8 Most Hilariously Bad Things About The New Aquaman Image

6. The Party Shop Trident

You know those hollow plastic weapons with painted on texture and the same material for handle and blade used by kids and students for fancy dress parties and bar crawls respectively? Well it looks like there's a party shop in Atalntis, because that's exactly what Aquaman's holding here. It sounds cynical, but seriously look at it - the worn decals of his trident are so clearly painted on, as opposed to actually battle-worn. Nothing wrong with changing the character's iconic gold to brushed grey (well, there is, but that's something more intrinsic with the movie than just Aquaman), but couldn't it have been done with more care? Maybe this is just an early touch-up of the design, explaining the fakeness of it all (although given this is a $200 million project that's not really excusable). Or maybe Warner Bros. are ensuring their dark takes of iconic characters are still marketable, getting toy versions of the tridents in production now. Because everyone knows from past experience that works...
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