I could swear he had a full head of hair again shortly after and the baldness was just for the one episode where he came back fresh from the cryo-tube.
Superman returns had the shittiest premise imaginable: Superman knocks up Lois and shoots off in a tiny spacecraft for almost a decade to see something which should have been obvious with a telescope.
It’s weird because Spacey should’ve been the best Luthor of all time. If he channeled Swimming With Sharks he would’ve been incredible. But instead he just poorly mimics Hackman with none of the subtle menace Gene provided in the first film.
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Shittiest luthor ever in the shittiest superman movie
It came off as a Donner movie without any of the charm or grace.
Spacey didn't have a lot to work with. His Luthor's plan was to make a big cancer island as a reference to Hackman's Luthor. The boner which the Superman Returns' director had for the Donner films must have been off the charts.
As someone who’s been going through the original radio show, I wish that would be a basis for a Superman movie.
The Atom Man story alone has all the makings of an awesome Superman film, regardless of the time you set it in.
Based radio enjoyer.
I actually really like the radio versions of Batman and Robin, who seem to be two more or less regular dudes who fight crime as like volunteer work, and have a lot of fun doing it.
It’s a shame the very first crossover isn’t found in its entirety, the first part is great.
It’s genuinely nice to find other fans of it. All anyone I know talks about is Snyder, Injustice, and Jon being gay.
A few days ago there was a thread just like this for Superman and they also didn't include Tyler Hoechlin. Might have been the same OP as this one too.
Not that I care about the fricking CW shows, but you might as well offer a complete list.
Rosenbaum absolutely nailed it. It's too bad he wasn't in the show as much towards the latter end of the show (and it really showed when they tried bringing back "Lex" without showing his face), but they gave his character so much more dimension and the idea that he and Clark were friends was so great to see as a new dynamic.
As an actual character and a person? Rosenbaum. But as the classic comics accurate Luthor? By far Kevin Stacy, he had the pure insanity, narcissism, and rage that an evil billionaire CEO who spends his life seething over Superman would have. He makes Lex genuinely evil and insane, completely high on his god complex and removed from his humanity, which I always imagine to be the perfect version of Lex.
Rosenbaum, duh.
I don’t even like Smallville, but in the moments where Rosenbaum was allowed to go full villain he perfectly channeled Luthor.
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Rosenbaum, not even a contest.
They all have good and bad parts, but probably the Rosenbaum just because his Luther gets to grow INTO his role rather than being established
John Shea for me. What a fricking blunder to kill him off at the end of season 1! That show never recovered.
Shea's opening scene hitting golf balls off his balcony has yet to be matched imo
Didn't they bring him back at some point? Bald and all? It's been decades since I saw it so I might be wrong, though.
Yeah, he was resurrected as bald in the 2nd season. Wikipedia says that Lex was in more episodes after that, but I don't remember them at all.
He was resurrected but the effects made him lose his hair permanently.
>t. local tv is broadcasting lois & clark
I could swear he had a full head of hair again shortly after and the baldness was just for the one episode where he came back fresh from the cryo-tube.
Hackman.
Based.
rosenbaum
Shittiest luthor ever in the shittiest superman movie
Superman returns had the shittiest premise imaginable: Superman knocks up Lois and shoots off in a tiny spacecraft for almost a decade to see something which should have been obvious with a telescope.
wot
Returns was kino.
>Best Tier
Rosenbaum
Telly Savalas as Blofeld
>Great Tier
Hackman
John Shea
>Meh Tier
Spacey
John Cryer
>Bad Tier
Michael Cudlitz
>Worst Casting Choice In Comic Movie History Tier
Eisenbeg
>Telly Savalas as Blofeld
Changing my answer to this.
Great taste.
It’s weird because Spacey should’ve been the best Luthor of all time. If he channeled Swimming With Sharks he would’ve been incredible. But instead he just poorly mimics Hackman with none of the subtle menace Gene provided in the first film.
It came off as a Donner movie without any of the charm or grace.
Spacey didn't have a lot to work with. His Luthor's plan was to make a big cancer island as a reference to Hackman's Luthor. The boner which the Superman Returns' director had for the Donner films must have been off the charts.
It still makes no sense that they made returns a sequel to the 70s film rather than the start to its own franchise
Maybe they wanted to do Jon Kent (or whatever that kid was called in Returns) in the sequel?
This is a shit timeline where we didn't get more Routh Superman movies, which created an opening for Snyder.
As someone who’s been going through the original radio show, I wish that would be a basis for a Superman movie.
The Atom Man story alone has all the makings of an awesome Superman film, regardless of the time you set it in.
Based radio enjoyer.
I actually really like the radio versions of Batman and Robin, who seem to be two more or less regular dudes who fight crime as like volunteer work, and have a lot of fun doing it.
It’s a shame the very first crossover isn’t found in its entirety, the first part is great.
It’s genuinely nice to find other fans of it. All anyone I know talks about is Snyder, Injustice, and Jon being gay.
Sherman Howard by a country mile
>Jesse Einsenburg Lex
>no Jon Cryer Lex
Cryer was objectively better than ZuckerLuthor
A few days ago there was a thread just like this for Superman and they also didn't include Tyler Hoechlin. Might have been the same OP as this one too.
Not that I care about the fricking CW shows, but you might as well offer a complete list.
Eisenberg--god such an incredible prick
Me
Rosenbaum
Gene
Spacey
Rosenbaum, first time watching Smallville. He's so fricking good.
Thankful that they let him play different depictions of the character.
Rosenbaum absolutely nailed it. It's too bad he wasn't in the show as much towards the latter end of the show (and it really showed when they tried bringing back "Lex" without showing his face), but they gave his character so much more dimension and the idea that he and Clark were friends was so great to see as a new dynamic.
As an actual character and a person? Rosenbaum. But as the classic comics accurate Luthor? By far Kevin Stacy, he had the pure insanity, narcissism, and rage that an evil billionaire CEO who spends his life seething over Superman would have. He makes Lex genuinely evil and insane, completely high on his god complex and removed from his humanity, which I always imagine to be the perfect version of Lex.