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Sir Kodiak posted:I don't know what it is, but he's never been anything to me but that rear end in a top hat with a paddle. There has never been an actor that lost himself less in a role to me. I accept that this is not everyone's reaction. No, I have never not seen Ben Affleck in any of his roles. Something about his style never changes beyond what I think he's actually like.
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In my mind's eye Affleck is too scrawny to be Batman, but of everything that might be wrong in a given casting that's probably the easiest thing to fix.
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Aug 23, 2013 03:20
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DFu4ever posted:Same here. It is pretty inspired. I don't know. Is he even from Gotham? Like isn't he from Boston???
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Aug 23, 2013 03:25
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C-Euro posted:In my mind's eye Affleck is too scrawny to be Batman, but of everything that might be wrong in a given casting that's probably the easiest thing to fix. He was pretty jacked in The Town. 
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Aug 23, 2013 03:25
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Besides, compare Chris Hemsworth in Star Trek to Chris Hemsworth in Thor, size-wise.
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Aug 23, 2013 03:30
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tvb posted:Besides, compare Chris Hemsworth in Star Trek to Chris Hemsworth in Thor, size-wise. This was a really weird post to read immediately after the Amazing Spider-Man thread's puberty dick discussion.
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Aug 23, 2013 03:31
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tvb posted:Besides, compare Chris Hemsworth in Star Trek to Chris Hemsworth in Thor, size-wise. And honestly, I'm sure Mark Twight from Gym Jones will easily get Affleck into proper fighting shape. All you to do is just look at what that fitness maniac did to Henry Cavill. teagone fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Aug 23, 2013 |
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Aug 23, 2013 03:33
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Lobok posted:This was a really weird post to read immediately after the Amazing Spider-Man thread's puberty dick discussion. Well guess I don't need to catch up with that thread after all. teagone posted:And honestly, I'm sure Mark Twight from Gym Jones will easily Affleck into proper fighting shape. All you to do is just look at what that fitness maniac did to Henry Cavill. That's the same guy Snyder used for 300, right?
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Aug 23, 2013 03:34
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:That's the same guy Snyder used for 300, right? Yeah. Snyder has collaborated with Gym Jones/Mark Twight for a majority of his films to get his actors into shape.
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Aug 23, 2013 03:37
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I don't mind Affleck as an actor, I just would have preferred a more unknown actor like how they cast Cavill as Superman. I think it'll be too distracting having Affleck as Batman for me.
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Aug 23, 2013 03:42
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an adult beverage posted:I don't mind Affleck as an actor, I just would have preferred a more unknown actor like how they cast Cavill as Superman. I think it'll be too distracting having Affleck as Batman for me. No more distracting than it would have been had they cast either Josh Brolin or Jon Hamm in my opinion.
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Aug 23, 2013 03:45
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squarerandom posted:I don't know. Is he even from Gotham? Like isn't he from Boston???  What gives you the right? I'm wearing hockey pads. Wicked awesome hockey pads.
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Aug 23, 2013 03:53
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an adult beverage posted:I don't mind Affleck as an actor, I just would have preferred a more unknown actor like how they cast Cavill as Superman. I think it'll be too distracting having Affleck as Batman for me. No, it'll be perfect. Jokey Boston actor playing man who dresses up like a giant bat to fight crime is less of a stretch than jokey playboy billionaire dressing up like a giant bat to fight crime.
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Aug 23, 2013 03:54
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I think this could work, but it's going to be weird at least for awhile. Granted, it's been like 10 years since Daredevil now.
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Aug 23, 2013 03:56
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teagone posted:No more distracting than it would have been had they cast either Josh Brolin or Jon Hamm in my opinion. I doubt most people know who Brolin is by name. Like Keaton and Bale, Brolin is a character actor. Affleck is much more like Clooney in terms of appearing very similar in multiple movies.
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Aug 23, 2013 04:07
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ghostwritingduck posted:I doubt most people know who Brolin is by name. Like Keaton and Bale, Brolin is a character actor. Affleck is much more like Clooney in terms of appearing very similar in multiple movies. Clooney wasn't really A list yet when he was Batman. People knew him from E.R. Mainly at that time.
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Aug 23, 2013 04:10
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Still wish Liam McIntyre had gotten the role because I love everything Spartacus and think Batman should fight more like he did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmG30brMnDA
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Aug 23, 2013 04:15
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Dacap posted:Clooney wasn't really A list yet when he was Batman. People knew him from E.R. Mainly at that time. True. He's also a good actor. The problem is Bruce struggles with whether he's Bruce Wayne or Batman. Having an actor who's natural qualities are apparent in all of his roles makes portraying this incredibly difficult.
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Aug 23, 2013 04:17
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HorseRenoir posted:So Ben Affleck is the next Batman. I want to hate this, I do. I'm trying hard to hate it. I think I want to see it.
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Aug 23, 2013 04:22
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There goes my holdout for Anson Mount 
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I see Affleck as a sort of pre-Frank Miller "world's greatest detective" Batman and think it could work.
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Democratic Pirate posted:Still wish Liam McIntyre had gotten the role because I love everything Spartacus and think Batman should fight more like he did. McIntyre might be an ok Batman but he'd be a terrible Bruce Wayne. Affleck is debatably the other way around, but it's a lot easier to fix the Batman part.
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Aug 23, 2013 06:18
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The nerd rage I'm reading all across the internet regarding Affleck getting cast as Batman is interesting. I remember Ledger's casting as The Joker was met with pretty similar levels of bitch-rear end whining, but then most people were put in their place once everyone heard Heath's voiceover in one of the first teasers. I imagine the same thing will happen again with Ben. The most hilarious comments I've read, by far, have been on The Verge's article posting - http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/22/4649490/ben-affleck-is-the-next-batman
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Aug 23, 2013 07:13
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Kevin Smith is predictably excited about this.
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teagone posted:The nerd rage I'm reading all across the internet regarding Affleck getting cast as Batman is interesting. I remember Ledger's casting as The Joker was met with pretty similar levels of bitch-rear end whining, but then most people were put in their place once everyone heard Heath's voiceover in one of the first teasers. I imagine the same thing will happen again with Ben. The most hilarious comments I've read, by far, have been on The Verge's article posting - http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/22/4649490/ben-affleck-is-the-next-batman I hope it'll be great, and am not completely dismissing the film or anything, but the difference with Heath Ledger's casting is that Heath was a relatively unknown and unproven actor with some really great buzz from his few larger roles. Affleck is Affleck, and has had decades in the industry with tons of types of roles, so people feel they know what he's capable of and can picture what he'll do with the character. He has an inherent softness which doesn't ever seem to get hidden. Really hoping he'll do something great with the character though, at the minute I feel like someone in the studio has said "To hell with whatever plans you guys had for the movie, put Batman in it! And I want Batman to be a big name. Let's cast Ben Affleck."
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Aug 23, 2013 07:41
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Remember that Ben Affleck was Daredevil... And we all know how well that went.
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WMain00 posted:Remember that Ben Affleck was Daredevil...
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WMain00 posted:Remember that Ben Affleck was Daredevil... That happened a decade ago. And like qbert said, Affleck was not the problem with that film. It was everything else.
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Aug 23, 2013 08:32
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I'm down with Affleck but...this is hilarious and at the same time . I'm more interested in how Batman's gonna be written or what his state is for the movie. At this stage I really hope it isn't Man of Steel vibe and its more All Star Batman and Robin.
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Rhyno posted:FANTASY CASTING TIME It'd be cool if they'd let the character age along with Downey - do what the comics aren't allowed to. Build a legacy that feels like it has weight instead of devaluing it by handing the character over to another actor. But since that won't happen, when they recast Stark I don't think they should just grab whatever good looking smarmy white guy seems the best choice at that moment. Go in a new direction, find a great actor with a different sensibility and give them a real chance to create their own Stark instead of making them rehash what came before. Tripwyre posted:In the rich tradition of slamming two things nerds love into each other: Tatiana Maslany for Scarlet Witch. I've never heard of her, but I googled her and she has a great look. teagone posted:The nerd rage I'm reading all across the internet regarding Affleck getting cast as Batman is interesting. I remember Ledger's casting as The Joker was met with pretty similar levels of bitch-rear end whining, but then most people were put in their place once everyone heard Heath's voiceover in one of the first teasers. I imagine the same thing will happen again with Ben. The most hilarious comments I've read, by far, have been on The Verge's article posting - http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/22/4649490/ben-affleck-is-the-next-batman It's an asinine comparison because when Ledger was announced as the Joker he was something like 15 years younger than Affleck is now and had just given a motherfucker of a performance in Brokeback Mountain. Anyone who saw it could also see that he was a powerful young actor who was growing into his talent. Ben Affleck's a middle aged man who's never been much more than competent as a performer - he is a charming guy and he can get some mileage out of that, but he doesn't have a sustaining element when it's time to get deeper into a character. He doesn't have any surprises up his sleeves, and the only reason he's in a position to get this role is because he was generous enough to allow himself to star in the two hit movies he directed for Warner Brothers, thereby proving that people will still go to see a Ben Affleck movie in theaters.
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DNS posted:It'd be cool if they'd let the character age along with Downey - do what the comics aren't allowed to. Build a legacy that feels like it has weight instead of devaluing it by handing the character over to another actor. I actually like what they're doing now, where they give superheroes actual character arcs with conclusions (Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man 3) instead of just stretching things into perpetuity where nobody grows or changes like in the comics.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:I actually like what they're doing now, where they give superheroes actual character arcs with conclusions (Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man 3) instead of just stretching things into perpetuity where nobody grows or changes like in the comics. TDKR I agree on but Iron Man 3 wasn't really a conclusion. There was some sort of ending tacked on but it's completely undone by Tony appearing in Avengers 2 and 3, no doubt as Iron Man, and it's not like he really has an arc in the film. The PTSD goes nowhere, he's never in any way challenged emotionally/psychologically in the film and I don't really see him having honestly changed much since the end of Iron Man 1. Also, Kevin Feige has said that Marvel sees the films as something like James Bond and everyone will be recast over the years to come...so honestly it's pretty clear that the films are going the same way as the comics.
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Tony becoming Iron Man in Avengers 2 and 3 does not undo anything in Iron Man 3. He even said it at the end of Iron Man 3: "I am Iron Man". It just means he will be a better Iron Man than he was before. Ultron being the villain in Avengers 2 might even mean he will be without armor until the end of the movie. Actually, with Wanda being talked about so much I wonder if this means that the movie will end with Wanda saving the day because with Ultron controlling all technology they will need magic which is something an AI will not understand.
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I've seen the Town and Argo, and I love them so I'm excited to see what Affleck does with Batman. What are some other good Affleck films?
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WMain00 posted:Remember that Ben Affleck was Daredevil... Yeah, you're right, Ben Affleck was in a poorly-received film ten years ago. Guess it's back to the drawing board! AFoolAndHisMoney posted:I've seen the Town and Argo, and I love them so I'm excited to see what Affleck does with Batman. His performance in Hollywoodland is pretty darn great.
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Didn't we get enough super grizzled Batman from Bale already? Grim guttural voice and all It'd be nice with a new take on the character and Ben might just be able to bring that out
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WMain00 posted:Remember that Ben Affleck was Daredevil... Daredevil really wasn't that bad and nothing wrong with Affleck at all. Half the problem was the whole Jennifer Lopez poo poo and Gigli, plus a few other utterly godawful films that nearly killed his career gave Daredevil a reputation it really doesnt deserve. Since Jersey Girl, he paused a year or two then has been doing solid work, even great work. The distatse is more those two years when he did Pearl Harbour, Jersey Girl and Gigli, he really hosed the pooch. Pretty much like anyone else, I'd prefer him directing or even script writing, there's no argument he's pretty loving good at those. Maybe being Batman was the price for getting him onboard? Dunno but I'm quite curious to see what he brings to the role.
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Whatever your thoughts are about Affleck's acting ability, does the actor under the cowl need to be all that great in the first place? Obviously mediocrity shouldn't be the goal but has Batman had any scenes from Keaton to Bale that really required or showcased some virtuoso acting? And I'm talking about Batman himself, not the villains.
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Lobok posted:Whatever your thoughts are about Affleck's acting ability, does the actor under the cowl need to be all that great in the first place? Obviously mediocrity shouldn't be the goal but has Batman had any scenes from Keaton to Bale that really required or showcased some virtuoso acting? And I'm talking about Batman himself, not the villains. Batman himself demands a certain anger and intensity that Affleck has never provided. People make fun of Bale's Batman voice, but you still really felt why he would cause major fear in Batman Begins when he first dons the cowl and starts threatening people. Keaton had a brooding intensity and underlying insanity feel as Batman as well. Whenever Affleck tries to pull off anything close to similar, he generally feels "soft" and "nice." ...which would make him perfect for one of the "lighter" takes on Batman. It really depends on the direction in which they go.
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