Luthor should appear in at least one of the films in the reboot. So what if he's not on the same level, power-wise? Influence, leadership, cunning, money, weapons, intelligence and resilience are what make him dangerous. Plus, they could always write him as being responsible for Parasite, Metallo, Reactron or whoever (like TB Ross and Abomination in the Hulk film, and don't forget that in the best recieved X-Men film, the main villain was Stryker). He'd also work great with/against Brainiac, plus there's always the battle-suit, which hasn't appeared in any of the movies yet. People on this site care too much about pure strength. If you're only against Luthor because he's been overused, well that's because he's far more important to Superman than say, Joker is to Batman. If Luthor doesn't appear in the reboot franchise at all, even as a minor supporting character, then it's not Superman.
I personally feel that characters like Brainiac, Mongul and Darkseid are not really "first movie" material, unless they're only built up for a confrontation in a sequel. Metallo and Parasite are too "small-fry" to be the main villains (plus Parasite is supposed to be an idiot), but would work well with someone like Luthor or another "science villain". Characters like Bizarro, Cyborg-Superman, and Eradicator wouldn't work in a film unless they reach part four or something somehow. Toyman, Prankster, Silver Banshee, etc., would probably only work as extremely minor villains that take up less than 20 minutes of the film, or as part of a super-villain team up (which doesn't really happen in films, unfortunately).
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