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Dais Johnston

HISTORICAL FACTS: Aquaman and the lost kingdom s dark trident repeats an exhausting superhero cliche | History Defined

— Warner Bros.

After a long, long wait, we finally have a full-length trailer for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the sequel to James Wan’s 2018 billion-dollar blockbuster, Aquaman. But the Arthur Curry we see in this trailer is completely different than the drunken bro we met five years ago; he’s now a husband, a father, and the King of Atlantis. That’s all well and good, but the big reveal of the villain — and the weapon he wields — is the latest example of a tired superhero movie trend.

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