How Warner Bros. Should Have Made Justice League

9. With More Screentime For Aquaman, Flash And Cyborg

In all fairness to Justice League, it got most of its main heroes right. Aquaman could have been a walking fish joke, but came with attitude and badassery, while Cyborg and The Flash brought some heart and youthful energy to the equation.

The only problem is, there was nowhere near enough of this stuff. In an ideal world, the trio of newcomers would have been given solo outings ahead of the main event, but since DC and Warner wanted an Avengers killer yesterday, there was no time for minor details like character development and motivation.

Handing full, satisfactory debuts to so many new characters alongside DC's holy trinity of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman was a tall order for a two-hour film, so extra runtime was needed to flesh out every arc.

Cyborg's life before his near-fatal accident and his relationship with his father should have been explored in greater detail. Aquaman's origins and Atlantean lore were barely touched upon, and more of The Flash's quick wit wouldn't have gone amiss.

The way these characters were realised wasn't the problem. There simply wasn't enough runtime to do them justice without solo films to feed into the team-up.