this point Ben affleck is the only person I'm convinced can hit his role out of the park regardless of the material. The rest will probably succeed or not depending on if DC can make a good superhero movie for the first time since Burton's first Batman.
. I wonder if we'll get to see Aquaman in this movie, since based on that pic he's obviously not in it. Unless Aquaman has been a Barbarian looking warrior for the past 74 years and I've just been hallucinating whenever I read his comics.Honestly, though, it seems like DC had no faith in the actual character, so they decided to make some generic "warrior" character and call him Aquaman. This isn't a comment on him not being some blonde haired white guy, I didn't expect that and don't care, its a comment on the fact that he looks more like a generic warrior from a million sci fi/fantasy settings than he does Aquaman.
It doesn't help that Mamoa isn't a very good actor from what I've seen of his work. I guess being on Baywatch: Hawaii made him the most qualified actor to play Aquaman
Maybe he can turn in a surprisingly good performance, like Bautista did as Drax in GotG, but just from his look I know I'm not going to be a fan of the direction they're going with film Aquaman. But, it makes sense. Marvel uses the comic lore as a basis and to enhance their movies, DC runs as far away from the comics as possible, since they seem embarrassed by it (except for their TV shows, which have been using the comics very well). That said, I have more faith in Mamoa as Aquaman than I do in Cavil playing a non-robotic Superman or Gadot as Wonder Woman, so it could go either way. At this point Ben affleck is the only person I'm convinced can hit his role out of the park regardless of the material. The rest will probably succeed or not depending on if DC can make a good superhero movie for the first time since Burton's first Batman.
I think what made Momoa qualified for Aquaman was the 4 years he spent in Atlantis.
Damn it
. I can't believe I missed that connection, even though SGA is mostly where I've seen him.
Established histories are not set in stone for comic book characters. DC reinvents/reboots their universes and characters every 2 decades or so. I think the most recent version of Aquaman had him being studied by Doctor Shin and experimented on. The Post Crisis origin of Aquaman had him as an abandoned child who was discovered by Arthur Curry Sr. Whom later adopted Aquaman and raised him as his son. I'm not familar with the Silver and Golden Age Aquaman origins. What remains constant is that Arthur is half-human and half-Atlantean who is raised near a lighthouse and grows up to become a superhero and later king.
With Jason Mamoa, it seems WB wants to inject some of Mamoa's own culture in to the character going forward. Which is fine. Creative liberty and all that. It's not as if the comics are going to reflect what the movies are doing. If WB and whomever manages to execute the story of Aquaman well, no one is going to complain about it not being "true" to the character.
I'm going to be distracted waiting for Khaleesi to show up.
Looks like they're playing the "See, Aquaman's really a bad-ass" card.
He really is though, that's the thing. A generation growing up on SuperFriends and pop culture ridiculing that throughout another generations experience have given an unfair negative view about Aquaman.
He's been portrayed as more badass I'd grant since Peter David took over in the 90's, followed by Morrison w/him during his JLA run up through Geoff Johns run in the nu52 launch.
Well most people do associate Aquaman with being a lame hero. He never could shake the reputation he earned on the Superfriends except with comicbook fans.
New article explaining the tattoos and armor for Mamoa's Aquaman.
http://screenrant.com/jason-momoa-aquaman-armor-tattoos-meaning-explanation/
Which he totally is. Doesn't mean he needs to look like... that.
