10 Worst Times Famous Comic Book Characters Were Radically Changed For Movies

10. Lex Luthor (Batman V Superman)

Given some time, Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor may become more palatable, but at the moment, this horribly-executed villain is still freshly stinging.

Luthor is supposed to be an arrogant industrialist who, in his own twisted way, blames Superman for showing him the limits of his own humanity. This is the Lex Luthor that has become one of the most notable villains in all of comics, but apparently this characterization was unsatisfactory for Batman V Superman.

Luthor was re-imaged as some sort of millennial prodigy, and this updated take on the character was neither welcome nor necessary. He was a scatterbrained atheist whose delivery was manic and plans were nonsensical. Nothing about how he acted, other than hating Superman, caused him to resemble the real Lex Luthor.

Perhaps the most superficial issue, but also the most unforgivable is that he doesn’t even remotely look like the character. Is it really so much to ask an actor to shave his head to play Lex Luthor? All it would have taken was a razor and a nicer suit and at least Eisenberg would have looked the part.