How should Aquaman really have ended? Perhaps with the hilarious intercession of the Justice League? Or with a singing Julie Andrews?
How It Should Have Ended takes on Aquaman, DC’s surprise massive hit that features Jason Momoa’s shoulders, Patrick Wilson’s purple armor, Amber Heard in a jellyfish dress, and Julie Andrews as an undersea monster. Just describing this movie in text makes it sound like a fever dream, but Aquaman proved to be a crowd-pleaser that is just absolutely printing money for the DCEU and Warner Bros.
So How It Should Have Ended takes pains to point out that no one thought Aquaman would be the success that is has proved to be, and maybe—just maybe—OG Justice League members like Batman and Superman may be feeling a bit left out. “Look, I’m not going rogue. I’m having my own origin story. That also takes place after our team-up story,” Arthur Curry explains to them.
There are some great bits herein, like a singing Julie Andrews monster, which was really the Karathen that we deserved:
And there’s never a bad time to make fun of Orm:
I love the idea of Diana, Flash, and Cyborg all being super-supportive of Aquaman’s success while Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent try to puzzle this one out. I’m now feeling kind of sad that we didn’t get to see Superman punching Orm, though.
(via How It Should Have Ended, image: screengrab)
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