I second that, so long as the bad guy isn't Luthor or Zod, the only two bad guys that can apparently show up in Superman movies.
I wasn't a fan of "Man of Steel" and really don't care one way or another if a sequel to that film is made...
However, even going all the way back to the Christoper Reeve films... The Lex Luthor/Luthor Like villain "requirement" that was in every film, got old fast.
That was probably the worst thing about Superman III...
Ross Webster and his gang? That's the best that they could come up with? A cheap copy of Lex Luthor?... Puke.
They were not down to the "last bean" of ideas... They had plenty of "beans" to chose from... And what they came up with was pathetic and inexcusable.
However, Let's be honest here, Richard Pryor's performance of the Gus Gorman character was actually pretty good... But when he was the "best" villain that was featured in the film, that's what made that film bad.
I heard they originally conceived of a genuine Bizarro or Brainiac appearing in the film... and we only got cheap copies of those in the end, instead...
And as much as some people would disagree about Richard Pryor's performance, and hated the Gus Gorman MEETS Superman" concept of the film... If it had the real Bizarro or Brainiac villains in the film, it would have made it a whole lot better.
I agree, it's long over due for a Superman film to feature new villians and threats, that we haven't seen in any previous movie before.