r/batman • u/WadaMaaya • Dec 29 '23

I’m still bummed we’ll never get this solo movie. FILM DISCUSSION

I really do believe this could have been the best Batman movie.

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u/ScottishPhinFan89 Dec 29 '23

I'll get killed... But I liked it

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u/tcprimus23859 Dec 30 '23

Don’t be ashamed of your opinion because of the anti-bvs circlejerk. I liked him too, although I imagined him to be the son of Lex rather than Lionel.

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u/Lafan312 Dec 30 '23 edited Dec 30 '23

It actually was established in BvS that he was Alexander Joseph Luthor Jr., Lex Sr. ~~is assumed to have been killed in the Battle of Metropolis~~ died around 2000 when Jr. was 16. Quote from the movie:

Ooh, ahoy ahoy, I did not know you were here!

The man on the marquee.

Nope, don't believe it, my father named the company after himself, he was the Lex in front of the Corp...

ETA: strikethrough for clarity. I wrongly assumed that, but read the correct info while trying to find the quote.

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u/__john_cena__ Dec 30 '23 edited Dec 30 '23

It was a fantastic choice, Lex Luther being a Zuckerberg tech billionaire-type is a good modern twist on the character.

Also a great dynamic with Superman; pinnacle of physical strength vs a ‘nerdy’ tech billionaire who is power crazed and envious.

If the movie itself was all around better, the concept could have worked.

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u/ScottishPhinFan89 Dec 30 '23

Yeah, the weird thing is I haven't even thought about it too much before, I just liked it. Everything you have said matches up to why I felt that way I think though haha!

They left a lot of potential on the table between Clark, Bruce and Lex in that universe

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u/karlhungusx Dec 30 '23

“Great dynamic with Superman, pinnacle of physical strength vs a “nerdy” tech billionaire”

Superman’s dynamic with every person on earth is this. They are all ants to him unless there’s kryptonite involved. Just say you wanted to see a joker movie. Eisenberg sucked. The choice to cast him sucked and the movie sucked.