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Frank White
02-14-2002, 10:18 PM
Which Lex Luthor do you prefer? Pre-Crisis evil bald scientist or Modern evil CEO of LexCorp International? Me personally, I like the CEO version better.
supermanpal
02-14-2002, 10:38 PM
I like the Modern evil CEO of LexCorp International because he could do really bad crimes and blamed it on somebody or cover his tracks. So he is never link to the crimes he does.
Clark J. Kent
02-14-2002, 11:15 PM
Do you even have to ask? ;)
Karkull
02-15-2002, 12:04 AM
Well, if he's a corporate criminal he can still be a mad scientist on the side. In Ghost in the Machine Brainiac kidnapped him because of his genius.
Russkafin
02-15-2002, 12:38 AM
CEO, for sure... and I really like what they have done in the comics with the President Luthor storyline. I actually wish they would have done that with JL instead of making him Mad Scientist Lex.
TimTwoFace
02-15-2002, 01:35 AM
Yeah, the CEO version of Luthor is definately FAR COOLER than the mad scientist slant. Being a shadowy, underhanded guy with a nice, shiny surface (chrome dome) adds a LOT more to character development.

I don't like the idea that he's reverting back to "mad scientist" mode on the upcoming JLA episodes. He deserves more respect than that. He is arguably the only GREAT Superman villain so you have to do him justice.

(Seriously, does anyone else compare to Lex, as far as villainy and coolness is concerned? I know people will say Darkseid, and as great as he is, it's just not the same.)

-Tim
superfreak
02-15-2002, 01:42 AM
I like the CEO version of Lex. Think of the plots that we can have in JLA if Lex is still a CEO. Think of the mayhem and trouble Lex can cause for JL.
DisneyBoy
02-15-2002, 08:01 AM
Before there was Derek Powers...Before there was Bill Gates...

There was Lex Luthor !!!
Bird Boy
02-15-2002, 08:45 AM
Originally posted by DisneyBoy
Before there was Derek Powers...Before there was Bill Gates...

There was Lex Luthor !!!

somewhere...some guy has the name Lex Luthor...(no, you aren't the only one who doesn't know why I said that..I don't know why I said that).

Definitely the CEO! I liked him better as that guy..

-BB
Karkull
02-15-2002, 11:03 AM
Originally posted by TimTwoFace
I don't like the idea that he's reverting back to "mad scientist" mode on the upcoming JLA episodes. He deserves more respect than that. He is arguably the only GREAT Superman villain so you have to do him justice.

I can see why they're doing it and I think that it's kind of cool. Having him reinvent himself after losing LexCorp is Luthor's style--he can bend, but won't break.
The Penguin
02-15-2002, 11:22 AM
I opt for the CEO myself. Take "L&C" for example, Luthor was much better in the first season then when he came back a couple of times and had nothing. I am very interested to see how he is in JL though. I hope they make some references to how he lost everything.
TimTwoFace
02-15-2002, 01:10 PM
What? Lex Luthor lost LexCorp? When did this happen?

;-Y

(Two-Face is confused - even moreso than usual.)

-Tim
Manhunter
02-15-2002, 02:36 PM
Originally posted by TimTwoFace
What? Lex Luthor lost LexCorp? When did this happen?

;-Y

(Two-Face is confused - even moreso than usual.)

-Tim

Well,apparently the story behind the JL Luthor is that he got radiation poisoning from Kryptonite, and it caused him to go insane.
TimTwoFace
02-15-2002, 03:40 PM
Ehhhh, I dunno if I like that...but to keep Lex as a part of something as campy as the "Injustice League", I guess they had to do that. Hopefully Bruce Timm & Co. will do a good job with this episode, but right now, I dunno...

-Tim
Cassandra
02-15-2002, 07:19 PM
Originally posted by Manhunter


Well,apparently the story behind the JL Luthor is that he got radiation poisoning from Kryptonite, and it caused him to go insane.

Aw, maaan....that stinks!! What Kryptonite? Did he keep a big chunk in his briefs or something?! He is so cool as a CEO, he can do so much MORE....oh, crapola. :mad:
Manhunter
02-15-2002, 07:32 PM
Originally posted by Cassandra


Aw, maaan....that stinks!! What Kryptonite? Did he keep a big chunk in his briefs or something?! He is so cool as a CEO, he can do so much MORE....oh, crapola. :mad:

Apparently,he kept some around just in case.

I prefer the CEO Lex,too,but who knows what Timm and co. might have in store.
Ricochet
02-16-2002, 11:33 AM
Evil scientist. Because Silver Age rocks!
TmlFroggy
02-16-2002, 06:49 PM
Corporate Lex is just way too cool!! CEO Lex rules!!
Zoddman
02-17-2002, 04:25 AM
Well, I always preferred a mix of the two, kind of the way Jeph Loeb wrote him in Superman:For All Seasons. He can be the backhanded CEO of Lexcorp, and he can shoot nasty toxins all over Metropolis.
Shriek
02-17-2002, 12:00 PM
Originally posted by Cassandra


Aw, maaan....that stinks!! What Kryptonite? Did he keep a big chunk in his briefs or something?! He is so cool as a CEO, he can do so much MORE....oh, crapola. :mad:

He kept a kryptonite ring on his finger just in case Superman came up to him personally. If you notice in Smallville, in the that episode where the old lady tells the future, you see Lex wearing a black glove. Meaning the radiation hurt his hand.