13 Problems Nobody Wants To Admit About The DC Movie Universe

6. Making Casual Audiences Like Aquaman Will Be Challenging

The Problem: Aquaman is something of a running joke as far as casual audiences go, in large part because Family Guy a repeatedly mocked the character's apparent inability to leave the water. Comic book fans, however, will know that Aquaman is perfectly capable of being an awesome superhero on land, but given how silly the character sounds to non-fanboys, it's going to be very difficult to make audiences en masse take him seriously. How To Fix It: Figuring out the solution is tricky: should Aquaman be the comic relief of the DCEU? Or would this risk turning him into a laughing stock? Either way, hopefully his standalone movie will stray far from a heavy-handed environmental subplot and instead focus on the fantastical excellence and mythological properties of the character. If the world-building is deep and entertaining, then much like Marvel's unconventional successes with Guardians Of The Galaxy and Ant-Man, Aquaman could be the next big name in comic book movies.