I was on board (pun intended) with the casting of Jason Mamoa as Aquaman. He's the exact opposite of what you think of when you hear the name "Aquaman." And what I mean by that is he's intimidating. Not the joke of a hero who talks to fish.
Especially with the DC universe shaping up to be as, I guess, "dark" as it is shaping up to be. After all, we've had one movie, and in it Superman ruined a truck drivers life, let his dad die in a tornado because his dog was probably going to die in a tornado, and I'm pretty sure he calls Zod a "motherfucker" while beating him in the face. Also, massive IHOP destruction. Then they made Ben Affleck into an alcoholic looking Batman. Then a woman from (perpetual warzone) Israel was cast as Wonder Woman. All things considered, Aquaman was not going to fit.
So when Khal Drogo was cast, I thought it was a pretty good call.
Break from tradition and the casual-fan perception of Aquaman as a joke by bringing someone to the table who probably stole your lunch money. It stands to reason that if you're going to go in that direction, you break completely from the character, bring in an actor and make both the actor and the character unrecognizable to common perception.
Then they released a picture of him.
It is literally Khal Drogo as Aquaman. Same hair, same weird eyebrows, same eye shadow, same tattoos, same facial hair.
This is the equivalent of Disney going to Robert Downey Jr. and saying, "Hey, we're going to make a middle-aged Obi Wan movie, and we want you for it. But keep the Iron Man facial hair goatee thingey."
What's Dothraki for "half-baked?"
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