Thursday, December 29, 2011
Aquaman and The Sub Mariner (Part Two)
I wonder which of these two characters will be the first to get their own big screen film? I've heard Namor bandied about as a potential future Marvel flick and Aquaman was famously brought to fictional cinema in Entourage as well as guest shots on Smallville and an unsuccessful TV pilot. A big budget picture for an underwater superhero would face a lot of hurdles. Underwater shoots are incredibly expensive and there's also the question of how to have the characters speak beneath the depths - easily handled in a comic but a lot tougher to make work in live action. Both characters have famous looks that have their own challenges to pull off - making Aquaman's togs look cool and finding someone who can both act and look good in nothing but swim trunks and ankle wings. It's a lot to overcome, but if done with care we could have a superhero movie unlike any other. I'm betting we see one of them as a co-star in a team flick before a solo outing though.
Aquaman all the way, baby! Love the cover!
ReplyDeleteA Namor movie might be more successful if he wore the sharkskin suit from the early SVTU issues.
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ReplyDeleteAnother AWESOME cover.
I just picked up The New 52 Aquaman yesterday and let me just say that I hope Geoff Johns is in it for the long haul. I liked his work on Green Lantern. He made Green Lantern a must read for me.
As far as an Aquaman movie, I doubt that DC will do what Marvel has been doing. I see Aquaman in a Justice League movie before his own solo one.
I see Namor in a solo film.
I think it will be a race to see which one hits screens first.
Honestly, I'm betting on Namor. Once Disney/Marvel sees the results of Avengers. They will start to develop properties for film like Namor. I imagine we'll see a flood of marvel hero films.
I would totally see an Aquaman animated film. DC's animated films are much better than live-action.
Howabout some characters from Star Wars meets some characters from Star Trek & Battlestar Galactica?
ReplyDeleteAll three series will make appearances...
ReplyDelete@Davesez: Aquaman obviously won.
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