The world’s in a shambles. That’s an undeniable truth these days, and also consider this: It’s been over two years since we learned that Robert Pattinson was the seemingly unlikely choice to play the lead in Matt Reeves’ The Batman, and it’s been over one year since the first (intense) teaser trailer arrived. Someday (March 4, 2022), the movie will land in theaters for real, and that day is obviously not today (October 1, 2021), which happens to be the intended release day.
Naturally, there was bound to be some emotional realizations once people realized that this was to be a joyous day, when Robert Pattinson — master of reinvention and murderer of microwave ovens — could deliver his take on a young Bruce Wayne. We’ve been robbed of so much life over the past few years, so obviously, delayed movie dates don’t rank anywhere near a real tragedy, but still, people are upset. And they’re venting.
https://twitter.com/younityyy/status/1443967314593034241
https://twitter.com/VENGEANCE_1406/status/1443840511723384832
Didn’t need that painful reminder that the Batman was suppose to be released today pic.twitter.com/hGAPYYjTiJ
— sabrina 🦇 (@nightwaynes) October 1, 2021
all fun and games until I remember the batman was meant to release today october was supposed to be for batcat
— nina NANAMI FANS WORLDWIDE (@B6TGIRLS) October 1, 2021
Crying, shaking, and spitting up as the reality sets in that if COVID didn’t happen I would be seeing The Batman in theaters tonight….nobody talk to me I’m in mourning
— Garrett AKA “Mamacita’s Restaurant Hater” (@GWalker4509) October 1, 2021
was supposed to watch the batman today… october release date my beloved pic.twitter.com/revvopnc51
— ays (@waynxs) October 1, 2021
And some people decided to deal with disappointment by making sh*t up for fun. Enter a flurry of tweets, which saw their authors pretend to have seen the movie and dole out “reactions.” Hey, it sounds like what Batman wouldn’t do on Harley Quinn (even though he totally would) is in the mix for these claimed scenarios, which include everything from “Batman does in fact go down” to “Red Hood shot Bane in the f*cking nuts.”
https://twitter.com/Nora_Synth/status/1443990035213295620
https://twitter.com/HailMother/status/1443959648722329608
Just watched the Batman and I can't believe Red Hood shot Bane in the fucking nuts https://t.co/Er0XtXVgrB
— Spector #ThankYouToriyama (@ClonedWebHead) October 1, 2021
https://twitter.com/karazorlls/status/1443964901819617280
https://twitter.com/whoIeIottanat/status/1443999483608670214
Meanwhile, someone woke up and decided to choose real chaos.
Ben Affleck is still The Batman 🦇🖤
— Geralt of North (@Itssan17) October 1, 2021