Why Keaton Is Still The DCEU's Best Replacement For Affleck's Batman
Michael Keaton is actually the best possible Batman replacement for Ben Affleck in the DCEU, and he will only enhance the hero's role within the franchise. One of the DCEU's first major controversies was the backlash to Affleck's Batman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice — a much darker hero obsessed with stopping Superman and willing to break the Dark Knight's infamous "no-kill" rule. Though the consensus on Affleck's Batman later shifted to a more favorable opinion, the character has been forever marred by that initial reaction.
After Ben Affleck's solo Batman movie failed to come to fruition, the actor announced his exit from the role. The decision was made to replace Affleck's Batman with another version in the DCEU, ensuring that the DC franchise wouldn't go without one of its most iconic characters. This paved the way for Michael Keaton's return to the role — facilitated by The Flash's multiverse narrative — three decades after last playing the part in Batman Returns.
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Replacing Ben Affleck's Batman is no easy task, but it would seem that the DCEU may have found the perfect solution, even with Batgirl's controversial cancelation. Not only does Keaton's Batman possess a number of similarities to Affleck's, but he is also a character capable of fixing a number of the DCEU's most pressing problems. Though Affleck's Batman deserves better, replacing him with Michael Keaton's version of the character is actually the best way to proceed with the DCEU as a whole.
One of the biggest hurdles to replacing a character as vital to the DCEU as Batman is establishing who the new version is and why he's a worthy successor, but Michael Keaton's return
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