Fandom’s Two-Minutes Hate: Bieber Teases Role In Batman Vs. Superman

Things have been quiet here at the Crisis On Infinite Midlives Home Office, because we are possibly nearly dead. Yesterday afternoon and evening, we conducted a staff meeting with most of our contributors that started with conversations about what conventions we might try to attend over beers, continued with discussions about whether we should playtest and review the Star Wars X-Wing miniature game or whether we should just blow the miniature TIE Fighters up with firecrackers over whiskeys, and concluded with car bomb shots, regret, and no geek conversation whatsoever. Because by that point, none of us could even say “Avengers,” let alone form a coherent opinion about them.

So we were hoping for a quiet afternoon to lick our wounds and wait for the photophobia to go away. Unfortunately, I had to get stupid, turn on my computer, and connect it to the Internet. Only to have this apparent atrocity shoved in my face.

Go ahead and feel your rage. Embrace it! It’s fun to hate Justin Bieber; if it wasn’t, Reddit would cease to exist tomorrow. But there’s no reason to panic here. I did all the panicking for both of us.

The truth is, Beiber posted a message to his Twitter feed not too much earlier than this Instagram post that he was doing something for Funny Or Die (Yes, I went to Bieber’s Twitter account to investigate this. For you. With this hangover. I clearly am not charging you enough for this Web site). And further, look closely at that picture: the script says that it’s based on The Dark Knight Falls, by Frank Miller. From Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns. Which does feature Robin as a character. Personified by Carrie Kelley.

A teenaged girl.

Besides, Zack Snyder is taking enough undeserved shit already for casting Ben Affleck as Batman. If you really think that he would add to his woes by poking at fandom by bringing Bieber into the mix, then you are seriously overestimating Snyder’s use of methamphetamines.

So yeah: 99 percent sure this is just a gag. So release your anger, while we here at Crisis On Infinite Midlives go back to our regularly scheduled whimpering for the pain to stop.

(via Bleeding Cool)