The rehabilitation of Aquaman ’s public perception has been an ongoing appendage practically since the Superfriends iteration of the character got seared into the collective consciousness in the ‘ XC . The upcoming Aquaman pic is no dissimilar is still doing PR for the Riley B King of Atlantis , which intend now seahorses are forbid . They must become sea dragons .
Entertainment Weeklyhas a first tone at conception artistic production of Arthur ’s mount of choice in the movie , a liberal acclivity his antecedently trusted steedStorm the Seahorse . Because seahorse are n’t for big , beefy humankind like Arthur Curry , whoswims around shirtlessand knife thrust things with trident in the manliest of fashion . No ; such man , they get gargantuan , hulking , sea dragons !
I ’d say he ’s compensating for something , but it genuinely does feel like a lot of the Atlantean aesthetic in this plastic film is just to have the whole matter scream “ LOOK HOW KICKASS AQUAMAN IS PLEASE FORGET THAT FOUR - DECADE OLD CARTOON ” at you . And that ’s not me visualize , at least accord to Aquaman producer Peter Safran :
The idea was to turn on its head the idea of Aquaman riding a seahorse , take something for which he was mock and wrench it into something terrifying and telling , . He ’s a Xebellian beast but I would n’t be surprised if we saw Arthur ( Jason Momoa ) on one at some point …
See , told you they were compensating for something , and it just so happens that that something is Superfriends . And to be fair , it is a very nerveless - looking ocean beastie . We ’ll likely see some more sea dragons legal action this calendar week , when Aquaman crash into San Diego Comic - Con this Friday , ahead of the movie ’s theatrical release on December 21 .
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