The Lex

From what we’ve seen, this new Lex Luthor is like nothing we have seen before – even if, at times, we can see something borrowed from Gene Hackman. However, we can blame that on the neurotic persona of Jesse Eisenberg (basically, all of his characters resemble from this point of view).

This Lex is so new that his past was rewritten for Batman v Superman – which is a good thing, since times have changed and the new industrialists are the programmers and other nerds like that. And since Eisenberg has also been Zuckerberg…

But then again this character seems to be the comedic relief of the movie (which aims to be a serious one). And this isn’t a good thing. While the first trailers showed that he has a dark side and that he is a master manipulator (as he should be), the last one showed his other side – which might as well be the way in which he presents himself to the world, so just a mask.

But still – too much is too much. We do hope that this new version of Lex Luthor doesn’t end up just a farce, before the DCEU can make the most of him.