What? MovieBob is doing his Big Picture this week about Ben Affleck as Batman? I certainly hope someone picks up that phone because I called it!
Man Bob, you could really say a lot of people have Ben Affleckted by this news, huh?
In all seriousness, I was pretty psyched about the news, for a lot of the same reasons you mentioned. He's a talented director and actor who actually likes comic books.
And to the people who bring up Daredevil, yes it was 10 years ago, but let's also remember that Daredevil was not bad BECAUSE of Affleck.
I finally saw Man of Steel last week, and truth is, I didn't really think it was good or bad. Y'know what I did think it was though? Boring. Really really boring. I'd forgotten my phone so I couldn't glance down to check the time at all during it, so about halfway through, I honestly just started counting in increments of 60.
So yeah Bob, I'm with you on this one. I like the idea of Affleck as Batman, but I dunno how this is gonna work out.
With any luck, even if Superman vs. Batman ends up being not that good, it'll at least launch an Affleck starring Batman solo run that...MAYBE will actually give us Robin this time? A real Robin I mean, not Chris O'Donnel or Joseph Gordon Levitt.
Oh, and off topic but I'm almost finished with your book. I'm on the Ice World chapter right now and I'm really liking it.