AQUAMAN - With recent appearances on the hit TV series Smallville, and his own TV pilot, Aquaman seems to be making moves to conquer the surface world as of late. Aquaman finds Himself in front of the camera once again in this new Fan Film from Director Chuck Peters, Pure Thought Films, and Valley Video Services. The film, taking place after the events of DC Comic's Zero Hour, finds Orin, aka Aquaman, wandering the lonely roads of the surface world, a brooding and mysterious drifter. Feeling lost, and grief stricken over the tragic death of his own son, Orin leaves his deep sea kingdom behind to begin an inward, and spiritual journey of sorts to find himself once again. Actor Shawn Trimble, who portrays Aquaman in the film isn't your typical King Of The Seven Seas, Orin dye's his hair brown to give him a new look, in favor of his trademark golden locks. Trimble delivers a fine performance as the troubled king, making looks a trivial issue at best. Dressed as a regular Joe, Orin drifts into a dead end town looking for redemption, instead He is once again forced to become the man He wants to leave behind. Aquaman learns of a rash of child abductions and murders in the area and decides to heed the call of justice once more. Using a form of sonar-type hearing, pulled off quite well with some snazzy special effects ala Smallville, Aquaman is able to find the location of one of the abducted children and races to his rescue. Being a proud Aquaman fan, and a bit of a traditionalist Fanboy, I found myself surprisingly receptive to Aquaman's different look, and the lack of underwater scenes in the film. You think Aquaman, you think dolphins, and sea-horses, and waves, yadda yadda, but since this film is about new beginnings I feel that Aquaman's transition from a life under the sea, to a new home on the surface world was completely logical,  providing a refreshing spin on the characters mythos. The film also features special appearances from two fellow JLA members (who shall remain nameless) providing a nice way to wrap up the film. I have been looking forward to finally reviewing this film for sometime on FBT, and Mr.Peters has certainly made the wait worthwhile. From all of us true Aquaman Fans..Thanks Chuck, it's about time Orin got his fifteen minutes. To see this film you can visit the official website HERE, or you can check out the film's pages on Myspace, Youtube, and Spike. Enjoy!