10 Unresolved Plot Points From The First Era Of DCEU Movies
2. What Was Darkseid's Plan?
It's believed that in the "Snyder Cut" of Justice League, we would have caught a glimpse of Darkseid when Steppenwolf returned to Apokolips, before the villain returned in the sequel to lay waste to Earth. With Superman under his control thanks to the Anti-Life Equation, we would have jumped ahead to the aforementioned "Knightmare" setting, but...well, what was the point?
Steppenwolf wanted the Mother Box to transform Earth, but why? There was no obvious reason for those to be so closely tied to Earth, and with no indication of Darkseid's final plan, why was he going to rule over an Earth which had been left a desolate wasteland? If Apokolips was dying, then we're sure there were plenty of other, much easier planets the iconic villain could have conquered.
Now, we'll never know what Snyder truly had planned for Darkseid, and if we do see the villain, chances are it won't be until Ava DuVernay's The New Gods, a movie we're definitely not expecting to reference the events of Justice League in any way now that the DCEU is so standalone in nature.