My weird Lex Luthor preferences

Growing up on Superman: The Animated Series, I'm used to Lex Luthor looking like this:


Or in the comics, like this:


And I always default to Clancy Brown's deep, intimidating voice when I read Luthor in the comics.

Recently, I've been watching clips from the CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover thing on YouTube, and I've noticed that I have trouble accepting Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor.



I think it's his beard. And his height. And maybe his voice. And ears.



This nit-picking is all standard fare when I encounter a new actor or actress playing a familiar character.

AND YET...

I seem to be totally fine with this:



Perhaps because he transitions into this:



(Though his voice never changes.)

All this to say...I don't know what my deal is.

I feel you on this. The Jon Cryer Lex is on the nose in some ways, but a bit off in others, which may be distracting.

With the BvS Lex, he is just SO reinvented in a modern context, that you are likely to either reject him altogether, or lean into the squirm and say "okay, this is totally different and I'm open to it".