Helping her in this endeavor is Vulko (Willem Dafoe, whose favorite role of mine remains Tars Tarkas in John Carter) who trains Arthur from an early age, preparing him for this eventuality. Nevertheless, Mera (Amber Heard) wants to make sure that doesn’t happen, and conscripts Arthur into aiding her. So when he says the war has already begun, he honestly has a point. We’ve dumped garbage into the ocean, polluted it with oil spills, and climate change is killing fish. Orm wants to wage war on the surface, and I have to say, despite the fact that he’s the bad guy and will use nefarious ends to accomplish his goals, he really does have a valid reason.
That, however, won’t happen if Aquaman’s half brother, Orm (Patrick Wilson) has anything to say about it. They get together and produce a little bášŧárd (I say that because he is frequently referenced that way) who is destined to unite the surface world with the sub-aquatic realms. It begins at the beginning, with Atlanna (a radiant and ášš-kicking Nicole Kidman) washed up on the shore of a light house, kept by lonely Tom Curry (a digitally youthened Temuera Morrison). The fundamental plot of the film has already been spelled out quite thoroughly in the promos. Granted, the competition isn’t that stiff, but for me it was my second favorite (okay, maybe the first Tim Burton Batman is second, but only because I loved how fans groused about it for months and were then blown away by it when it hit the screens. So was it the best comic book movie ever made? No, that’s “Black Panther” (although I still have a stupid fondness for “The Phantom.”) Was it the best DC comic book movie ever made? No, that remains “Wonder Woman.”īut it’s definitely up there. Indeed, at the pre-party that I attended, Geoff Johns-who cowrote the story and was a producer on the film-came over and told me my run on Aquaman was what hooked him into the character, which I was very honored to hear. (I fully expect he’ll lose a hand in the sequel.)Ĭonsequently, I have to admit that I’m holding it to a higher standard than I do most comic book movies, or indeed most movies.
So basically everyone, up to and including the publisher, acknowledges that the version on the screen is my guy. It’s so obvious a connection that DC not only invited me out to the premiere, but my name appears in the “Special Thanks” section in the credits. I’ve written a number of characters and put my own spin on them, but unless you’re looking at a picture of the Hulk wearing a business suit, there is no other character so clearly identified with me as a badass Aquaman with long hair and a beard. The older fans immediately weighed in, stating emphatically, “No, that’s Peter David’s Aquaman.” “That doesn’t look anything like Aquaman!” they complained. When Zack Snyder put a picture of Jason Momoa as Aquaman up on Twitter several years ago, modern day fans expressed confusion.
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