Fillerguy
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Talk about reaching.This has probably been posted ten times but fukk it. Made me laugh.
Ben Affleck is Batman for "Man of Steel" Sequel
feelosofer
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I remember the hate that Michael Keaton got when he was cast as Batman. Look how that turned out. I remember the hate Heath Ledger got when he was cast as Joker. Look how that turned out. There were quite a fewfaces when RDJ was cast as Iron Man. Look how that turned out. Now could it go south? Yes. But over the last decade, Affleck has proven to be quite the accomplished actor and director. However, I will reserve judgement until I see the movie.
Funny you should say that as I thought it was brilliant. RDJ and Iron Man had identical stories.
HipHopStan
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It's funny to look back on stuff sometimes. I'm glad I always kept an open mind to things. Two other casting choices that were damned to hell before a single piece of footage was released: Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and Daniel Craig as James Bond.
JMurder
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because they saw him in Daredevil
Of all the problems with daredevil, affleck was not one of them.
JMurder
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Those two examples of being "damned to hell" is quite the exaggeration. Everyone agreed Hugh Jackman had the look...the problem was he was too tall. I heard less chatter about Daniel Craig because it was complete revamp of James Bond to begin with
Wasn't old enough to know about the Keaton shyt, but nobody gaveI remember the hate that Michael Keaton got when he was cast as Batman. Look how that turned out. I remember the hate Heath Ledger got when he was cast as Joker. Look how that turned out. There were quite a few
faces with RDJ that I can remember. I'm pretty sure most ppl felt that it was PERFECT casting. Everyone remembers the Heath Ledger uncertainty but that clearly died down once images leaked.You guys seem to be comparing shyt just for the sake of comparison...completely missing a few points. 1) We've already seen Affleck in a superhero movie that turned out to be terrible (Daredevil), 2) being a good actor is only part of a good casting choice as a) they can't make Affleck a convincing Bruce Wayne) and b) they can't make Affleck a convincing Batman.
Is there a possibility that the movie could be good? Sure....but they'd have to make some significant changes in order to make Affleck fit a role that doesn't really suit him imo
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JMurder
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While I agree, I don't think Affleck was a fit for that movie anyway. I watch Daredevil and see Affleck in a mask when I'm supposed to see Matt Murdock
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Can we get joss to help direct?
MenacingMonk
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Wolverine is known to be small.
The problem with Jackman is he is too tall for wolverine
....I think its obvious they were trying to get they own version of Robert Downey,I guy who does serious acting but is also witty.....they'll probaly go for the kids with this one...MOS woulda been better had they made that decision,instead of making that shyt half dark and serious....just go all the way PG and cheese it up as long as its good
Don't see any other way to break the Noland comparisons and dudes wanting physcological thrillers in these dc movies.
Ben Affleck just got that Nicholas Cage thing goin where I expect him to be bad for some reason
....maybe ill watch one of his newer flicks,I did wanna see The Town cuz the commercial looked good but I never got around to it...a good performance maybe will make me look at him differently before I see this movie,cuz be honest u gon see this shyt regardless
Don't remember homie being all that dynamic on the screen though
...they needed sumbody with a lot of energy I think to counter the lack of energy Superman wuz givin off in mos movie, a swagged out playboy Batman is probaly in order here,a dark brooding batman like y'all talking will lead to boredom I think....brooding batman and no personality having Superman
JMurder
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Wolverine is known to be small.
I meant too tall. nikkas were complaining that he was eye to eye with Cyclops *goes back and edits*
HipHopStan
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Two years from now, this thread will be great to look back on. Just to compare people's reactions. Who was right and who was wrong? What were people's reactions in 2013 and what were people's reactions in 2015? It's gonna be a trip. 
TheGodling
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All three mentioned in the article are WB's in-house go-to guys. Get the fukk outta here with that "Nolan offered the job" shyt. 'Outside' people never stood a chance.