# Should Aquaman get his own movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476 "2011-06-14T19:56:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/21 "2011-06-15T06:03:17Z")
**Balance** -Where is your movie theater, and when is this movie coming out? Cause I’ll be 1st in line for this! ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/22 "2011-06-15T07:49:24Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Some black guy who maybe controlled electricity (?) Black Vulcan. Later years had Firestorm and Cyborg(who was also Black). ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/23 "2011-06-15T07:59:08Z")
I say, why not, but then again I’ve had _Aquaman’s Lament_ stuck in my head for the past two weeks. I may just be waxing sympathetic. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/24 "2011-06-15T13:30:01Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > Whereas comic fans (and other superheroes) remember him as a wifebeater. And a general-purpose loon with entitlement issues. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/25 "2011-06-15T16:28:00Z")
No matter how many times you re-imagine his charactor to be seen as a badass, you throw enough Hostess® Fruit Pies at him, he’s done. ---
**Author:** ![beartato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@beartato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beartato)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/26 "2011-06-15T16:31:43Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Ha > > Hahaha > > Hahahahahaha This would have been my response 12 months ago. But have you _seen_ the Green Lantern trailers? He’s not much less ridiculous a character, and they haven’t done much to make the movie look bad ass. If it does well, I doubt Aquaman’s chance is far behind. Throw the words “gritty reboot”, “Aquaman”, and “tsunami” into the hopper and see what comes out. Story based on the Japanese earthquake/nuclear meltdown/radioactive stuff dumped in the water? How topical, let’s do it. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/27 "2011-06-15T16:32:47Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Superman was a franchise, ditto Batman, Wonder Woman WAS going to get made, but was scrapped, Captain America is coming out, Green Lantern just did. I’m 33, so I’m not up on my Justice League superheroes, who else am I missing? (Besides Iceman, another one who needs a flick) HOLD THE PHONE! Original Justice League (This Earth): **Green Lantern** - Movie is out **Superman** - Done and redone **Batman** - Ditto **Flash** - Coming in the near future **Wonder Woman** - Scrapped / Stalled? **Martian Manhunter** - Nope **Aquaman** - Subject of the thread Back to the OP: Aquaman should not, IMHO, but that won’t stop DC from making it. Aquatic film locations, CGI and green-screen goodies, Scantily-clad women. Sounds like it would be a underwater James Bond meets Avatar. And Iceman is Marvel (he is a member of the X-Men). Captain Cold is DC, but he is a villain. ---
**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/28 "2011-06-15T16:58:52Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Marvel Studios is on a roll and will probably eliminate any chance of an Aquaman film by green lighting a Sub-Mariner project that’s already in development. > [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Jokes…maybe if it was a comedy… I remember the [DC Vs. Marvel super-cross over thingy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_vs._Marvel) from about 15 years ago where all the major heroes had a one on one with their closest equivalent. Aquaman vs. Sub-Mariner was one of the shortest. Most of it was Namor mocking Aquaman mercilessly until Aquaman had a blue wale leap out on top of him. End of fight. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/29 "2011-06-15T17:13:54Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > Black Vulcan. Later years had Firestorm and Cyborg(who was also Black). Black Lightning…Jeffesron Pierce… Firestorm is Ronnie Raymond / Prof Martin something or other.. He might sound black, but he wasn’t… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/30 "2011-06-15T18:06:22Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > Black Lightning…Jeffesron Pierce… > > Firestorm is Ronnie Raymond / Prof Martin something or other.. He might sound black, but he wasn’t… The [second Firestorm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestorm_(Jason_Rusch)) was black. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/31 "2011-06-15T18:19:06Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The [second Firestorm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestorm_(Jason_Rusch)) was black. I am old. All of the superheroes in my DC Universe (Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-3, Earth-S, and Earth C (Home of Captain Marvel Bunny IIRC), with the exception of Cyborg, Black Lightning, and Tyroc are non-black. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/32 "2011-06-15T18:22:25Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > (Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-3, Earth-S, and Earth C), You might want to sit down for this… ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/33 "2011-06-15T18:23:35Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > You might want to sit down for this… Sitting, I am. Amaze me, you will? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/34 "2011-06-15T18:26:02Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > I am old. All of the superheroes in my DC Universe (Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-3, Earth-S, and Earth C (Home of Captain Marvel Bunny IIRC), with the exception of Cyborg, Black Lightning, and Tyroc are non-black. Earth C was the home of Captain Carrot & His Amazing Zoo Crew![1]. Earth C Minus was the home of the funny-animal Justice League (Just a Lotta Animals IIRC). I don’t know that the Captain Marvel Bunny world ever got an official designation. [1] The exclamation point is not optional. Also, you totally forgot Mal/Guardian/hornblower/whatever sad excuse for a power set they ended up trying out on him. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/35 "2011-06-15T18:26:23Z")
I defer this matter to the judgment of Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali: “Aquaman is lame!” ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/36 "2011-06-15T18:28:34Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Earth C was the home of Captain Carrot & His Amazing Zoo Crew![1]. Earth C Minus was the home of the funny-animal Justice League (Just a Lotta Animals IIRC). I don’t know that the Captain Marvel Bunny world ever got an official designation. > > [1] The exclamation point is not optional. You are correct. I confused my rabbits… but I do remember the C- “JLA”. Pig Iron was one of the members…I think his alter ego was Peter Porker (a swipe at Marvel, no doubt)… ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/37 "2011-06-15T18:33:19Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > Neither did I, but I do remember the C- “JLA”. Pig Iron was one of the members…I think his alter ego was Peter Porker (a swipe at Marvel, no doubt)… (why do I have this stored in my head?) Peter Porker was a Marvel-published funny-animal version of Spiderman. Pig-Iron’s alter ego was [— Tom gives up on his memory and runs to wikipedia —] Peter Porkchops; he was a character in a 1950s-era funny animal comic book that DC published. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/38 "2011-06-15T18:34:49Z")
It was Peter Porkchops…couldn’t edit in time…dammit… ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/39 "2011-06-15T18:37:48Z")
Here’s a [clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwj_L8o6WyY) from the trailer. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-aquaman-get-his-own-movie/585476/40 "2011-06-15T18:39:38Z")
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