Yeah Huerta is a good actor and did a great job in this movie.
I was also thinking about getting a Hot Toys Namor and finding a suitable body to swap. I also have always thought of Namor being taller and more physically impressive, very much along these lines …
There were some scenes were he was awkward, and he's not physically up to my standards for Namor, but he did capture most aspects of the character. It's just too much of a general departure for me to accept it fully. He's a good actor though, I hope he gets more roles and exposure. I said it before, but my favourite bits were how nonchalant he was about his plan to drown Wakanda if Shuri didn't cave in to his demands. If anything, I think they downplayed Namor's viciousness. Namor's core is how highly he thinks of himself. He's not Doom levels of narcissism, but he's not just a good-natured leader, he's someone with a built-in superiority complex. Namor is a prick, and we love him for that, but he's also honourable and wise beneath his bipolar anger, which ultimately makes him interesting. The MCU just made him very protective and loving of his people to the point where he's willing to go to extremes, which is close enough but misses that spark of the scoundrel. I'll miss my regal muscled elf though...
As for the figure, honestly, I don't know. I dislike the beard and nosering (I don't like noserings in any fashion). I don't mind the earrings, but the beard and nosering are too much for me. And I'm not sure if HT would go to the trouble of developing a seamless body for him. So between this not being "muh Namor" and these aspects of his look, I'll pass. On its own I like the aesthetic, and as a self-professed hater of the trunks, I like all the extra jewelery they added. They make him feel more regal. If he looked like the concept art I posted above, clean shaven and everything, I'd have surely considered it, changes to the character be damned. I want to support the "Namor" brand so that I can get some comic merch eventually, but these things cost too much for me to spend money willy-nilly. I'll wait for him to appear again and see what happens then. I am rooting for a good WF Namor dolly though. I think it'd make for a pretty unique display piece with the head dress, a nice base and so on.
Personally I think it would be great if they find a good way to legally/contractually have Namor’s thread advanced within the context of some of the other story lines Marvel is able to produce as Victor mentioned. Namor has been associated with multiple groups etc over time so there should be more than ample opportunity
I seem to remember a time many years ago when Namor was in the Fantastic Four (I could be wrong I’m sort of old now), Thing had lost his powers or something and Namor filled in.
It would be awesome if they brought Namor back in with FF4, that way they can also create a connection of some sort with he and Doom.
At any rate this came to mind because of one of the pictures Victor put up a few posts back. One of the costumes reminded me of Namor and the Fantastic Four. All I remember is that I loved this outfit (I think it helped him stay hydrated or something), the color and the wings on the side are awesome and if Hot Toys made a figure of him in this outfit it would be an INSTANT PRE-ORDER for me …
Namor's been a bit part of the FF team in various stories and AUs. Just when you think he's moved on from Sue and he and Reed have an amicable relationship, hack writers bring back the cuckoldry subplot which makes nobody look good. You'd think they'd have moved past it ages ago. Where's Dorma and Andromeda when you need them? Namor's a core part of the FF, but it comes with baggage. Well, he can always just go hang with Doom. Hell, in an AU he is Doom.
Recent rumours indicate that the rights will go back to Marvel in 2 years, so who knows. I think he will apear again in whatever ends up happening with the Vibranium storyline, but I don't see the MCU involving him with the FF. And without the FF connection there's no reason to team up with Doom either. Most probably they'll emphasize his connection to the X-Men. Me, I want to see Strange assemble his own Illuminati, though this Namor doesn't have anything to offer there. 616 Namor has seniority and "muh 70% of the world is water". Ku'Kul'Kan's spent 400 years in a single city. And with characters like Black Bolt not even properly introduced, I'm getting the feeling that if such a team appears before Secret Wars, it'll be a Multiversal type of thing with Strange and Reed dragging in AU Tonys and the such. Maybe one of them could be a Namor who's taken over the entire world. Who knows? We'll see, but I hope they keep using him. Manletmor aside, I want the name to get bigger.
