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The DC movie "Aquaman" has received rave reviews since it was released. From being ridiculed by suckman to now becoming the word-of-mouth savior of DCEU, DC fans can be said to be like Chinese New Year. The film presents an exquisite visual feast under the control of the director Wen Ziren, and the perfect restoration of the comic elements adds a lot to the film. The following easter eggs will come to dig out the comics that are hidden in the film. Details with Easter eggs!
Aquaman / Arthur Curry
Arthur Qureia (Arthur Curry) , namely Neptune (Aquaman) , also known as Aquaman , Suckman (Because it is often ridiculed Aquaman Sucks). Arthur book called Olin (Orin) , born in Maine Harbor Grace (Amnesty Bay), has a half-human and half-Atlantean descent. As the eldest son of Queen Atlanna, he is the true heir to the throne of Atlantis .
In the comics, Aquaman first appeared in the 73rd issue of More Fun Comics in 1941. At first, Aquaman was just the son of mankind, named Aquaman. He lived in the temple of Atlantis sinking under the sea. Through training and scientific experiments, he obtained superhuman powers and underwater breathing superpowers. Later, this version of Neptune was assigned to Earth No. 2 and was wiped out in the Infinite Earth Crisis event.
The Sea King of the Overworld (Arthur Curry) first appeared in 1956 "Adventure Comics" (Adventure Comics) No. 229. Born by the lighthouse keeper Tom Curry and Atlana, Arthur had the ability to breathe in the water and communicate with marine life since he was a child because of his mother's Atlantis descent. Under the guidance of his father, Arthur decided to become the guardian of the ocean and switched to the title "Aquaman" .
There are other different versions of the origin of Neptune. For example, in the Aquaman Special (1989) after the Infinite Earth Crisis event, Neptune was born by the wizard Atlanta (not the king) and Queen Atlanta, because of his natural blond hair. The superstitious Atlanteans regarded it as ominous (actually the king's father) and was abandoned on the reef. Later, he met and adopted the lighthouse keeper Tom Curry.
Aquaman is one of the founders of the Justice League of America (JLA) . Together with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter, they are also known as the "Seven Giants" of the Justice League. The Justice League has experienced many member reorganizations in history, and Neptune is a relatively solid member of the league and once served as the chairman of the league.
The image of Neptune in the comics has always been a standard handsome guy with short blond hair, until the image was greatly changed in the comics in the 1990s, and it became a downcast look with long hair and a beard.
In V5 of Aquaman , Aquaman’s left hand was placed in a piranha pond and bitten off , so he was fitted with a prosthesis with a harpoon.
Later, Neptune was murdered in "The Final Crisis", but was awakened by a black light in "The Darkest Night", and his left hand was restored.
However, in the subsequent "Day of the White", Aquaman was cut off by the black manta ray again . (Not only Star Wars and Marvel love severed hand stems...)
The movie "Aquaman" is mainly adapted from the new 52 series of comics . The origin story of Neptune in the new 52 has been reset again, similar to the setting of the golden age: Arthur Curry is the semi-human son of Tom Curry and Atlana, who has been shown as Atlantis since childhood Extraordinary ability of descendants.
After adulthood, Arthur learned his true identity, so he returned to the kingdom of Atlantis and replaced his half-brother Aum as king.
The movie version of Arthur Curry has long brown hair, strong muscles and dense tattoos. It is not so much a reference to the modeling in the comics, as it is a direct reference to the image of Jason Momoa himself (and Xu Jinjiang's Appearance).
In the film, after Arthur inherited the relics of the King of Atlanta, the shape of the gold armor perfectly restored the classic sea king image in the comics.
Speaking of Jason Momoa, in fact, before he became Neptune to rule the Seven Seas, he and Atlantis had a lot of roots, and he played in the American drama "Stargate: Atlantis" (Stargate: Atlantis) . A resident role.
Later, everyone to his more familiar role should be "Game of Thrones" in the sturdy champion . In "Aquaman", Arthur wakes up on a fishing boat with herbs on his injured chest, which is easily reminiscent of the fatal injury of King Quanyou Lima.
Aquaman's Trident
In the movie, the golden trident that Arthur is looking for is the relic left by the ancient king of Atlantis, Atlantis. The person who possesses this artifact is the ruler of the kingdom. In the comics, the trident symbolizing kingship is called "Trident of Neptune" (Trident of Neptune) , which has the ability to manipulate waves, change the weather, and launch lightning. The Sea King discovered it in the tomb of Atlanta, and has inherited the weapon of the previous king.
In the new 52 comics, Neptune has also used another artifact- the Trident of Poseidon (Trident of Poseidon) . From the appearance, this is the real trident, which was given to Arthur by Poseidon himself and possessed it. Divine power more powerful than Neptune's Trident.
Atlana’s weapon was called the "Mother Trident" , and Atlana left it to Arthur when she left the land. This fork was exactly the weapon that Sea King used in the "Justice League".
Talk to fish
In the film, childhood Arthur was teased for "talking to fish", which is a stalk that often appears in Neptune comics.
In "Justice League", Mr. Bruce also ridiculed Aquaman in this way, and he was lifted aloft.
In the comics, Neptune does not speak to fish. This is because the brain structure of fish is very rudimentary and cannot communicate with people at all. Neptune actually controls the behavior of marine creatures through telepathy .
In the movie, Arthur showed the ability to use sound waves to command marine creatures, and the real conversations with him were creatures with high intelligence (whales and sea monsters).
Tom Curry
In the movie, the lighthouse keeper Tom Curry rescued Atlantis Queen Atlanna on the coast. The two had a cross-racial love and gave birth to son Arthur Curry .
The origin of this paragraph comes from the Silver Age comic "Adventure Comics" Issue 260.
The new 52 series modified the encounter of Aquaman’s parents. In the new 52, Tom encountered a storm and was rescued by Atlanta .
It is mentioned in the movie that Tom Curry would stand alone on the dock every day, waiting for Atlanta, who promised to return. This is a plot from the new 52 comics.
Tom Curry ’s actor is Temula Morrison . Those who like Star Wars will definitely recognize him as Jango Fett, the bounty hunter Boba Fett in the prequel of Star Wars. Te's father.
It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time Morrison has appeared in a DC movie. He played the role of the fallen man Abin Sur in the 2011 "Green Lantern".
Atlanta
Aquaman 's mother , Atlanna, came from the Atlantis royal family and gave birth to her son Arthur after meeting true love Tom Curry on land. In order to protect the father and son from being harmed by the Atlanteans, Atlana chose to return to the bottom of the sea and gave birth to the king's second son Aum. But the king did not accept her birth of an illegitimate child on land, and ordered her to be sacrificed to the Haigou tribe for execution.
In the new 52 comics, after returning to Atlantis, Atlanna was forced to marry the captain of the Kingdom Guard, Orvax Marius, and gave birth to Arthur’s brother Om .
But this Ovak was not a good person. He was always violent with his wife and children, and even claimed to have killed Tom and Arthur. Atlana killed Ovak in a rage.
Later, Atlanta faked her death and retreated to a space called Pacifica, where she became the queen.
Atlanta is played by Oscar actress Nicole Kidman . Nicole also starred in DC movies before, playing the beautiful and moving heroine Chase Meridian in "Batman Forever" starring Fang Kimmer.
Aum/Lord of the Sea
Ocean Master (Ocean Master) , whose real name is OM (Orm) , a Sea King Arthur's half-brother. In the movie, Aum hates the destruction of marine ecology by human beings and attempts to declare war on the land world.
In the new 52 comics, Aum is the son of Queen Atlantis of Atlantis and the officer Ovak, who succeeded as king after Atlana's death. Aum was instilled in the story of terrestrial people cruelly to their tribe, so he hated mankind extremely.
Aum's feelings for his brother Arthur are complicated. He loves his brother, but he doesn't understand why Arthur always protects the landing site. In the comics, Aum once expressed his heart, that everything he did in his life was to save his brother . When he ascended to the throne, he established the Atlantis Expeditionary Force in order to find Arthur in the land world himself.
In the same way, Arthur loved his brother, but he did not accept Aum's brutal behavior towards humans. In the comic, Arthur mentioned that when he learned that he had a younger brother, he was happy that he was not alone . This sentence is also mentioned in the movie.
Once the US military’s missiles were deliberately tampered with and dropped into the city of Atlantis. In his anger, Om launched a war on land, killing many innocent civilians. Arthur took the Justice League to stop, and after defeating Aum, he regained the throne of Atlantis.
Orm in the movie is more brutal and ruthless than in the comics. He will kill his brother in order to achieve his goal. He even planned the human submarine attack behind his back.
Like Arthur, the origin of Aum's life experience has been rewritten many times in the comics. In the Silver Age, Aum was born to a human woman after the death of Atlana by Tom Curry. The Aum in this world does not have any superpowers, so he is very jealous of his brother who has the blood of Atlantis, and has always coveted Arthur's throne.
After the Crisis of Infinite Earth, Aum was born by the wizard Atlanta and another human woman (anyway, Arthur's half-brother was right). In order to seize the throne of Atlantis, Aum and Arthur fought each other, but the two did not know that each other was his brother at first.
James Wan film OM by the Queen actor Pat Harrison Wilson plays, he plays a superhero in "Watchmen" DC comic book in the owl .
Sea Queen/Meera
Mera is the lover of the Sea King, the queen of Atlantis, and the princess of the Zebel Kingdom.
The movie has repeatedly demonstrated Mera’s ability to control water bodies, which is Mera’s common skill in the comics.
Mera first appeared in the Silver Age comic "Aquaman" Issue 11 (1963) . In this version, she is the queen of Dimension Aqua (Zebel). On the earth, she met the Queen of the Sea and fought side by side and finally got married. She was born shortly afterwards. The next son, Arthur Curry II, is Aquababy .
Later, the black manta ray kidnapped and killed Aquababy, causing a rift between the sea king and Mera. During a quarrel, Sea King killed Mera by mistake. But in fact, Mera was not dead. She was heartbroken and decided to leave Aquaman and return to her kingdom.
In "The Day of the White", Mera was redesigned as the eldest princess of Zebel and was sent to Atlantis by the king to assassinate King Arthur. However, Mera fell in love with Arthur, so she chose Hide your true identity.
In the new 52 series, Arthur gave up the throne and returned to the lighthouse, while Mera followed him to live on land. But in the face of human disrespect for Arthur and her, Mera has always been unable to control her anger, which often causes misunderstandings and troubles.
In the movie, Mera is played by Amber Heard , who made a stunning appearance in "Justice League".
King Zebel / Nereus
In the comics, Nereus is the army commander of the Lost Kingdom Zebel. He has a marriage contract with the eldest princess Mera, but since Mera went to Atlantis and never returned, Nereus died in the king. After that, he ascended to the throne of Zebel.
In the movie, Nereus was changed to Mera's father, played by Dov Longer , and he became the first actor to appear in the DC movie universe and the Green Arrow universe (TV series).
Black Manta
Black Manta is a bounty hunter and Neptune's number one enemy. A black high-tech battle uniform allows him to move freely in the water, and the helmet can emit a powerful red laser. It has a strong combat effectiveness in sea, land, and air.
The black manta ray first appeared in the 35th issue of Aquaman in 1967. At that time, the comics did not mention any story about the origin of the black manta. The little boy was abducted to work on a boat, where he was physically abused. When he saw the sea king appearing on the sea and shouted for help, but did not get a response, he hated the ruthless sea and the sea king from then on, determined to rule the sea.
Later in 2003's "Aquaman" V6 Issue 8, the black manta ray had another origin story. In the comics, he is an orphan with autism, living in Arkham City, Gotham City. He is very sensitive to the bed, unable to sleep peacefully in the bed, but likes to stay in the cold water. Later, he was forced to conduct a certain experiment, his brain was affected, his temperament became very cruel, and he eventually killed the experimenter and escaped from Arkham City.
As an adult, the boy made a high-tech diving suit and turned into a black manta ray . To provoke the Atlanteans to war with humans between the seabed and the land, with the intention of avenging the sea and the sea king.
In the new 52 comics, the black manta ray was commissioned to obtain a blood sample of Neptune, but Arthur's father Tom Curry died of a heart attack. The vengeful Arthur pursued the black manta ray's boat, but killed his father by mistake, and the two fell into an endless whirlpool of hatred.
Vico
In the new 52 comics, Vulko is the Queen’s adviser of the Kingdom of Atlantis. After the queen’s death, he was exiled to the land, found Arthur and informed him of his life, and has since become his mentor.
Vico firmly believed that Arthur was the true successor to the throne, and he did not hesitate to steal the Dead King's scepter that could command the sea, and secretly instigated the war between Atlanster and the surface world, resulting in the arrest of King Aum, Arthur So the throne was regained.
Vico in the movie is played by William Dafoe , and his "green devil" Norman Osborne in "Spider-Man" is impressive.
General Mook
Murk was the vanguard of the Atlantis Empire, the leader of the "Warlord" legion, and was initially loyal to Om, the younger brother of Sea King. After Arthur became King of Atlantis, Mook did not agree with Arthur's leadership at first, but he gradually became his most loyal comrade-in-arms.
In the movie, Mook was cut off by Mera's right hand to pay tribute to his image in the new 52 comics.
In the movie, General Mook is played by Chinese actor Lin Ludi , who once played the role of a black warrior in " Power Rangers " .
Octopus Topo
Aquaman has the ability to communicate with marine life, and naturally will make some marine friends, the big octopus Tobo (Topo) is one of them. In the 229th issue of "Adventure Comics" in 1956, this high IQ octopus served as an assistant and fought side by side with Sea King.
Topo has a great talent for music and can play multiple instruments at the same time. Before Arthur and Orm duel in the movie, you can see a big octopus playing drums, I believe it is Topo. And according to the surrounding book "Arthur's Guide to Atlantis", Arthur in the movie knew the octopus Topo when he was a child.
King of Atlanta
In the film, Arthur and Mera travel to the ruins of Atlan to find the lost artifact-the golden trident.
In the comics, Atlantis is the first king of Atlantis. During his reign, he was betrayed by his younger brother Olin (Arthur's ancestor) and lost the throne and his wife and children. In order to take revenge, he built six artifacts, returned to kill Orin, and sank Atlantis to the bottom of the sea with a scepter in a rage.
In the comics, the resurrected Atlanta becomes the "Dead King" (Dead King) , the enemy of the Neptune .
Seven Kings City
The statue in the background of this scene symbolizes the first king of the seven kings of Atlantis .
The seven royal cities are:
Atlantis
Xebel
Trench
Brine
Fisherman Kingdom
The Missing Kingdom
The unknown seventh country
In the comics, after the sinking of Atlantis, four of the seven kingdoms were destroyed, leaving only Atlantis, Zebel and the Trench tribe .
Zebel
In the comics, Zebel is a place of exile for imprisoned criminals. It is located in the Bermuda Triangle and built their kingdom on the sunken ships of humans.
In the movie, the mount of Zebel's army is a giant seahorse wearing armor .
In the early animations, the setting of Sea King riding a seahorse appeared, but because the screen was too sand-sculpted, it was often ridiculed by people.
Haigou
The Haigou tribe were ordinary residents of Atlantis. After the sinking of the royal city, they became a brutal race living in the depths of the ocean, attacking all creatures in front of them for food.
In this scene, Wen Dao cleverly applied his best horror elements to DC's visual style.
The monster attacking the fishing boat where Arthur and Mera are in the dark is very similar to the scene of the Haigou tribe’s debut in the comics.
Murloc Kingdom The fish hunting tribe of the Murloc Kingdom is one of the seven tribes of Atlantis. It is a higher race that has evolved fish tails and gills.
The king of the Murloc Kingdom is played by Germaine Hansu. In addition to his role as the hunter Coras in "Guardians of the Galaxy", he will also play the ancient wizard Shazan in another DC movie "Thunder Shazan" .
The queen of fish hunters is played by Natalia Shanfuri , who also played a role in "Thunder Shazan ": Dr. Shivala's wife .
There is basically no mention of murlocs or fishermen in the comics, but there is a villain named Fisherman who specializes in stealing high-tech equipment and selling them on the black market.
Saltwater
The people of the saltwater country belong to giant crustaceans, and most of them, including the leader, are in the shape of big crabs.
As for the country in exile and the unknown seventh country, there is no more information yet.
Dunwich terrorist incident
In the opening scene of the film, the book under the lighthouse crystal ball is "The Dunwich Horror" by American horror novelist Howard Philip Lovecraft , which was written by Lovecraft. One of the core stories of "The Myth of Cthulhu", there is a pair of twin brothers. The elder brother has more human blood, while the younger brother has more god blood . The setting fits quite well.
Sea Beast Karason
In the movie, Karathen is a behemoth that guards the relics of Atlanta and provides a powerful combat force in the final battle.
A similar beast appeared in the comics, named Karaqan . It is one of the legendary guardian beasts of Atlantis and was loved by the people in the past.
The horror novelist Lovecraft mentioned above, one of his works is about a lighthousekeeper witnessing the evil god Cthulhu (Cthulhu) at sea , and the common image of Cthulhu is just a huge head. Octopus sea monster.
Karason was dubbed by the legendary movie star Julie Andrews, who starred in "The Sound of Music" and "Happy in the World" . It is worth mentioning that "Happy Man 2" and "Aquaman" were released in North America during the same period, but Julie did not choose to participate in the former because she hoped that the audience would pay more attention to the new interpretation of this classic work.
Comic Related
In the movie, Tom Curry has a dog at home, and in the new 52 comics, Arthur and Mera rescued a dog from the Haigou tribe incident and adopted it. The name of this dog is called "Aquadog" (Aquadog) ...
Mera activated the images of Atlantis with the water of Arthur's body, and in the comics, Arthur also activated the black technology of Atlantis with water.
Arthur fell into the desert
Ci'en Harbor in the sunset
DC Cinematic Universe
In the movie, Mera mentioned the "Justice League" villain Steppenwolf (Steppenwolf) , saying that Arthur proved his ability in the invasion of Steppenwolf . This is one of the few linkages between the film and the DC movie universe. This dialogue also shows that the story of "Aquaman" took place after "Justice League".
Pinocchio
Arthur and Mera fled to the mouth of a whale while avoiding Om's pursuit. Arthur said they learned from Pinocchio. Later, Mera got a fairy tale book of "Pinocchio" in a small town in Italy, and Arthur said that he had only seen the movie version, and said that it should be the animated version of Disney.
In the 1940 Disney animation "Pinocchio" (Pinocchio), Pinocchio fell into the belly of a whale and found his creator father there.
In fact, in the original Italian "Pinocchio" fairy tale, it was not a whale that swallowed Daddy Pinocchio in his stomach, but a sea monster that resembled a shark (the original translation was dogfish).
Wen Ziren Movie Universe
Annabel
Before Arthur and Mera found the ship and sailed into Atlantis, the camera swept across the trash dump on the bottom of the sea, and inside it appeared the Annabel doll from "The Conjuring" ! But this is not surprising, because the director of this film is exactly Wen Ziren , who created the "Call of Souls" ("Call of Souls" and "Annabella") .
pilot
The pilot who plays the pilot in the film is Director Wen's friend Ray Warner , who worked as a screenwriter and produced the "Chain Saw Cry" series with Director Wen, and also starred in one of the game participants in the first part.
Fast & Furious
The handsome footage of Arthur and Mera walking in slow motion on the coast before arriving in the Sahara Desert reminds people of similar footage in " Fast and Furious 7" directed by Wen Ziren . In addition, the rhythmic soundtrack in the desert passage was made by the American rapper Pitbull , who also produced episodes for the Swift series.
Credits
The person who appeared in the news segment and rescued the black manta ray at the end was called Stephen Shin .
In the comics, marine biologist Steven Shen is a friend of Tom Curry. He once helped Arthur learn to use his abilities and studied Atlantis for many years. It can be said that he is the human being who knows this mysterious kingdom best on land.
Dr. Shen hoped to make the existence of Atlantis public, but he has been unable to find substantive evidence. Since Arthur refused to disclose the location of Atlantis, Dr. Shen had to ask Arthur’s blood for research, so he hired The black manta ray went to get the sample, but it accidentally caused Tom Curry to pass away.
In the movie, Dr. Shen is played by Korean movie star Randall Park . In addition to the familiar Kim Sanpang, he also played FBI agent Wu Jimmy in "Ant-Man 2" .
It can be seen in the film that the walls of Dr. Shen's home are covered with research documents on Atlantis, including a newspaper with the headline "Who is the Sea King" . This small detail actually echoes the comics.
It is also worth noting that this newspaper comes from Coast City , the hometown of one of the founders of Zhenglian, Green Lantern Hal Jordan .
There is another newspaper that says "Wonder Woman Denies Dating with Aquaman" . It seems that even superheroes can hardly avoid the gossip news. In fact, in the "Flashpoint" incident, Aquaman and Wonder Woman had an affair...
This incident was discovered by Sea King’s fiancee, Mera. Later, when Mera found Wonder Woman to confront, the cruel Diana in the universe cut off Mera’s head on the spot. (Distressed Mera)
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