Lex Luthor NOT in the Next Superman? Please God, Let it be TRUE!

I echo ryanallen on both points. I think Superman should be rebooted for numerous reasons I won't get into. I think Lex should be in but not as a main villain. He should be a sort of background figure that crops up everywhere or a puppetier who remains hidden from Supermans view. His company should feature more heavily than Lex himself.

On the action side, the film shouldn't be one long slug-fest. I think we need to see Supermans vunerable side, not kryptonite, his need to protect EVERYONE and the impossibility of that. We do however need a villain that can give and take some beatings, Doomsday is my choice. I loved the recent animated film and think alot can be done using the begining of that as a starting template. So I guess we don't need MORE action, just a different TYPE of action.

These are just the ramblings of one guy but like ryanallen said "Whoever writes and directs it, please be smart about it...."

I rather like Lex. Hope he is in the next movie.

Corporate, machiavelian Lex, that is. Not gigolo, mad scientest, realstate Lex.

rorschach01: "....and kill off the kid in the first 5 mins!"

Yeah! Now, THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout!

I dont think not having lex in the flick is a good thing. Sure it makes it more likely we'll get to see him hit something and have another supes villain captured on film but for me not having lex in a superman films like not having Gordon in a Batman one...OK Gordons not a villain and you could do it without him but why would you want to when hes such a strong secondary character...he needs to be in it in some form just...not whacky real-estate wig wearing lex thats all.

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Well since Vosloo sucks, just hire his twin Billy Zane. He's got the skills.

Bring a new villain and keep Lex doing his under the table dirty business. But Spacey probably won't like the idea of NOT being the main villain, we'll see how "humble" he can be hehe.

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now if they bring on Doomsday, and have Lex as a secondary (background) villian.....This movie could just be perfect!

They just have to do one more thing....

....cast TOM WELLING AS SUPERMAN!!!!!!!!

lol, yeah im not getting into another debate on that issue! But i have to admit, Smallville season 8 has been very good so far..yeah they still have all the soapy teeny elements but Mr Welling has been impressive..but to play Supes on the big screen? Naaaaaa

YEAH TOM WELLING FOR THE NEW SUPERMAN..FOR REALS..AND BRING UP A MAJOR BAD GUY...DOOMSDAY #1!!!! MAKE IT A LIVE ACTION DEATH OF SUPERMAN, THAT WILL KICK START THE FRANCHISE FOR SURE, AND THE GIRL WHO PLAYS LOUIS LANE ON SMALLVILLE WOULD MAKE A GOOD MOVIE LOUIS, DO IT RIGHT THIS TIME, AND SINGER STAY AWAY, GO BACK TO XMEN, OTHERS ARE SCREWING IT UP.

They need to do something new. I'm sort of tired of Lex Luthor. The movie version, I mean, where he surrounds himself with bumbling fools and hatches hair-brain relater schemes.

I've always dug Michael Rosenbaum's Lex. If Lex needs to be in the film, he should be a co-villain. Lexcorp's influence should be littered all over Metropolis and deep into secret government military projects.

They should also curb the pining after Lois Lane. It's been done to death. Especially after Returns. Just have them secretly dating already. That would skip a big chunk of bullshit.

With a proper Lex it would be cool to see him discovering War World hovering behind the moon with some of his companies secret military technology. His role as a co-villian would be behind Mongol's role as the main villian. Lex schemes to have Superman face Mongol on War World and lose, then as part of a deal previously agreed upon by the two, Lex would pretend to be the savior of humanity by warding off the War World attack. In his bid to discredit Superman and to live his dream of being the one humanity looks to.

Something along those lines that would offer the chance to see the real Lex Luthor and a situation that Superman would have to use his strength in a real scrap. Maybe he gets imprisoned on War World and goes through a Gladiator type scenario using his powers in inventive and damaging ways until the big showdown between him and Mongol. Give Superman the chance to do something that makes you go "OK, now that was cool."

i do think they should keep Lex in the film, but in an indirect manner. For example, if they decide its time for lex to run for president, then they can have posters on the streets (or banners) and interviews with lex on the tv in the background. This way he will still be in the movie with the possibility of him returning as a main villain with a fresh story in the sequel.

The great thing about doing things this way is that he's still on Superman's mind, he'll be wondering what Lex's up to (perhaps to much), leaving room for a new villain to sweep in and create some havok.

Just to re-iterate a few of our general feelings:
>The kid should NOT be in the next movie - i'm not sure many of the non comic fans remember, so mabye they should just ignore him and just assume it never happened.
>I dont think Routh did a bad job i just think the story was terrible, so i'm not opposed to him returning (would like him to be bigger).
>Personaly i would choose Tom Welling
>Why does Superman need only one super villain, give him a couple, he's the man of steel for god's sake. if Batman can have 2 per movie, i'm sure Superman can handle at least 5. Maybe 5's to much for one movie but you get my point.

IF THEY WANT A DARK SUPERMAN DOOMSDAY WOULD BE JUST THAT,THE BOOK ALONE SOLD EVERYWHERE...THAT TELLS YOU SOMETHING.

you know they dont need a well known villain for superman,hes known worldwide already,they could create a villain just for the movie(although i would love to see doomsday)or even Zod from the very first movie

Doomsday SHOULDN´T BE in the next Superman movie we see (rebooth or sequel to Returns) THE MAIN VILLAIN, BUT AS A CAMEO at the very end of the movie, just like the comics 1 or 2 months prior to the Death of Superman Saga showed him..(i don´t remember who but someone here in another article proposed a similar idea before and i agree.)

If they show his fist smashing his prision-pod, say, at the beginning of the movie and later at the middle of the movie and finnally at the end, I THINK IT WOULDN´T WORK cause you have the cameos but whitout doomsday.. so just a cool powerful cameo at the end and then one year later show a little more in the teaser for the sequel of that.......mmmmh cooooooool. ;-)

If the franchise is to survive... It's best they go for the movie adaptation of The Doomsday story, and this is why...

Since fans were left with a less than pleasing storyline from Superman Returns, say Doomsday comes forth from the depths of what was leftover from New Krypton in SR... He goes on a tear, and killing everthing in sight including Richard White, & Superbastard. As Doomsday wages war against him, Superman, in victory, loses his life (?!) as a cliffhanger, leading to the next films about his rebirth and true return, in the mean time, the second sequel can introduce newer foes, Brainiac, Bizzaro, etc. and the new Superman, whether friend or foe, leaves you awaiting the Ultimate Superman.
With great writting, this can be accomplished, and the two sequels can be filmed simultaneously, ala The Matrix films, including proposed cliff-hanger, at the end of the first sequel.

BOX OFFICE!!!!