“I’M BATMAN”

Batman (1989).

Can he take all his criticism 'on the chin', as it were?

Ben Affleck’s character in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Holden McNeil) once said; 

"The Internet is a communications tool used the world over where people can come together to bitch about movies and share pornography with one another… This is a site populated by militant movie buffs: sad, pathetic, little bastards living in their parents' basement, downloading scripts and what they think is inside information about movies and actors they claim to despise yet can't stop discussing."

Truer word not said, anyone?

I’ll admit, I’m not bowled over by the news Ben Affleck is the new Batman, but I’ve had something of a rethink since my initial “what the fuck”. Let’s face it, he’s not the worst suggestion yet, is he? Michael Keaton was 5-foot-something and had no chin, but we all remember him fondly, and less said about Clooney and Kilmer the better!

So long as Mr. Affleck takes the character in a new direction to Nolan’s work then we may have hope of something worthwhile, perhaps something a little more self-aware, with a glint of sly humor...  You can’t out-Bale Christian Bale, best not to even try.

We can't change it, only the worst kind of nerd would expect an on-line petition to make any difference, so let's just embrace it and hope for the best... At least Affleck has the chin for it.

Watch this space.