because like it or not, that’s how it goes
Whedon, Jackson
they were anonymous to most of the people who only knows famous directors already. and being given a big title to someone they aren’t familiar with is something that they weigh in

but like i said, they were given those movies and still turned out well.. so is affleck that he’s directed movies is mostly unknown but still praised from the people who knew about it

Hell, the main reason Affleck did Daredevil, afaik, is because he was a big fan of the character when he was a kid.

Each man kills the thing he loves.

Who was Peter Jackson before LOTR?

The genius behind Black Sheep*, that’s who. 
*(The New Zealand comic-horror romp, not the Chris Farley vehicle.)

Poppycock.

Some of the greatest geek movies in history were directed by people with no such credentials…and some of the best geek visionaries in the business have made TERRIBLE movies and very unsuccessful movies.  Yes, Joss made Firefly…he also made Titan A.E and Atlantis: The Lost Empire.  Before Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson was the guy who made a movie about drug-addled children’s show puppets having sex and some horror movies.  Before he directed ‘Jaws’, Steven Spielberg’s claim to fame was mostly directing “Marcus Welby” and “Columbo” episodes.

Geek representation is highly overrated.  Affleck has directed three films so far: two have been nominated for Oscars and the third hasn’t come out, yet, but looks pretty good and certainly suggests some action scenes.  Hell, the main reason Affleck did Daredevil, afaik, is because he was a big fan of the character when he was a kid.  It sounds like Joss Wheedon had one big hit and suddenly we’re supposed to assume that any director with geek cred will be an automatic success?  I’m not buying it.

also Avengers was nothing more than a Michael Bay film
Action every now and then, female cast always showing arse and boobs loopholes and more explosions

Affleck did co-write Good Will Hunting with Matt Damon, and directed a couple of generally well-received films (and wrote the script for one of them too). But nothing even remotely relevant to geek culture (despite the plot and setting of Good Will Hunting). Correction: he played Basketball Player #10 (uncredited) in the Buffy The Vampire Slayer film. Daredevil doesn’t count.

There really is no comparison other than the fact that Whedon hadn’t directed such a big film as The Avengers either (he had only directed one other film, actually, Serenity which is pretty good).

I know you’re not actually defending Affleck as a choice to direct a film like this, by the way :)

I’m not sure I’d call The Avengers visonary…

Some of the best RDJ lines are from that film

Careful now.  You bout to cross some lines.

This looks like a poor choice for Affleck, actually. We know he can direct well, after The Town. This might set him back, it really might suck that hard.