Lex Luthor is proving a surprisingly difficult character to get right.

I like James Gunn’s Superman movie.  But I’m a bit annoyed by how over half the discussion of the film is about the film’s Lex Luthor with m...

"Witness Superman’s epic journey in #AllStarSuperman (2011) – ‘a love letter to the comics’! ✍️⚡ #DCAU #KalEl #DCAnimated #Superman #ComicBookMovie
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I'm convinced that when #LexLuthor makes fun of Clark's shorthand notes in #AllstarSuperman, he actually knows exactly what he's looking at. Lex would already know and have perfected all forms of #shorthand. It would have been a "weekend project" at most for him. He would want to /know/ what the notes on reporters' pads were. He'd train to read it all upside down.
DCU: All-Star Superman

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#AllStarSuperman (2011) brings the iconic comic to life with ‘stunning animation & heart’! 💙🦸♂️ A heroic tribute to the Man of Steel’s legacy. #DCAnimated #Superman #ComicBookMovie
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Its most striking ideological feat is the fusion of Christian messianism with American exceptionalism. Superman’s apotheosis—achieved by repairing the sun and ascending as a “solar consciousness”—evokes death and resurrection within Morrison’s self-styled private religion of superheroes. This cosmic rebirth, allegorical of U.S. global hegemony, disguises a theological assertion of moral and cultural superiority beneath cosmic fantasy #AllStarSuperman https://boxd.it/akTDwF
A ★★★ review of All Star Superman (2011)

Solar Apotheosis The direct-to-video animated adaptation of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s seminal comic transcends a mere addition to Warner Bros.’ DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Under Sam Liu’s direction, "All-Star Superman" becomes an ideological apparatus blending American liberal-democratic ideals with quasi-religious myth, culminating in Superman’s final act as the pinnacle of capitalist-humanitarian synthesis. Morrison’s original twelve-issue saga condenses into 76 minutes of animation that prize individual sacrifice over systemic reform. Superman’s solar-radiation poisoning and impending death allegorize liberal democracy’s struggle with its own contradictions. By humanizing the invulnerable, Liu and screenwriter Dwayne McDuffie recast Superman as a vessel of