The next Batman is... Ben Affleck?

"I'm kind of a big deal, guys." - Batman

lol right on

I feel like regardless of who they chose, the internet would have a huge backlash. They did the same when Ledger was chosen as the Joker. I'll hold out my opinions for the most part until I see the film.

Question now is will they keep that same stupid growl voice when hes wearing the costume.

I'm on board if they get Thomas Pynchon to write it.

I really like Ben Affleck and really don't care about Batman, so maybe this will get me into Batman? Who knows.

Dude, you should try and watch some of The Animated Series. It has the best Batman and (arguably) the best Joker, with Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill, respectively. Sure, sure, Heath Ledger, blablabla, I still think Mark Hamill's the best.

I'm not likin' them apples.

I've never seen Affleck as a bad actor. Just a solid leading man in search of a good project to work on. He's spent most of his career appearing in crappy movies that would have been stayed crappy without him. Superman Meets Batman (or whatever it will be called) will be no exception to this rule. Zack Snyder doesn't have it in him to make this a good movie anyway. It'll suck as bad as Man of Steel if not worse thanks to the crass pandering that led them to insert Batman into this movie with the Nolan series still so fresh in people's minds.

I know it is apparently heresy to say, but I didn't enjoy any of the new movies. There were bits and pieces of the first couple, but overall I didn't find them very enjoyable movies or takes on Batman. Other than Liam Neeson as Ra's Al Ghul I never cared for any of the way the villains were played either.

So as far as I'm concerned the series can only go up. I just hate this thing where Hollywood seems to like re-booting super heroes series every 5-10 years. I'm sick of seeing origin stories for characters I have already seen a million times.

I think it's a great choice. Affleck can do serious and he can have fun too. I think they'll probably have more fun with him as Batman than Christian Bale did. Then again, Bale's Batman was humorless.

You know, I used to hate Ben Affleck. Then as the years went by I kinda forgot about him, until he made Gone Baby Gone, which was a pretty damn good movie. I haven't actually seen him act for a long time, but I think he just might pull this off. A lot of people act like Christian Bale was the best thing to ever happen to Batman, especially after this was announced. I'm not sure why. He was okay in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, but he was fucking terrible in The Dark Knight Rises. It was pretty evident that he didn't want to do that movie in the first place.