Superman Returns' Best Idea Works Better In The Arrowverse
Warning: SPOILERS for Superman & Lois Season 2, Episode 3 — «The Thing In The Mines»
The Arrowverse's Superman & Lois homaged one of the best ideas from Superman Returns and it works even better in The CW's series. In Superman & Lois season 2, Clark Kent (Tyler Hoechlin) suffered from debilitating headaches caused by an unknown Kryptonian punching his way from beneath the Shuster Mines in Smallville. The villain finally got loose and it was clad in the green suit Doomsday wore in DC Comics. But when the Man of Steel finally saw what was beneath the hood, the Kryptonian turned out to be Superman's imperfect doppelganger, Bizarro (also played by Tyler Hoechlin).
Superman (Brandon Routh) didn't fight any Kryptonian villains in Superman Returns, although the Man of Steel did rid the Earth of a Kryptonian continent created by Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey). Bryan Singer's 2006 film was a quasi-sequel to Richard Donner's Superman: The Movie and Superman II, with Routh inheriting the Superman role originated by Christopher Reeve. However,Superman Returns introduced some new ideas into the movies' lore like Superman having a young son named Jason (Tristan Lake Leabu), which Superman & Lois expanded on with Lois and Clark's teenage sons, Jordan (Alex Garfin) and Jonathan (Jordan Elsass). But perhaps the best idea seen in Superman Returns was the Man of Steel using his Super Hearing to find people who need his help as he hovered over the Earth. After he heard the outcries from around the world, Superman zoomed into action and performed numerous global rescues and crimefighting feats.
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