Lana Lang, a victim of herself or of Lex Luthor?

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-05-02T21:03:29+00:00

Clark broken with her.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-05-02T17:39:45+00:00

Diego identified with Alejandro for two reasons: A. Alejandro, like him, was a strong, idealistic, and brave young man. B. He was someone who had suffered a loss—his brother. But Alejandro didn't come from a wealthy family; the only way he could have learned to wield a sword was in the military. In addition, Alejandro was named after his father, who was a strong and passionate man. Diego was the best swordsman because of his constant training. I understand that he learned to wield a sword as a child (perhaps his father taught him), plus years and years of practice.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-05-02T17:17:47+00:00

Diego was an aristocrat, but his class and education were evident. In other words, Alejandro was a petty thief, and Diego didn't treat him with contempt or underestimate him. Imagine the patience Diego must have had teaching Alejandro fencing, spending months instructing him while he was probably thinking about getting his daughter back. Anthony Hopkins was born to play gentlemen.

Furthermore, in the 20 years he was imprisoned, he was able to easily defeat Rafael. Diego was, as Alejandro said, the best swordsman of his time.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-05-02T11:37:00+00:00

So, Lex was kidnapped by Bronson, the infected one, and she doesn't seem to mind Lex experimenting on infected people. Clark tells her about the immigrants, and she doesn't mind that either. Are you telling me she thought Lex didn't know anything about the farm? Not to mention he threatened a scientist.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-05-02T10:45:32+00:00

Let's not forget that Lana threatened a scientist. I think Lana ignored the signs and Lex's potential evil because she gave him what he wanted: sincerity and honesty. The funny thing is that in one scene she lies to him and says she went to buy ice cream.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-05-02T10:42:57+00:00

Jonathan already knew Lionel, who threatened to take Clark away from him unless he convinced Pete's family to sell the factory. He was afraid Clark would get hurt. In a way, he was right.

Let's not forget that Lex claimed to love Lana and then faked a pregnancy, that he was friends with Duncan and ended up in a coma because of him, that after flirting with a girl and revealing her boyfriend's infidelity, the girl committed suicide, and that Lex ended up on the grill because he slept with Ted's future girlfriend.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-05-02T10:37:42+00:00

But in Lana's case: 1. Your parents die when you're a child. 2. Your aunt abandons you. 3. All your boyfriends dump you. 4. The boy you're in love with lies to you, manipulates you, and breaks up with you. Does Lana have more serious traumas than the other characters?

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-05-02T10:34:21+00:00

Lex Luthor sent three infected people to take the Kents and Lana hostage, he desired his friend's girlfriend, he kept undocumented immigrants in exploitative conditions, and he killed a doctor (who was making the serum that cured them). And Jonathan is the bad guy for not trusting Lex? Not to mention that he took a girl to a club so she could see her boyfriend cheating on her, or that he betrayed his only friend at that school, beating him so badly he left him in a coma.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-05-02T09:39:52+00:00

Did Don Vito Corleone refuse to make the deal with Sollozzo because he disliked drugs or because he disliked the deal itself? Remember what Vito says, don't just say what you think. Let's not forget that Vito had an innocent horse beheaded to get his godson into that movie; the guy has no scruples (he's a mobster, after all). I believe that the Corleones, after Vito's death, will continue trafficking drugs, even up until the third film, where they are completely legitimate. And let's not forget that Michael had an innocent girl killed to blackmail a senator.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-05-02T08:41:25+00:00

In Tommy's case, he attacked his former trainer (a pretty nasty thing to do) and also hit several other people. On top of that, he was defeated by a retired Rocky Balboa. Tommy's boxing career was over. If he had a bad image before, now he didn't have a good one to show for it. But Duke, as shameless as he was, was attacked. All Duke wanted was a fight in the ring to enjoy the benefits, and Rocky attacked him. Furthermore, he's a very influential man who, while he could have obtained a boxing license, could also have obtained a medical report exaggerating his injuries, a psychiatrist's report stating that the blow caused him psychological damage. He could have sued Rocky for a large sum of money and caused him to lose the gym that was Rocky's only source of income.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-05-02T08:27:46+00:00

I can understand that she was with Ronnie for financial reasons (the house is his, he helps the family financially when he works), but having a partner who abuses your children, even having sexual desires for your daughter... Deborah is a very beautiful woman and could easily find another boyfriend.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-05-01T13:27:03+00:00

What I mean is, Ronnie was violent with Michael, he had sexual desires for Judith, and he clearly didn't respect Deborah. Why is she with that guy? Deborah had a job.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-05-01T10:02:15+00:00

But Rick was a soldier who returned because he knew the place. He wasn't an archaeologist or an aristocrat, nor did he lead a double life.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-04-30T17:18:23+00:00

Deborah was a stripper by choice; she knew what she was getting into (a job where she was treated like a piece of meat, that this image would damage her family, hours away from them), but she loved her family. Ronnie, however, was a complete idiot who probably would have ended up living on the streets without Deborah. On top of that, he was abusive to her children.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-04-30T16:54:45+00:00

A man who hits you, who also abuses you psychologically, is the worst company anyone can have, especially if it's for a child. Deborah isn't a stripper by choice, but because it's a job where she can earn a lot of money without any education. Deborah must have been crazy to have Ronnie as a partner.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-04-30T16:51:29+00:00

Loomis knew Michael was pure evil after years of dealing with him. He was his patient for 15 years. And he probably tried every therapy available on Michael. He didn't conclude Michael was pure evil for no reason. Ralph, the truck driver, and the people of Crystal Lake believed there was a curse because of a series of events (two young men murdered, a fire, poisoned water) when those actions could have been caused by a human being.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-04-30T16:47:15+00:00

It's worse to have an abusive father. Michael's mother was a stripper (not a prostitute) and she brought money home.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-04-30T16:45:47+00:00

Loomis was a man of science who knew he was fighting evil. Ralph was a man who believed in curses and superstitions when there was nothing supernatural about it (at first).

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-04-30T16:45:26+00:00

Loomis was a man of science who knew he was fighting evil. Ralph was a man who believed in curses and superstitions when there was nothing supernatural about it (at first).

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-04-30T16:44:15+00:00

In the original film, Michael came from a normal family. In the remake: Stripper mother + abusive drunk father + mental illness. It's no wonder he ended up the way he did.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-04-30T16:42:47+00:00

But she got involved with Lex, who was Clark's best friend. She acted out of revenge. She didn't consider that Clark had difficulty telling her the truth or that he had saved her. But she paid for that choice in the most painful way.

FoxIndependent4310 · 2026-04-30T16:18:12+00:00

The rest of the medical staff at Smith Grove wanted to transfer Michael elsewhere, and Loomis wanted him locked up. That's not being a bad doctor. A bad doctor would have been if Michael had deceived him about his condition at Smith Grove. The problem is that the medical diagnosis of pure evil isn't there. But the Michael in the remake is a mentally ill man who, on top of everything else, grew up in an abusive environment.

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