The Official Lex Luthor Casting Thread

[AragornKing1]

Yeah, and bearing in mind that I'm filling in some blanks here, I think that that's got the makings for a good Superman movie and a good follow-up to Superman Returns. We'll get action, we'll get a chance to furher the Jason storyline, and we'll even get some new doors opened for Lex.




One way or another, I hope so.

Has your friend heard anything about any other villains or just Brainiac and Lex?

 

[AragornKing1]

a disaster if this happens. i want to some dialoge between the fight. the main villain needs to fight superman. not some sidekicks.
i hope this doesnt happen.

I'm sure he'll fight Brainiac after he's defeated his robot henchman.

 

[dark_b]

I'm sure he'll fight Brainiac after he's defeated his robot henchman.

he said machine. i think brainiac wouldnt even had a body.

 

[Nixon]

Has your friend heard anything about any other villains or just Brainiac and Lex?

Not that I know of. I've posted everything he's told me.

 

[AragornKing1]

he said machine. i think brainiac wouldnt even had a body.

Well, a robot is a machine. Remember The Terminator?

 

[C. Lee]

^But yet he surrounds himself with idiots???

Nothing makes a guy feel more superior than having idiots fawning over his every move. Lex is not mentally stable. Sure....he's a genius....but he's also a sociopath, narcisistic, manic depressive, and who knows what else. Apparently he feels the need to appeare extremely superior to his underlings.

 

[El Payaso]

Nothing makes a guy feel more superior than having idiots fawning over his every move. Lex is not mentally stable. Sure....he's a genius....but he's also a sociopath, narcisistic, manic depressive, and who knows what else. Apparently he feels the need to appeare extremely superior to his underlings.

Oh yes. Even when it can play against him he can't help but to do things in order to feel a God.

 

[C. Lee]

Oh yes. Even when it can play against him he can't help but to do things in order to feel a God.

Yep. That's what a lot of people seem to be missing the point of.....Lex is very unstable.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Nothing makes a guy feel more superior than having idiots fawning over his every move. Lex is not mentally stable. Sure....he's a genius....but he's also a sociopath, narcisistic, manic depressive, and who knows what else. Apparently he feels the need to appeare extremely superior to his underlings.

That's more or less what I got from Luthor as presented in SR. Even the NK scheme seemed to be more about the grandeur of the whole thing than "Land." He sure as hell didn't need the money.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

when I speak of "Lex Luthor" I usually do not think about the two one-dimensional Lex Luthor takes: 1. the early Golden Age mad scientist and the 2. CEO with a bad bad bad childhood.

I think of the great Silver/Bronze Age Luthor (yes, he gets bad propaganda these days by the Byrne fans), who was an outsider because of his intelligence but yet good friends with Superboy but yet jealousy of him, because Superman was SIMPLY better than him. Not only that, he could fly and shoot laserbeams out of his eyes, no he was also more INTELLIGENT. And when Superboy accidently destroyed his "artifical life" he created (making him bald didn't help either) his hidden jealousy turned into blatant hatred. The fact that the world loved Superman and not him made him mad. If it weren't for Superman he would probably benifit mankind (like he did with the people on LEXOR). And Superman knows deep inside what Lex Luthor could have been AND can be. That is the reason he never completely stopped him.

 

[Ultimate_Superman]

Oh, well I'm not sure how accurate this is. It's sort of friend of a friend kind of stuff from a friend from my old animation/illustration school days that actually made it and has worked on some very cool, very big projects. I trust him, though who knows how accurate his information might be.

I don't know if this is true, if it's from an old rejected pitch or from a newer one. I don't know how to verify this, or if you even could. I took this with a grain of salt and I'd recommend you do too.

We were talking about comics and the Dark Knight and he mentioned that there were some details floating around about the next Superman movie. They are as follows:

1) He told me that there was going to be a big alien alien machine (we both figured this to be Brainiac) that was going to come to Earth after the events of the first movie looking for Kryptonian technology or Kryptonians.

2) That "Brainiac" was going to come after Superman and Jason and that Lois and Jason would be put in danger again. I don't know if anybody dies or, specifically, if Jason or Richard are killed. He didn't mention Richard at all though so maybe he's gone?

3) He also said that Lex was going to be in it too, that he was going to get a get out of jail free card for helping to save the world from Brainiac.

4) There'd also be a sequence in space (RTK?) and a big battle in the city between Superman and a bunch of alien robots.

So yeah, that's what I've heard. Again, how true it is, I've no idea. Has anybody else heard anything along these lines? Anything similar?

That's not too bad...But taking it with a grain of salt.

I am with him about taking things with a grain of salt but if it is true then this sounds very good and more in line with Geoff Johns current Action Comics arc which is great by the way.

 

[Dark Knight]

Oh, well I'm not sure how accurate this is. It's sort of friend of a friend kind of stuff from a friend from my old animation/illustration school days that actually made it and has worked on some very cool, very big projects. I trust him, though who knows how accurate his information might be.

I don't know if this is true, if it's from an old rejected pitch or from a newer one. I don't know how to verify this, or if you even could. I took this with a grain of salt and I'd recommend you do too.

We were talking about comics and the Dark Knight and he mentioned that there were some details floating around about the next Superman movie. They are as follows:

1) He told me that there was going to be a big alien alien machine (we both figured this to be Brainiac) that was going to come to Earth after the events of the first movie looking for Kryptonian technology or Kryptonians.

2) That "Brainiac" was going to come after Superman and Jason and that Lois and Jason would be put in danger again. I don't know if anybody dies or, specifically, if Jason or Richard are killed. He didn't mention Richard at all though so maybe he's gone?

3) He also said that Lex was going to be in it too, that he was going to get a get out of jail free card for helping to save the world from Brainiac.

4) There'd also be a sequence in space (RTK?) and a big battle in the city between Superman and a bunch of alien robots.

So yeah, that's what I've heard. Again, how true it is, I've no idea. Has anybody else heard anything along these lines? Anything similar?

I would think those alien robots would be creations of Braniac, similar to the ones that they are using in Geoff Johns ACTION COMICS Superman run going on now.

 

[AragornKing1]

I would think those alien robots would be creations of Braniac, similar to the ones that they are using in Geoff Johns ACTION COMICS Superman run going on now.

Well, didn't Bryan Singer say that he would look to the more modern Superman comic books for inspiration for the sequel?

 

[Showtime]

David Hayter said that at a college presentation, Singer told him this according to Hayter.

 

[AragornKing1]

David Hayter said that at a college presentation, Singer told him this according to Hayter.

Oh yeah that's right. Thanks Show. t:

 

[AragornKing1]

So since the script is being written now, have you heard anything similar Show to the plot points up above?

 

[stargazer]

Nothing makes a guy feel more superior than having idiots fawning over his every move. Lex is not mentally stable. Sure....he's a genius....but he's also a sociopath, narcisistic, manic depressive, and who knows what else. Apparently he feels the need to appeare extremely superior to his underlings.

Oh yes. Even when it can play against him he can't help but to do things in order to feel a God.

That's more or less what I got from Luthor as presented in SR. Even the NK scheme seemed to be more about the grandeur of the whole thing than "Land." He sure as hell didn't need the money.

Agreed.

I really enjoyed this version of Lex as a casual Superman fan that I was when I first saw SR. And I loved Kevin in the role. I felt this Lex was more menacing, cold and sinister than Hackman´s Lex (he, Otis and miss T. were too campy and cheesy to my tastes for the most part. Worst part of those movies to me). And he (Spacey´s Lex) even had time for some dark humour, which made him more sinister to me. I felt that he really hated Supes. IMO, Spacey rocked as Lex. I think that he was only a little campy in one or two scenes, but he was great in the rest of the film. He was awesome during the NK scenes....poor Supes.

 

[mojo-x]

If Lex’s is so smart in SR how come he has never heard of Dubia?

 

[ReTrO JuNkIe 42]

If Lex’s is so smart in SR how come he has never heard of Dubia?

Its funny cause its true, that is amazing what they did, but it seems like a
tragedy waiting to happen

 

[DavidTyler]

Yep. That's what a lot of people seem to be missing the point of.....Lex is very unstable.

I don't think 'unstable' is the right term for what Lex is. I don't think he's ever out of control.

The better term would be that he's very chauvinistic .... or possibly 'self absorbed.

His self vision puts him above any and all around him. Having 'Yes Men' around him at all times just makes sense.

unstable? No. The Joker is unstable. Lex is very stable. He's just not operating under the same rules the rest of us are.

 

[C. Lee]

Planning a crime where a person or two might die is evil and callous....planning a crime where billions will die and the structure of the planet will be changed....is unstable.

 

[Nixon]

Unstable? It's GD insane is what it is.

Someone should tell Lex that no matter how much "land" he gets it isn't going to make his father (the one he keeps bringing up when explaining his schemes) love him.

 

[Delete]

Would Lexcorp be heavily into real estate?

 

[DavidTyler]

Planning a crime where a person or two might die is evil and callous....planning a crime where billions will die and the structure of the planet will be changed....is unstable.

You're talking about the ridiculous SR plot.

I'm talking the Luthor from the comics post Man Of Steel. (barring of course idiot plots from bad writers). The Luthor from the comics realizes that he can't make radical changes like creating a new continent and sinking 3/4s of America without making changes to the world that wouldn't result in a win for him. Think about the friggin goal Singer set up: People would be forced to move to his new continent??? Who??? The dead people drowned by raising the ocean level with that new continent??? And they would have what for a food source??? Rocks??? Canabilism???

No, I don't for a second count Singer's take on the character as anything but a retread of Donner's take....and a poorly thought out one at that.

Unfortunately, a great actor got stuck in the middle with this - Kevin Spacey - the one bright spot in the whole film.

 

[Warhammer]

This thread is sorta like the unofficial companion piece to the "Post-Crisis or Pre-Crisis" thread. Basically, this is to discuss which version(s) of Lex Luthor do you want to see in the Superman reboot. Discuss.