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HOLY SH*T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I completely FORGOT I wrote this!
Aquaman Can Breathe Underwater For One Disgusting Reason
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Warning: Minor SPOILERS for Aquaman
If comic book nuts were hoping the Aquaman movie would explain his ability to breathe both on land and underwater, we've got good news and bad news. The explanation is a simple one... but more disgusting than Aquaman fans expected.
Screen Rant got to join director James Wan in the Aquaman editing bay, and see firsthand how the biology of a water-breather would be solved. The first hurdle is easy enough to explain: Yes, Atlanteans like Aquaman are equipped to breathe water just as easily as air. But the only thing weirder than the unexpected, wondrously gross side effect... is the fact that the science behind underwater breathing is totally true.
Aquaman fans, get ready for water-vomit.
Before we get to explaining why human beings can already "breathe" liquid like air, it should go without saying that if you're exploring the science of Aquaman, you're willing to suspend some disbelief. But rather than write off the nuances of an underwater civilization, which they probably could, Wan's team has come up with some surprisingly detailed ways of using the habitat to their benefit. Yes, Aquaman's underwater scenes have changed since Justice League - but the best detail we caught was when Atlantean shifted from breathing one substance to the other.
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RELATED: New Aquaman Scene Descriptions & Plot Details
When Arthur's human father discovered Queen Atlanna washed up in a massive storm, as is shown in the first Aquaman trailer, it wasn't shocking to see her regain consciousness, and expel two lungs' worth of water before passing out once more. But when our preview of the Arthur/Orm fight showed Mera suddenly surrounding the villain with a bubble of air, and him also vomiting out a stream of seawater, we had to ask Wan the pressing question. What's the deal with this Atlantean water-vomit?
People would ask me, you know, 'So when they talk, is it bubbles that come out of their mouth?' And I'm like, 'No because there's no air in your lungs, so there wouldn't be any bubbles.' Right? So then in that sequence where you saw Mera open up this air pocket... when [Orm] lands in that, he's breathing air. The first thing he does is, he's in an air pocket, so he'd puke out all the water that's in his lungs. So that's the first step. We think about all these little details and stuff like that. And then when he's screaming [when the water returns], we want bubbles coming out of his mouth because now there's actually air in his lungs.
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The question we didn't get an answer to is whether every shot of Jason Momoa or Amber Heard, majestically exiting the surf on a sun-drenched beach, would be cut short by the need for them to hunch over and heave up the water preventing their lungs from intaking and expelling air. We're going to assume the movie will either ignore that reality, or offer a quick excuse (hopefully after Arthur's origin story allows for at least one fantasy-busting aqua-barfing).
So, as we alluded to above, is Aquaman's ability to breathe saltwater just as easily as air total comic book fantasy, which the movie will similarly take as a given? Or is it based in actual science, and explained away thanks to the way Atlanteans in the DCEU evolved? Well, no sense in keeping the suspense: Yes, breathing water is scientifically sound for everyday humans already - but Aquaman has an edge.
Aquaman Can Breathe Underwater For One Disgusting Reason
THE REAL SCIENCE OF BREATHING UNDERWATER LIKE AQUAMAN
Most human beings will take their ability to breathe air as a given, and unless they possess a keen interest in marine biology, will never stop to compare how humans and aquatic life harvest oxygen to stay alive. On a broad level, the fact is that most marine mammals (to keep this comparison simple) effectively "breathe" water in the same way we breathe air already. Where our lungs are designed to absorb the small amounts of oxygen and exhale the rest, marine animals like sharks, dolphins, and whales absorb oxygen from water and exhale the rest. So where is the difference? Why can't humans inhale water, and extract oxygen from it, instead?
Well, we actually can. And believe it or not, we've been able to do it for decades. As far back as the days when James Cameron was filming The Abyss, in which super-deep sea divers breathed "liquid air" to keep themselves from being crushed under the water pressure. And when the film showed a character submerge a pet rat in this "liquid air" until it started to inhale, animal rights groups went into a frenzy.
Clearly the filmmakers drowned a rat on film, to "prove" this science fiction subplot... right?
Wrong. The rat really was breathing an oxygen-rich liquid, once the instinctive panic subsided and its tiny brain realized a rat's lungs can absorb oxygen from liquids, just as the film's characters claimed. And after the rat went for its swim, letting the liquid drain from its lungs to be replaced by air once more was also just as real as it seemed. The film was sharing with moviegoers the very real experiments being conducted at the time, which make the idea of a human being breathing water plausible.
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So... why aren't we? Why are Atlanteans like Aquaman still special? There's actually two major problems that Atlanteans in DC's Universe would have to have solved.
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Given the real science, and the physiological barriers us humans can't overcome, it makes sense that Wan's explanation for Atlanteans hinges specifically on evolution:
In our story Atlanteans, because they were surface-dwellers at one point, they evolved slightly different. So we used that to differentiate a caste system. Like the high-born evolved slightly different to the people lower than them.
Fans have already gotten some looks at Aquaman's less-evolved descendants of Atlantis in marketing, but if the science isn't sound, it is at least plausible, or easy to imagine. The number of Atlanteans who perished when Atlantis fell into the ocean isn't known just yet. Those who survived had the fortitude to endure both air and water, and the lungs to take the necessary oxygen from both.
Did the Atlanteans who could breathe only water form a lower class, confined to the seas? Does Arthur's human father make him better suited to survive, and thrive in the air than the Atlanteans he will be fighting for the throne? And most importantly, does his shared ancestry make water-vomiting an unnecessary buzz kill?
For those answers, we'll have to wait until Aquaman hits theaters. Until then, be sure to read the rest of our coverage and descriptions of the Aquaman footage we saw during our visit.
- BY ANDREW DYCE
- – ON SEP 24, 2018
- IN SR ORIGINALS
ADVERTISING
Warning: Minor SPOILERS for Aquaman
If comic book nuts were hoping the Aquaman movie would explain his ability to breathe both on land and underwater, we've got good news and bad news. The explanation is a simple one... but more disgusting than Aquaman fans expected.
Screen Rant got to join director James Wan in the Aquaman editing bay, and see firsthand how the biology of a water-breather would be solved. The first hurdle is easy enough to explain: Yes, Atlanteans like Aquaman are equipped to breathe water just as easily as air. But the only thing weirder than the unexpected, wondrously gross side effect... is the fact that the science behind underwater breathing is totally true.
Aquaman fans, get ready for water-vomit.
- This Page: Vomiting Lets Aquaman Breathe Water
- Next Page: The TRUE Science of Breathing Underwater
Before we get to explaining why human beings can already "breathe" liquid like air, it should go without saying that if you're exploring the science of Aquaman, you're willing to suspend some disbelief. But rather than write off the nuances of an underwater civilization, which they probably could, Wan's team has come up with some surprisingly detailed ways of using the habitat to their benefit. Yes, Aquaman's underwater scenes have changed since Justice League - but the best detail we caught was when Atlantean shifted from breathing one substance to the other.
ADVERTISING
RELATED: New Aquaman Scene Descriptions & Plot Details
When Arthur's human father discovered Queen Atlanna washed up in a massive storm, as is shown in the first Aquaman trailer, it wasn't shocking to see her regain consciousness, and expel two lungs' worth of water before passing out once more. But when our preview of the Arthur/Orm fight showed Mera suddenly surrounding the villain with a bubble of air, and him also vomiting out a stream of seawater, we had to ask Wan the pressing question. What's the deal with this Atlantean water-vomit?
People would ask me, you know, 'So when they talk, is it bubbles that come out of their mouth?' And I'm like, 'No because there's no air in your lungs, so there wouldn't be any bubbles.' Right? So then in that sequence where you saw Mera open up this air pocket... when [Orm] lands in that, he's breathing air. The first thing he does is, he's in an air pocket, so he'd puke out all the water that's in his lungs. So that's the first step. We think about all these little details and stuff like that. And then when he's screaming [when the water returns], we want bubbles coming out of his mouth because now there's actually air in his lungs.
ADVERTISING
The question we didn't get an answer to is whether every shot of Jason Momoa or Amber Heard, majestically exiting the surf on a sun-drenched beach, would be cut short by the need for them to hunch over and heave up the water preventing their lungs from intaking and expelling air. We're going to assume the movie will either ignore that reality, or offer a quick excuse (hopefully after Arthur's origin story allows for at least one fantasy-busting aqua-barfing).
So, as we alluded to above, is Aquaman's ability to breathe saltwater just as easily as air total comic book fantasy, which the movie will similarly take as a given? Or is it based in actual science, and explained away thanks to the way Atlanteans in the DCEU evolved? Well, no sense in keeping the suspense: Yes, breathing water is scientifically sound for everyday humans already - but Aquaman has an edge.
Aquaman Can Breathe Underwater For One Disgusting Reason
- BY ANDREW DYCE
- – ON SEP 24, 2018
- IN SR ORIGINALS
THE REAL SCIENCE OF BREATHING UNDERWATER LIKE AQUAMAN
Most human beings will take their ability to breathe air as a given, and unless they possess a keen interest in marine biology, will never stop to compare how humans and aquatic life harvest oxygen to stay alive. On a broad level, the fact is that most marine mammals (to keep this comparison simple) effectively "breathe" water in the same way we breathe air already. Where our lungs are designed to absorb the small amounts of oxygen and exhale the rest, marine animals like sharks, dolphins, and whales absorb oxygen from water and exhale the rest. So where is the difference? Why can't humans inhale water, and extract oxygen from it, instead?
Well, we actually can. And believe it or not, we've been able to do it for decades. As far back as the days when James Cameron was filming The Abyss, in which super-deep sea divers breathed "liquid air" to keep themselves from being crushed under the water pressure. And when the film showed a character submerge a pet rat in this "liquid air" until it started to inhale, animal rights groups went into a frenzy.
Clearly the filmmakers drowned a rat on film, to "prove" this science fiction subplot... right?
Wrong. The rat really was breathing an oxygen-rich liquid, once the instinctive panic subsided and its tiny brain realized a rat's lungs can absorb oxygen from liquids, just as the film's characters claimed. And after the rat went for its swim, letting the liquid drain from its lungs to be replaced by air once more was also just as real as it seemed. The film was sharing with moviegoers the very real experiments being conducted at the time, which make the idea of a human being breathing water plausible.
ADVERTISING
So... why aren't we? Why are Atlanteans like Aquaman still special? There's actually two major problems that Atlanteans in DC's Universe would have to have solved.
- The oxygen-rich version of breathable liquid humans need doesn't occur naturally, and
- Our lungs aren't made to easily switch from air to liquid
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Given the real science, and the physiological barriers us humans can't overcome, it makes sense that Wan's explanation for Atlanteans hinges specifically on evolution:
In our story Atlanteans, because they were surface-dwellers at one point, they evolved slightly different. So we used that to differentiate a caste system. Like the high-born evolved slightly different to the people lower than them.
Fans have already gotten some looks at Aquaman's less-evolved descendants of Atlantis in marketing, but if the science isn't sound, it is at least plausible, or easy to imagine. The number of Atlanteans who perished when Atlantis fell into the ocean isn't known just yet. Those who survived had the fortitude to endure both air and water, and the lungs to take the necessary oxygen from both.
Did the Atlanteans who could breathe only water form a lower class, confined to the seas? Does Arthur's human father make him better suited to survive, and thrive in the air than the Atlanteans he will be fighting for the throne? And most importantly, does his shared ancestry make water-vomiting an unnecessary buzz kill?
For those answers, we'll have to wait until Aquaman hits theaters. Until then, be sure to read the rest of our coverage and descriptions of the Aquaman footage we saw during our visit.
Aquaman Preview: New Scene Descriptions & Plot Details
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Warning: SPOILERS for Aquaman
The mystery of DC's Aquaman has been partly solved, now that we know how several key scenes involving Arthur's mother, and the hero's own trip to Atlantis will factor into the bigger story. Arranged marriages, broken families, and genuine chemistry are making the Aquaman movie seem more and more like the old-fashioned adventure DC may need.
Screen Rant got the chance to visit with director James Wan in the Aquamanediting bay, previewing a number of scenes and breaking down how each sneak peek will turn the former laughing stock of superheroes into something new, something fun, and something we're dying to see the rest of. But for the fans who couldn't see this new footage for themselves, we're breaking down the scenes and the surprisingly key plot details they reveal.
Needless to say, there will be SPOILERS for Aquaman ahead.
After getting another look at the footage of Aquaman shown in Hall H at this year's Comic-Con, we move onto what looks to be the very opening of the movie, beginning with Jason Momoa narrating the very start of Arthur Curry's origin story. There are only a handful of shots featuring Arthur's parents Tom (Temuera Morrison) and Queen Atlanna (Nicole Kidman). Fans have seen brief shots of Atlanna washing up on the shore during a massive storm, and Tom picking her up and carrying her indoors.
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After coughing up enough water to embarrass a lifeguard - the first glimpse of the explanation for how Aquaman can breathe air and water - Atlanna awakens the following day, completely disoriented and more than a little confused at the furry, four-legged, wagging creature living with Tom in his home.
RELATED: Aquaman's Hall H Footage is WAY Better Than The Trailer
The romance is understandably fast-forwarded, with Tom explaining the concept of coffee and television (the latter of which Atlanna spears with her massive quindent), before love soon blossoms, and the pair are shown in bed together - Atlanna's belly swollen to fit the growing Arthur.
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As Momoa's narration warns that this union - "a love that should never have been" - may come with a price, the early days of parenthood seem happy enough. Atlanna now donning land-dweller clothing, and considering what to name their son (Arthur goes over well with both parents). Sadly, this picture of domestic bliss can't last.
FIRST ATLANNA FIGHT & HER DEPARTURE
The peaceful seaside home is obliterated in an instant, both figuratively and (at least somewhat) literally. As one wall of the house explodes from an outside attack, the armed guards of Atlantis arrive reciting orders to take Atlanna into custody and return her to Atlantis. The shot of an Atlantean boot crushing a family photo now tossed to the floor isn't exactly subtle, but it gets the point across. Atlanna tells Tom to toss her the quindent she brought with her to shore, and flee with Arthur to safety.
What follows next is an extended fight sequence as Atlanna dismantles the Atlanteans one by one, punctuated by a single long take, following Atlanna as she leaps and slides from one side of the house to the other, kicking, punching, and using her enemies' weapons against them. Eventually, she has subdued every Atlantean... but the point is still made: this home is no longer safe, so long as she lives there. Returning to the Atlantean bodysuit she arrived in, Atlanna gives Arthur and Tom one last embrace, leaves behind her quindent, and promises her husband that she will return when it's safe.
She doesn't, we soon learn, along with the true scale of the damage her actions have wrought on more than one would-be hero.
Aquaman Preview: New Scene Descriptions & Plot Details
ARTHUR & ORM HAVE A HEART-TO-HEART
The next scene takes place in the "ring of fire" shown in trailers and promotional stills, as Arthur stands face to face with Orm (Patrick Wilson), his half-brother and current occupant of the throne of Atlantis. The scene actually begins with Orm and Mera having words before the coming fight, as the king offers her a piece of jewelry that belonged to his mother, Atlanna. Mera's response is one of anger, suggesting that she and Orm grew up together since childhood, but clearly holding different opinions of his mother.
RELATED: Ocean Master's Army & Battle Details
Queen Atlanna would be ashamed of Orm's actions, Mera claims, since he is practicing ideologies completely opposed to what she advocated. Orm is unmoved, sending Mera away while revealing that she is intended to be his bride, and future Queen of Atlantis. It's unclear how much of that arrangement Arthur is aware of when he's ushered into this lava-filled room, but he has his own words for Orm.
Their exchange isn't hostile, conveying more depth of character and storytelling than any other (far less fantastical or 'whimsical' than the prologue). When Arthur tells Orm that he spent his entire life wishing he could meet his little brother, and tell him he wasn't alone, the words have a visible impact on the apparent villain. When Arthur regretfully says he now wishes he knew "what a dick he'd turn out to be," it's not delivered as the punchline it could be. When Orm responds by defining Arthur as the reason their mother was - SPOILER - executed, it becomes obvious that both sides of this dispute have reason to feel justified.
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Orm respects Arthur's claim to the throne, but the half-land-dweller must convince Atlantis that he is a worthy king by defeating his true Atlantean kin. A task easier said than done, which is why Orm seems to convincingly ask Arthur to take his offer: leave Atlantis, and never return. Arthur refuses, and with one last expletive to himself, heads up into the battle.
ARTHUR & ORM FIGHT
It's here where James Wan and his team dive headlong into fantasy once again, as the massive gladiator arena is placed amongst/throughout massive rock statues of armored warriors. The lights used to illuminate the action for the crowd? Jellyfish. The warlike drumming to set the mood? Played by octopus, rhythmically pounding like a mature take on Disney's "Under The Sea." And Orm is done playing nice.
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The slamming together of the two fighters' tridents to begin the fight is shown in the trailer (not the impact shockwave, which comes later, caused by Arthur and Orm smashing into each other head on). Orm notes that Arthur uses his mother's weapon: strong, elegant, but flawed - like her. He instead uses his father's weapon, which has known only victory. The brawl that follows is a promising use of the freedom water affords, which we cover in great detail in our look at how Aquaman's underwater fighting differs from Justice League.
But before Orm is able to defeat the seriously-unprepared Arthur, Mera leaps from her balcony to intervene. Creating a massive column of air (as she did in Justice League) Orm is temporarily disarmed. As she sends the water slamming back down on top of him, Arthur hops into her aquatic getaway car, and they're off.
ARTHUR & MERA HEAD TO THE DESERT
The final scene shown to us as part of our visit appears to be an uncut version of Arthur and Mera skydiving out of their airplane over the Sahara desert. The new detail is the pocket sized, holographic map Mera is using to track an unknown target (a sign of Atlantean technology far beyond mankind's). Despite being in the middle of a massive desert, she bolts upright to exclaim that they have "arrived" over the desired location, and leaps from the plane. Following after her, both Mera and Arthur slam into the sand without parachutes - confirming just how much more durable they are than regular humans.
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The scene that follows consists solely of Mera and Arthur picking their way across the sands to wherever it is Mera is taking them (a spot fans now know is the lost Atlantean temple swallowed up by the sand). As Arthur laments her decision to put them in as isolated and barren a place as can be found on Earth, Mera mocks Arthur for choosing such a surface world to inhabit. Momoa's frustrated replies that not ALL of the surface world is desert, and Heard's own pestering over mankind's tendency to pollute and poison shows how their chemistry can rise to crowd-pleasing levels.
The selling point of their banter is Momoa's own energy and charisma, with Heard's aside to nobody that 'Atlantis is in trouble' if he's their best hope rings more old-fashioned than modern action-adventure, but with Romancing The Stone as one of Wan's biggest inspirations, we supposed that's to be expected.
- BY ANDREW DYCE
- – ON SEP 24, 2018
- IN SR ORIGINALS
ADVERTISING
Warning: SPOILERS for Aquaman
The mystery of DC's Aquaman has been partly solved, now that we know how several key scenes involving Arthur's mother, and the hero's own trip to Atlantis will factor into the bigger story. Arranged marriages, broken families, and genuine chemistry are making the Aquaman movie seem more and more like the old-fashioned adventure DC may need.
Screen Rant got the chance to visit with director James Wan in the Aquamanediting bay, previewing a number of scenes and breaking down how each sneak peek will turn the former laughing stock of superheroes into something new, something fun, and something we're dying to see the rest of. But for the fans who couldn't see this new footage for themselves, we're breaking down the scenes and the surprisingly key plot details they reveal.
Needless to say, there will be SPOILERS for Aquaman ahead.
- This Page: Aquaman's Parents Start His Story
- Page 2: Aquaman Fights Orm & Flees Atlantis
After getting another look at the footage of Aquaman shown in Hall H at this year's Comic-Con, we move onto what looks to be the very opening of the movie, beginning with Jason Momoa narrating the very start of Arthur Curry's origin story. There are only a handful of shots featuring Arthur's parents Tom (Temuera Morrison) and Queen Atlanna (Nicole Kidman). Fans have seen brief shots of Atlanna washing up on the shore during a massive storm, and Tom picking her up and carrying her indoors.
ADVERTISING
After coughing up enough water to embarrass a lifeguard - the first glimpse of the explanation for how Aquaman can breathe air and water - Atlanna awakens the following day, completely disoriented and more than a little confused at the furry, four-legged, wagging creature living with Tom in his home.
RELATED: Aquaman's Hall H Footage is WAY Better Than The Trailer
The romance is understandably fast-forwarded, with Tom explaining the concept of coffee and television (the latter of which Atlanna spears with her massive quindent), before love soon blossoms, and the pair are shown in bed together - Atlanna's belly swollen to fit the growing Arthur.
ADVERTISING
As Momoa's narration warns that this union - "a love that should never have been" - may come with a price, the early days of parenthood seem happy enough. Atlanna now donning land-dweller clothing, and considering what to name their son (Arthur goes over well with both parents). Sadly, this picture of domestic bliss can't last.
FIRST ATLANNA FIGHT & HER DEPARTURE
The peaceful seaside home is obliterated in an instant, both figuratively and (at least somewhat) literally. As one wall of the house explodes from an outside attack, the armed guards of Atlantis arrive reciting orders to take Atlanna into custody and return her to Atlantis. The shot of an Atlantean boot crushing a family photo now tossed to the floor isn't exactly subtle, but it gets the point across. Atlanna tells Tom to toss her the quindent she brought with her to shore, and flee with Arthur to safety.
What follows next is an extended fight sequence as Atlanna dismantles the Atlanteans one by one, punctuated by a single long take, following Atlanna as she leaps and slides from one side of the house to the other, kicking, punching, and using her enemies' weapons against them. Eventually, she has subdued every Atlantean... but the point is still made: this home is no longer safe, so long as she lives there. Returning to the Atlantean bodysuit she arrived in, Atlanna gives Arthur and Tom one last embrace, leaves behind her quindent, and promises her husband that she will return when it's safe.
She doesn't, we soon learn, along with the true scale of the damage her actions have wrought on more than one would-be hero.
Aquaman Preview: New Scene Descriptions & Plot Details
- BY ANDREW DYCE
- – ON SEP 24, 2018
- IN SR ORIGINALS
ARTHUR & ORM HAVE A HEART-TO-HEART
The next scene takes place in the "ring of fire" shown in trailers and promotional stills, as Arthur stands face to face with Orm (Patrick Wilson), his half-brother and current occupant of the throne of Atlantis. The scene actually begins with Orm and Mera having words before the coming fight, as the king offers her a piece of jewelry that belonged to his mother, Atlanna. Mera's response is one of anger, suggesting that she and Orm grew up together since childhood, but clearly holding different opinions of his mother.
RELATED: Ocean Master's Army & Battle Details
Queen Atlanna would be ashamed of Orm's actions, Mera claims, since he is practicing ideologies completely opposed to what she advocated. Orm is unmoved, sending Mera away while revealing that she is intended to be his bride, and future Queen of Atlantis. It's unclear how much of that arrangement Arthur is aware of when he's ushered into this lava-filled room, but he has his own words for Orm.
Their exchange isn't hostile, conveying more depth of character and storytelling than any other (far less fantastical or 'whimsical' than the prologue). When Arthur tells Orm that he spent his entire life wishing he could meet his little brother, and tell him he wasn't alone, the words have a visible impact on the apparent villain. When Arthur regretfully says he now wishes he knew "what a dick he'd turn out to be," it's not delivered as the punchline it could be. When Orm responds by defining Arthur as the reason their mother was - SPOILER - executed, it becomes obvious that both sides of this dispute have reason to feel justified.
ADVERTISING
Orm respects Arthur's claim to the throne, but the half-land-dweller must convince Atlantis that he is a worthy king by defeating his true Atlantean kin. A task easier said than done, which is why Orm seems to convincingly ask Arthur to take his offer: leave Atlantis, and never return. Arthur refuses, and with one last expletive to himself, heads up into the battle.
ARTHUR & ORM FIGHT
It's here where James Wan and his team dive headlong into fantasy once again, as the massive gladiator arena is placed amongst/throughout massive rock statues of armored warriors. The lights used to illuminate the action for the crowd? Jellyfish. The warlike drumming to set the mood? Played by octopus, rhythmically pounding like a mature take on Disney's "Under The Sea." And Orm is done playing nice.
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The slamming together of the two fighters' tridents to begin the fight is shown in the trailer (not the impact shockwave, which comes later, caused by Arthur and Orm smashing into each other head on). Orm notes that Arthur uses his mother's weapon: strong, elegant, but flawed - like her. He instead uses his father's weapon, which has known only victory. The brawl that follows is a promising use of the freedom water affords, which we cover in great detail in our look at how Aquaman's underwater fighting differs from Justice League.
But before Orm is able to defeat the seriously-unprepared Arthur, Mera leaps from her balcony to intervene. Creating a massive column of air (as she did in Justice League) Orm is temporarily disarmed. As she sends the water slamming back down on top of him, Arthur hops into her aquatic getaway car, and they're off.
ARTHUR & MERA HEAD TO THE DESERT
The final scene shown to us as part of our visit appears to be an uncut version of Arthur and Mera skydiving out of their airplane over the Sahara desert. The new detail is the pocket sized, holographic map Mera is using to track an unknown target (a sign of Atlantean technology far beyond mankind's). Despite being in the middle of a massive desert, she bolts upright to exclaim that they have "arrived" over the desired location, and leaps from the plane. Following after her, both Mera and Arthur slam into the sand without parachutes - confirming just how much more durable they are than regular humans.
ADVERTISING
The scene that follows consists solely of Mera and Arthur picking their way across the sands to wherever it is Mera is taking them (a spot fans now know is the lost Atlantean temple swallowed up by the sand). As Arthur laments her decision to put them in as isolated and barren a place as can be found on Earth, Mera mocks Arthur for choosing such a surface world to inhabit. Momoa's frustrated replies that not ALL of the surface world is desert, and Heard's own pestering over mankind's tendency to pollute and poison shows how their chemistry can rise to crowd-pleasing levels.
The selling point of their banter is Momoa's own energy and charisma, with Heard's aside to nobody that 'Atlantis is in trouble' if he's their best hope rings more old-fashioned than modern action-adventure, but with Romancing The Stone as one of Wan's biggest inspirations, we supposed that's to be expected.
I remember that scene from “The Abyss” with the NAVY SEALS using that liquid stuff.
People forget that we as humans spend 9 months in our mothers womb submerged and breathing liquid.
People forget that we as humans spend 9 months in our mothers womb submerged and breathing liquid.
Man Mera better be fine in this movie too. Please no ugly scrawny white girls either.
Hmmm
Not as curvy as comic but she’ll definitely do. Props
I am okay with that choose. I just hope they do it right. A cartoon made Black Manta a fucking triple OG. Don't screw this up Warners.
Know way they can fuck this up.
I am okay with that choose. I just hope they do it right. A cartoon made Black Manta a fucking triple OG. Don't screw this up Warners.
what series is this from?
