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Whatever, Dave... You know you dont like Ben Affleck... 
(I kid... Unless I'm right...)
(I kid... Unless I'm right...)
Ben affleck is the new batman
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pink freud
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I've seen that video a million times, and it never gets old.
HARVEY DENT! Can we trust him?
soliloquy
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from what i'm hearing, affleck wont be batman as much as he'll be bruce wayne. as in, they will be showing wayne as a much older guy, who is close to retirement, if not, then already has. he will be the intelligence behind superman, giving him support from the side lines. we will be seeing him every now and then as the dark knight, but mostly it'll be wayne.
also, apparently affleck is interested in rebooting the batman series with a twist. no idea what the twist is...but i'd like to hope that the twist is reviving joseph gordon-levitt's role at the end of rises as robin turning into nightwing...OR batman beyond! either case will allow batman/bruce wayne to be in the background and batman beyond/robin/nightwing to be the foreground
again, i'm no authority on this...
also, apparently affleck is interested in rebooting the batman series with a twist. no idea what the twist is...but i'd like to hope that the twist is reviving joseph gordon-levitt's role at the end of rises as robin turning into nightwing...OR batman beyond! either case will allow batman/bruce wayne to be in the background and batman beyond/robin/nightwing to be the foreground
again, i'm no authority on this...
Spinedriver
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The Batman Beyond theory sounds really good. Coincidentally, from what I've heard, DC has just launched "Batman Beyond 2.0" If your theory is right, this means that Affleck could play Bruce Wayne/Batman in the next movie but by the time the Justice League movie is ready to go, he could just be Bruce Wayne and another actor could play Batman.
I agree that it's all just speculation but I think the petitions and whatnot are completely absurd. After all, it's JUST a movie, not a Presidential Election. It's like saying that putting a different actor in the role of Qui-Gon in the Phantom Menace would have made it a better movie.
The brass tacks of it are, hopefully the project does well so that the plans for the Flash and JLA movies might be able to move forward.
skeels
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Personally, I would like to see the Batman vs. Superman story as depicted by Frank Miller.
With Tom Cruise.
With Tom Cruise.
ilyti
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He was set up to be Robin, silly goose.
Edit: boy I should have read two posts down before posting.
But yeah, I am skeptical about this too, but the world didn't end with Val Kilmer or George Clooney (100000x worse), so this won't be so bad in the grand scheme.
texshred777
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I would have rather seen Eric Bana as Batman(and that includes the Nolanverse trilogy). Nothing against Bale by the way. It was nice to finally have a decent Batman for a change.
But who knows...Affleck is a pretty good actor. Maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised. I hope so, TDKR is fantastic and I would hate to see that too get destroyed by Hollywood.
But who knows...Affleck is a pretty good actor. Maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised. I hope so, TDKR is fantastic and I would hate to see that too get destroyed by Hollywood.
Kodee_Kaos
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Seriously, who gives a f**k. It's a movie adaptation of a book series made for prepubescent boys.
Oooh no, did you hear? James Earl Jones is going to do the voiceover for the upcoming Barney the Dinosaur live action movie!1!! This is so no goods!
skeels
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flint757
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And people who hate on Daredevil should watch the directors cut extended version. It is actually pretty good when the continuity isn't ....ed up.
There is nothing realistic about Nolan's batman. His series had just as many WTF moments and plot holes as any other comic book movie and he definitely decided of his own accord when something would be 'realistic' or not.
ok, lets address the "gruff voice" thing that was mentioned several times...
no one in the films should have had to elude to it, its common sense that batmans identity was unknown. had he used his "normal" voice as he did when speaking as batman, those who had contacts with both of his identities would have put two and two together that it was bruce waynes voice.
yes the voice sounded forced, but it was to throw ppl off as to who he really was. unlike superman movies where ppl could tell who he was just because he wore glasses when he was clark kent
Disagree completely. There was no need for it. If this were genuinely real sure, but it isn't so...Batman The Animated Series is by far the best voice I've heard for both Bruce and Batman. He didn't get a cold every time he put the suit on.
He also used the voice when he was around people who knew who he was so it wasn't exactly about hiding his identity. It was a poor attempt at making each character distinct (Bruce and Batman).
Sofos
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I personally think Affleck would be a mediocre Bruce Wayne
BUT
He'd be a great Terry McGinnis (Batman Beyond)
Also, Justin Timberlake said in an interview he really wants to play The Riddler. I'd love to see that. He'd be perfect in that role.
BUT
He'd be a great Terry McGinnis (Batman Beyond)
Also, Justin Timberlake said in an interview he really wants to play The Riddler. I'd love to see that. He'd be perfect in that role.
MFB
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Affleck is WAY too old to be Terry, since he's supposed to be in high school during BB if I remember correctly
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Spinedriver
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Disagree completely. There was no need for it. If this were genuinely real sure, but it isn't so...Batman The Animated Series is by far the best voice I've heard for both Bruce and Batman. He didn't get a cold every time he put the suit on.
He also used the voice when he was around people who knew who he was so it wasn't exactly about hiding his identity. It was a poor attempt at making each character distinct (Bruce and Batman).
Kevin Conroy said in an interview that when he did the voice, he saw it as Batman being the lead character and that Bruce Wayne was the "alter ego". So technically, he used his normal speaking voice when he was Batman and changed it up for when he was Wayne.
texshred777
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Should have been titled 5 reasons he may not suck too horribly, and if he does oh well.
I was actually hoping he'd talk a little bit about why Affleck would make a good Batman/Wayne. Perhaps examples from his past work that show he has the goods for that role.
That's not to say he didn't make good points, but none of it was really on topic to the title.
I was actually hoping he'd talk a little bit about why Affleck would make a good Batman/Wayne. Perhaps examples from his past work that show he has the goods for that role.
That's not to say he didn't make good points, but none of it was really on topic to the title.
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He's not my first choice, but Ben Affleck is a talented actor and director. He's had a long career, and like all actors has put out some bad films in that time, but he's also put out some great ones. I loved Man of Steel, and I'm a pretty big Superman hater. If the MOS2 is half as good, it will be an awesome film.
Friendroid
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Sorry, I dont know much about the Batman universe apart from the movies. Will the next movie be sort of a sequel to Bale's Batman movie?
pink freud
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I have a feeling as far as the JL movieverse is concerned the Bale-Batman movies don't exist. Or are at least inconsequential.
Not at all.
The Nolan/Bale Batman series was a trilogy taking place outside the serial cannon. Both key parties have expressed that it's over for that universe.
