Originally posted by Lek Kuen
Aqua Man is a household name. Albeit for the wrong reasons but still with marketing people may see it out of pure curiosity
Are you sure about that? Whenever I talk about Aquaman to my casual friends they don't even know who he is. I've only met one friend who is an actual fan. Not saying his movies wouldn't work, but I doubt todays generation even know who he is. For the exception of comic nerds, of course.
Originally posted by Golgo13Pretty much everyone I know both my age and my parents age knows Aquaman, which is why family guy and stuff makes jokes about him. Because people know him as a general concept. The younger kids, maybe not idk
Are you sure about that? Whenever I talk about Aquaman to my casual friends they don't even know who he is. I've only met one friend who is an actual fan. Not saying his movies wouldn't work, but I doubt todays generation even know who he is. For the exception of comic nerds, of course.
I'm not going to pretend that people know Aquaman as well as say, Superman, but like Lek said, he's popular enough and well known enough that Family Guy makes jokes about him. Robot Chicken does it too, though that's more of a niche market.
South Park parodied him. He was in Smallville. He almost got his own show. Then there's Entourage, and the most well-known version of him, which is from Super Friends.
Even Ferguson used to do an Aquaman segment, and Chris Rock used him as a joke in his Christopher Reeve set.
Like I said, he's not Superman level of being well-known, but he's definitely someone that the GA would be at least somewhat familiar with.
The only problem is getting rid of the whole "lame" stigma.
Originally posted by Golgo13
Aquaman is more known then say GOTG or even Martian Manhunter, but how are you determining that he is a household name? By just the people around you? And how well.known is he around the world?.
Originally posted by Golgo13
Are you sure about that? Whenever I talk about Aquaman to my casual friends they don't even know who he is. I've only met one friend who is an actual fan. Not saying his movies wouldn't work, but I doubt todays generation even know who he is. For the exception of comic nerds, of course.
Pretty sure most Americans know who Aquaman is TBH. Even my mom has referenced him once.
the bigger problem, imo, isn't that he's known, it's what he's known for.
They'd have to market the shit out of it to get people to see the trailer and think he'd be anything other than the Super Friends character, so what I would personally do is have him show up in say, a Wonder Woman or Flash solo movie first, to establish him and get him screen time.
As for stories you could use? There are at least a good dozen Aquaman stories that would be awesome on the big screen, imo, and would resonate with audiences.
Originally posted by ares834
Pretty sure most Americans know who Aquaman is TBH. Even my mom has referenced him once.
I think it might just be around where I live. Most of the demographs are Indians, Koreans, and hispanics (bay area) and I don't think they even care about super heroes.
Sure he's a joke and appears briefly on talk shows, but that doesn't really mean people are paying attention to it.
I could see them just giving him some awesome lines/scenes in JL. Have him steal almost every scene he's in. They may have to "alter" his personality a bit to really have him knock it out of the park with movie goers, but if they make him a scene stealer in JL the demand for a solo movie would likely go way up.
Originally posted by -Pr-
the bigger problem, imo, isn't that he's known, it's what he's known for.They'd have to market the shit out of it to get people to see the trailer and think he'd be anything other than the Super Friends character, so what I would personally do is have him show up in say, a Wonder Woman or Flash solo movie first, to establish him and get him screen time.
As for stories you could use? There are at least a good dozen Aquaman stories that would be awesome on the big screen, imo, and would resonate with audiences.
they will also have to differentiate themselves from Namor who is getting his own film first
Newsarama has Anti-Monitor for their most wished villain to be on the big screen. Anybody want to see him over Darkseid?
http://www.newsarama.com/15364-top-10-villains-we-want-to-see-in-comic-book-movies.html
Originally posted by Golgo13
Anybody want to see him over Darkseid?http://www.newsarama.com/15364-top-10-villains-we-want-to-see-in-comic-book-movies.html
yes. Its always good to take a different road than the obvious.
Originally posted by Golgo13
Newsarama has Anti-Monitor for their most wished villain to be on the big screen. Anybody want to see him over Darkseid?http://www.newsarama.com/15364-top-10-villains-we-want-to-see-in-comic-book-movies.html
it will most likely be darkseid, but if done well anti monitor would be a good villain
Originally posted by Golgo13
I think it might just be around where I live. Most of the demographs are Indians, Koreans, and hispanics (bay area) and I don't think they even care about super heroes.Sure he's a joke and appears briefly on talk shows, but that doesn't really mean people are paying attention to it.
If people get the reference, though, then that means they know of the character. They don't have to know his origin, that's what a movie is for.
Originally posted by JayDaDon
I could see them just giving him some awesome lines/scenes in JL. Have him steal almost every scene he's in. They may have to "alter" his personality a bit to really have him knock it out of the park with movie goers, but if they make him a scene stealer in JL the demand for a solo movie would likely go way up.
...Why would they have to alter him?
Originally posted by BruceSkywalker
they will also have to differentiate themselves from Namor who is getting his own film first
They should, but it's not exactly rocket science. Aquaman is very different from Namor bar being related to the ocean, and being strong.
Originally posted by -Pr-
If people get the reference, though, then that means they know of the character. They don't have to know his origin, that's what a movie is for....Why would they have to alter him?
They should, but it's not exactly rocket science. Aquaman is very different from Namor bar being related to the ocean, and being strong.
well both are white lol
if aquaman is written well as well as casted well he should around for several films
Originally posted by -Pr-...Why would they have to alter him?
Not really alter his history or anything, just add some "quirks" to help him steal the show like Quicksilver just did. I can't see him being that guy by being the usual straight shooter. The same way they made Tony Stark a little bit extra for the movies, they could inject some humor and arrogance into him (if the supposed Namor movie doesn't hit those notes first)