10 Wildly Underdeveloped Subplots From Batman V Superman

7. Lex Luthor's Daddy Issues

On more than one occasion throughout the two-plus-hour run time of Batman vs. Superman, Lex Luthor makes reference to a childhood of fear and terror under his father. It clearly drives him, obviously has resulted in him being the man he is when we meet him. His father and his treatment of young Alexander Luthor is yet another subplot in the film that is introduced but never followed up on, developed or paid off in any satisfying way.

At one point, Lex tells Senator Finch that he has not changed a single thing in his father's room. While part of that is undoubtedly out of respect for him, the other is almost assuredly out of fear, as if the memory of the family matriarch is somehow hanging overhead like a dark cloud.

Later, during a rant in the film's third act, he outright blames his dad for the way he turned out.

That is all well and fine, and opens up the potential for a much more interesting story, the writers ignorantly dropped it.

Thus, instead of using family drama to help tell the story of Luthor, something that would have fit so perfectly given the Wayne legacy and the closeness within the Kent family.