10 Ways Warner Bros. Should've Made The DCEU

5. Get The Casting Right For Villains

A comic book film can only be as good as its villains, so it's no surprise that the DCEU has fallen at that hurdle on the two occasions where it mattered the most.

Jesse Eisenberg was an unconventional casting pick for Lex right off the bat, and audiences were largely rewarded for their scepticism come BVS's release, with the actor spouting some variation of "God, man, night, day, Bat, God, power, man" sequentially right on through to the film's final act. It was dead embarrassing, to be frank, and while other comic book capers have succeeded in spite of a weak villain on plenty of occasions, DC are letting themselves down in this department.

The publisher have some of the finest villains in the medium, and yet they're repeatedly failed by their on-screen counterparts. Jared Leto's Joker was genuinely appalling (that 'Damaged' tattoo says hi), but even he looks to be staying on in the role with a planned Joker/Harley rom-com spin-off. Yuck.

Shifting from the likes of Aaron Eckhart, Liam Neeson and Heath Ledger to... whatever this has been, speaks more to a lack of direction than anything else. DC have Marvel well and truly beat when it comes to their villains, and seeing as how it is - theoretically - the easiest punch to land, it's pretty dire to see the universe falter.