DC Films

No, it was his musings on what he would have done or what would have been cool for Batman Begins.

On the "no one under 40 knows Keaton's Batman", I'm 35 and actually only just watched them in the last couple of months after getting the box set of the 80s/90s films for Christmas.

The other franchises that were mentioned, such as Connery/Moore Bond and Indiana Jones, were very much treated as family films that were played on repeat during my childhood in the 90s. They would have been on during the day regularly on bank holidays or over Christmas, so it would be hard not to have seen them if you had any interest. Batman and Batman Returns though were definitely more adult and unlikely would have been played pre-watershed, particularly Returns.

I'm sure fans of these sort of films would have gotten around to them at some point and I probably am a bit unusual to not have seen them until recently (and I'm sure I had seen bits of both, although certainly not all the way through). However, I expect I'm not the only one and I'm certain it would be very common for those under 30.

Wait till you see the last ten DC movies!

Lol. All of my younger students can't wait for Inarittu's next banger.

40 might be pushing it, but I doubt many under 30s care much about any of those things, other than maybe slasher movies. Hence my confusion.

batman-news.com/2023/02/13/the-flash-batsuits/

A superbowl ad had some extra footage that wasn't in the trailer, including a shot of an array of different Keaton batsuits.

Just to clarify, my comment was more aimed at the blanket assertion that every under 40 has seen Batman/Batman Returns. As I say, I don't think those Batman films were anywhere near as ubiquitous as those other franchises that were mentioned for a 90s kid*. That doesn't mean I think they are making a big marketing mistake harkening back to those films.

For what it's worth, I am much more interested in Michael Keaton playing Batman again than I would be if Christian Bale was. The fact I watched Bale's Batman long before I watched Keaton's Batman doesn't change that.

*In fact, I was reading up on why Burton didn't come back for a third film after watching Returns and it clearly being set up. The reason was basically because the manufacturers and McDonald's in particular flipped out that Returns wasn't kid friendly enough and that they struggled to make Happy Meals featuring Danny DeVito with black stuff pouring out his mouth and Michelle Pfeiffer in a stitched together rubber outfit.

I don't think anyone saying EVERYONE under 40 has seen the Keaton films but they ARE iconic and well watched.

The assertation that they're not smacks of a Marvel fan boy

I don’t get any praise for Batfleck. I know his films were all shit but he didn’t exactly shine in them or improve his material. He just looked miserable and like he didn’t want to be there the whole time.

Robert Pattinson.

Though I'd bump Bale up above Keaton and leave the rest as is. Affleck/Kilmer/Clooney is just a pointless debate though they're all shit.

They're not bringing Bale back. It's a new Batman for DCU. Which I'm guessing we'll see at the end of this.

No Will Arnett? He would be in my top three or four. Keaton would take my top spot, and Affleck would be above Bale.