The action was Sharknado big and so are the eye rolls the dialogue elicits.

The Aquaman character did appear on Smallville in the October 2005 episode "Aqua," in which Alan Ritchson played the DC hero.

Hartley landed (no pun intended) the role for the single episode stand-alone, which was ultimately passed on by The CW.

Along with Hartley, the Aquaman pilot starred Lou Diamond Phillips, Denise Quinones and Ving Rhames.

This iteration of Curry lost his mother when he was a child, and now he's a beach bum who runs a dive shop. Hartley's Curry knows he is special, but only uses his powers for fun, until, of course, he must get it together and save the day.

There is no need to watch the entire pilot — though if you're curious, it's on iTunes for $1.99 — because the trailer is so satisfying in that cult-classic awful CG and hokey lines sort of way.