Nostalgia Goggles: Dunna Dunna Dunna Dunna Duuna Bat-Ben!

Hey everyone!

So, here's our new Batman:

Cards on the table: I really wasn't that floored by Christian Bale as Batman.  Don't get me wrong, I love this frickin' frack out of the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy, but the portrayal, in my opinion, aired more on the side of Tobey MaGuire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man than Christopher Reeves as Clark Kent/Superman.  So, the announcement of Ben Affleck as the new Caped Crusader has had me more intrigued than disappointed or angry.  This new photo nearly guarantees that the Batman we are going to see in Superman vs. Batman is going to be different than any incarnation that we have seen.

Now, I've been a pretty big fan of Batman since childhood.  His stories were a combination of two of my favorite genres: detective stories and science fiction.  As I've grown up and seeing all the different adaptations of the Caped Crusader, I've always been impressed by all the different ways creative minds have reinvented the same man over and over, each with an interesting and unique take.  I, for one, am excited to see how Zack Snyder and Ben Affleck will do with the character, even if it is a case of casting gone wrong.

This new Batman seems much larger than all previous Batmans, physically and in terms of presence.  Zack Snyder already revealed that Ben Affleck's Batman will be much further along in his superhero career than previous incarnations, so this grizzled and larger than life picture could be reflecting that.  Now, I could be reading too much into a single picture but this Batman definitely reminds me of Christian Bale at the beginning of The Dark Knight Rises, very worn and very jaded.  It will make an interesting dynamic with Superman, if this indeed is true, who I am hoping with take a much needed optimistic role in the upcoming film.

I'm certainly excited for Superman vs. Batman, even though I wasn't a huge fan of Man of Steel and the fact that the whole movie is just a stepping stone to the Justice League film is a little disheartening.  I think the first Superman and Batman movie should deserve a little more attention than that.  Either way, we are in for something exciting and new from Zack Snyder and company.

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