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A Talokan warrior. Perhaps a Sub-Mariner villain in the making?
Yeah me too, i thought he was just some random character in the poster.I was glad to learn Attuma was in this. Had no idea till recently.
It's not impossible to power him up. Give him an artifact like the Serpent Crown or the Hammer of Nerkkod (but disconnected from Cul), or something like that.Attuma wouldn’t work as main villain- even not for a Namor movie now.
Namor is far more powerful due to his mutation.
Attuma wouldn’t work as main villain- even not for a Namor movie now.
Namor is far more powerful due to his mutation.
Marvel Studios has a habit of wasting comic book villains, in favor of someone else like an anti-hero.Such a waste.
It shouldn't be. AFAIK it was an original creation by Marvel that first appeared in Sub-Mariner #9 and not something taken from Howard's work, even though it was later on retconned into being Lemurian in origin and tied up with Marvel's Conan lore.I really like the idea with the serpent crown, but I read somewhere, that the rights belong to the Conan lore
Eh, I like that Attuma stayed on Namor's side the whole time here. Establishes him as a threat without rushing his turn. If anyone should have been "the real villain" here it's the CIA.Attuma was easily a wasted character in this film and probably should've been the real villain. All they do with Attuma in the movie is a half-baked rivalry with Okoye.
Eh, I like that Attuma stayed on Namor's side the whole time here. Establishes him as a threat without rushing his turn. If anyone should have been "the real villain" here it's the CIA.
Either its a set up for the neXt movie or for the Disney+ shows.Another wasted subplot in the film they set up and build up and just abandon midway through the movie.
Either its a set up for the neXt movie or for the Disney+ shows.
I don't know why Ryan Coogler used Attuma and gave him zero personality. Both he and Namora are henchmen with zero character.
Eh. I've seen plenty of movies with giant A cast. Talokan was basically Namor, his mom through a flashback scene, 2 henchmen and eXtras.Its a movie with a giant ass cast, ultimately some characters are going to get stuck with functional roles. In this case, it happened to be Attume and Namora being Namor's lieutenants and little else. Giving them more screen time and script time to flesh them out would pretty much have to come at the expense of someone else, given how long the movie is, and there aren't exactly an abundance of characters available who aren't critical either structurally or emotionally. I suppose you could cut out almost the entire Ross/Val subplot, but that isn't exactly going to buy you much screen time to play with.
( Yes, in theory careful writing and directing can make a difference, but given that Coogler was already playing against some massive difficulty modifiers vis a vis "I am trying to build an entire movie out of the remnants left by the death of the central actor"? I'm am disinclined to tell him "you should have been a better director". The dude had an almost impossible task. )