The Batman: 7 Reasons George Miller Must Replace Ben Affleck

The most curious thing about Miller's body of work is how wildly different some of his most successful films are: sure, he's most famous for Mad Max and all of the spectacle, insanity and weirdness involved there, but he also made a Babe sequel and two Happy Feet movies. Yep, the same guy who then went back to Fury Road made movies about a big-hearted talking pig and a dancing ecology warrior penguin.

More importantly, it's the director's range that should be most celebrated. He transitioned from a world of grotesque monsters to family friendly, universally appealing stories. He has the capacity to segue from horrific content to heart-warming, humanist emotion, and that's something the DCEU is missing.

So far we've seen muscular directing from helmers without a great deal of range: sure, Snyder knows how to make visually stunning films and David Ayer knows impact, but could either have made Babe In The City? Let me rephrase that - could either really handle subtle emotional nuance? Doubtful.

And for all of Batman's impact, he's all about subtlety and emotion - they're the keys to understanding his identity, rather than simply accepting it, and they need a director who can work on a broad spectrum.