Let's talk about Aquaman's biggest mistake.
That's right.
The biggest issue I had with 2018 Aquaman and right off the bat, I like document.
I thought it was fun.
Probably the number four DCU movie for me.
I liked how they were stranded in the desert
and then they looked at a map and we zoomed in in the map .
And then they were where the map was.
I liked the pit bull song Transition.
Very good, but I commanded one thing that really got under my skin one
teeny tiny little choice that could have taken Aquaman for an eight to a ten.
And it has to do with one simple problem Orm was right.
Plain and simple warm.
The ocean master is correct
when he calls out our habit of dumping trash into the ocean.
He uses it to alienate Arthur these or mistreated by his half brother.
But either way, Orm has a point.
And we never get a sense from Aquaman.
That worm is being disingenuous here.
It seems like Orm is motivated by a lust for power, but also is an undersea king,
and he isn't thrilled about humans polluting his home.
So Orm uses this as a point around which to rally his forces
and were formed to succeed and create the army of the seven Seas.
It seems like his next move
would be to declare war on the surface world for what they did to the oceans.
So Orm is not just using this environmental argument
to get what he really wants.
AUM seems to genuinely believe that the Atlantean should rise up
and destroy the surface world for their crimes against the oceans,
and Orm tells Arthur about this belief when he and Arthur first meet.
Like I said Orm uses this belief as a weapon
to alienate Arthur during their meeting, but Orm is not wrong.
The idea of Arthur, the half human half Atlantean coming to challenge
the king for control of Atlantis while the humans are posing
an existential threat to the oceans like if during Independence Day,
a half alien came down to run for president, it's a reasonable suspicion.
So Orm makes a good point, one that we,
the audience and Arthur should at least understand.
Maybe we don't believe Orm should go to war
with the surface world, but we understand why he wants to.
So we have Orm's point.
We have Arthur's point, which is just general isolationism.
He doesn't want to be involved
with the politics of Atlantis and seems to believe that Atlantis
and the surface worlds are just kind of keep their distance.
But we're still missing one thing.
Back in the olden days, the philosopher Plato
came up with the theory of something called the dialectic.
Basically, the greatest truth can come from two sides
arguing their opposing views and not a philosopher.
I'm a little bit wrong about that.
I am, but that's the gist of it.
Later, it was expanded upon by philosophers like Hegel and Marx.
Basically, it starts with a thesis.
Then that thesis is presented with an antithesis and through argument.
A third idea is formed a synthesis of the best parts of both argument.
Pretty simple, and screenwriting definitely understands this.
Look at Black Panther movie.
That's pretty much a reverse Aquaman.
But does this really well?
T'Challa believes what kinda needs to remain isolated thesis.
Killmonger believes Wakanda has left its black brothers and sisters
in the rest of the world behind,
and the only way to rectify that is to wage war on their oppressors.
Antithesis.
And by the end of the movie, T'Challa has created a synthesis
Wakanda needs to take on an active role in helping the global black community.
But through philanthropy instead of violence,
Aquaman almost has this.
Aquaman espouses and represents the belief that the sea and the land
should remain isolated.
Thessis.
Orm comes in with his belief that pollution and global warming
have left no choice but for Atlantis to go to war with the surface.
Antithesis.
So, of course, the synthesis would be something like Atlantis needs
to reveal itself to the world and act as protectors of the ocean peacefully.
However, Aquaman doesn't really have time for this.
In fact, after Arthur visits Atlantis, we don't really get much mention
of the surface again.
Yes, the characters do go to the surface, but they don't grapple
with the idea of how Atlantis should deal with pollution.
They just kind of go.
The surface is nice.
It has yummy flowers and books.
And then the big fight between Arthur and Orm is over
whether Atlantis should go to war or remain isolated.
But at no point in the movie does Arthur acknowledge
that Orm is right that pollution poses a danger to the ocean.
Or at least he doesn't make it a concern.
You could kind of imagine a coda to this movie where Arthur shows that
he's learned something from,
or maybe the humans are attempting to pollute more, or even maybe send
some battleships to patrol Atlantis and Arthur steps onto the bow of the ships
and says something like, I'm Arthur King of Atlantis.
I know, I know it's real.
My half brother wanted to destroy the surface.
He almost did.
Now I stopped him.
That doesn't mean you're off the hook.
one more chance this plane.
It belongs to everyone.
Now we're going to work together to save.
Or Atlantis is going to do things our way.
Choice is yours.
Who who are you?
I'm Aquaman.
(rock music) and
that's all you need.
Arthur's changed.
He's learned the lesson in the movie.
You know what?
He's a better king because of it.
Hey, everybody.
Nando, here I've movies, I have good news and bad news.
The bad news is the ocean's
not not doing so hot.
We have not been good to the oceans, to be fair to the planet
in general, not doing so hot, but the oceans.
Boy, we dump an estimated 11 million tons of trash into the ocean every year.
There's there's so much trash in the oceans grates where the food comes from.
It's where the Aquaman lives.
It's a very important place.
We need to take it seriously. So
I'm working on a campaign called Team Seas.
You don't hear. The handsome shirt.
It was created by Mr Beast and a bunch of other awesome YouTubers.
And what it is is a project
where a bunch of us are getting together to raise awareness about the amount of
pollution in the ocean, which, as I've already stated, it's it's a lot
and we're giving you guys a way to help.
We're trying to raise $30 million to get 30 pounds
million of trash out of the ocean.
We're working with two groups, the Ocean Conservancy and the Ocean Cleanup Project.
Every dollar you give to the team sees Project
goes straight to getting £1 of trash out of the ocean.
It's something we need to do.
Otherwise this guy in the purple.
He's going to rise up again and take over the seven seas.
Look at Premiere.
Can't wait.
Hey, or am I got good news, buddy?
We're going to team seas is going to get rid
of a lot of the trash in the ocean, and then you won't have to rise up
and become the ocean master by taking over and taking over.
But getting the support of four of the seven Kingdoms,
which I've talked about this in a video before.
Orm doesn't make any sense to me.
There's seven Kingdoms.
one of them is all dead.
They are.
They're completely gone.
one of them is the desert or kingdom.
They're also gone.
So it's really only five Kingdoms.
And then out of those five, one of them is a bunch of sea monsters
no one can talk to.
So it's really only for I don't know why you need a majority of
the seven when it's really five and you have the majority of the five,
you have the fishermen,
you have the undersea redheads and you have the regular old Atlantic.
So you know you are the ocean.
I mean, don't don't go to ocean master stuff.
Give us give us one more chance or is one OK doing team seas?
But you know, all kidding and action figures aside is important.
The oceans, the rivers, the beaches.
They are all a vital part of the ecosystem that we all live in.
So you get a little extra money, you don't think about throwing it into team seas.
The link is in the video description and also there will be that little YouTube
fundraiser page, so it's a good way to make sure
that we do not incur the wrath of Storm a second time.
We got really close last time with Aquaman,
and you didn't learn any lessons like I said in the video.
So, you know, Worm rises up again.
You can make that same argument. Aquaman is still going to be.
I've been learning lessons either way.
TMC's cool charity.
We got to do something. Otherwise this guy's going to come get us.
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You guys real talk.
I got good news and I got bad news.
Good news. We know.
Hey everybody, Nando, here I've movies.
I have good news and bad news.
The bad news is the ocean's
not not doing so hot.
We have not been good to the oceans, to be fair to the planet in general,
not doing so hot.
But the oceans, boy, we dump about 1,000,000.
Just kidding.
We dump almost 11 million.
We dump an estimated
11 million tons of trash into the ocean every year.
There's there's so much trash in the oceans crates where the food comes from.
It's where the Aquaman lives.
It's a very important place.
We need to take it seriously. So.
I'm working on a campaign
called Team C, you don't I'm sure here the handsome little shirt
we are working on getting £30 million of trash out of the ocean .
That is $30 million in donations.
A dollar is a pound of trash taken out of the ocean, beaches or rivers.
Working with the Ocean Conservancy and the Ocean Cleanup Project.
Those are two things maybe I'm right.
No. The Ocean Conservancy.
Super cool, going through the beaches and the ocean, Gamboru trash,
then you got the ocean project and then you get the ocean cleanup.
They've got these giant things
that go through rivers and clean them up, which is very important.
Aquaman needs the rivers to needs both.
In fact, what it is,
this is an ad for a thing.
We are working with two.
We're working with two charities, we've got the ocean.
We work with two charities.
We get the Ocean Conservancy and the Ocean Cleanup Project.
We're working with two charities.
Working with two, we're working with two groups, the Ocean Conservancy.
We are working with two groups, the Ocean Conservancy
and the Ocean Cleanup Project.
Every dollar you give to
the team sees Project goes straight to getting £1 of trash out of the ocean.
It's something we need to do.
Otherwise it's guy in the purple.
He's going to rise up again and take over the seven seas.
Look at him here.
You can't wait.
Hey, or am I got good news, buddy?
We're going to team.
This is going to get rid of a lot of the trash in the ocean,
and then you won't have to rise up and become the ocean master by taking over
and taking over.
But getting the support of four of the seven Kingdoms,
which I've talked about this in a video before Dawn doesn't make any sense to me .
There's seven Kingdoms.
one of them is all dead.
They are.
They're completely gone.
one of them is the desert or kingdom.
They're also gone. So it's really only five Kingdoms.
And then out of those five, one of them is bunch of sea monsters.
No one can talk to.
So it's really only for I don't know why you need a majority of
the seven when there's really five and you have the majority of the five,
you have the fishermen,
you have the undersea red heads and you have the regular old Atlantic.
So you know you are the ocean.
I mean, don't don't go to ocean master stuff.
Give us give us one more chance or just one, OK?
The one team sees the link is in the video description, and there's even going
to be a little thing underneath this video for you to donate.
Go watch the other videos.
Other people are talking about different aspects
of cleaning up the oceans, the science related to that,
all kinds of cool stuff, all the creators you know and love.
So many creators you know and love are involved in this.
So it's called team seas. Go check it out.
Hey, or
another thing, I didn't love this CGI.
It's weird.
Hey, another thing, I loved the outfit.
The CGI made your mouth like, made the space
between your nose and your mouth really flat.
You can't look like a who.
You know what I mean from like the one that Jim Carrey
How The Grinch Stole Christmas made the Benedict Cumberbatch one.
I didn't see it, but otherwise this purple costume one of the best costumes
ever put to the screen.
I really hope he doesn't bring the wrath of the seven Seas.
So, you know.
Seems.
I really don't want warm to bring the wrath of the seven Seas,
but team sees.
Team seas, we have spa team seas.
It's called team seas we partnered with,
it's called team seas.
It's called team seas.
It's called Team Seas was created by Mr Beast.
A bunch of other awesome.