The hard thing for me is that I loved Marvel and DC as a kid and teenager. So I want both "universes" to exceed equally on the big screen, but DC has fallen flat outside of the Nolan stuff for me. Marvel isn't great, but it's really good on balance. My unrealistic hope is that DC will use the out they gave themselves (apparently, according to IrishJedi) in BvS, and just say the Nolanverse was one universe of many, and move away from it into something wholly different. They can say that this was the bleak universe where Superman gets corrupted and becomes the dictator of Earth, while the "real" Earth-1 type earth is something driven from a different creative approach. They can still go with a kind of realism if they really want to (though ironically, that realistic approach makes a lot more sense in the Marvel than DC universe), but get someone who doesn't enjoy Watchmen for all the wrong reasons like Snyder does, and fantasizes about Batman rape scenarios. I think Crisis on Infinite Earths was a good example of mixing a fairly dark story with consequences (or at least, it seemed that way at the time!) with these iconic characters who weren't all corrupted by the darkness around them. But instead maintained their ideals and never felt like they were being burdened, or that they were complicit in everything.
I've mentioned this before, but the best Superman story I've ever read is Alan Moore's Supreme, which was another way of reconciling different versions of the character (including the gritty, violent version Liefeld came up with) with the "true" version of Superman that was imbued with a simplicity, likability, idealism, and optimism. Bring in Krypto the Superdog, Supergirl, Kandor, Mxyzptlk, Titano, Red Kryptonite, the Bizarro earth, etc. If I can't imagine these things happening, then someone is getting Superman wrong. And as goes Superman, so goes the DC Universe.
