10 Biggest Mistakes In The DC Extended Universe We Can't Forgive

10. Superman: Coward

Man of Steel offered an overhauled origin story for Superman, revealing that this version of Clark Kent didn't suit up until his late 20s/early 30s. That didn't paint a picture of someone desperate to be a superhero, and it was the way he allowed his father, Jonathan, to sacrifice himself which really proved to be a sticking point for a lot of fans.

With a tornado tearing through Smallville, Jonathan rushes to save the family dog, leaving Clark to protect his mother. However, when he became trapped and stuck standing in the path of that natural disaster, he shook his head and stopped his son from saving him.

Why? Well, to stop the world from discovering he has superpowers, but it was a moment which simply did not work. There were a myriad of ways Clark could have stopped his father from dying, and this just made the future Superman look like a coward, not to mention a character it was hard to root for when he did eventually bother to don that iconic costume and cape for the first time.