From the very first days after James Wan took the job to direct DC’s Aquaman, Wan said this wasn’t going to be the film your expecting. After fans got their first glimpse of Jason Momoa as the King of the Ocean, Arthur Curry, all doubt faded away.
Wan states that his version of Aquaman is going to be different. But just how much science went into the planning of the film? In Justice League, we saw Mera use a giant air bubble to converse with Arthur Curry. It is an interesting way to allow dialog underwater. Will the film be filled with more of these instances?
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So, just how much thought really went into the little things that help the world building? In a recent interview with Screen Rant, James Wan explains the science behind why Atlanteans have to vomit before they come to the surface:
People would ask me, you know, ‘So when they talk, is it bubbles that come out of their mouth?’ And I’m like, ‘No because there’s no air in your lungs, so there wouldn’t be any bubbles.’ Right? So then in that sequence where you saw Mera open up this air pocket… when [Orm] lands in that, he’s breathing air.
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The first thing he does is, he’s in an air pocket, so he’d puke out all the water that’s in his lungs. So that’s the first step. We think about all these little details and stuff like that. And then when he’s screaming [when the water returns], we want bubbles coming out of his mouth because now there’s actually air in his lungs.
It is little touches like this that allow Marvel films to shine, whereas DC movie struggle. Wan looks to take Aquaman to a height that only Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman sits at in the DCEU.
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DC’s Aquaman hits theaters on December 14.
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