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[SonicMegaDrive]

not a difficult feat since there hasn't been a decent Batman since.

Except for the three really great ones, of course.

 

[Santiako]

Just saw this news, it's an odd choice, but he can't be worse than Bale, he was the worst thing of Nolan's films by far.

 

[Lebron]

Except for the three really great ones, of course.

Kevin Conroy
Kevin Conroy
and Kevin Conroy

?

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

Kevin Conroy
Kevin Conroy
and Kevin Conroy

?

Darn, you stole my ace.

Was gonna go with Christian Bale, Conroy and

Spoiler

Peter Weller.

 

[SlowRevolution]

man people turned on Bale really fast.

 

[Blader]

You know with Ben Affleck now as Batman and him having such a close relationship with Warner Bros in regard this is own films he's really in a position to offer suggestions in regard to the script and how something is directed. This could potentially be a a significant positive for those that have concerns regarding both Snyder and Goyer. Are they going to ignore the Oscar award winning director that could potentially go on to direct a Batman film and in turn make their own film look worse by comparison if they ignore his input. He's a director and writer himself and he might not want to step on their toes but if he does feel the need (why wouldn't he if something really stands out to him as not working or there could be a better way) to say something, being an actor, director, and comic book nerd himself (I believe this has been the case) would they really be in the position to not to listen?

That's a good point and I wouldn't be surprised if his contract had some kind of script rewrite clause in it.

Darn, you stole my ace.

Was gonna go with Christian Bale, Conroy and

Spoiler

Peter Weller.

I thought Bruce Greenwood was pretty good too

 

[Ephemeris]

and

Spoiler

Peter Weller.

*nods*

 

[Blader]

Has this been posted? THR suggests Affleck's deal may include directing and starring in Justice League:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/why-ben-affleck-said-yes-613658

 

[Currygan]

just got the news. Wasnt the next Batman supposed to be older and grizzled? ROFL

 

[Anticitizen One]

Has this been posted? THR suggests Affleck's deal may include directing and starring in Justice League:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/why-ben-affleck-said-yes-613658

good.....GOOOD

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

lol would honestly be a worthwhile reboot if he did the accent

 

[ZoddGutts]

I liked DD Directors Cut. The changes were pretty different.

Still a terrible Daredevil movie. Shame, Daredevil is a great character in the comics. Hope Marvel reboots it and actually cast someone who is a good Matt Murdock.

 

[MetalFearSolid]

Has this been posted? THR suggests Affleck's deal may include directing and starring in Justice League:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/why-ben-affleck-said-yes-613658

Excellent, there may be hope after all..

 

[Clevinger]

Has this been posted? THR suggests Affleck's deal may include directing and starring in Justice League:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/why-ben-affleck-said-yes-613658

aww yeaahh!

 

[Anticitizen One]

Ben Affleck is a better director than Joss Whedon

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

Has this been posted? THR suggests Affleck's deal may include directing and starring in Justice League:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/why-ben-affleck-said-yes-613658

Justice League: Batman beats everyone

 

[Tamanon]

Justice League: Batman beats everyone

Tower of Babel storyline for the movie? I'm in.

 

[SilentRacoon]

Has this been posted? THR suggests Affleck's deal may include directing and starring in Justice League:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/why-ben-affleck-said-yes-613658

This deal got even better, we get a decent actor for the role and a great director aswell, now there is a chance for the movie to not being complete trash.

 

[Ephemeris]

I thought Bruce Greenwood was pretty good too

He wasn't bad. I feel I like 'em more the further they go away from sounding like Conroy.

I'd give this guy (Jeremy Sisto) an entire game if it was up to me. I dug his batman in Frontier.

 

[Calcium]

Wow, I really don't get the fan backlash on this one. The dude has made some bad movies sure, but he's been pretty damn impressive lately. I thought he was great in Argo and The Town. It'll be a different Batman than we're used to, but after three movies of Christian Bale straining his voice to sound like a badass I'm all for a different direction.

 

[Flying0Dutchman]

is this when everyone suddenly decides to hate Christian Bale?

 

[KoruptData]

Your nerd god has spoken.

Check out @josswhedon's Tweet: https://twitter.com/josswhedon/status/371100842289397760

 

[Jables Swan]

Your nerd god has spoken.

Check out @josswhedon's Tweet: https://twitter.com/josswhedon/status/371100842289397760

Amen Joss. I'm worried he won't get the material though. The first MoS movie was a huge disappointment and it wasn't the actors.

 

[Toa TAK]

Your nerd god has spoken.

Check out @josswhedon's Tweet: https://twitter.com/josswhedon/status/371100842289397760

He's right.

I came to the conclusion earlier that I just don't care anymore, if they're going to do this, DO IT RIGHT. Make the movie have a good story with good characters.

Is that so hard?

 

[megamerican]

You know what, fuck it. I don't know if the choice will pan out, but damn if it won't be fascinating as hell either way.

 

[Currygan]

Your nerd god has spoken.

Check out @josswhedon's Tweet: https://twitter.com/josswhedon/status/371100842289397760

it's easy to be nice when you know you're going to win

 

[3N16MA]

Your nerd god has spoken.

Check out @josswhedon's Tweet: https://twitter.com/josswhedon/status/371100842289397760

"Just needs the material." Well he won't get it from Snyder/Goyer and will have to wait until he can direct his own Batman films.

 

[iamblades]

Wow, I really don't get the fan backlash on this one. The dude has made some bad movies sure, but he's been pretty damn impressive lately. I thought he was great in Argo and The Town. It'll be a different Batman than we're used to, but after three movies of Christian Bale straining his voice to sound like a badass I'm all for a different direction.

^^

Everyone knows superhero movies(that aren't Iron Man) are carried by their villians, not the heroes anyway. Bale may be a better actor than Affleck, but you wouldn't know it from watching his Batman movies. Bale is basically the worst part of those movies.

It's kind of a surprising move, given that they don't really need an A list name for batman and Affleck has had so much success directing that he doesn't really need a starring role like this, but it makes a whole lot more sense if it's part of an overall deal that includes him directing.

Affleck's bad movies were never because he was a bad actor, even if he is no Daniel Day Lewis, he is perfectly serviceable for a summer blockbuster.

 

[ReiGun]

Has this been posted? THR suggests Affleck's deal may include directing and starring in Justice League:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/why-ben-affleck-said-yes-613658

Now we're cooking.

it's easy to be nice when you know you're going to win

They're competing?

 

[Effect]

This surprisingly relevant and funny today. It's a clip from Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back where Ben Affleck is explaining to the Jay and Silent Bob what internet commenters are. Someone uploaded the scene today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EwfoOB30lI

 

[Acorn]

Source?

 

[Wag]

Joss Whedon tweets support for Ben Affleck as Batman

Joss Whedon ✔ @josswhedon

Affleck'll crush it. He's got the chops, he's got the chin -- just needs the material. Affleck & Cavill toe to toe -- I'm in.
10:45 PM - 23 Aug 2013

 

[hirokazu]

I think he'll be fine. Anyway, he can't be worse than Superman vs. Batman as a whole is going to be, nor will his presence make the movie any worse than was going to be. I'll still look forward to it regardless.

You're all just a bunch on whiny pansies.

 

[BLACKLAC]

Joss Whedon tweets support for Ben Affleck as Batman

He knows whatever hope WB had against Avengers 2 is now gone.

 

[Dead]

This surprisingly relevant and funny today. It's a clip from Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back where Ben Affleck is explaining to the Jay and Silent Bob what internet commenters are. Someone uploaded the scene today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EwfoOB30lI

lol. Fantastic.

 

[Toa TAK]

This surprisingly relevant and funny today. It's a clip from Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back where Ben Affleck is explaining to the Jay and Silent Bob what internet commenters are. Someone uploaded the scene today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EwfoOB30lI

Perfect.

 

[Coreda]

Source?

Golden Globes 2013. Edit: video.

 

[Jarmel]

The worst part about this casting decision?

Ben Affleck won't be directing Stephen King's "The Stand". So much for that having a chance at being a quality film(s).

Wait what? Fuck fuck fuck

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

He'll look better if he keeps the beard as in the shops posted here. Pity he won't, without it he always looks silly to me for some reason.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Fuck.

Batman needs to have the Boston accent. It'd be so fucking good.

"I wohn't kill ya. But I dohn' have ta saveya."

 

[cj_iwakura]

This surprisingly relevant and funny today. It's a clip from Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back where Ben Affleck is explaining to the Jay and Silent Bob what internet commenters are. Someone uploaded the scene today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EwfoOB30lI

Fun add on to that, Kevin Smith really made a website called that leading up to the film's release, which did nothing but badmouth it.

 

[Mariolee]

If you mean this one, it's a shop from tumblr. If it were official it would've been in the press release.

Batman with a beard would probably give away his identity, but man if this doesn't look badass.

 

[Bishop89]

This surprisingly relevant and funny today. It's a clip from Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back where Ben Affleck is explaining to the Jay and Silent Bob what internet commenters are. Someone uploaded the scene today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EwfoOB30lI

amazing and true.

 

[tino]

Ben Affleck is a better director than Joss Whedon

The best director working today with most Best Director Oscar awards couldn't direct a Hulk movie for shit. The fact that Ben Afflect can direct a good thriller doesn't mean he can direct a much larger scaled action fantasy movie.

People in this thread don't understand there are specialization in movie directing.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

The best director working today with most Best Director Oscar awards couldn't direct a Hulk movie for shit. The fact that Ben Afflect can direct a good thriller doesn't mean he can direct a much larger scaled action fantasy movie.

People in this thread don't understand there are specialization in movie directing.

Make it a crime film.

He can direct a crime film.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

The best director working today with most Best Director Oscar awards couldn't direct a Hulk movie for shit. The fact that Ben Afflect can direct a good thriller doesn't mean he can direct a much larger scaled action fantasy movie.

People in this thread don't understand there are specialization in movie directing.

Weird that you'd namecheck Ang Lee in post arguing that Directors are specialized talents.

The guy who directed

Eat Drink Man Woman
Ride With the Devil
Hulk
Life of Pi
The Ice Storm
Brokeback Mountain
Sense and Sensibility

is almost exactly the OPPOSITE of what you're arguing for.

Directors don't have to be limited by the genre they first achieve success in. And many aren't. You using Ang Lee to posit that Directors NEED to be confined to the skill set you first recognize them for tells me you need to tinker with that theory a little more. Watch a few more movies. Make note of a few more directors.

 

[adj_noun]

This surprisingly relevant and funny today. It's a clip from Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back where Ben Affleck is explaining to the Jay and Silent Bob what internet commenters are. Someone uploaded the scene today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EwfoOB30lI

Ha ha ha. Perfect.

 

[Hawkian]

I said a whole lot of "just wait. You have no idea." when ledger was cast as joker.

i have nothing for you here

 

[odiin]

Just wait. You have no idea.

 

[Jetman]

Out of curiosity, I'd like to know how the selection process for this went down. I mean did Affleck actually have to put the costume on, give Snyder and the WB execs the Batman voice and show them something that impressed them? Or was this selection made off of a few phone calls and given to him because of the 'star power' and media curiosity he'd bring to this?