The “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” hype from San Diego Comic-Con 2014 teaser has died down, but filmmaker Kevin Smith is still talking about one detail found in the short clip.
Smith explained during a “Hollywood Babble-On” podcast (via Comic Book) he was excited to finally get a peek into Batman’s glowing white eyes. Smith talked about getting a preview of the Batsuit, but you could still see normal eyes underneath the mask.
“The one thing that is missing is the white eyes,” Smith said. “It’s still someone’s eyes…like his eyes underneath with black eye shadow or whatever the f*** they pick. And I wonder, ‘Why won’t they commit to like the white lenses at a certain point?’”
However, Smith couldn’t contain his excitement when he saw the teaser during Comic-Con this year.
“It is phenomenal, man. It is footage that looks like it’s straight out of Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns, and for the first time cinematically ever, there is Batman in that suit of armor we all know from the Dark Knight Returns, but more importantly, white eyes, glowing white eyes, man,” said Smith. “That was an awesome, awesome moment.
“It looks amazing, dude,” he added. “It’s like him in the armored suit that we all know from Dark Knight Returns. That we’ve only ever seen drawn or animated, and there’s a realistic, live action representation of it. You see Batman in the suit, jam the Bat-Signal light switch on or off. Boom, the light goes on. The Bat-Signal is the fat bat from Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns. Up in the sky, and right dead center in the middle of the bat, you see Superman hovering, Henry Cavill, and his eyes go red, like he’s going to use his heat vision and s***. “
“Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” is set to hit theaters on March 25, 2016.
