Explaining Ben Affleck Rage

The internet has imploded from the number of posts about Ben Affleck playing Batman in the next movie. People are angry and talking about breaking away and forming a new society. (If you haven't heard about it, you're not invited.) Why are people angry? Because it's Ben Affleck and because it's Batman. By law, these things are supposed to be kept seperate.

If you don't think Ben Affleck playing Batman will be a big deal, let me let you in on something that almost happened:

This is an image of Nick Cage in a moulded latex Superman costume. His hair is, quite possibly, a bird. Your arguement is irrelevant. This photo exists because Nick Cage was, at one point, going to play Superman, but he couldn't be bothered to take off the hippie necklace to take this tester. That's his level of commitment to playing the character. Still, Nick Cage is fucking serious about Superman. His son's name is Kal-El. He owns Adventure Comics #1 despite being broke. The only reason the movie wasn't made was because the production was run into the ground by terrible scripts and cokehead producers, which means Nick got the green-light.
Flash-forward into an alternate universe where Nick Cage and Ben Affleck play Superman and Batman in the same movie, together. That sensation in your stomach right now is fear.