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Batman vs Superman: World's Finest Three-Year Wait
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http://fortune.com/contentfrom/2015/10/05/lex-luthor-jr/ntv_a/3dsBA58oDAfxgFA
Lex Luthor Jr.: Not Just His Fathers LexCorp
October 5, 2015, 1:00 PM
Alexander Joseph Luthor Jr. is a 31-year-old wunderkind who transformed an aging petrochemical and heavy machinery dinosaur into a tech darling of the Fortune 500 in what some call a superhuman feat.
This jeans-wearing genius is equally at ease rappelling the climbing wall in his employee inspiration station and coding in the crucible: the cutting-edge R & D lab where the baby-faced billionaire verbally extemporizes computer code like Miles Davis improvising a trumpet solo.
As we patiently wait our turn at the complimentary LexCorp vegan food truck (this days fare: pesto-olive pizza with raw almond crust), the son of Alexander Luthor Sr. Lex Luthor explains the evolution of LexCorp.
Dad named the company after himself ten years before I made my unexpected entrance into his life. But investors seemed to respond to the idea of an adoring father building a legacy for his precious son. He used that to his advantage. It was a good shtick and, whatever else he was, he was a good businessman, the younger Luthor explains.
Referring to Alexander Luthor Sr. as a good businessman is not unlike calling Napoleon Bonaparte a competent conqueror. The East German émigré, who passed away unexpectedly in 2000, arrived on our shores with nothing, but managed to carve out an empire of oil and machinery. By all accounts, he accomplished this feat through sheer grit and ferocity. His enemies, of which there are many, would also probably add viciousness.
Well, Dad was a complicated guy, his down-to-Earth son notes as we pass a tasteful display of his world-famous collection of meteorite crystals. He came from a country where the government, in the guise of protector, had absolute control over the citizens. That drove him. I get it. Heck, Id hate to see that sort of thing happen over here.
But the achievements of LexCorps founder pale in comparison to the astonishing accomplishments of the younger Luthor, who was the youngest ever to be named Fortunes Businessperson of the Year and included on the magazines list of the Worlds 50 Greatest Leaders.
Taking the reins of the family business after the untimely death of his indomitable father, the prodigal son boldly changed the direction of the firm from oil and heavy machinery to tech. LexCorp has quickly become the second largest emerging technology corporation in the world next to Wayne Enterprises.
Partly, the success of this young company comes from Luthors willingness to go where Wayne fears to tread. Wayne Enterprises has shied away from military contracts in the last decade.
Its a necessity, Luthor insists. We live in the most dangerous point of time in all of human history. Statistically speaking, its a near certainty that another world-changing crisis is hurtling toward us like a speeding bullet. We have to be ready to defend ourselves. No civilization was ever conquered by having a strong military.
As for the accusations of a few fringe outliers who accuse him of being a war monger, Luthor just laughs them off. I dont know very many war mongers who have a foosball table in the conference room.
In the face of Luthors self-effacing, easy charm, its tempting to see him as just one of the guys and not for what he truly is: a giver. Only when pressed does he admit that LexCorp is in the top three charitable corporations in America, just after Kord Industries and Wayne Enterprises. Its not a competition, laughs Luthor. Besides, I cant hold a candle to those guys in the debauched billionaire playboy department!
But he downplays the corporate generosity side of LexCorp. Handouts dont change the world. The true gift of LexCorp is our products. We are on the cusp of unveiling a technology that will change the world forever.
When pressed, the youthful mogul will only hint. Its about safety. This is a product that will protect you, and everyone, from threats you dont even know about yet. I dont want to scare anybody much. But there are a lot of threats out there, and theyre here today.
Its just lucky for us that, whatever the dangers lurking for us today, we have on our side Lex Luthor, a man of tomorrow.
Lex Luthor Jr.: Not Just His Fathers LexCorp
October 5, 2015, 1:00 PM
Alexander Joseph Luthor Jr. is a 31-year-old wunderkind who transformed an aging petrochemical and heavy machinery dinosaur into a tech darling of the Fortune 500 in what some call a superhuman feat.
This jeans-wearing genius is equally at ease rappelling the climbing wall in his employee inspiration station and coding in the crucible: the cutting-edge R & D lab where the baby-faced billionaire verbally extemporizes computer code like Miles Davis improvising a trumpet solo.
As we patiently wait our turn at the complimentary LexCorp vegan food truck (this days fare: pesto-olive pizza with raw almond crust), the son of Alexander Luthor Sr. Lex Luthor explains the evolution of LexCorp.
Dad named the company after himself ten years before I made my unexpected entrance into his life. But investors seemed to respond to the idea of an adoring father building a legacy for his precious son. He used that to his advantage. It was a good shtick and, whatever else he was, he was a good businessman, the younger Luthor explains.
Referring to Alexander Luthor Sr. as a good businessman is not unlike calling Napoleon Bonaparte a competent conqueror. The East German émigré, who passed away unexpectedly in 2000, arrived on our shores with nothing, but managed to carve out an empire of oil and machinery. By all accounts, he accomplished this feat through sheer grit and ferocity. His enemies, of which there are many, would also probably add viciousness.
Well, Dad was a complicated guy, his down-to-Earth son notes as we pass a tasteful display of his world-famous collection of meteorite crystals. He came from a country where the government, in the guise of protector, had absolute control over the citizens. That drove him. I get it. Heck, Id hate to see that sort of thing happen over here.
But the achievements of LexCorps founder pale in comparison to the astonishing accomplishments of the younger Luthor, who was the youngest ever to be named Fortunes Businessperson of the Year and included on the magazines list of the Worlds 50 Greatest Leaders.
Taking the reins of the family business after the untimely death of his indomitable father, the prodigal son boldly changed the direction of the firm from oil and heavy machinery to tech. LexCorp has quickly become the second largest emerging technology corporation in the world next to Wayne Enterprises.
Partly, the success of this young company comes from Luthors willingness to go where Wayne fears to tread. Wayne Enterprises has shied away from military contracts in the last decade.
Its a necessity, Luthor insists. We live in the most dangerous point of time in all of human history. Statistically speaking, its a near certainty that another world-changing crisis is hurtling toward us like a speeding bullet. We have to be ready to defend ourselves. No civilization was ever conquered by having a strong military.
As for the accusations of a few fringe outliers who accuse him of being a war monger, Luthor just laughs them off. I dont know very many war mongers who have a foosball table in the conference room.
In the face of Luthors self-effacing, easy charm, its tempting to see him as just one of the guys and not for what he truly is: a giver. Only when pressed does he admit that LexCorp is in the top three charitable corporations in America, just after Kord Industries and Wayne Enterprises. Its not a competition, laughs Luthor. Besides, I cant hold a candle to those guys in the debauched billionaire playboy department!
But he downplays the corporate generosity side of LexCorp. Handouts dont change the world. The true gift of LexCorp is our products. We are on the cusp of unveiling a technology that will change the world forever.
When pressed, the youthful mogul will only hint. Its about safety. This is a product that will protect you, and everyone, from threats you dont even know about yet. I dont want to scare anybody much. But there are a lot of threats out there, and theyre here today.
Its just lucky for us that, whatever the dangers lurking for us today, we have on our side Lex Luthor, a man of tomorrow.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Man, that sounds excellent.
Also, Kord Industries?!? Woo!
Also, Kord Industries?!? Woo!
Kill Ted, give Jaime
I hope so and I hope those rumored teasers at the end of the month are true
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
They better. It's the reason why they took him off the table for Arrow.
Gotta get everything lined up for that Blue and Gold movie.
So good ! It's also in the french papers : http://www.20minutes.fr/magazine/pu...exCorp_Article20Min&utm_medium=Post#ectrans=1
I'd have put cash money on a potential Booster Gold/Blue Beetle film featuring Jamie Reyes rather than Ted Kord given the studios push for diversity etc.
I'd have thought that Kord might be a little too close to Tony Stark (genius inventor turned hero) but perhaps Warners want Reyes for an eventual (Teen) Titans film?
But it speaks volumes about Warners ambitions that they are mentioning Kord Industries right now.
Messypandas
Member
WB sparing no expense
Poodlestrike
Banned
Ted serves as a solid contrast to Bruce, rather than an allusion to Tony. They're similar heroes (rich playboy* industrialists who fight crime with skill and gadgetry), but Ted is otherwise everything Bruce is not in terms of personality, and vice versa.
*Or wannabe playboys, in Ted's case.
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Lord Virgin
Unconfirmed Member
All hail Terrio!
Just a bit of a refresher on TDK's fantastic viral campaign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpuC7HhCPWA
Maybe something similar can start this Saturday?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpuC7HhCPWA
Maybe something similar can start this Saturday?
Messypandas
Member
TDK started (at least I think it did) the modern viral campaigns and it still hasn't even been topped. Still remember jokers face slowly being unlocked pixel by pixel. Genius
beyond_death
Member
Oh man, that was some good times. Couldnt really participate in most of the campaign because I dont live in the US, but I followed it religiously. TDK was probably my most hyped movie ever.
Schweinehund
Member
I like that they're shining light on Lex more. After Gadot I'd say Eisenberg received the most vitriol online. I hope they emphasize just how brilliant he is, Donner's version didn't really give the impression he was the world's smartest man.
https://twitter.com/elmayimbe/status/651548097739227136
Kind of lines up with the possible announcement on Sat and DC's official description of it...
Kind of lines up with the possible announcement on Sat and DC's official description of it...
http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2015/0...nounces-new-york-comic-con-2015-panel-line-up
None of them did to be honest... Kevin Spacey's was a terrible take too, but I guess he was going for Donner's version.
I really REALLY, hope WB does a Forbes interview with Bruce Wayne. This is still way too early, I really hope they don't saturate the shit out of the marketing... I mean wait until Star Wars drops first.
There's no DC Comics booth again this year (the same space allocated to DC Entertainment videogames). I'm not excited about the panels... then again, I don't know if it's New York or what, but the last few DC panels I've attended was just a bunch of people lining up attempting to "confront" DC with questions which amounted to: "Why are you doing a thing I don't like... is it because you are evil!?" or the "Tell me a spoiler that you'd never say."
So... maybe it's just as well.
So... maybe it's just as well.
Panels at Comic Con tend to be like that, but DC panels have been pretty bad for a long time.
Schweinehund
Member
srsly though where Shazam ongoing.
I'd love some new comic announcements but it seems unlikely with ANAD Marvel just releasing a million titles right now and DCYou having a lukewarm response. Then again they did just announce that katanna/deadshot book.
I don't read any Marvel books or keep up with discussions on their comics but I always get the impression that DC fans are a bit more... fanatical. You'll hear ex dc fans go on and on about changes DC did in the past rather than let it go. You'll hear about Identity Crisis and Geoff Johns being behind everything terrible brought up repeatedly but you hardly hear about One More Day or Mark Millar, or Loeb's Ultimatum. Maybe people just love DC characters a lot and are more passionate about them, it's odd and fascinating to me at the same time. It also extends past comics, Man of Steel generates a ton of discussion rather than being forgotten like most superhero films are. I think it's a testament to how high of a standard people have for these characters.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
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It's because DC kind of throws the baby out with the bath water and reboots, which is irksome when you introduce replacements that people like.
And yes you do hear about One More Day and Ultimatum, the difference being that they don't screw with the entire comic universe.
It's because DC kind of throws the baby out with the bath water and reboots, which is irksome when you introduce replacements that people like.
And yes you do hear about One More Day and Ultimatum, the difference being that they don't screw with the entire comic universe.
Poodlestrike
Banned
They do, actually. Ultimatum in particular fucked the Ultimate 'verse.
Smokey_Run
Member
I think this is a fake account that popped up last year. He uses the same picture a year ago, but with different context: https://twitter.com/LevanLinwood/status/516745603028496384
If it's not a fake account, it's a treasure trove of information for a BvS ARG.
The details on the costume are beautiful
Real credit to the costume department there.
Watchmen pretty much confirm to me that Snyder knew how to translate comic book costumes on to film. Never doubted him on Man of Steel.
Mini-presence for the movie it seems
https://twitter.com/DCComics/status/652116021881532416
And what happens when sign into LexCorp Wifi
https://twitter.com/DCComics/status/652116021881532416
And what happens when sign into LexCorp Wifi
We have a thread for the LexCorp stuff, but figured share here too
LexOS Announcement Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjCGKzD-Lec&feature=youtu.be
LexOS Announcement Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjCGKzD-Lec&feature=youtu.be
Razgriz-Specter
Member
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Sibersk Esto
Banned
So does that confirm Superman soldiers in the desert is a dream sequence?
More_Badass
Member
No, it's a knightmare sequence
Messypandas
Member
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Lord Virgin
Unconfirmed Member
Get hyped fuckers, WB is gonna kill it with the marketing.
FunkyPajamas
Member
He learned a few tricks from Master Chief Poncho.
Given the name, I would think it's all but confirmed. My guess? It's a vision that Wonder Woman sees which encourages her to intervene.
It gets cold out in the desert? Wait, no, that doesn't sound right at all.
I don't think they'd be stupid enough to spoil that... would they? (not that it wasn't long rumored)
It's probably all pulled up when he strolls in... as camo... then he rolls up the sleeves and it's ass whooping time.
In totally unrelated news... or related?... Marvel shuffles it's dates before DC is looking to make some sort of a push at NYCC... Does Marvel know that DC has planted some new dates?
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