JediMaster said:

...Yeah all that and HE'S FINE!!!!!

CynthiasSocks said:

i've been a fan of smallville from the beginning, and i gotta say they better move those characters out of high school and pronto. some of them look like about 30 yrs old already, not passing for high school anymore.

i dunno about castin tom welling as a big screen superman. he's lacking the superhero edge in the series, so far.

love the show though (even though they've been rehashing the jekyll-hyde plot idea ad nauseum lately)

Superman's Greatest Challenge
This pic, showing Brandon Routh in costume for the next year's release Superman Returns, hit the web last week.

Ordinarily, news like this would send me in a state of geek-stacy. But I've never been a Superman fan. He's always been too powerful, too perfect, too predictable to be an interesting character.

Because the character has gotten stale, DC Comics tries to prop up Superman comic sales by publicity stunts, like temporarily killing off the character. In one such stunt in 1996, Superman married long time girlfriend Lois Lane.

Instead of using this opportunity to make the character more complex, DC Comics gave him the perfect marriage. They missed the chance to make his character truly relatable.

Here are some scenes I would like to see in Superman comics:

(At the breakfast table)

Lois: All I'm saying is that you should go solo. You don't need them. There's nothing that the others in the Justice League can do that you can't do better. Why should you get the same share of the licensing profits that Aquaman gets? How often do you have mission that involves water?

(Superman is reading the Daily Planet oblivious to Lois' comments)

Lois: Are you listening to me?

Superman: What? Oh, I'm sorry Lois. I didn't hear you.

Lois: What do you mean you didn't hear me? You have super-hearing. Last week, you heard a girl in Seattle crying because her cat was stuck in a tree. You were just ignoring me.

Superman: I said I was sorry. What were you talking about?

Lois: Nothing. And by the way, my mother's staying with us this weekend, so if the world needs saving, let Green Lantern handle it.

Or this:

(In Lex Luthor's secret lair. Superman is stuck in Luthor's death trap.)

Lex Luthor: This is the moment of my greatest triumph! I've crafted the perfect device for your doom (Cell phone rings). Uh...where was I? Oh yes, you're held into place by force beams while being bathed in a Kryptonite ray. (The phone rings again. Luthor pauses.) The harder you struggle against the field, the stronger the ray becomes. Ha ha ha. (Phone rings again) What is that infernal noise?

Superman: That's my cell phone.

Lex Luthor: That is so rude. Well, are you going to get it?

Superman: I can't, being stuck in your death trap and all.

Lex Luthor: Oh for Pete's sake! (pulls out cell phone) Do you have hands-free on this thing?

Superman: The green button.

(Luthor pushes button)

Superman: Hello?

Lois: Where the hell are you? You said you were out with Batman. Well, I'm watching the news and Batman is on now fighting the Joker. You're with that slut Wonder Woman, aren't you?

Superman: No, I'm not and I wish you wouldn't call Diana that.

Lois: How dare you defend her! If she's supposed to an example for women, why does she dress like a stripper? I know why you guys keep her around the Hall of Justice!

Superman: It's not like that. Listen, I'm kind of busy now.

Lois: Busy? Well if you're so busy, you can just stay wherever you are. Don't bother coming home.

(Lois hangs up)

Lex Luthor: How long have you been married?

Superman: Nine years.

(Lex Luthor shuts off the death trap)

Superman: What are you doing?

Lex Luthor: I'm letting you go. Your torment and suffering is greater that anything I could come up with.

Superman: Turn the machine back on. Please.

Or this:

(Superman and Batman are in the Batcave drinking)

Superman: ... and she got the Fortress of Solitude in the divorce settlement.

Batman: Dude, that's just wrong.

Superman: I know, man. I had that place before we even started dating. And that's not the worst of it.

Batman: What else?

Superman: She got my X-ray vision and my ability to fly.

Batman: Harsh.

Superman: Well, she had a great attorney. He really did a number on me.

Batman: Yeah, I didn't even know Luthor had a law degree.

Superman: Me either.

Batman: Hey man. You can crash here as long as you need. Hey, Catwoman says Poison Ivy is getting out of the asylum tonight. We can double date. It'll be fun.

Superman: I don't know. It's a little soon. You know what man?

Batman: What?

Superman: You remember that time that Bizarro threw Lois off that building?

Batman: Yeah?

Superman: I wish I'd let her drop.