Jon Cryer on S&L?

[Tim]

Agreed, the television Luthor's were the best.

[matt]

Apr 5, 2022 5:10:49 GMT -5 Melinda Halliwell said:

I agree with most of your choices matt . And yes Tim Jon Cryer was excellent as Lex the same with John Shea and Michael Rosenbaum obviously.

That character has been portrayed better on the small screen than he has on the big screen except for Gene Hackman who played the character in Chris Reeves movies.

Thanks.

I agree. They haven't been done so well on the big screen. Half the time they are either badly cast, or half the time don't know how to write him. I found the portrayal of Lex on the Superman vs Batman film to be more closer to the Joker than Lex.

[Tim]

Jon Cryer shows what a good Lex Luthor portrayal looks like. 

[Melinda Halliwell]

The Joker and Lex are in no way similar to one another whatsoever for the simple fact being one is a billionaire and the other isn't. Also the Joker's just a downright crazy person who doesn't really have a motive for what he does whereas Lex does and is smarter of course.

[Tim]

Exactly.

[Dark Avenger]

Yeah. They really dropped the ball here. It was very bad.

Jon Cryer was a good Lex Luthor. Here's hoping he'll be on Superman and Lois before long in a future season.

[Tim]

Surely the Phantom Zone only hold him for so long, and Mr. Cryer has said he would like to continue with the the character.

[matt]

Apr 7, 2022 11:26:15 GMT -5 Tim said:

Surely the Phantom Zone only hold him for so long, and Mr. Cryer has said he would like to continue with the the character.

Yeah, he can't forever. I understand wanting a bit of distance with the character from Supergirl's finale to when he returns. But Jon is keen to come back. Maybe S&L will find a story for him in S3 or S4. 

But, for starters. They can certainly bring him in for flashbacks to the early days of Superman and Lex. That could be what they do until they find a story for him in present day.

What do you think, Tim?

[Tim]

They can certainly bring him in for flashbacks to the early days of Superman and Lex. That could be what they do until they find a story for him in present day.

What do you think, Tim?

I think this is a great idea.  Get more of a background of their conflict.

[matt]

Apr 12, 2022 11:10:32 GMT -5 Tim said:

They can certainly bring him in for flashbacks to the early days of Superman and Lex. That could be what they do until they find a story for him in present day.

What do you think, Tim?

I think this is a great idea.  Get more of a background of their conflict.

That we can. Supergirl touched on it a little. But likely Crisis changed things. They already devoted an episode to Clark's origin stories last season. Next, it's time for the biggest background origin the conflict of Superman and Lex.

[Tim]

And Lex was Clark's enemy first.  We have to see them go head to head.