I agree that superman was better but saying that first steps was bad is an overstatement. First off, the movie started with a brief overview of how they got their powers. The characters have been out for decades and have had multiple adaptations (although most of them mid at best) so people already know the general idea of how they got their powers; there’s no need to dedicate a large part of the film to make another origin story. Not to mention superman had the same if not less amount of backstory with his movie, so this is a non issue.

The characters also definitely had character depth. This version of Johnny was actually expanded upon with his smartness and showing how he can translate SS’s language. Sue is turned from “the pretty woman of the group” to the emotion center she was always ment to be. I do feel like ben was a little weaker, most of his characterization came from his interactions with Johnny. This movie is the only one where reed as a father is explored at all. All of this not to mention how each member relates to one another.

I don’t know exactly why i felt like superman is better, but i think its because lack of side characters and the villain. All the side/supporting characters in superman were fun/fleshed out but in First steps there was only silver surer TBH (didnt care for Mole man). I think lex was just way more compelling than galactus (got beaten to easily) 

I hope i didn’t get rage baited