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@agent41: Nah, there's no way Patty Jenkins' heavy on dialogue/light on action approach can compete with ANYTHING in Aquaman. It's the DCEU's lead franchise now. She got lucky the first time around, lightning won"t strike twice. I'm pissed because DC ran away from WW like she was an embarassment and changed everything they could about her. Meanwhile Aquaman took an octopuss playing a drumset and made it fit. While they flat out refused to give WW fans comic book accuracy for their favorite character. It sucks!

Oh my God! Aquaman blew Wonder Woman out the water in first 10 minutes! Maaaaan visually that shit was beyond anything DC has ever made before. Eye candy doesn't begin to describe it. And the fights! Better than WW, MoS, JL and BvS! It had laughs, action, heart, good villains and a great love story. It was comic book accurate down to Topo the octopus playing the drums. People stood up and applauded when it was over. Amazing!

The only thing wrong was we left the theater wanting seafood and it was too late to get it.

I'm seeing Aquaman tomorrow so I'm not reading this thread yet. I am reading the Aquaman miniseries from the 80's with him wearing the camouflage costume right now though and I will say his mythos are better. He has so much more to draw on because the history of Atlantis is so vast. I thought I knew all there was to know from owning the complete Peter David series and a few New 52 issues, but I had hardly scratched the surface. The Atlantis Chronicles are next.

All that said Wonder Woman is more popular and hasn't been cancelled. Aquaman has been rebooted over and over again.

Al Ewing

It's already a hit in China with a 94 million dollar opening weekend. That plus the final trailer, plus the fond memories of Peter David's epic run and John's New 52 relaunch, plus me being Aquarius, ensures I'll be there opening day unless I'm dead or in jail!

You realize how cool something has to be to be purple and red, but still cool af?

I just read Thor #7, it showed how to effortlessly tell the story of a mythological warrior prince and make it epic and majestic. It took a setup as old as Thor himself and breathed new life into it with amazingly appropriate art. Then I looked again at Wonder Woman #58 and saw how badly we're getting gypped.

I didn't like it.

Yeah, as the third member of the Trinity I'd like Wonder Woman to be the deciding factor in a few DC crossover events instead of inconsequential like she is so much of the time.

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