And if you disagree, you’re letting the terrorists win and rewriting history.

Hey! At least I didn’t say Superman 3 or Supergirl were among the best.

*cough* amnesia kiss *cough*

I think Superman Returns has a tough row to hoe. Some of the plot elements sound very strange, and while they could turn out fine (the Bat-tank was fine, for instance, as was Katie Holmes in Batman Begins), more times than not, a strange take on an iconic character turns out poorly.

That said, my very first comic book was an issue of Action Comics, so you know I want the best for the Man of Steel.

X-Men 1 and Spider-Man 1 were good, but not great, and both had sequences of scenes that were interminably slow and mind-numblingly boring. I was seemingly the only person in North America that thought the Hulk was a very good movie. The Punisher was good, but more of a good B-movie than a good A-movie. Daredevil was disappointing. I haven’t brought myself to watch that train wreck called Elektra.

Batman Begins, DC’s return to movie making, was better than all of those movies. Even though X-Men 2 and Spider-Man 2 were much better than the first iterations of their respective franchises, Batman Begins, despite being possibly hindered by having to lay down the foundation of a franchise, was better than X-Men 2 and as good as S-M 2. It just clicked.

The first two Superman movies are the two best comic book movies ever made, in my opinion. The Flash was the best live-action super hero television series. Timm’s Batman was the best comic book animated series. The Teen Titans and Justice League are both very sharp and tell great stories. They just click.

I have great faith in the new Superman movie. It is going to rock balls!