Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26417457-20181018205843/@comment-26417457-20181101204759

Leader Vladimir wrote: Hyper Anon wrote: Steppenwolf has more character, depth and is a better villain than Thanos. I liked Steppenwolf and Thanos in the sense that they are characters that viewers are meant to love to hate. I don't buy into what they are saying or doing, I just think they're entertaining characters. To be fair for Justice League, Steppenwolf didn't have to be a complex and nuanced character to work. He just has to be the catalyst for the heroes' journey and moment of collective self-realization. I loved Justice League more than Avengers: Infinity War, I have no shame in admitting that. It's not really fair to compare the two to be honest, one of them is a villain developed over the course of several movies and atleast 6 years. The other is a villain that was chosen over Darkseid several months before the release of his movie.

​​​Comparing Thanos to Steppenwolf is like comparing Thanos to Yellowjacket or Kaecillius. One is a villain developed over the course of years and is planned to be in sequels, the other is a villain that isn't meant to get that much character development and dies in movie.

Another way to look at it is the case with Kaecillius and Mordo from Doctor Strange. The movie focuses on the powers of Doctor Strange himself so the movie has to have a simple villain. The movie decides to save Mordo for more character development in Doctor Strange 2, so they chose a somewhat generic villain; enter Kaecillius.

Justice League might be trying to save Darkseid for other movies where he will have character development, they can't incoperate him in the first movie since it focuses on the assembly of the heroes so they chose Steppenwolf instead.