New The Flash Trailer Is Simultaneously Exciting and Slightly Worrying

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In-between endless hours of awesome NBA playoff action, I stepped aside long enough to check out the new trailer. Action-packed and loaded with superheroes, DC’s latest venture hits screens this summer and promises an epic unlike any we’ve ever seen. However, while I’m excited, I still have a few doubts.

Let’s take a look at what was impressive and was a slight bit worrying about the new trailer.

Seeing Michael Keaton return as Batman — his first foray into the role since 1992’s  — is one of those long-gestating wish fulfillments I never thought would come true. Initially, my reaction was to fist pump and high-five the person nearest to me, which just happened to be my wife — she rolled her eyes, God bless her soul. But, despite its silliness, I loved seeing the Batwing back in action and even got a kick out of the “let’s get nuts” line. (Was that Keaton’s signature line in the Tim Burton films?)

Still, I find it curious that WB would decide to dust the boots off of a 71-year-old Keaton instead of just giving us more Batfleck. Hell, just cast a new guy. For all my yearning to see Keaton slip underneath the cowl again, that ship sailed after Christopher Nolan unleashed  trilogy — still the best representation of Batman ever, in my opinion. 

 and  were unique pieces of cinema released over 30 years ago, mainly because they were the only superhero flicks outside the Christopher Reeve  films and a couple of low-budget Roger Corman productions. I loved Burton’s pics because they were the only versions of Batman available that didn’t feature our winged hero surfing alongside the Joker in a goofy grey and blue suit. All these years later, we’ve seen better representations of Batman via cartoons, Nolan’s films, Zack Snyder’s