Originally posted by: Commander Courage
Smallville supporters are fond of saying, "Christopher Reeve passed the torch to Tom Welling, and Bryan Singer put it out." I couldn't agree more. And regardless of tying-in to Smallville or not, it just makes more sense to start over with Superman, as opposed to Batman. Too bad we couldn't have had a reversal, with the Batman franchise picking up after Batman Returns, in which case Michael Keaton could actually reprise the role of an elder Batman. Instead we pick up after Superman II, a twenty five year old film.

First, Singer offered the role to Welling and he turned it DOWN, I repeat down. I don't think it was publicized or anything but that is what I have read on the Kryptonsite forums where this has been discussed many of times. He didn't want to become typecasted as Superman and John Schnieder (who plays pa Kent on Smallville) recommended to him to not take the part. Second, the 1st 2 films are used as more of a back story much like how the original Batman movie opened up (w everything set in place). They really confused people by saying it would "follow" Superman I & II but it's not to be a direct sequal. Though as HotRod said we all can agree those films shouldn't exsist so it's ok for this film to be a sequel to Superman II.

Also, yes Singer screwed up with the Jor El thing but that was after taking a 12 hour flight or whatever to comic-con. The fans in the audience then questionned him on other Superman facts and he got everything else right, so it was a simple slip up that I wouldn't make a big deal about. He also showed a 10 min clip of the movie (of which we saw bits of in the blog) and the audience loved it. They gave him a standing ovation for . From the 2 great X-Men films he gave us, I have no doubt he'll blow us away with Superman Returns. The guy has great respect for the comic and knows how to make great movies. I can't wait to see Spacey as Luthor, that's going to rule!