Superman is one of the most famous superheroes of all time, a major symbol of American comics in world popular culture.
However, in the movie world, Superman cannot reach his own brilliant glory in the comic versions.
DCEU was born with the ambition to become a direct competitor of the Marvel cinematic universe (MCU) and compete fairly together in the world cinema market.
Superman is such a classic image that almost every adaptation has problems
Because Superman is one of the most iconic characters in popular culture, it is difficult to bring this character to the screen in the most accurate way.
Man of Steel, the opening movie for the DCEU, did a relatively good job in recreating Superman’s origin.
However, because it is located in a cinematic universe, this construction may make it difficult for Superman to reconcile with other superheroes in DC, typically with slightly `cheerful` faces like The Flash or
On the other hand, like in the comics, Superman possesses too many powerful superpowers, but thereby creates the biggest problem for DC in general.
Superman is a character so simple that it’s monotonous when compared to Marvel’s biggest superheroes
With today’s superhero movies, slightly changing their powers compared to the original is not a big deal.
As one of DC’s strongest superheroes, Superman is built quite simply, not at all complicated, at least in his own strength.
Comparing to the MCU, Thor and Captain Marvel are probably characters that share the above characteristics of Superman.
Obviously, Superman’s strength is not the DCEU’s problem, but the way this character is built directly affects their success.
Superman doesn’t have the qualities of a leader in the DCEU, but he can’t take on any other role either
As mentioned above, Superman is essentially a very simple character: Both strong and kind, representing justice and a symbol of hope.
The DCEU version of Superman is also built according to this principle, because he is the strongest superhero of the Justice League to date.
However, every time Superman appears, he almost does not need his teammates, because the power he possesses is so great, whether there are other members of the Justice League or not, nothing changes.
Meanwhile, the MCU was wiser to let the leader of the Avengers be a human – Nick Fury, with two leaders: Tony Stark (brains) and Steve Rogers (muscles).
Superman takes up all the `spotlight` of other superheroes
The DCEU started with Superman, and it’s understandable why they wanted to focus on this superhero.
With incredible power, every time Superman appears, other superheroes will be overshadowed.
In Justice League (2017), Steppenwolf also alone `fertilized` the Justice League, until Superman intervened.
DCEU was too hasty and hasty with Superman
One of the main reasons why DCEU cannot catch up with MCU that many analyzes have pointed out is the amount of time they invest in their cinematic universe.
Comparing to Marvel, in the same amount of time, they were able to bring to the screen the characters Iron Man (2 solo projects), Captain America, Hulk, Thor, and also deeply exploited some characters such as
The haste in the process of exploiting Superman caused DCEU to miss the opportunity to delve into the human side of this character, and how he reconciles it with his divine power.
The success of the MCU is something the DCEU has always tried to emulate, but the failure to build DC’s most important superhero has left them short of breath and losing their potential.
According to ScreenRant