BvS Jesse Eisenberg IS Lex Luthor - Part 9

[Fallen Angel]

So is he bald or not in this film?

You have seen this pic right?

 

[Dark Raven]

You have seen this pic right?

Yep, but then all the live footage shows him with hair.

 

[Slick]

My guess is it's a wig or he gets blad at the end of the movie. Maybe in the final battle.

 

[Da-Scribe]

So is he bald or not in this film?

Priorities, folks.

 

[Dark Raven]

Priorities, folks.

Precisely why I brought it up.

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

Priorities, folks.

Last thing on my mind after reading all of that.

 

[DarthDorranceBane]

Lex Luthor Jr.: Not Just His Father’s LexCorp

Alexander Joseph Luthor Jr. is a 31-year-old wunderkind who transformed an aging petrochemical and heavy machinery dinosaur into a tech darling of the Fortune 500 in what some call a superhuman feat.

This jeans-wearing genius is equally at ease rappelling the climbing wall in his employee “inspiration station” and coding in “the crucible”: the cutting-edge R & D lab where the baby-faced billionaire verbally extemporizes computer code like Miles Davis improvising a trumpet solo.

As we patiently wait our turn at the complimentary LexCorp vegan food truck (this day’s fare: pesto-olive pizza with raw almond crust), the son of Alexander Luthor Sr. – Lex Luthor – explains the evolution of LexCorp.

“Dad named the company after himself ten years before I made my unexpected entrance into his life. But investors seemed to respond to the idea of an adoring father building a legacy for his precious son. He used that to his advantage. It was a good shtick and, whatever else he was, he was a good businessman,” the younger Luthor explains.

Referring to Alexander Luthor Sr. as a “good businessman” is not unlike calling Napoleon Bonaparte a “competent conqueror.” The East German émigré, who passed away unexpectedly in 2000, arrived on our shores with nothing, but managed to carve out an empire of oil and machinery. By all accounts, he accomplished this feat through sheer grit and ferocity. His enemies, of which there are many, would also probably add “viciousness.”

“Well, Dad was a complicated guy,” his down-to-Earth son notes as we pass a tasteful display of his world-famous collection of meteorite crystals. “He came from a country where the government, in the guise of protector, had absolute control over the citizens. That drove him. I get it. Heck, I’d hate to see that sort of thing happen over here.”

But the achievements of LexCorp’s founder pale in comparison to the astonishing accomplishments of the younger Luthor, who was the youngest ever to be named Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year and included on the magazine’s list of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders.

Taking the reins of the family business after the untimely death of his indomitable father, the prodigal son boldly changed the direction of the firm from oil and heavy machinery to tech. LexCorp has quickly become the second largest emerging technology corporation in the world next to Wayne Enterprises.

Partly, the success of this young company comes from Luthor’s willingness to go where Wayne fears to tread. Wayne Enterprises has shied away from military contracts in the last decade.

“It’s a necessity,” Luthor insists. “We live in the most dangerous point of time in all of human history. Statistically speaking, it’s a near certainty that another world-changing crisis is hurtling toward us like a speeding bullet. We have to be ready to defend ourselves. No civilization was ever conquered by having a strong military.”

As for the accusations of a few fringe outliers who accuse him of being a “war monger,” Luthor just laughs them off. “I don’t know very many ‘war mongers’ who have a foosball table in the conference room.”

In the face of Luthor’s self-effacing, easy charm, it’s tempting to see him as “just one of the guys” and not for what he truly is: a giver. Only when pressed does he admit that LexCorp is in the top three charitable corporations in America, just after Kord Industries and Wayne Enterprises. “It’s not a competition,” laughs Luthor. “Besides, I can’t hold a candle to those guys in the debauched billionaire playboy department!”

But he downplays the corporate generosity side of LexCorp. “Handouts don’t change the world. The true gift of LexCorp is our products. We are on the cusp of unveiling a technology that will change the world forever.”

When pressed, the youthful mogul will only hint. “It’s about safety. This is a product that will protect you, and everyone, from threats you don’t even know about yet. I don’t want to scare anybody… much. But there are a lot of threats out there, and they’re here today.”

It’s just lucky for us that, whatever the dangers lurking for us today, we have on our side Lex Luthor, a man of tomorrow.

 

[terry78]

I love that. If that is the vibe he gives off in the flick it's spot on.

 

[kendalag]

The amount of people online who are either hatefully blind or completely naive in thinking the Jr somehow means he's not the real Lex Luthor is staggering. It's like they expect the OTHER Lex to be played by Mark Strong or Bryan Cranston and magically show up some day (despite being dead)

Do these people really exist? LOL

 

[Dark Raven]

So his father isn't Lionel Luthor here?

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

Just dawned on me that today is Jesse's birthday. Happy birthday him!

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

The amount of people online who are either hatefully blind or completely naive in thinking the Jr somehow means he's not the real Lex Luthor is staggering. It's like they expect the OTHER Lex to be played by Mark Strong or Bryan Cranston and magically show up some day (despite being dead)

Do these people really exist? LOL

People are morons. The sooner you accept that the better off you will be. There is nothing confusing about that article but people are morons so they are confused.

 

[Rodrigo90]

So, Lex Luthor was a real person this whole time? Donald Trump was close enough, but an ACTUAL Luthor in the world?!

 

[rockandrollsoul]

The amount of people online who are either hatefully blind or completely naive in thinking the Jr somehow means he's not the real Lex Luthor is staggering. It's like they expect the OTHER Lex to be played by Mark Strong or Bryan Cranston and magically show up some day (despite being dead)

Do these people really exist? LOL

Hilariously. I called that **** immediately after reading the article. These crackpot fanboy theories are so ****ing predictable.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

that Fortune article is pretty awesome. makes me even more excited to see Jesse's take on Lex onscreen

 

[matt47]

Yeah on the Schmoes fan page people were thinking this means Jesse isn't the "real" Lex just because his daddy had the same name...WTF!???

 

[kendalag]

Yeah on the Schmoes fan page people were thinking this means Jesse isn't the "real" Lex just because his daddy had the same name...WTF!???

It's like ... UM, people ... Lex Sr died when Clark was a teenager. Can't be Superman's arch nemesis when you're dead before he puts on the suit.

 

[matt47]

It's as simple as that isn't it.

 

[Micromind]

So this is an official, fake article?

No, it's a fake, official article.

 

[godisawesome]

Especially when the entire article is coded with warning signs for supervillainy with Eisenberg's Lex. I mean, dad "passed away unexpectedly"? The very subtle damning by feint praise that Lex uses when talking about his dad? His seemingly sarcastic but clearly still condescending thoughts on Kord and Wayne? The entire way his product and world view sound like some mash-up of Steve Jobs at his most charismatic and Joseph Stalin at his most cunning?

This is baaaaaad man with reeeeaaaaallllly good publicity.

He's perfect!

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Especially when the entire article is coded with warning signs for supervillainy with Eisenberg's Lex. I mean, dad "passed away unexpectedly"? The very subtle damning by feint praise that Lex uses when talking about his dad? His seemingly sarcastic but clearly still condescending thoughts on Kord and Wayne? The entire way his product and world view sound like some mash-up of Steve Jobs at his most charismatic and Joseph Stalin at his most cunning?

This is baaaaaad man with reeeeaaaaallllly good publicity.

He's perfect!

Nice way of putting it.

Seems like this could win some people over to Jesse as Lex.

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

Especially when the entire article is coded with warning signs for supervillainy with Eisenberg's Lex. I mean, dad "passed away unexpectedly"? The very subtle damning by feint praise that Lex uses when talking about his dad? His seemingly sarcastic but clearly still condescending thoughts on Kord and Wayne? The entire way his product and world view sound like some mash-up of Steve Jobs at his most charismatic and Joseph Stalin at his most cunning?

This is baaaaaad man with reeeeaaaaallllly good publicity.

He's perfect!

Nice way of putting it.

Seems like this could win some people over to Jesse as Lex.

The guy is going to do for Lex what Ledger did for the Joker.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

The guy is going to do for Lex what Ledger did for the Joker.

I hope so. That said... Eh, I am pulling for Jesse, and I think I get the take on Lex they are going for and so far I don't see anything yet that gives me pause... But that's me. The HATE out there is very strong in some corners of the world for this movie. Look at Devin F.'s little snide remarks today. I am not sure if Jesse gave a stellar, engaging and entertaining performance to blow our socks off if that would still be enough to quiet the naysayers. We shall see.

I'm just happy that the marketing seems to be gearing up, even if it's still many months away from release.

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

I hope so. That said... Eh, I am pulling for Jesse, and I think I get the take on Lex they are going for and so far I don't see anything yet that gives me pause... But that's me. The HATE out there is very strong in some corners of the world for this movie. Look at Devin F.'s little snide remarks today. I am not sure if Jesse gave a stellar, engaging and entertaining performance to blow our socks off if that would still be enough to quiet the naysayers. We shall see.

I'm just happy that the marketing seems to be gearing up, even if it's still many months away from release.

The "Faracis" are a vocal minority with awful taste. It's a positive for us when they hate something. After all he's the one that's done a 180 on Netflix's Daredevil after seeing the great reviews it received and he thinks Leto is a bad choice to play Joker for God's sake! He's a parody of himself, I can't take him seriously. As for Lex, I've seen a lot of people open to this take. They may not like his look yet but they're intrigued by the characterization.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

The "Faracis" are a vocal minority with awful taste. It's a positive for us when they hate something. After all he's the one that's done a 180 on Netflix's Daredevil after seeing the great reviews it received and he thinks Leto is a bad choice to play Joker for God's sake! He's a parody of himself, I can't take him seriously. As for Lex, I've seen a lot of people open to this take. They may not like his look yet but they're intrigued by the characterization.

Put me in that last group for sure. I think that Lex does need to have some snarky humor along with his ruthlessness. I think Jesse is a good choice for that.