Superman Returns in The Man of Steel Trailer

There's a wonderful quote from the Empire DVD review of Superman Returns that sums it all up. It's not in front of me, so I'll paraphrase. "Superman, like Mickey Mouse, Elvis Presley and Jesus Christ, is an icon forever standing above the ever-changing trends of pop-culture."

Funny then as every time a new incarnation of Siegel and Shuster's creation rears its head, that question is always asked. Is Superman still relevant?

I can only point to the King-daddy of Superheroes' (as Zack Snyder lovingly put it) seventy-four years in the public eye as proof. That's a long time. My father grew up with The Adventures of Superman on TV. He ran around my grandparents' house with blankets around his neck. He was "flying." He wanted to save people. In his eyes, George Reeves' benevolence was the face of Superman.

Close to thirty-years on, I did the same. This time with the strong and reassuring image of Christopher Reeve, from Richard Donner's magical Superman to the abysmal The Quest for Peace, who stood as everything Superman is for me.

Another near three decades later, I have a nephew. He'll be three when The Man of Steel flies into cinemas. Will Henry Cavill do the same for him as George Reeves and Christopher Reeve did my father and I?

Looking forward to finding out when I take him to see it. But that's six months away and for the time being, here's the trailer:

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So it's actually all coming together... After taking one look at this it seems like DC is finally getting the band together. You've got a serious (almost depressing) Supes in a few "real world" scenarios ( I know, I know...). Specifically having to surrender to the authorities strikes me as a very Nolan-esque thing to have happen, and in doing so brings Supes closer to the "real-world" Nolan established for Batman, not to mention the general look and feel of the film. Coincidence...I think not. Definitely a league dedicated to justice brewing off the back end of this film.