When you think about it, Lex is the easiest character to write in this film.
Think about all the problems people had in this film:
Superman killing
Superman not saving people
Superman causing destruction
Sure you can defend some of these points but to someone like Lex, these are reasons for people not to trust Superman. It's so easy to hate Superman in the MOS universe.
Those 3 points in particular I find more effective on convincing fanboys why superman wasn't good enough. For example take those same 3 points and apply them to to the Ironman/Cap2/Thor films...it all applies, only in that context it's for some reason far less convincing and obvious, unless you are hoping for a villain that overtly goes against the grain with a spin. These same sort of spin would argue against the batman statue at the end of TDKR for the very same 3 points mind you.
But for some reason with superman these same points will ring more true to the in film citizens? I personally don't get it. The only real rational I see landing on far and away on point is that superman is one of them and not one of us and a god, then perhaps layering some of that other stuff in there in a supplementary nature.
My point is why is it those three points would be a given in the world of superman, but not in any other? I get why fanboys and Waid do what they do, but when it comes to the in film citizen, there is no explanation for the discrepancy in standards. That is, without an obvious and obtuse spin on the the part of Luthor and the (bought out) media of course.
I think playing up the alien/one of them/all powerful angle is Luthor strongest play. As it's always been!
lol at not saving people. Luthor himself being one of the billions saved. Guess that would be an interesting talking point if only to show the flawed thinking for what it really is but on film. Would be really interesting to see how the cinematic audeince(and fanboys) relate to the evil characters putting out the obvious spin. Would feel pretty metta to me.
I will admit that the thing about the comic book citizen is that they can be played up in several different ways based on the nature of the spin they are fed. From the Xmen citizen to the spiderman citizen, any hero can be painted in the negative light especially when there is an element of fear and power involved...Doing such a thing with Superman would no doubt be as easy. It would also be relatively different from what's come before which I would argue is new and fresh. However when you start playing that game, you run the risk of pissing off even more purists, no doubt leading to more issues all star comics being held up and shook.
