{"id":41031,"date":"2016-04-01T11:54:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T18:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=41031"},"modified":"2019-03-06T12:01:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:01:16","slug":"lexcorp-releases-statement-about-batman-v-supermans-lex-luthor-in-instagram-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/lexcorp-releases-statement-about-batman-v-supermans-lex-luthor-in-instagram-post\/","title":{"rendered":"LexCorp Releases Statement About Batman v Superman&#8217;s Lex Luthor in Instagram Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I may not have particularly liked <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/hitlist.asp?theme=Batman+v+Superman%3A+Dawn+of+Justice&amp;utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice<\/a>,<\/strong><\/em> I am still enjoying their marketing for Jesse Eisenberg&#8217;s Lex Luthor immensely.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote about the interesting way Warner Bros. and DC were presenting the character <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/2016\/01\/08\/wired-lex-luthor-interview\/\">back in January<\/a>, and it looks like they&#8217;re not finished. Potential spoilers follow.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the LexCorp Instagram account released a statement on Luthor and his actions in the film:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 56.862745098% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"background: url(data:image\/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaagfbmveuiiii9pt0ehh4gib4hibkchbwchbwchbydr+jqaaaachrstlmaba4yhyqsm5jtamwaaadfsurbvdjl7zvbegmhcaqbaf\/\/42xcnbpaqakcm0ftumfaaibe81iqbjds3ls6zs3bipb9wed3yyxfpmhrft8sgyrcp1x8ueuxlmznwelfoycv6mhwwwmzdpekhlhlw7nwjqkhc4uizphavdza2jpzudsbzzinae2s6owh8xpmx8g7zzgkeopuoyhvgz1tbcxmkd3kwnvbu0gkhkx+izilf77iofhry1nyfnb\/lqpb79drwoyjva\/davg9b\/rlb4cc+nqgdz\/tvbbbnr6gbreqn\/nrmdgaqeej7whonozjf+y2i\/fzou\/qaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BDmVU_IAh_Y\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Due to unfortunate circumstances, LexCorp Industries will be temporarily suspending it&#8217;s global operations. When interviewed about his actions against a fallen alien, Lex Luthor responded with; &#8220;Ding, ding, ding, ding. Are we entering the second round?&#8221; We do not understand Mr. Luthor&#8217;s actions and LexCorp does not take responsibility for his actions. Thank you for being patient.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by LexCorp (@lexcorpindustries) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-03-31T01:27:56+00:00\">Mar 30, 2016 at 6:27pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The statement reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Due to unfortunate circumstances, LexCorp Industries will be temporarily suspending it&#8217;s global operations. When interviewed about his actions against a fallen alien, Lex Luthor responded with; &#8220;Ding, ding, ding, ding. Are we entering the second round?&#8221; We do not understand Mr. Luthor&#8217;s actions and LexCorp does not take responsibility for his actions. Thank you for being patient.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With Luthor in jail for, you know, causing mass destruction and releasing a monster upon the world, it&#8217;s not surprising that LexCorp would want to distance themselves as much as possible from the psychopathic villain.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not we&#8217;ll see Luthor again remains to be seen, but LexCorp is probably headed in a new direction now.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of LexCorp&#8217;s stance? Do you like this marketing? Sound off!<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lexcorpindustries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I may not have particularly liked Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, I am still enjoying their marketing for Jesse Eisenberg&#8217;s Lex Luthor immensely. I wrote about the interesting way Warner Bros. and DC were presenting the character back in January, and it looks like they&#8217;re not finished. Potential spoilers follow. Yesterday, the LexCorp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3796,11,108,388,558],"tags":[866,890,3145,112,2445,2446,4024,1162],"yst_prominent_words":[31024,31013,31021,31010,31017,31012,31006,31011,31014,31007,31020,31009,31005,31023,31022,31015,31019,31018,31016,31008],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41031"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64341,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41031\/revisions\/64341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41031"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=41031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}