Last night, Warner Bros announced that Ben Affleck would follow Christian Bale as the next Caped Crusader, taking on the role of Batman in 2015′s still-unnamed follow-up to Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. Within minutes, social media imploded.

Internet, I love you, but you’re bringing me down.

I’ll admit it: I don’t get the outright disdain and fear for the idea of Affleck playing Batman. Maybe it’s because I haven’t seen Daredevil in years — or perhaps it’s because I have seen movies like Hollywoodland, The Town and Argo more recently, and think that Affleck’s a pretty good actor when he’s got decent material to work with. Coincidentally, I was watching Argo last night when I got the news about Affleck; When a friend texted to complain, I thought, “But he’s… good…?”

A lot of the criticism of Affleck’s casting relies on old jokes and lazy humor for effect, but doesn’t really have much substance when you start to think about it: Yes, he has a Boston accent — Is that a disqualification for playing a fictional character who lives in a geographically vague fictional city? (I hope those complaining about that don’t realize that Jor-El, Superman’s alien father, was played in Man of Steel by a human with an Australian accent.) Other jokes revolve around the fact that he’s married to Jennifer Garner and friends with former co-star Matt Damon, which — so what? The Damon thing, in particular, is weird; according to IMDb, Damon and Affleck haven’t appeared onscreen together since 2004′s Jersey Girl. That’s nine years ago. Let it go, people.

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