Flint Marko
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The problem with Lex for most viewers is they are expecting a Lex that just wants his "classic" motivation or something as veiled as a guy just wanting to be the most powerful.
Snyder gives the audience credit for actually being able to piece things together, and I think that's why people progressively like his movies more and more over time because the story is all there, you just have to piece it together along the way and it can be overwhelming on first versions.
I find this version of Lex much more compelling and far more relatable if there was such a person out there who would obsessively be trying to discredit Superman as well as subverting the other metas.
Maybe you can answer this question for me:
I find it absurd that the movie ends with Lex saying that "something is coming" when we haven't been clued into what he knows, how he knows it, when he found out, how that knowledge has informed him or his motivations, or why we should care. It's the most tacked on, unnecessary, shoehorned piece of world-building this side of ASM 2 and from what I can tell from the theatrical cut, it came completely out of left field.
If someone can shed some light on this, it'd be appreciated. Is there a scene I'm missing where this is cleared up or hinted at?