As DC and Warner Bros. look to move into the future, upset DC fans will not let that happen the latest social media discourse involves Snyderverse fans slamming Warner Bros. for “trying to replace” Ben Affleck’s Batman and Henry Cavill’s Superman with their respective predecessors, Michael Keaton and Christopher Reeve ( the two best portrayals of each character might I add), are part of the exterior of the new welcome center to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood building in Burbank, California.
The tour, which highlights “100 years of storytelling” with the most iconic Warner Bros. characters and franchises, has been updated to include Keaton’s Batman and Reeve’s Superman alongside modern DC superstars from the DC Extended Universe: Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa’s Aquaman, and Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn.
The photo first hit social media after Awards Ace editor-in-chief Erick Weber show the Studio Tour Hollywood building adorned with banners featuring favorite series Friends and The Big Bang Theory, the classic Looney Tunes, and characters from Warners’ Wizarding World franchise, including Daniel Radcliffe’s Harry Potter and Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander of Fantastic Beasts fame.
The placement of the Keaton Batman and the Reeves Superman, and the absence of Affleck’s Dark Knight and Cavill’s Man of Steel, is seen by some as a slight towards the two actors and led to quite the set of tweets.
Here are some tweets from DC fans,
“You’ve got the current members of the DCEU movies up there EXCEPT Ben Affleck’s Batman and Henry Cavill’s Superman…why??”
“They’re literally trying to erase the movies and characters we love right in [front] of our eyes.”
“The lack of respect towards Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck is astounding,”
“They clearly don’t want to acknowledge that MAN OF STEEL, BATMAN V SUPERMAN and ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE exists.”
“Kinda obvious at this point that WB is trying to replace Ben Affleck’s Batman with Keaton’s.”
You’ve got the current members of the DCEU movies up there EXCEPT Ben Affleck’s Batman and Henry Cavill’s Superman…why?? This is very weird
Another fan countered, tweeting:
“It’s mother flipping Superman and Batman, not Henry Cavill or Chris Reeve or Ben Affleck or Michael Keaton. They just chose to feature their most indelible versions of the characters on film. No shade at all.”
The reality is prior to the DCEU, there were no film versions of Harley, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman, and I doubt Vinnie Chase’s Entourage Aquaman would make the cut. Warner’s just decided to go with the best and there is no denying Keaton and Reeves are the greatest to portray those roles.