People still love Keaton so no. There will always be those who will bash the former Batman actors but the majority won't and will just appreciate what Ben Affleck bring to the table. He is fighting Superman so that is a pretty big deal.

Every Batman has their good and bad. Me personally, my hate is with the script. It's not the actor, it's the character.

@pokeysteve: @jayc1324: I agree, it's really dumb pit different character adaption against each other (unless it's a battle) when they're not really meant to be compared. That's what I really appreciated about this cute specifically, we can accept each adaption for what they are. That's why we can love Batman the Brave and the Bold without constantly comparing it to Batman the Animated Series (just TAS not the rest of the DCAU).

I was debating with a friend, over why he should stop saying that Affleck will be a better Batman than Keaton and Bale, and I was trying to convince him that he shouldn't compare Affleck who is meant it be a definitive version of Batman to Bale who was just meant to be Batman. And I pretty much said this "I'm saying that one (Bale/TAS) is primarily about the story telling only occasionally focusing the physical aspect of the character, when the story revolves around it. This one gives you an in depth look at how this person thinks and why he does what he does. This Batman is more down to earth in his abilities as he is only facing human threats

The latter (Affleck/Brave and the Bold) is about how cool Batman is and how is is seen by other heroes. This Batman shows you why Batman CAN be Batman in a world with other beings more powerful than himself. This is the Batman that must be in a Justice League film.

At the end of the day neither can actually be BETTER than the other. You can prefer one though."

I wasn't saying that they're exactly like the shows I compared them too cause they aren't obviously but it felt like a valid comparison.

@ultrastarkiller:

I agree with most of what you said. Only thing I disagree with is that I believe one Batman CAN be better than the other by getting closer to his comic book self (minus kicking through trees). My favorite Batman is basically any one voiced by Kevin Conroy (Animated Series, Arkham games etc) since they usually combine the physical prowess AND the intelligence. With the live action versions, Bale was much more athletic but was dumber than a box of rocks. Keaton didn't do much fighting but his Batman was very intelligent. I think the hype surrounding Affleck is that those two aspects of the character will FINALLY be brought together. We'll have to wait and see and I guess.

Like you said though, I'm sure I'll enjoy Affleck's take just like I enjoy Animated, and live action and games even though Batman isn't even a character I really like haha.

I think that Bale was the best Batman/Bruce Wayne, and I really doubt Affleck can top him.

I wish Bale would have stayed on and just gotten some buffs for the new universe :(

this.

I've never once said "this batman sucks, his actor is terrible" I realize all the problems I have are with the way he was written. The actor just acted the way he was told to

I like Batman... and i don't like Affleck and any of his movies !!! Keaton is only actor (if we spoke about movies) which had most hard work to play Batman/Bruce... because no one before him gonna to play Bruce/Batman before him ! He don't had any previous actor to be better or bader of him... He somehow make that, and it don't was something spectacular... but he do a really good job, and it work !!!

This is the internet, of course is going to happen.

If the whole Joss Whedon show something is how the internet citizens act.

Yup

Kids tend to dislike things from before their time, so many of the next generation who grow up with Affleck as "their" Batman will most likely hate on the older Batmen to some extent (though many won't), people just generally gravitate to the latest things.