No, it doesn't help - in Lois and Clark, Lois didn't smoke and, in fact, was very anti-smoking. I don't watch Smallville, but I'm astounded that they have the character smoking in that. In the Chris Reeve movies it was partly a sign of the times - in the 1970s smoking was more common than it is now.
Anyway, not that it matters all that much - this is just the tip of the iceberg.Everything I've heard about this film tells me that it's not the version of Superman I've come to know and love. It sounds as if they're retconning it back to about the 1970s in terms of treatment of the characters, and that would just destroy it for me.
Wendy
