James Wan Says He Had a Choice Between Directing AQUAMAN or THE FLASH

James Wan had to choose between directing Aquaman or The Flash according to an interview with Uproxx. Most people would pick The Flash no question (I know I would), and while Wan is a fan, he says the decision came down to "creating a new universe"...

The thing that ultimately pushed me more towards Aquaman is I love the possibility of creating a whole new world. I’ve always wanted to do a world creation story and visually create this amazing, incredible, magical kingdom. And also, I love the fact that Aquaman is an underdog character. I love the fact that people like to make fun of him. [Laughs.] I feel the bar is a lot lower and I can have fun with him!

Wan says he likes the fact that Aquaman is considered a joke, and thinks that will give him some creative liberties with the character...

Yeah, exactly. Everyone makes fun of him! And I actually don’t mind that! What it allows me to do: I think people are a lot less precious with him than, let’s say, you were doing a Spider-Man or a Batman or whatever.

I'm not so sure about all that. I think ten years ago in a less geek conscious world or Family Guy skit people believed Aquaman to be garbage, but is that still the case? I don't know about you guys, but the Aquaman I grew up most familiar with had long hair and a spear arm, and there was nothing about that I found uncool.

I have faith in Wan as he's a talented director, but I hope this "creative liberties" trend isn't going to set the tone for the DC Cinematic universe. Can't we have some consistency between comics, shows and movies?!