11 Things Justice League Must Avoid

3. Keeping Superman Mopey & Boring

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Another frequent issue fans seem to have with the DCEU's Superman so far is that he's just too mopey and depressing to be compelling. It's fine for Batman to take things darker, but Superman's story has always been pretty damn hopeful in the comics, yet the DCEU has drained him of much of this vibrant optimism, to the disappointment of fans the world over.

Geoff Johns' aforementioned comment about making this movie much more upbeat than prior DCEU efforts hopefully signals that Supes' eventual resurrection will be a rapturous moment of unapologetic, horn-tooting fanfare, and from this point on the Man of Steel can stop looking so damn glum all the time. It's getting kind of tiresome.

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