My explanation was given under the guise that SM had a compelling reason to make his stupid trip.
I just had to laugh at this line.
Although the critics seem to have liked "Superman Returns" more than "Man of Steel", but the general audience seems to have gone the other way, although maybe not by a noticeable amount. Although to some extent people will go see Superman movies no matter how bad they are.
I have read responses to people ripping on "Superman Returns" where they basically say "the whole Lois Lane/Superman set up sounds horrible, but they can't possible have it for more than the start, so I still will go see the show even though I hate this."
The problem is that they never resolve it. They did apparently plan to make a sequel, and signed deals with Singer to do so, but it never panned out.
