Brick Lex and Superman's Vision

Burdette 2022-06-24 17:08:55

Even if it's not a parallel world, Lex's image is uncertain, and it seems that the only part that is basically constant is fighting against Da Chao. The gods and monsters did not completely escape this path. Didn't JLU hate him in the early stage because he thought Dachao was an alien/the other with too much power? At present, Dawn of Justice is also like this line. In the later stage of JLU and some other works (for example: Superman and Batman: Public Enemy) ) but becomes just because the power is stronger than himself. Although I don't agree with his notion of how the non-me race is, but at least Lex, who believes that humans can solve their own problems by themselves, is a character complex enough to fight with Da Chao for years, not the latter that is left to him. The image of solving all problems - it's no different from a rogue.

I haven't read all the DC works, and I don't know how many Lex know the relationship between Kal-El and Clark. In the works I've seen, he thinks the other's power is dangerous, that is, because of the premise that the earthlings and aliens are completely different. differences, the latter is thus dangerous and beyond the control of the former. However, the powerful power of the earthlings is not dangerous, can the power of the earthlings be controlled by the earthlings? Lex himself has a strong power, not counting the armor or his level 12 IQ, he can be controlled Well, he has been locked in vain so many times in prison, isn't he not willing to be controlled? And this guy has never been a lot of tossing, from his armor that expands more and more force, it doesn't bother him that this kind of power can't be controlled. Lex in this work even used super serum, and he is not considered an earthling if his abilities become stronger than Dachao. If it was the image of Lex who insisted on the difference between aliens and earthlings, I guess it would not be able to do such a thing (of course, there are so many Lex that I have no qualifications to guess this kind of thing without seeing it). How much ability can the earthlings have, and what kind of abilities do not belong to the earthlings, my film review about JLU animation S4 tried to talk about this question.

Lex didn't escape his own jealousy in this game either. The arrogance and narcissism in his prison conversation with the little reporter overflows the screen. But if the perfect existence of Superman belied the little reporter and even Lex, then wouldn't he, a guy with IQ, wealth and social influence, belittle the little reporter and most of the people on earth. If he is so powerful that he can look down on other people, shouldn't Superman look down on him too. If Superman is in danger, it is dangerous if he is in the top. People on Earth have always made things difficult for people on Earth. I can't see how the people above can make the people on Earth less dangerous.

The separation of "us and them" actually means that the latter is unreliable. There are too many problems that Dachao can solve by being so powerful. Once the earthlings become dependent on him, either it will be a huge disaster once he leaves. The stalk that disappeared for five years in the return of Superman is also a black spot for Dachao; or It is to hinder the ability and development of the earthlings themselves - the view of the sandwich at the end of S1. My review of that work tried to talk about this unreliability. Isn't the object of dependence a technology (method/means), you can use it if you can, and use it the same way if you can't. It's like the use of electricity. If you suddenly can't use electricity at all now, even if it's not on a global scale but only in your own home or city, it will cause a lot of trouble, but in order to avoid this trouble, should you refuse the use of electricity from the beginning? ? What is the difference between Dianchao and Dachao? Electricity is the one we are more familiar with. Of course, in addition to the difference in function and importance, Dachao may spontaneously be hostile to the earthlings (in the concept of Lex, who does not know Dachao's dual identities, earthlings are aliens to Dachao), if the electricity is not used Not anti-human, but where does this spontaneity come from? I really want to see who will talk about whether the little reporter Dachao will do this if he strictly follows the character design.
(I feel very tired and sad about DC's vicious servitude of Da Chao in various parallel worlds and the increasingly god-like trend of NEW52. Although I know that the people of the Lighthouse country are increasingly wary of strength, Da Chao has everything except strength. Is it gone? Gentleness? Strength? Innocence? Respect for life? Concern and trust for people? The pursuit of hope? Are there any doubts about these things, so is there a big super who is increasingly deprived of his human identity? Are there so-called people? Maybe the little reporter will die before the big super. [What maybe the lord of the world is not already dead)

And about The dependence of the people on Dachao is generally said that Dachao (and superheroes) change people's behaviors and habits, and Dachao can't solve all problems no matter how powerful he is. When he can't do it, People who are used to asking Superman for help are in trouble. But first of all, aren't people's behaviors and habits inherently affected by various factors in the world of life? Then the audience can see that Superman can't solve all problems, and people in the world where Superman lives can't see that? Even if we don’t discuss the question of how much we should expect from superheroes, it doesn’t matter whether there are people who want to call Superman no matter what (there are definitely people who want to call others for everything in a world without superheroes) , If one's heart is pinned on Da Chao, to what extent will the state apparatus of this world be destroyed. Third, is it only the people who are helped by Superman who are changed in behavior? What about the criminals being hit? In general, won't it be restrained because the crime threshold has become higher? Of course, I don't mean to expect all criminals to rest, but if criminals have the idea that "maybe Superman can't control me", we call this a fluke. We call this two-handed preparation? Besides, isn't it the government who should "take care" of this kind of thing anyway, rather than a superhero who can only act as a volunteer? Of course, there may or may not be a question of resenting Superman when expectations for Superman's omnipotence fall short, but it's time to return to the question of how much to expect from superheroes.

The trailer looking for Dawn of Justice saw a discussion thread about this issue when Lex's casting hadn't been scheduled two or three years ago. There were various lengthy discussions about how complex and human character Lex was. It made me feel sad, and I believed it too. DC's character set... Another issue related to the separation of earthlings and aliens parallel to power was mentioned in the discussion - moral level: if the super power of Dachao (relative to the earthlings is super) makes The earthlings are dependent, and his perfect moral level (perfect in line with the earthlings' standards) makes the earthlings who are no match for him despair. However, since Dachao is an alien (the premise of "unreliable" and "dangerous"), what if people can't compare with him? If the distance is too large, they will not be compared. Why do you reject Dachao because he is non-human and demand him with human standards? It is true that there is a great super in Lex, but if the super is the pinnacle, the scope of discussion is beyond people. Although Dachao is not a god, the two can be compared in terms of being a perfect standard that is different from human beings. Of course, Dachao does not have the absolute authority of God over people over people on earth (I still don't know what the false God in Dawn of Justice refers to), and he has never pursued this kind of thing. On the contrary, Lex the Earthling is more like the one who wants to have absolute authority in many plots. Is there less expectation of man exercising authority over others (here again division).

Thanks to the all-round effect of the super serum, when Lex found out that the daily world of Dachao was so different from that of Earth people, he immediately woke up. First of all, thank the screenwriter of this work for not forgetting his IQ because he is a villain. This is to realize that aliens are so different from earthlings that they shouldn't look at the former in the eyes of the latter. Isn't it too ugly to say that it is like a phoenix and an owl. It's a pity that he still didn't find the relationship between Superman and the little reporter, how different and how similar aliens are to people on earth, just as how different and how similar people are. Defining so-called people so standard, Lex himself can't get into that standard (it seems that he is not strictly maintaining that standard from the use of serum).
In the discussion thread, it was said that Lex was too confident and arrogant to believe that Superman had anything to do with the little reporter. In this work, the small and medium reporters could get through all kinds of breath and cracks in front of Lex. I think it confirms this point of view. But Lex, it's only possible that he's blind on purpose.


Lex got Dachao's vision and then discovered Dachao's mentality. This is my favorite plot in this work, and the second favorite is that Dachao really died. Thank you for not having a sequel to this work. Of course, I know about Superman Prime of the comics, but it is limited to the plot of this animation (send the video "The Death and Return of Superman"). The plot that I dislike the most is all about Lois, including the fact that I want to have a baby in the end. It's better that Lex can use the genes of the big super to be a super super...

I don't like Lois because this character is in the works I have seen or promotes it. The props of the plot either do nothing but move the IQ and drag the legs, including the imprisonment of Bai Chao in the JLU lord plot, just to show that the lord totalitarianism is unpopular in the way that he personally said those two sentences (the imprisoned Lois Is it Bai Chao's conscience?). There must be some work in which Lois's behavior fits her elite female character, right? Otherwise, what does Dachao like about her? Or what does Clark like about her? First of all, in this work, I really feel that it is not something that superpowers can do to confess my identity to the woman I love when I know that I am going to die. Because it's so sad. An old routine used in countless romance stories. Of course, I also know that this is to give a foreshadowing of the super serum. A character can only be used as a prop so reluctantly. I think it is better to think of a separate plot that can play the same role. And I didn't understand the meaning of Lois's crazy attack on Dachao in the Fortress of Lonely. Is it also to elicit the prop of the gravity gun? Anyway, that madness was disgusting.
In addition to the super serum, Lois's role is mainly in the entanglement with the time travelers, but what does this part have to do with the Lex line behind it, and what does it have to do with Dachao except for the chaos, just to record the Dacha completely. The time before death... Then since you have to confess to your lover before you die, there are other heroes in this plot even if there is no real couple, so you don't need to explain the situation separately? Even if there is a copyright issue (the copyright belongs to Warner, don't worry about this?), you can always add two lines.

I read a tip two days ago about why I must not take drugs. It is said that the pleasure produced by drugs is too strong. When the effect passes, I will become more depressed and pursue that pleasure regardless of the difference between different experiences. physical damage. I thought of these when I saw the super serum in this work. Of course, the analogy item is not drugs and super serum, but the gap between drug use and non-drug use, and the gap between super power and non-super power status (the difference is that the latter is not no physical damage). It's a strange comfort to me that neither user is crazy about the serum... Dacha gave Lois the serum to make her feel his world as Superman, but the one who felt it seemed to be Lex. Besides seemingly being completely unaffected by superhuman power, what else did Lois do? [No way, it's getting more and more like Lois's blackness = =
This can also be a counter-evidence to Lex's point of view: even a person with violent power can still be as if he didn't have that kind of power. Of course not completely unchanged, but what kind of change? The possibilities are endless, not just the way he expected, but comparing the performance of three people with superhuman powers, I think this should actually be the screenwriter's failure...

Suddenly I wonder if such a superpower can feel it In the world of earthlings, even as a small reporter. This kind of thing is really only known to him, but he still meets the highest standards of earth people. Thinking of this, I feel more and more that I can never take a step out of my own mind. Not only is it determined by my own vision, but I always use my own behavior logic to guard against people whose cognition and behavior are different from my own.



In the end, I really don't know what I like about Lex. The image of this product in JLU is not very good. It is said that the SV with the best image is not going to watch it. It is obviously Dachao's destiny, but I am still very concerned about Lex with a poor image...such as the man in Shaozhengli Assuming (there are people who feel less upright, adults are uglier than teenagers)...such as Superman and Batman: The Public Enemy, the character without character that is completely a prop...it's weird... …

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All-Star Superman quotes

  • Lex Luthor: You know what happens when you take on Lex Luthor? The same thing that's gonna happen to Superman.

  • Clark Kent: It's such a waste. You and Superman could have been friends and instead you're going to die.

    Lex Luthor: Ah, but he'll die first.