Ben Affleck is Batman

[The Laughing Fish]

All we need now is Matt Damon cast as Lex Luthor.

[Batman88]

I don't know how to feel about this but this news doesn't have me overly excited.

I'll just have to wait and see.

[The Dark Knight]

I'll just have to wait and see.

The best approach.

[Edd Grayson]

Everyone's talking about Bale's Bat, Schumacher's Bat, their Bat, not their Bat. Everyone's talking about Nolan-ism, realism, this ism, that ism, ism ism ism. All we are saying is give Ben a chance!

[The Joker]

If Affleck takes the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman as seriously as he did with his portrayal of George Reeves in Hollywoodland, I think I'll be happy. As I recall, I had some genuine reservations about that casting, but upon seeing the film, and once the end credits began to roll, I was pleasantly surprised. I consider it one of the early, excellent movies of his comeback trail. And much like with that film, I'm hoping for nothing but the best with Affleck on this.

[The Dark Knight]

For some reason I'm equating this to Clooney but in a positive way. Imagine the debonair playboy of Clooney but with one hard-ass, grizzled and experienced alter ego. Condescending with a superior attitude towards the younger Superman.

[Cobblepot4Mayor]

Well didn't see that one coming when I first watched "Armageddon" on VHS with my dad back in 1997! lol

I'm warming up more and more to his casting. I do like Ben Affleck. I'm fully aware he's a comic fan himself. I just worry because of "Daredevil". Personally I enjoy the film but I can't help but feel he was slightly miscast back then. But a decade on perhaps he's gotten much better. This will make watching The Man without Fear's movie quite difficult however in the future now he's also a certain Mr Wayne lol The question is was this truly the best candidate to take over from Christian Bale's Batman??? Bale, like him or not, I thought was excellent although Keaton is always my favorite. Far as I'm concerned he's a tough act to follow. I'm not sure if Affleck was the right man to approach for such a task.

Still I'm delighted we have the new Batman at last. Welcome to the Batman movie universe "A.J Frost/Matt Murdock/weird Angel guy from "Dogma""!

I'm surprised they have continued the trend of going to a "star" to play Batman and not pick an unknown as I believed they would this time. I don't know what your all talking about when you say it'll be just "Affleck in a cape" or like "Clooney in a cape" though. Each actor who has played movie Batman has had an established film career and were all well known before arriving in Gotham City. This is what I think makes the Batman films fairly unique. "Stars" seem to work when being cast as a new Caped Crusader.

[The Laughing Fish]

Bale, like him or not, I thought was excellent although Keaton is always my favorite. Far as I'm concerned he's a tough act to follow. I'm not sure if Affleck was the right man to approach for such a task.

No disrespect but I strongly disagree. I've seen amateur actors in fan films like City of Scars do a FAR better job than Bale's embarrassing portrayal. I thought Bale only acted well in the Bruce Wayne part in Rises, but then again I thought he had to put more effort since his character was getting beaten up all the time.
But as long as Affleck portrays Bruce/Batman with even a bit of charisma and a menacing demeanor then I'll be convinced and satisfied.

[Catwoman]

Everyone's talking about Bale's Bat, Schumacher's Bat, their Bat, not their Bat. Everyone's talking about Nolan-ism, realism, this ism, that ism, ism ism ism. All we are saying is give Ben a chance!

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[Catwoman]

after that i'm even less likely to give him a chance.