Tyler Hoechlin Is a Better Superman than Henry Cavill was…

I'll check it out but I don't think either of them are that great.

I preferred, in order, Reeves, Routh, and Reeve.

The rest are just okay. But everyone has their likes and dislikes.

It's pronounced "Heck-lin".

He's probably the best actor among the Supermans since Reeve, but he doesn't look imposing enough: he's not as tall as the other Supermen and he has the wrong kind of jaw. he also always looks like he has five o'clock shadow, which would work great for overall sexiness in his regular clothes but does not work well for Superman.

Also, why is the yellow and red chest emblem so dulled? And where is the spit curl?

He looks ethnic

haven't seen, but not suprised.

I totally agree with the author. Superman & Lois was a great addition to the Arrowverse and Hoechlin was excellent casting.

I love Routh, but now I can only see him as Ray Palmer. He (along with a slew of others) returned for the Legends’ 100th episode a few weeks ago and it was glorious. I squealed with delight.

[quote] I love Routh

He is indeed a handsome and talented actor.

Is Hoechlin biracial?

[quote] And where is the spit curl?

My mouth was really dry that morning.

He is, everything that miss cavill is not tyler is. Tyler is very charismatic and actually seems like he gives a fuck about the people he saves. Henry just poses and vogues as superman. He's wooden and dull.

[quote] Henry just poses and vogues as superman

He does that in every role.

[quote] He looks ethnic

Everyone in the world is ethnic except the Gurung tribesmen of Nepal.

He was alpha butch on Teen Wolf surrounded by twee twinks but next to real men he smells cookies.

I like them both for different reasons. But Cavill didn't really get a chance to shine until Josstice League. And it's still a mystery as to what he did to piss WB off so badly.

I think Tyler is better at playing Clark because he's not really doing much acting. And i hope they fix his suit in season 2 by making it less bulky. Also if Jordan disappeared that would be great.

I think he's a better Clark Kent than Cavill, really the best I've ever seen at that aspect of the role. But he's not as convincing or impressive as Superman. Henry excelled at making you take him seriously when wearing the iconic suit.

Is he an Egyptian Jew? Why can’t he get a close shave?

Derelicte!

Superman is Mongolian?

R16 He's a fundie actually

Hoechlin is very talented, convincing the audience he is in love with someone who looks like his grandmother.

R20 this joke gets made about every Lois on tv.

Teen Wolf had a surprisingly diverse cast.

R22 it did?? Out of the main cast you had Posey, everyone else was white.

Not R22. I would say Posey, Hoechlin and Dylan.

Hoechlin and Dylan are white.

Hoechlin doesn’t look white. And others feel that way too when you read comments on some forums etc. he doesn’t look like what Clark Kent should look like.

[quote] Hoechlin and Dylan are white.

They aren’t? Hoechlin has talked about his Native American background.

I like Ian Bohen - very sexy.

I don't think I've ever watched Teen Wolf.

R26 no, they're just racist idiots.

R28 ah yes, the same way Colton is. They still pass for white.

R30 if you like watching shirtless men complete with homo-erotic tension then it's right up your alley.

Colto.

If you like watching shirtless men of color complete with homo-erotic tension then it's right up your alley.

The most important question though…

WHICH Superman actor has the LARGEST PENIS?????

Never! Too earthbound while Henry looks like a sci fi creation.

[quote] WHICH Superman actor has the LARGEST PENIS?????

I care about which Superman actor has the best ass.

R34 my money's on Brandon.

R36 well Hoechlin's [italic]used[/italic] to be nice. But nothing beats Henry's.

Tyler is white.

What the hell do people here consider white? The palest people with the Hasburg jaw?

This is like the Froy thread where someone called him a “person of color”.

White gatekeeping is crazy. It’s weird how white people pick and choose who they identify as white.

That's just orc poster.

R38 It's not just whites, it's an American thing. Black Americans won't accept black latinos because they speak Spanish lmao, like they speak the white man's language yet think blatinos aren't black because they speak Spanish. Americans aren't to bright

[quote] Americans aren't to bright

R40 No, it’s a white thing. I have no idea what you’re talking about.

Unless you’re talking about someone like Cardi B who speaks Spanish, identifies as Latino her whole life, then claims she’s a black woman. If that’s what you mean.

But no, it’s a white person thing. I’m biracial. White mother, black father. I can be black in the US, I cannot be white.

When you guys can look at Obama and Halle Berry and see white people, then I’ll consider your logic.

And Tyler is literally white. Just look up his ethnicities, it’s all European. He’s got as much Native American in him as the typical old blood white American. 30% of white southerners have African ancestry.

But the fact that people are calling him non-white just shows the gatekeeping.

No black person can look at a photo of a black person and say they don’t look black.

White people literally have a pigment test for people. Oh Tyler’s dark, he’s not white.

He's too thin and scrawny to be Superman. Superman's physique should be that of a bodybuilder's.

[quote] describing his family's ethnic background as "Native American, German, Irish, and some others."

Tyler is the son of Lori and Don Hoechlin. His father is of one quarter Swiss-German and three quarters German ancestry. His mother has English, German, Norwegian, Scottish, and Irish ancestry.

Tyler has said that he has Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this Native American ancestry has been verified/documented. None of his recent ancestors were Native American.

Tyler’s paternal grandfather is Calvin Elton Hoechlin (the son of Carl Phillip Hoechlin and Elsa Henrietta Thomas). Calvin was born in New Jersey. Carl was the son of Conrad Carl Hoechlin, who was Swiss, of Swiss-German descent, and of Louise/Louisa Mahn/Mand, who was born in Rhode Island, to German parents. Elsa’s parents, Frederick Thomas and Hedwig Bevier, were German.

Not white.

Not even white adjacent!

What is white though?

It’s just funny. White America hates the KKK but still go by their pure white ideology.

well, whatever he is, Tyler doesn't have anything on Henry

R44 sure Jan.

Whatever Tyler's ethnic background is, they need to bottle and sell it!

Tyler has an ethnic face. Period. Look at him at r46. He looks ethnic.

Also, r37, that is all padding bud.

R41 Nope, Americans can't fathom that there are white, black, Asian etc. latinos. So many ameriacns think latino is a race instead of ethnicity.

Latino should be a race. Most of them don’t look like white people or black people.

R54 Reading must be hard.

R52 whatever you need to tell yourself.

Damn, a Superman threads derails into racial ideologies? Only on DL.

And I’m surprised at how many don’t get that Cavill was DIRECTED to be the ambivalent, mopey fuck we got on screen. That’s on Zack Snyder, a man who doesn’t believe in heroism. Tyler is playing a Superman who’s WRITTEN to be Superman.

Both Hoechlin and Brenton Thwaites are on television super hero shows rather than movie versions. Is Hoechlin essentially an American version of Thwaites or the other way around?

[Quote] Damn, a Superman threads derails into racial ideologies? Only on DL.

Happens alot on Hoechlin threads too.

[quote] Happens alot on Hoechlin threads too.

Why is that?

R60 racist trolls? But there's also not much else to talk about. He keeps a pretty low profile and doesn't get much attention on here unless he has a gf.

Thanks, R61.

Couldn’t get through the first episode. He needed to be shirtless to make it watchable.

Agreed, R63.

R63 it's a family show....he's not going to be shirtless every other episode.

Henry is not the best Superman but he is the most attractive/hottest.