Watchmen explored dark superhero theme better

Watchmen portrayed the dark superhero subject in a way that was complex and meaningful. For instance, Dr Manhattan slowly loses interest in humanity because he became an entity beyond time, mortality, and other human limitations. But he still retained some humanity, like his love for Malin Ackerman’s character.

In contrast, the superhero here is dark for no reason other than it was supposedly in his nature; the aliens (whoever they are) merely imprinted in his DNA the idea to “take the world.” The previews for Brightburn made it seem that humans pushed him to turn against the world, such as by bullying him. But that wasn’t the case. His parents loved him. The girl was nice to him before he perverted on her. He only had a few kids who teased him.

So basically, the superhero here is bad just because it was written in his DNA. And it was written in his DNA for no reason than the aliens who sent him were bad and hated Earth.

Thereby, the dark superhero in this movie became a mindless bad guy, like Jason Voorhees and the movie became a standard C+ slasher instead of a revolutionary take on the superhero genre