CT-Rich
Contributor
I got around to watching Aquaman last night. Before I say anything else, I don’t want to hear jack about decompression obligations, water clarity Russian submarine designs or any anything related to fetishization of tech diving gear (other areas of fetishization are allowed.....).
Aquaman was one the seminal cartoons of my youth. Despite the terrible animation and metro-sexualized super hero, I loved the idea of being able to breath underwater and riding a giant seahorse. A couple of shows/movies really sparked my desire to become a dive. Star Trek was one. I realized diving was as close as I was ever going to get to outer space. JYC and flipper were also there, for pretty obvious reasons. Charlie’s Angels and The Deep, also for pretty obvious reasons....
This movie was a pretty fun retelling of the original cartoon. The plot was just as thin, but Jason Momoa got rid of the metro-sexualization of Aquaman, ditching Aqua-lad helped, too. What was it with creepily young side kicks in that era? Aqua-lad, Robin, Jimmy Olsen, I know it was a much more closeted time, but what was it with the repeated homoerotic subtext? I was always rooting for the female sidekicks to show up (thank god for Batgirl). Anyway, Mera was a pretty pretty good Aqua-lad replacement. This was not high art, but it did bring back a few fond memories of afternoons wasted in front of the TV.
What did you guy& gals think?
Aquaman was one the seminal cartoons of my youth. Despite the terrible animation and metro-sexualized super hero, I loved the idea of being able to breath underwater and riding a giant seahorse. A couple of shows/movies really sparked my desire to become a dive. Star Trek was one. I realized diving was as close as I was ever going to get to outer space. JYC and flipper were also there, for pretty obvious reasons. Charlie’s Angels and The Deep, also for pretty obvious reasons....
This movie was a pretty fun retelling of the original cartoon. The plot was just as thin, but Jason Momoa got rid of the metro-sexualization of Aquaman, ditching Aqua-lad helped, too. What was it with creepily young side kicks in that era? Aqua-lad, Robin, Jimmy Olsen, I know it was a much more closeted time, but what was it with the repeated homoerotic subtext? I was always rooting for the female sidekicks to show up (thank god for Batgirl). Anyway, Mera was a pretty pretty good Aqua-lad replacement. This was not high art, but it did bring back a few fond memories of afternoons wasted in front of the TV.
What did you guy& gals think?