10 Radical Ideas To Save The DC Extended Universe

10. A New Man Of Steel

If your only significant experiences of an alien god-creature were constant destruction and loss of life on a scale equivalent to massive earthquake damage or nuclear attack, all while he clumsily fends off creatures from his own planet that have come specifically to attack him… well, you wouldn’t be erecting statues to him, let’s put it that way.

The world’s reaction to Superman’s demise in Batman Vs. Superman is completely disproportionate. They shouldn’t be honouring this strange visitor from another planet who brings catastrophe and murder wherever he goes, they should be thanking whatever gods they believe in that the terrifying b*stard is dead.

Because he is a terrifying b*stard. He's not a good guy to be around. This is a Superman who'd be your last call, when things were at their worst, because you really wouldn't want to bother him. That's not a Superman that anyone who knows the character even a little would recognise.

All of which means that, far more urgently than a Justice League movie, the DCEU needs a new Man Of Steel movie to make up for some of the damage that Zack Snyder’s done so far... and given that Henry Cavill is the only person as closely associated as Snyder with the failure to represent Superman in these films, Cavill should probably be recast.

Ideally, we’d have a new Superman when he inevitably comes back to life in the Justice League movie, but that ship has sailed. However, it’s not too late to give a new face to the next Superman film proper. If Warners et al don’t have the guts to sack Zack The Hack himself, then Cavill should be the next logical place to look.

What would a new Superman look like? He'd be more relaxed, less moody and brooding. After all, what does Superman really have to be tense, irritable or depressed about? The key thing that makes people love Superman isn't his phenomenal power and strength, it's that he's one of us... only better. People trust him to do what's right, not because he's powerful, but because they believe he's a truly good man who'll always put other people first. There are villains that wouldn't kill Superman, even if they had the chance... because he's Superman.

Zack Snyder's Man Of Steel isn't that guy. Perhaps the next one can be.