It was 1966 and everyone loved the Bat West, he couldn't be beat.
They loved him so much that they lined up at his autograph booths just to see him in his bat garb.
Then 1989 came around and West went down as some sort of campy, Bat-clown.
Keaton was superior with his angsty grim dark Batman because "dark is cool".
Finally, after years of praise and "man, why didn't Keaton come back for #3 or Batman Beyond" nerd *****ing, 2005 rolled around and people decreed that he was the worst Batman and that he was never any good. The superior Batman? Christian Bale, the one true Batman. He put some meat on his bones and three on a suit that let him idly look to the left and right and people blew their loads into theater seats everywhere. "So great" they said. "I'll buy 2 more Hot Toys DX figures that I already have", they said.
Enter 2014-2016, "Bale was always terrible, what a ****** Batman", "dat Affleck tho!!!! Sheeeeet he DA best".