AliasMan02 said:
For one, the DCEU is never gonna touch "the presence." No way.
Secondly, according to the DCEU, the Greek gods were actual gods. Zeus created mankind. We saw that Ares can literally do almost anything in the material world: mind control/manipulation, insane telekinesis, transformation, energy projection, flight (I think he flew...), etc.
Yes, Darkseid is even more powerful, but then what? What about WW's next solo film? What about the future of the DCEU? (And, it's worth noting that the guys in charge like Geoff Johns handled the introduction of Darkseid pretty poorly last time he had the chance with the relaunch of Justice League and the New 52.)
Maybe Marvel faces the same issue with Thanos, but I don't really think so. He's not a being of infinite power and needs the stones to achieve his goals. And even if he is the ultimate that can never be topped, they've spent 15 or whatever films getting there, not introduced and defeated within the first handful.
Pace and escalation are important, and DC's biggest problems.
Man of Steel - Introduced a planet-killing villain and alien invasion. Introduced and killed Zod.
BvS - Introduced Batman and Wonder Woman in what was essentially a Superman film. Introduced and killed Doomsday. Introduced and defeated/imprisoned Luthor. Death of Superman, the most iconic and pivotal moment in all of DC lore, in only the SECOND DCEU film.
Suicide Squad - Introduced magic, but not really a scale issue. Introduced Joker in a non-Batman film which was weird. Overall this movie doesn't have an escalation or pace problem except for the fact that zero of the characters had ever been on screen before.
Wonder Woman - Gods exist. Established WW as a god. She kills the only other remaining god.
That's all incredibly haphazard, in my estimation.
All of the human god pantheons exist. Once Shazam and Black Adam get introduced this will be more obvious because Captain Marvel (Shazam) gets his powers from Solomon (yes that Solomon), Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury while Black Adam gets his powers from the Egyptian Gods or from Shu, Heru, Amon, Zehuti, Aton, and Mehen. Black Adam was supposed to be a hero like Shazam so the Egyptian gods are not inherently evil.
Dwayne Johnson has been cast to play Black Adam.
What I think some people need to realize is that the ancient god pantheons are all arrogant as hell and think that it is they who have real power so they like to make claims and boast about things that they never actually did. Darkseid (also a god but one of the New Gods) routinely proves to them that they do not and The Spectre (aka the physical manifestation of The wrath of God or the Presence) regularly slaps them down.
In the DCEU it will be difficult to explain all of this, but all they really have to do is say that a Supreme Being does exist and its "Presence" is felt everywhere. This solve the "god" issue.
Again, think of the gods not as actual gods but rather ultra powerful beings. It makes more sense this way.