Well, Bryan Singer says he's found his Superman and that's good enough for me. Simply put, I trust Singer, so I'll fly with whoever he picks.

And, as a continuity hound, I'm very pleased to read that Singer and the writers are going to try to actually connect this new Superman flick to Donner's Superman: the Movie and Superman II. This whole idea of a "sorta-sequel/sequel sequel" is really interesting. And what a challenge! I'm just dying to see how they're going to connect franchises that are some 20 years apart.

All that said, however, I am extremely worried about Singer being so in debt to Donner's vision of Superman. For proof, check out this transcribed passage from a recent Singer talk at the ArcLight in L.A.

He then went on to tell us about how he actually pitched his idea to Richard Donner, director of the original Superman movie, to get his approval first. Donner apparently loved it and then Singer went to Warner Brothers with his idea. He's going to stay very true to Donner's vision of the Superman mythos, saying that the three most important aspects of the character are young Clark, the Clark facade, and Superman himself.

What's wrong about this, is that it sounds like Singer is going to continue screwing with the Superman mythos by again making Superman Kal-El's true identity and not Clark Kent. For proof of the devastation Donner wrought, just look at the well-written, but completely wrong and misguided Superman speech David Carradine gives at the end of Kill Bill Vol. 2. Making all this still more complicated is the fact the Smallville is all about showing the world that Clark Kent is Kal-El's true self. Of course, Singer and Co. said they're going to be respectful to the Smallville continuity as well. Argh. I'll turn this over to Asa...