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Welcome to the [Superhero] Thread, give us your Aquamanpinions

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    Kilroy wrote: »
    aquaman is a set of powers and an environment and a backstory with the personality of a sea sponge

    shaking my head at you here

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    VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    I HEAR AQUAMAN IS JUST A WASHED UP CHUMP OH HO PUNS

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    Theodore FlooseveltTheodore Floosevelt proud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelo dorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered User regular
    i thought vincent chase really brought a lot of pathos to the role

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    KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    outside of his appearance on Brave and the Bold, name me one iconic aquaman story

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
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    KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    don't get me wrong, brave and the bold aquaman is great, but that aquaman has never appeared in comic books

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Kilroy wrote: »
    outside of his appearance on Brave and the Bold, name me one iconic aquaman story
    Aquaman: Time and Tide by Peter David

    Aquaman: Sub Diego by Will Pfieffer

    the current Aquaman run by Jeff Parker

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Solar wrote: »
    List of things Solar is no longer allowed to talk about;

    Beards
    Thor
    The Beatles
    Subjective Morality
    Dungeons and Dragons
    Economic Theory
    The Colour Green

    If the Beatles were a D&D party, what would their alignments be

    If I was playing? Chaotic Dead

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    vegeta_666vegeta_666 CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2015
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Solar wrote: »
    List of things Solar is no longer allowed to talk about;

    Beards
    Thor
    The Beatles
    Subjective Morality
    Dungeons and Dragons
    Economic Theory
    The Colour Green

    If the Beatles were a D&D party, what would their alignments be

    John would be a Neutral Good Elf Rogue
    Paul would be Chaotic Good Human Druid
    Ringo would be Lawful Good Gnome/Halfling Sorcerer
    George would be Lawful Neutral Human Ranger

    Or they would all be Bards.

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    MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    hello i am here for the aquaman.

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    Aquaman's New 52 stuff has been consistently decent to at times even notably good, I think

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    AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    Hello Melding, you're on the air

    What is your Aquamanpinion

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Solar wrote: »
    Aquaman's New 52 stuff has been consistently decent to at times even notably good, I think
    Johns first couple of arcs were meeeeeehhhhh but I actually liked the Throne of Atlantis crossover quite a bit

    Orm was the best sympathetic villain he had written in ages and Arthur was super badass throughout

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    Hello I am currently running a marathon, I hear this is the place for some agua?

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Solar wrote: »
    Aquaman's New 52 stuff has been consistently decent to at times even notably good, I think
    Johns first couple of arcs were meeeeeehhhhh but I actually liked the Throne of Atlantis crossover quite a bit

    Orm was the best sympathetic villain he had written in ages and Arthur was super badass throughout

    I enjoyed the first two arcs quite a bit!

    Arthur and Mera are a cute couple and, well

    I am a romantic, really

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Solar wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Solar wrote: »
    Aquaman's New 52 stuff has been consistently decent to at times even notably good, I think
    Johns first couple of arcs were meeeeeehhhhh but I actually liked the Throne of Atlantis crossover quite a bit

    Orm was the best sympathetic villain he had written in ages and Arthur was super badass throughout

    I enjoyed the first two arcs quite a bit!

    Arthur and Mera are a cute couple and, well

    I am a romantic, really
    They are a cute couple!

    but the arcs were built around The Others and The Trench both of which are pretty crappy

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    KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    the first issue of new 52 aquaman had people cracking jokes about how he is useless and talks to fish right after watching him do superhero stuff

    it was so mind-boggling dumb

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Solar wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Solar wrote: »
    Aquaman's New 52 stuff has been consistently decent to at times even notably good, I think
    Johns first couple of arcs were meeeeeehhhhh but I actually liked the Throne of Atlantis crossover quite a bit

    Orm was the best sympathetic villain he had written in ages and Arthur was super badass throughout

    I enjoyed the first two arcs quite a bit!

    Arthur and Mera are a cute couple and, well

    I am a romantic, really
    They are a cute couple!

    but the arcs were built around The Others and The Trench both of which are pretty crappy

    Yeah they weren't that great, no lie

    I remember reading the book as it came out though and thinking "the character stuff here is really nice and satisfying to read"

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    Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited February 2015
    There's like 9 cosmic Marvel books right now. Captain Marvel will eventually return to Earth (as seen in Time Runs Out) and Cyclops likely will too; so that leaves Guardians, Guardians 3000, Guardians Team-Up, Rocket Raccoon, Star-Lord, Nova and Silver Surfer

    I wonder what the rest will do during Secret Wars. Nova and likely tied up in Infinity War, but will the rest be? Especially Silver Surfer?

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Kilroy wrote: »
    the first issue of new 52 aquaman had people cracking jokes about how he is useless and talks to fish right after watching him do superhero stuff

    it was so mind-boggling dumb
    No it didn't

    The cops asked if he needed some water after doing some superhero stuff, but that was because they were like HOLY SHIT IT'S AQUAMAN WHAT IS HAPPENING

    the lololol Aquaman stuff happened later when Arthur stopped by a diner and was from a dumb internet blogger

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    AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    Remember when Zack Snyder called into a radio show to tell them that they were wrong and Aquaman is totally cool and strong

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Kilroy wrote: »
    the first issue of new 52 aquaman had people cracking jokes about how he is useless and talks to fish right after watching him do superhero stuff

    it was so mind-boggling dumb
    No it didn't

    The cops asked if he needed some water after doing some superhero stuff, but that was because they were like HOLY SHIT IT'S AQUAMAN WHAT IS HAPPENING

    the lololol Aquaman stuff happened later when Arthur stopped by a diner and was from a dumb internet blogger

    Arthur was a cool guy about it though

    He just wanted to have a quiet bite to eat

    but he didn't kick off he just left because that shit isn't his thing

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    MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    AtomicTofu wrote: »
    Hello Melding, you're on the air

    What is your Aquamanpinion

    hey i'm just calling in to say i think aquaman is great and under rated and K99.8 IS THE GREAT RADIO STATION EVER WOOO

    also could you play some blue oyster cult?

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    KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Kilroy wrote: »
    the first issue of new 52 aquaman had people cracking jokes about how he is useless and talks to fish right after watching him do superhero stuff

    it was so mind-boggling dumb
    No it didn't

    The cops asked if he needed some water after doing some superhero stuff, but that was because they were like HOLY SHIT IT'S AQUAMAN WHAT IS HAPPENING

    the lololol Aquaman stuff happened later when Arthur stopped by a diner and was from a dumb internet blogger

    okay perhaps I miss-remembered how it happened

    but this exchange still occurred:

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    and it is still incredibly fucking stupid

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    CaptainNemoCaptainNemo Registered User regular
    Solar wrote: »
    I bet his tumblr is half photography reblogs and the other half redheads.

    "check out this sweet sepia image of a bird eating a plastic bag

    alright now here's a Lucy Collett photo-set"

    I looked up who that was.

    Wow.

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    AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    Melding wrote: »
    AtomicTofu wrote: »
    Hello Melding, you're on the air

    What is your Aquamanpinion

    hey i'm just calling in to say i think aquaman is great and under rated and K99.8 IS THE GREAT RADIO STATION EVER WOOO

    also could you play some blue oyster cult?

    http://youtu.be/1dF_5PMTods

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    No that guy is stupid (and it is intentional that he be so)

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    masterofmetroidmasterofmetroid Have you ever looked at a world and seen it as a kind of challenge?Registered User regular
    edited February 2015
    Well he doesn't

    He tells the fish what to do and they do it because king of the fucking seas

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    Honestly if I could change one thing about Aquaman it'd be that I'd just make him a telepath, no marine wildlife specific stuff

    Golden Age Superman with Telepathy and an indestructible razor sharp trident

    that's no joke!

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    KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    Solar wrote: »
    No that guy is stupid (and it is intentional that he be so)

    why is that guy in the story at all?

    why does the author feel the need to create a strawman character to voice the talks to fish joke so that aquaman can rebut it in the most lifeless way imaginable?

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Kilroy wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Kilroy wrote: »
    the first issue of new 52 aquaman had people cracking jokes about how he is useless and talks to fish right after watching him do superhero stuff

    it was so mind-boggling dumb
    No it didn't

    The cops asked if he needed some water after doing some superhero stuff, but that was because they were like HOLY SHIT IT'S AQUAMAN WHAT IS HAPPENING

    the lololol Aquaman stuff happened later when Arthur stopped by a diner and was from a dumb internet blogger

    okay perhaps I miss-remembered how it happened

    but this exchange still occurred:

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    and it is still incredibly fucking stupid
    I mean

    if you think it is, rock on

    but Aquaman is always fighting an uphill battle re: public opinion until that Super Friends stuff finally goes away

    and that series has been the longest running Aquaman series in over a decade and the most successful one (breaking the top 10 more than once) in longer and he's getting a movie out of it (cause Johns is still pretty involved with the DCMU stuff)

    so addressing the elephant in the room and going NAH THAT ISN'T TRUE worked

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    Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Here's hoping the Superfriends jokes die down once we see Jason Mamoa kick some ass as the King of Atlantis.

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    AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    Gonna snap those blogger necks so hard

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    Theodore FlooseveltTheodore Floosevelt proud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelo dorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered User regular
    i wish i could talk to fish

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    KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Kilroy wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Kilroy wrote: »
    the first issue of new 52 aquaman had people cracking jokes about how he is useless and talks to fish right after watching him do superhero stuff

    it was so mind-boggling dumb
    No it didn't

    The cops asked if he needed some water after doing some superhero stuff, but that was because they were like HOLY SHIT IT'S AQUAMAN WHAT IS HAPPENING

    the lololol Aquaman stuff happened later when Arthur stopped by a diner and was from a dumb internet blogger

    okay perhaps I miss-remembered how it happened

    but this exchange still occurred:

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    and it is still incredibly fucking stupid
    I mean

    if you think it is, rock on

    but Aquaman is always fighting an uphill battle re: public opinion until that Super Friends stuff finally goes away

    and that series has been the longest running Aquaman series in over a decade and the most successful one (breaking the top 10 more than once) in longer and he's getting a movie out of it (cause Johns is still pretty involved with the DCMU stuff)

    so addressing the elephant in the room and going NAH THAT ISN'T TRUE worked

    was superfriends a thing in the dc universe that aquaman would need to address it there?

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    UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    You know who is probably having a crap day today? Everyone at DC/WB. They were already so far behind Marvel on this, and now Marvel has their most iconic, most popular character home in the MCU?

    Welp.

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    MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    AtomicTofu wrote: »
    Melding wrote: »
    AtomicTofu wrote: »
    Hello Melding, you're on the air

    What is your Aquamanpinion

    hey i'm just calling in to say i think aquaman is great and under rated and K99.8 IS THE GREAT RADIO STATION EVER WOOO

    also could you play some blue oyster cult?

    http://youtu.be/1dF_5PMTods

    this was my second guess as to which song you'd post. but still points for going going with don't fear the reaper.

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    Also Arthur isn't lacking in personality he's just a reserved guy

    He doesn't really get involved in stuff he thinks is pointless. He doesn't say a lot. He's quiet and reserved and a bit wiser, more restrained, than the rest of them. He doesn't feel the need to wear his emotions or his pride on his sleeve. He doesn't express himself a lot. That's fine, a lot of people are like that, and actually relatively few superhero characters have that element to them.

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    ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    I wish I could talk to my cat

    Cause I love I'm so much

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Kilroy wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Kilroy wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Kilroy wrote: »
    the first issue of new 52 aquaman had people cracking jokes about how he is useless and talks to fish right after watching him do superhero stuff

    it was so mind-boggling dumb
    No it didn't

    The cops asked if he needed some water after doing some superhero stuff, but that was because they were like HOLY SHIT IT'S AQUAMAN WHAT IS HAPPENING

    the lololol Aquaman stuff happened later when Arthur stopped by a diner and was from a dumb internet blogger

    okay perhaps I miss-remembered how it happened

    but this exchange still occurred:

    kX2Xj49.jpg

    and it is still incredibly fucking stupid
    I mean

    if you think it is, rock on

    but Aquaman is always fighting an uphill battle re: public opinion until that Super Friends stuff finally goes away

    and that series has been the longest running Aquaman series in over a decade and the most successful one (breaking the top 10 more than once) in longer and he's getting a movie out of it (cause Johns is still pretty involved with the DCMU stuff)

    so addressing the elephant in the room and going NAH THAT ISN'T TRUE worked

    was superfriends a thing in the dc universe that aquaman would need to address it there?
    Nope

    but it was a thing in the for real universe that comic readers inhabit and still colors people's opinions about Aquaman

    so it was super clumsy, yeah

    but addressing it was absolutely a smart move, in regards to rebuilding Aquaman as a major player in the DCU

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