Eric McClung

📚 Reading mostly 1998 DC comics
🦇 Batman Dark Patterns
𓆩𓆪 Nightwing (False Starts)
🦸 Superman Triangle era
🪙 Wonder Woman (Priest, Luke)

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@ben_rosen Gotham Citizen: I like Batman, but The Joker also makes some good points.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@BATMANONFILM

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@Wolfnexus2003 We are talking about masked characters. Storm has nothing to do with this conversation at all. Terry is from the future. I guess that makes sense. I don't really care about Batman Beyond though.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

Folks are learning that the more realistic and 3D a character looks, the dumber white eyes look.

This is why hyper-realistic artists like Alex Ross and Lee Bermejo draw the eyes (and Neal Adams would draw eyes in close-ups)

[MoonCake79 @Chur_ro]

Ngl this looks awful

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@LifeMi1987 Mr. Terrific in Superman is likely what we'll see from all DCU characters in this regard.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@PConstanti33466 But not what he typically does.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@GBLapras They just did it Wolverine (in a movie with Deadpool!) and you didn't mention it because it didn't look good. You went to Deadpool and Spider-Man instead.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@GBLapras Yes, there are better things for them to do than animate white eyes in every frame when it looks worse than having an actor doing their job.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@Freako____ Deadpool has his mouth covered. Part of why fake eyes look so stupid is when they are paired with a real mouth. It's funny how people will point to Deadpool, yet totally ignore Wolverine with white eyes in the same exact movie. Probably because they know it didn't look good.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@GBLapras I'll always prefer seeing a human actor working their craft with their eyes rather than have it being erased and drawn over by a computer. That could be Batman or any other character without a full face mask.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@AFC_J0se It's a mixed bag. Volume 2 is the Riddler story and it's pretty good. Volume 3 is a Two-Face story with a twist. It's definitely a step down from the previous two.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

🦇The Batman (2022) has one major comic book influence and it's Earth One by Geoff Johns & Gary Frank

A young, flawed Batman goes from "vengeance" to hope. A Riddler bomber who enjoys coffee. Martha Arkham. An abandoned subway Batcave, and so much more!

The definitive thread🧵

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@GBLapras With CGI eyes instead of a real actor's performance? No thanks. The solution is like Mr. Terrific in Superman, only use the lenses if a specific scene calls for it.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

Enjoy my thread on the overlooked Batman comic that heavily influenced The Batman:

https://t.co/8DEtYEe0Wv

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

🦇The Batman (2022) has one major comic book influence and it's Earth One by Geoff Johns & Gary Frank

A young, flawed Batman goes from "vengeance" to hope. A Riddler bomber who enjoys coffee. Martha Arkham. An abandoned subway Batcave, and so much more!

The definitive thread🧵

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@JasonSpeigner1 Absolutely awful 😂

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@ZombieWasRight Deadpool has his mouth covered. Part of why fake eyes look so stupid is when they are paired with a real mouth. It's funny how people will point to Deadpool, yet totally ignore Wolverine with white eyes in the same exact movie. Probably because they know it didn't look good.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@LenDKDelta Looks terrible. Sorry.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@ZombieWasRight @ti3r___ @OGseans12 Yeah, do the lenses thing situation-only just like Mr. Terrific. Full-time is utter crap.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@Peyj6 Yes, the white eyes were basically just an artistic shortcut that became part of the character. It's like how black hair would have blue shading because of the limited color pallete.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

@keytosswind @ti3r___ @OGseans12 Deadpool has his mouth covered. Part of why fake eyes look so stupid is when they are paired with a real mouth. It's funny how people will point to Deadpool, yet totally ignore Wolverine with white eyes in the same exact movie. Probably because they know it didn't look good.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

One example of Neal Adams showing eyeballs. He understood when it was important to show the eyes for the purpose of expression and to clarify the direction in which the character is looking.

[Eric McClung @ericmcclung]

There hasn't been an official announcement made yet, but @AMCTheatres are selling tickets to @Supergirl right now!