Ben Affleck is Batman, what do you think?
Posted Friday, August 23, 2013 at 9:41 AM Central
by John Couture
In case you took a break from social media last night or were by chance watching the Corvetto trilogy and didn't hear, Warner Bros. dropped a massive casting bomb on to the world. Ben Affleck has been cast as Batman in Man of Steel II: Superman vs. Batman.
About a nanosecond later, Twitter exploded. Here are a few of the best 140 character reactions to the news.
Affleck directing Batman? Could be cool. He's really finding himself as a director... Wha? Playing Batman? Eeeep!!-- A guy who saw Daredevil
— Brian Posehn (@thebrianposehn) August 23, 2013
"You like apples, Riddl-ah?" You can totally use that one, @BenAffleck.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) August 23, 2013
"This Batcave is wicked awesome!"
— Chris Regan (@ChrisRRegan) August 23, 2013
Maybe it's a misprint, and Ben Affleck is playing Bartman. #hope
— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) August 23, 2013
Warner Bros Receive 50,000 Complaints Over Casting Of Batman http://t.co/1CQaFKkQku
— Bleeding Cool (@bleedingcool) August 23, 2013
Really looking forward to seeing Affleck bring the depth and gravitas to Batman that he brought to Daredevil and Gigli.
— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) August 23, 2013
WTF! Ben Affleck is Batman?! That's genius.
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) August 23, 2013
Affleck is going to kill this. Mark my words. As a huge fan of Bale, I completely think this is a genius new way to take it.
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) August 23, 2013
Spend ten years working your way back into everyone's good graces. Win an Oscar. Then you get cast as Batman, and BAM! You're Gigli again.
— Tim Carvell (@timcarvell) August 23, 2013
I'm going to watch JSBSB again, just to see Affleck and co making fun of people bitching about movie casting on the internet.
— Paul (@pafster) August 23, 2013
Holy shit... BEN AFFLECK IS THE NEW BATMAN!!! http://t.co/acivqxFl0U Do you know what this means? It means that I've seen Batman naked!!!
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) August 23, 2013
And my favorite.
And if you needed any help picturing Ben Affleck as #Batman (or Matt Damon as Robin for that matter)... pic.twitter.com/kuJA1Vd4xY
— Total Film (@totalfilm) August 23, 2013
The point is that the world seems to be split right down the middle. We want to know what you think. Leave your comments below and if you don't like Affleck as Batman, give us a better alternative.