The Overlord
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Who should be the villain of this new Superman movie?
Lex Luther should be introduced but as the criminal mastermind pulling the strings. I would have Superman fighting real world issues like saving people from natural disasters and saving Lois when she gets to in over her head. Keep it simple.
Toyman with giant robots
Parasite
Metallo is great, but I could use a rest from Kryptonite.
Yeah, I agree about Lex, next to Joker, is the best and most complex DC villain. I think this movie needs to show the beginning relationships between Lex, Clark, Superman, and Lois. It is essentially they get the chemistry right between them. I think the movie budget will be low for the first outing so the villains will be grounded. I think Morgan Edge would be a perfect 1st villain and introduce intergang.Personally I don't mind if Lex is in the film, but I absolutely believe he needs to not be the main antagonist of the film. Frankly, if it were up to me, I wouldn't have Lex (General Zod too, for that matter) as the main villain in any of the DCU Superman solo films we get. Superman's Rogues Gallery has been left to the wayside for far, farrrr too long at this point on the big screen due to the over-reliance of Lex and Zod.
I really hope that they have Lex be Superman's ongoing rival who is present and involved in the various threats happening in the solo films, but don't have him be the main villain of a film until we get to a Justice League film where Lex leads the Legion of Doom. Work up the years of history between him and Clark and how Lex just keeps on getting off the hook from facing punishment for his various schemes, so that when Lex finally makes a bigger scaled play, it holds a significantly larger weight of meaning to both Superman and the audience.
Yeah, that's also very true. It'd be great to see a Superman film where kryptonite just flat-out isn't involved in any way for once.
I also like the idea of the villain being either Toyman or Parasite, the more I think about it. For example, if Gunn takes inspiration from the DCAU version of Toyman (Winslow Schott Jr) in particular, he could make for a really compelling and emotional story where Clark needs to save the day by not only outsmarting Toyman's creations, but also using his empathy and compassion for others to get through to a troubled man who grew up abandoned and in destitution by events outside of his control.
Heck, Gunn could easily do something similar with Parasite by taking a page out of the version we saw in the recent Man of Tomorrow animated film too.
For me, I'd love a Lex origin film.Yeah, I agree about Lex, next to Joker, is the best and most complex DC villain. I think this movie needs to show the beginning relationships between Lex, Clark, Superman, and Lois. It is essentially they get the chemistry right between them. I think the movie budget will be low for the first outing so the villains will be grounded. I think Morgan Edge would be a perfect 1st villain and introduce intergang.
Bingo!! I was hoping that Todd Phillips was going to do a Lex Luther movie similar to Joker. Maybe a Lex on the autism spectrum that make Mr. Luther self centered, highly intelligent and a loner. Would have been interested in seeing that guy go through the worlds of science and Industry while tackling his relationship with his father similar to Arthur and his mom.For me, I'd love an Lex origin film.
It would be a relative low budget film. Prolly 70 to 80 million. Story driven, with little FX.
Set Lex up.
Show us why Lex is the way he is.
Was it his childhood? Maybe.
Show him being even more intelligent than his teachers in elementary school. Correcting them and even writing out complicated formulas they don't understand.
Show him graduating HS at 12.
Getting multiple PHDs by 16.
Making his first billion by 19.
He Forms Lex-corp by 23. And Becomes the wealthiest person on the planet by 27.
He would Pretty much have rock star status out in public.
The Ladies and men both love him, but he has no time, nor desire to have any close relationships.
He hires mercy as his personal assistant and bodyguard. She shadows him everywhere he goes
He would be on all the major magazine covers and make all the talk show rounds.
He secretly hates people. But they are a means to an end.
He would have a Tony Stark level of intelligence, but without the quirkiness or humor.
He would be obsessed with future tech, especially the possibility of alien life and technology.
He would have a huge vault/secret room with bits and pieces of crashed alien craft on display behind protective glass, and an assortment of different meteorites, some green in color.
Years pass.
Lex has created dozens and dozens of inventions.
As easily as we tie our shoes, he comes up with ideas and creates them.
An Engine the creates unlimited energy from water, a cure for cancer, Crops that grow many times their original size, etc etc
He hides it all away and locks it up. Saves them for later.
He did it out of boredom more than anything, just to see if he could.
He has no challenges left. He soon grows weary.
So he creates a boom in highrise construction, creating competition among billionaires in building the biggest, tallest, and most outlandish looking skyscrapers on the planet.
Metropolis has now became a very futuristic looking city thanks to Lex, but even that doesn't satisfy him for long.
A few more years pass.
Superman makes his first big save at the very end, and everything will soon change.
Lex welcomes his arrival.
Finally, a worthy adversary.
For me, I'd love a Lex origin film.
It should be a relative low budget film. Prolly 70 to 80 million. Story driven, with little FX.
Set Lex up.
Show us why Lex is the way he is.
Was it his childhood? Perhaps.
Maybe he had an abusive father that pushed him, or, maybe he had good parents but Lex just turned bad all on his own.
Show him being even more intelligent than his teachers in elementary school. Correcting them and even writing out complicated formulas they don't understand.
Show him graduating HS at 12.
Getting multiple PHDs by 16.
Making his first billion by 19.
He Forms Lex-corp by 23. And Becomes the wealthiest person on the planet by 27.
He would Pretty much have rock star status out in public.
The Ladies and men both love him, but he has no time, nor desire to have any close relationships.
He hires mercy as his personal assistant and bodyguard. She shadows him everywhere he goes
He would be on all the major magazine covers and make all the talk show rounds.
He secretly hates people. But they are a means to an end.
He would have a Tony Stark level of intelligence, but without the quirkiness or humor.
He would be obsessed with future tech, especially the possibility of alien life and technology.
He would have a huge vault/secret room with bits and pieces of crashed alien craft on display behind protective glass, and an assortment of different meteorites, some green in color.
A few years pass.
Lex has created dozens and dozens of inventions.
As easily as we tie our shoes, he comes up with ideas and creates them.
An Engine the creates unlimited energy from water, a cure for cancer, Crops that grow many times their original size, etc etc
He hides it all away and locks it up and saves them for later.
He did it out of boredom more than anything, just to see if he could.
He has no challenges left. He soon grows weary.
So he creates a boom in highrise construction, creating competition among billionaires in building the biggest, tallest, and most outlandish looking skyscrapers on the planet.
He looks out over Metropolis from Lex-corp.
It has now became a very futuristic looking city, with skywalks and monorails connecting different buildings.
It's all thanks to him, but even that doesn't satisfy him for long.
A couple more years pass.
Superman makes his first big save at the very end, and everything will soon change.
Lex welcomes his arrival.
Finally, a worthy adversary.
Eldris Elba for me. I'd have no problem with it.How would you guys feel about a black actor playing Lex? I feel like John David Washington could bring out Lex's smugness and intensity.
This would be a film worth watching.
I think a bunch of black actors could play Lex well. Also would be up for JDW in a CBM sometime soon.How would you guys feel about a black actor playing Lex? I feel like John David Washington could bring out Lex's smugness and intensity.