Before watching Sea King, everyone heard some rumors about Atlantis. Not long ago, in a comic book "Seven Seas Rangers" about ocean exploration, Hugo Pratt simply set Atlantis as the product of alien civilization. The earliest record of Atlantis in human history began with the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. In his two dialogues, "Cretas" and "Timaeus", he mentioned this legendary ancient continent with high civilization development. "About 9,000 years ago in Solon, opposite the pillar of the Lolis (Gibraltar Strait), there is a big island, from which you can go to other islands.
Opposite those islands is a whole piece of land surrounded by the ocean, which is the kingdom of Atlantis. At that time, Atlantis was about to start a big war with Athens. I didn't expect Atlantis to suddenly encounter earthquakes and floods.
In less than one day and one night, it completely disappeared into the bottom of the sea, which became an obstacle for the Greeks to travel by sea. " (The above information comes from Wikipedia's "Atlantis" entry)
In the huge overhead system of the movie Aquaman, "Atlantis" was once a highly civilized kingdom on the earth's mainland. Later, due to the blind pursuit of the explosive development of science and technology, it triggered the punishment of heaven-finally sinking into the depths of the ocean. King Atlantis banished himself for this purpose, and hid the golden trident symbolized by the sea king in the trench country. At the same time, it is also the exile of Arthur's mother Atlana.
Om, who hated mankind, became the new queen of Atlantis, and started a war to attack the land. In order to save mankind from being burned with charcoal, Arthur, persuaded by Princess Mae La of Saebel, realized that he had no way back-he had to defeat Om in a duel and regain the throne. This is a battle that is doomed to lose, because it happened too early. According to the "needs of the plot", Arthur, who was beaten to the ground, was caught off guard and started a fugitive journey with Mae La.
Since then, the film has entered a novel and interesting adventure game. How to find the legendary Trident of King Atlantis has become the main clue of this treasure-grabbing trip. It is not only a main line to advance the plot, but also a road to Arthur's self-awakening.
This bearded and strong man with rough appearance and kind heart only slowly understands the great mission he has to shoulder when he is at the end of the road. In this process, he and Princess Mae La, who wore red hair, also had a cute love like boys and girls. Atlanteans, who pay attention to rules and order, don't seem to know much about romance by nature. Their interesting experiences in Sahara and Italy made Mae La gradually understand human feelings.
In Trench Country, Arthur reunited with his mother. Astrana, played by Nicole Kidman, left a deep impression on the audience within the first few minutes. The cuteness of looking at dogs and swallowing goldfish is unforgettable. In the original cartoon, Atlana cut Aum's biological father with her hand and was killed by her own son, which is really a heavy fate.
Fortunately, the film version was merciful enough, so that Atlana and Mae La played the two most important women roles in Arthur's life: Mae La took Arthur to find the trident, and Atlana finally made Arthur stop feeling inferior in the face of identity, but bravely accepted his unique destiny and decided to become the king of the seven seas.
Finally, Arthur, holding the golden trident, finally completed the "evolution" from fishman to aquaman. In cartoons, this powerful trident is called "Nipton Trident". Neptune is the sea god in Roman mythology, and many people equate him with Poseidon in Greek mythology.
The movie version didn't give this trident a special title, just mentioned that it was made by Poseidon. It is worth mentioning that Arthur once used the Poseidon Trident, which is more powerful than the Nipton Trident.