He does not try to kill superman (he does beat the snot out of him however) in fact he uses the fight to fake his death. Superman hears his heartbeat and knows he is not really dead and does not say anything so bruce can go into hiding. If batman would have killed superman it would have messed up batman's plan.I haven't seen or read the DK Returns movie/story, but I know he tries to kill Superman, right? Do you like that story?
https://youtu.be/pTuyfQ5CR4Q?t=63 ? :P
To be a tad more serious I did liked the Villain he played. I did not really got a Lex Luthor vibe from him though. Still would like him reassume the role since I do think he wants to be closer to the modern CB LL we know. The after-credits scene with him in JL, while short, did had a much better LL feeling IMO.
Last edited by The_Lurk; 02-20-2019 at 12:20 PM.
While I wasn't pleased with the performance I do like the take of Luthor being essentially an evil Mark Zuckerberg -- its a modernization of the Luthor character that makes sense but I just wish they got Eisenberg to tone the wackiness in BvS like they had him do in the post-credit sequence of Justice League.
"I love mankind...it's people I can't stand!!"
- Charles Schultz.
Harley Quinn, Cassandra Cain and Huntress from the BoP set:
"It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does? - Gaff Blade Runner
"In a short time, this will be a long time ago." - Werner Slow West
"One of the biggest problems in the industry is apathy right now." - Dan Didio Co-Publisher of I Wonder Why That Is Comics
Let's see:
1) Going spastic upon introducing Clark to Bruce Wayne
2) Putting a candy into a senator's mouth.
3) Ranting to Lois Lane about his agenda.
4) Shouting during the ending scene about a bell ringing (yes, it's about Darkseid, but how does he know about that?)
My preferred version of Lex Luthor is less crazy and more calculating, as set up the John Byrne version. He is suppose to be an ego-maniac because he hates Superman for being the one element that he, in spite of his wealth, status and intellect, can't control...and that rubs him the wrong way.
But, we all have our favorite versions of established characters, so what do I know?
Yeah. I get what they were going for about the whole goofy millennial being a more relevant take than the oldschool captain of industry people know from STAS, but he really needed to tone down the quirks. It's not limited to Eisenberg; it feels like ever since the Dark Knight, a whole bunch of actors playing villain roles want to add some weird tic or goofy voice to their character, and it usually ends up annoying.
edited post.
Last edited by Agent Z; 02-21-2019 at 11:48 PM.