Poll: Would You Say Aquaman Is No Longer Considered Lame?

[Cicada 5]

While I've never been a fan of Aquaman,I've never considered him completely lame (just mostly)

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I mean, Cthullu doesn't exist and sharks are easily avoidable and beatable.

I mean Krypton doesn't exist either, but Superman's power isn't "Yeah he can talk to Cthullu". That'd be lame.

Superman is as much a fiction as Cthulu. What does and does not exist is irrelevant when it comes to fiction.

 

[Radoh]

No, and it never will be, he was always a punching bag and a punching bag he will remain. If anything it only makes it worse that they keep trying to make him more powerful, because that's what DC Comics needs after all, more world juggling gods.
By making him the Superman of the Sea, all they've done is make him a boring punching bag.

You know he was only the punching bag in Superfriends right

Superfriends came out in 1973, and his status as a punching bag has persisted into 2016.
His status as a punching bag is older than most people on this site.

I wouldn't say it persisted the only show that still makes fun of him is Robot Chicken

The internet continues to make him into a punching bag, since that's the whole purpose of this thread.

Uh, hello?

Spoiler: Jason Momoa

I'd say if nothing else they found a way to translate Aquaman to something that would be well received by the fickle cinematic audience. Genuinely can't wait for this.

So far all we've seen of this Aquaman is him staring at a camera for a couple seconds before doing the Superman flying away thing, but underwater. There's no reason to assume he'll be any good, especially given the Goyer/Snyder-verse isn't very good in the first place.

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

I'm a fan of Aquaman, I liked him in Justice League as a warrior king and I liked him in Brave and the Bold as the mother-fuckin' life of the party. He also has memorable cameo in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths where he seems a fusion of the two.


I don't think he's lame, and most people that do (not all, some fans know him backwards and still hate him) are fairly ignorant of his laundry list of powers - and that includes military power.

Also his wife is like the most hardcore waterbender fucking ever, and she's got a cruel streak too.

 

[Thaluikhain]

I mean, Cthullu doesn't exist and sharks are easily avoidable and beatable.

I mean Krypton doesn't exist either, but Superman's power isn't "Yeah he can talk to Cthullu". That'd be lame.

Superman is as much a fiction as Cthulu. What does and does not exist is irrelevant when it comes to fiction.

Also that's fan art, by the looks of it, so not even Cthullu.

Also, Cthullu is no longer interesting if some random superhero can summon it up.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Honestly I never watch the Superfriend so I don't really know how lame he is. Granted my initial reaction toward him was saying his power was limited to water base only.

These days however I do got respect for him from the animated series (JL and BTBatB) and film (Throne of Atlantis).

 

[Glongpre]

Also, Cthullu is no longer interesting if some random superhero can summon it up.

Yeah so it basically leaves the most impressive picture of Aquaman being that one where the sharks are leaping out of the water to eat some flying creatures.

The counter to that isn't even beating the sharks. It's "fly a few feet higher above water".

I'm pretty sure that is supposed to be the Kraken.

And Aquaman will always be kinda lame, just because his greatest strength is when he is in the ocean, but most conflicts happen on land or space. He is a super situational hero. Which I think is fine.

 

[mecegirl]

Based on what I have seen/read in newer comics and cartoons he isn't uncool at all. It will most likely take this new movie to give him a new reputation though.

Unfortunately for Aquaman his side characters all have the ability to manipulate water so they do come off as cooler than he does.

 

[happyninja42]

They were ALL lame in Superfriends, because Superfriends was lame. Singling out Aquaman from that line of poorly written/voiced characters is unfair.

I never found him lame, a dude who literally rules 75% of the earth, has super strength, and is pretty invulnerable to injury is hardly lame. The fact that writers who all happen to be land bound humans can't come up with compelling stories that involve the oceans and the King of the Seas, doesn't make the character lame. It just highlights their lack of creativity.

 

[Madner Kami]

Also, Cthullu is no longer interesting if some random superhero can summon it up.

Yeah so it basically leaves the most impressive picture of Aquaman being that one where the sharks are leaping out of the water to eat some flying creatures.

The counter to that isn't even beating the sharks. It's "fly a few feet higher above water".

I'm pretty sure that is supposed to be the Kraken.

And Aquaman will always be kinda lame, just because his greatest strength is when he is in the ocean, but most conflicts happen on land or space. He is a super situational hero. Which I think is fine.

So super-situational, that he can only be useful on about 70% of earth's surface...Or 99% of earth's non-subterrenean volume.

 

[Thaluikhain]

So super-situational, that he can only be useful on about 70% of earth's surface...Or 99% of earth's non-subterrenean volume.

Sure, only that's not the natural habitat of the writers or the intended audiences. Aliens attack New York, not an empty space in the Pacific.

 

[happyninja42]

So super-situational, that he can only be useful on about 70% of earth's surface...Or 99% of earth's non-subterrenean volume.

Sure, only that's not the natural habitat of the writers or the intended audiences. Aliens attack New York, not an empty space in the Pacific.

Considering how often comic book stories take place in totally fictional outer space, that is entirely made up wholesale by the writers, I see no reason they couldn't plop those same stories in a fictional "under the sea" setting. I mean they ignore the rules of astrophysics and stellar dynamics all the time for the sake of the story, and they know just as little about actual space as they do about the ocean. Now I will grant you that we are biased to "land based" stories, given our land based nature, but given how often their story in space boils down to "a city in a bubble, floating in space", no reason they could do "a city in a bubble, floating in the ocean".

 

[hermes]

I am not a fan, but I never considered him lame.

Besides, this moment always makes me smile:

Also, Cthullu is no longer interesting if some random superhero can summon it up.

Yeah so it basically leaves the most impressive picture of Aquaman being that one where the sharks are leaping out of the water to eat some flying creatures.

The counter to that isn't even beating the sharks. It's "fly a few feet higher above water".

I'm pretty sure that is supposed to be the Kraken.

And Aquaman will always be kinda lame, just because his greatest strength is when he is in the ocean, but most conflicts happen on land or space. He is a super situational hero. Which I think is fine.

So is Batman. Take him out of the eternally gloomy and dark Gotham, and his super-ninja stealth skills become redundant.

And even without water, he still has super strength, near invulnerability, an army and fights with a motherfucking magical trident.

 

[SirSullymore]

He was never lame, just an easy target for lazy people. If you read his books, you'll see he has the same potential as any hero.

 

[Bobular]

He's about as lame as Antman used to be, a good movie can do wonders for a characters reputation.

I quite liked the Aquaman from the Injustice game, so more of that kind please.

Maybe with a good movie he'll be cool to the next generation and Batman will be the lame one with a lame movie and all the kids will wonder how our generation thought Batman and Superman were the best characters of the Justice League when they think its obvious that Aquaman is the undisputed leader of the Justice League.

 

[Glongpre]

Also, Cthullu is no longer interesting if some random superhero can summon it up.

Yeah so it basically leaves the most impressive picture of Aquaman being that one where the sharks are leaping out of the water to eat some flying creatures.

The counter to that isn't even beating the sharks. It's "fly a few feet higher above water".

I'm pretty sure that is supposed to be the Kraken.

And Aquaman will always be kinda lame, just because his greatest strength is when he is in the ocean, but most conflicts happen on land or space. He is a super situational hero. Which I think is fine.

So super-situational, that he can only be useful on about 70% of earth's surface...Or 99% of earth's non-subterrenean volume.

Why are villains invading the ocean, unless it is one from his own gallery? They don't, unless they are in dire need of salt or something. My point was that there is a land bias (like the others have said). He is one hero, but 99% of the other heroes are more comfortable on land, so he may get 1/100 events happen directly in his domain, if you know what I mean.

Yea, he can still do stuff outside of water, but then why not show off a different hero that isn't missing one of his/her defining features?

So is Batman. Take him out of the eternally gloomy and dark Gotham, and his super-ninja stealth skills become redundant.

And even without water, he still has super strength, near invulnerability, an army and fights with a motherfucking magical trident.

Batman isn't situational, he has his goddamn stupid utility belt and ridiculous prepared-for-everything power.

 

[Frankster]

Count me in amongst those who think whenever they try to make him "dark" or "cool", then he becomes super lame.
BATB Aquaman on other hand... Is friggin amazing and I wish he was characterized in that directiom more often.

The weird part is by embracing the camp he becomes 10x more heroic imo then when he is angry aqua superman, that rousing song of heroism is truly rousing. In that version he could have no super powers but still be an amazing super hero through sheer charisma.

 

[McMarbles]

Somehow Batman managed to overcome the Batusi and Bat-Shark Repellent, but Aquaman is forever defined by that clip of him riding a giant seahorse.

It's a pretty major double-standard.

 

[Fox12]

Uh, hello?

Spoiler: Jason Momoa

I'd say if nothing else they found a way to translate Aquaman to something that would be well received by the fickle cinematic audience. Genuinely can't wait for this.

No way. That's even lamer then the Justice Friends version ever was. Now I want to make fun of him more : P

Aquaman will never be one of the cool kids. He will never be superman or batman. Trying to look cool is the least cool thing you can do. Making him look like Rob Zombie, or making him summon sharks, doesn't do him any favors. But that's okay. Because we love Aquaman just the way he is. Choking to death on a soda can wrapper.