I watched Aquaman yesterday, thought it was a solid film hopefully one that'll push the DCEU upwards, though I'll save an actual review for another thread.
Now, obviously Aquaman and the comics that predate this film are set on Earth, deep within the ocean, but I can't help but wonder whether the whole feature would have made more sense had it taken place on another planet (maybe one in the Pegasus Galaxy?)
In all serious though, Aquaman had the scale and scope of both Thor: Ragnarök and Black Panther for me, but
I can't quite get my head around the concept that there's this entire ecosystem by sentient beings living underwater, and not once have they been involved in surface conflicts.
Man of Steel had Zod and his Kryptonian army attempt to terraform the planet. This would surely have wiped out the entire aquatic cultures, they were never once seen. Wonder Woman had Ares who wanted to turn the world into a battlefield - again one that would have likely destroyed elements of the underwater culture. Surely these Atlantians have the capability to keep tabs on surface events?
Then we've got Steppenwolf and his Parademons, who after attacking the ocean dwellers, were left to (again) terraform the world and only a single (half) Atlantian showed up to stop him. I just think, had this film and the whole Atlantis concept been on a different planet, there'd be less question that we could ask. These ocean dwellers obviously have a vast array of weaponry, and yet they don't use it when they're under threat?
Come the next invasion (be that Darksied or someone else) when Arthur comes to the surface to help Bruce, Clark, Diana and co, are the rest of his people just going to stay at the bottom of the ocean with their military might and do nothing?