Superman is one of the most popular heroes in DC Comics - and indeed in the entirety of fiction. The Man of Steel has spawned a series of movies over the years: Christopher Reeve famously played him in four different flicks, Brandon Routh portrayed him in Superman Returns in 2006 and, most recently, Henry Cavill has donned the famous red and blue outfit for Man of Steel. A sequel to the latter has been announced, with Batman set to join the Kryptonian on the big screen for the first time in a Batman Vs. Superman movie set for 2015 and there will no doubt be further sequels after that. As such a long-established and popular character, his rogue gallery is full of classic villains like Lex Luthor, Darkseid, Doomsday and Brainiac. But there are stinkers, too - villains who should never see the light of day in any upcoming movies. Here are 5 villains to avoid using in future Superman movies...
5. Kryptonite Man
"Superman's weakness is Kryptonite... therefore let's make a villain for him who emits Kryptonite radiation!" It's such a lame, boring concept. Several villains have shared this moniker, but for this point we'll be focusing on K. Russell Abernathy. K. Russell Abernathy was a scientist who was on the verge of something big. Whilst he was working out of a research laboratory on the Avenue of Tomorrow in Metropolis, he developed a Kryptonite isotope enhancer, which would enable Abernathy to harness Kryptonite radiation and convert it into energy. Unfortunately for him, the isotope enhancer overloaded, which caused a massive explosion of Kryptonite radiation in his laboratory. Not protected by lead shielding, Abernathy took the full brunt of the blast. However, instead of killing him, the massive blast of green radiation mutated him into a living Kryptonite Man. As mad scientists tend to do in such a situation, he immediately went on rampage through the city, firing blasts of green energy from his eyes, causing Superman to intervene (but, obviously, he struggled thanks to the fact that he found the culprit to be made of his weakness). Of all the villains that could be brought to the big screen, this unoriginal idea should not be one of them.