Picture the Batman. What do you see? Is he standing on the ledge of a skyscraper against a night sky, scowling at the city below? He's dressed as usual, right? The flowing cape. Medium to large bat symbol stamped across his chest, and the cowl that comes with essential pointy ears. Even with all that, though, there's one iconic element that is forever linked to the Dark Knight that has never really made it into live-action – those empty white eyes that have criminals of Gotham fearing for their lives. It's a favorite part of what makes the Caped Crusader so gosh darn cool. It's also the one thing that fans are still debating over whether it should appear in future films, while others think they might've cracked the code on how to include it.
In a Bat-related chat on Reddit, a fan put forward the case that Batman should not have white eyes in the DCU or any live-action film. The argument for this was a solid one, backing the idea that the eyes are the window to the soul and that in the movies, an actor's performance has often worked with just a look, using the scene where Robert Pattinson's Batman shares a look with the son of the recently murdered Mayor Mitchell in Matt Reeves' movie as an example. "It's an emotional and impactful scene. Now give him white eyes, and you'll see you lose all of that."
