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Rumor: Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor has been cut from JL
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TheLostBigBoss
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what if you have tiny hands
DarkJediKnight
Member
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Agreed. It's as if the purpose was to shock the audience with a Lex they've never seen before.
Rather than question if they could, the never questioned if they should.
Lex was so cringeworthy. Dude should have been jailed the minute the capital exploded. He was the only one not in his seat. Love how they just gloss over these things.
DoctorFling
Member
Less Luthor more like
Silver Screen.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Eisenberg himself wasn't the problem with Lex in that movie. Anyone they casted would have been shitty if they had to say the same lines and pull the same stunts as Eisenberg did.
BoogieWoogie
Banned
"If you want something done right..."
*Bryan Cranston walks into frame*
*Bryan Cranston walks into frame*
https://youtu.be/6_CQ3BnPZJ8
Edit: The other option is Oscar Isaac modelled after his character in Ex Machina.
Or they could try and do a riff on Donald Trump.
Edit: The other option is Oscar Isaac modelled after his character in Ex Machina.
Or they could try and do a riff on Donald Trump.
HollowCentral
Member
Good. That movie looks like a bloated mess from the Comic Con trailer, so any cuts are welcome by me if it makes a more focused film.
I actually liked Eisenberg in BvS, but I wouldn't be sad if he didn't come back or the role got recast.
I actually liked Eisenberg in BvS, but I wouldn't be sad if he didn't come back or the role got recast.
Alex_Mexico
Member
We hate on Gene Hackman now, GAF? He was great! At least on the first two.
shira
Member
Luthor's probably Steppenwolf nao. I don't expect much
moltonasty
Member
He was kind of annoying in BvS but I was looking forward to see how prison and the whole thing with Steppenwolf would change him. They kinda have an easy way to soft-reboot his character without even having to cut him from the film or recast. IIRC they even said as much in interviews, that BvS was basically his origin story. :shrug:
Michael Rosenbaum is the only Lex for me. <3
Too whacky and comedic for me, fam.
SomethingInTheSea
Member
He was by far the worst part of BvS, they should recast and come at the character from a different perpective.
Suave, almost convincing you he has a point about god like aliens being inevitably dangerous until he descends into madness, Lex Luthor is a much better take on the character.
In BvS he dropped off the deep end so fast it was really hard to see what his problem with Superman actually was and he just came across as a lunatic!
Suave, almost convincing you he has a point about god like aliens being inevitably dangerous until he descends into madness, Lex Luthor is a much better take on the character.
In BvS he dropped off the deep end so fast it was really hard to see what his problem with Superman actually was and he just came across as a lunatic!
Hackman was legendary.
God damn, I love that scene.
NealMcCauley
Member
This is art. It has merit.
I wonder if anyone's ever interviewed that actor to get his thoughts.
I feel like Snyder has a ton of enthusiasm in pre- and production that everyone enjoys, but when post starts everyone finally sees the problems.
Bitch Pudding
Member
Good, he was just superbad, man.
Cardon
Member
I guess that's good news to some, but the mad dash run to the finish of making this movie continues to be interesting in a morbid way. Like this comes out in November and major stuff, like those reshoots are still being tweaked and the such, presumably with some vfx work included.
In the end I'm hoping JL is good since I thought the last trailer was solid.
In the end I'm hoping JL is good since I thought the last trailer was solid.
PeskyToaster
Member
god bvs is such a stupid movie and this dude was the cherry jolly rancher on top.
I hope so. He became unbearable in BvS.
Shoulda went with this:
Ant-Man had the perfect Lex Luthor.
BassForever
Member
What Batman news?
gutter_trash
Banned
the Jokerfication of Lex Luther was a disservice to the character
Paracelsus
Member
"He reminded me more of the Joker"
"He was a terrible Lex Luthor"
"He should've been the Joker!"
"*laughs*"
In a movie where Superman is a bitch and Batman is a murderer, that's saying a lot.
"He was a terrible Lex Luthor"
"He should've been the Joker!"
"*laughs*"
In a movie where Superman is a bitch and Batman is a murderer, that's saying a lot.
broncobuster
Banned
But even Bryan Cranston thinks that's a boring idea.
What! Get out of here Hackman was great in the first be and entertaining in others.
Spacey wasn't exactly bad in the role either just stuck in a tepid film.
We already got an idea of what he was doing based on Snyder's storyboard. (Of course, this also could've been a planned post-credits scene as a lead-in to The Batman with Deathstroke, but who knows.)
Inferno313
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4Chan > Batman-News > GAF? Is that how it works now?
Y'all need to stop posting every piece of click-bait that pops into your Twitter feeds.
Y'all need to stop posting every piece of click-bait that pops into your Twitter feeds.
Rockandrollclown
lookwhatyou'vedone
Ever since Heath Ledger, I try to keep an open mind, but he looked bad from the get go. Nothing at all like how I want my Lex to be. DCAU perfected the character imo. I hope they just replace him. Don't even bother explaining it, just have a proper Lex Luthor going forward if you want to use the character.
What did he mean by this?
Member
This website has really ran out of all their clout from the Nolan days
Hell yeahAnt-Man had the perfect Lex Luthor.
Corey Stoll was great as Cross and I won't hear otherwise
sleverfunk
Member
Man what where they thinking on bvs.
I mean, yeah, the idea that the Joker likes to be literally cucked is... novel for the character I suppose.
Inferno313
Banned
There's nothing wrong with the idea of casting Eisenberg as Lex. It has everything to do with how Snyder calibrated his performance. If Eisenberg had been directed to do something similar to his Social Network work, that would've been an all-time Lex take, imo.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
Michael Shea was a good modern era style Lex too.
I was going to say Michael Shea but someone already mentioned him.
I was going to say Michael Shea but someone already mentioned him.
Easily the best live action Lex Luthor.
Remember how Lex Luthor was a stuttering, mumbling idiot in his speech in front of the crowd early in the movie?
WB should've fired Snyder and the writer of that scene right after filming that scene.
Fancyarcher
Member
I think I'm fine with this, mind you I'll take it with a huge grain of salt.
Hackman was very good as Luthor, his Luthor was more based off the golden age / silver age / bronze age sleazy "scientist / supervillain" though, with a bit of a businessman aspect throw in before that was even part of the character.
Hackman was very good as Luthor, his Luthor was more based off the golden age / silver age / bronze age sleazy "scientist / supervillain" though, with a bit of a businessman aspect throw in before that was even part of the character.
Paracelsus
Member
They tend to have very detailed leaks from time to time. We got pretty much all of FFXV spoilered months ahead, they were right on other games like Bloodborne etc. Not sure what their record is movie-wise.
No, they should've fired him right after casting a guy with Ledger's hair. The writing was on the wall.