'Aquaman' Actor Trolls Report on New Device Allowing Humans to Breathe Underwater

DC's Aquaman has long been the butt of many a superhero joke, which means that Warner Bros. and [...]

By Kofi Outlaw

DC's Aquaman has long been the butt of many a superhero joke, which means that Warner Bros. and James Wan's Aquaman movie has a long history of a mockery to overcome. Well, sometimes the best defense against comedy is comedy - namely, by not taking yourself too seriously.

Case in point: Aquaman star Patrick Wilson had some fun on Twitter recently, addressing a report on CNN while in character as his Aquaman character, the imperial Prince Orm (aka The Ocean Master):

After that little bit of humor got a big reaction from fans, Wilson's Aquaman co-star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (aka "Black Manta") got in on the fun, as well:

Aquaman's entire mythos about Atlantis, and how its people function and "breathe" underwater, has already been the subject of much online debate. As always, what is frivolously acceptable in comic books doesn't translate so easily to the movie screen. Viewers have already become fixated on the mechanics of how many bubbles should/shouldn't be generated by people speaking and/or breathing underwater - a topic that will no doubt create a lot of 'weekend scientists' after audiences have had a chance to see Aquaman in theaters.

Of course, this is a comic book movie about an undersea society of humanoids and sea monsters - so some suspension of disbelief is required, whereas adherence to real-life physics isn't much of one. That's all to say: let's have some with this, m'kay?

Upcoming DC Extended Universe films include Aquaman on Dec. 21, Shazam on April 5, 2019, and Wonder Woman 2 on Nov. 1, 2019.

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