14 Crazy Facts You Just Have To Accept To Enjoy The DCEU
8. It Will Always Live In The Shadow Of The Dark Knight Saga
Though the DCEU is of course about much more than Batman, it's safe to say that he's the most recognisable and successful of all the Justice League's characters.
As such, it's almost unfortunate for Warner right now that Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Saga was such a hit, because both he and the DCEU as a whole are going to struggle to emerge from under that shadow from which it will always be compared.
At least Ben Affleck seems to be killing it as Batman so far, though things prove much more problematic when it comes to Jared Leto's Joker, who will clearly be a recurring character throughout the series but has already sharply divided audiences after just one movie.
The "Heath Ledger was better" comments are probably going to ring out for as long as the DCEU is around, even if Leto's performance does improve in subsequent movies.