I still am unsure how Lex Luthor hasn't become a compelling villain for a live-action Superman movie in 40 years. It kind of stings to see the last two Joker portrayals come home with Academy Awards, whereas nobody has really made Luthor come alive when there are so many fictional and real-world examples of power-hungry villains who have direct and in-direct parallels to Luthor.

As much as I hate it when DC and WB rely so much on Superman as villain, I wonder if all this time there was one acceptable way to do it, but they keep overlooking telling this story in bigger media with Luthor as the protagonist.