Here are some interesting responses from people in the industry about it all:
http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/08/2...mith-jeph-loeb-and-other-comic-creators/ I think Kevin Smith says it best:
“You always have to always keep Superman very distinct from Batman,” he related. “Batman can be brooding and bleak and dark but Superman — if you want to take a realistic approach to him that’s fine, but I don’t think you can turn him into an angry character. Superman is about the hope in people, the good in people, whereas Batman is about the more driven, hungry for justice angry side of us.”
