I didn't think it was all THAT bad (Spacey rocked as Luthor, for example, taking it like a true role rather than a caricature of Hackman), though they *really* should have gone without the kid thing ("man of steel, woman of kleenax" and all that). it's been shown *repeatedly* on tv series to be a "jump the shark" moment, and hollywood should have learned by now.
now, the kid's always there, always a distraction, always a reason to have unnecessary moral fatherhood crap thrown in to any sequel that would better served by exploring characters from the comic canon in a new way. add to that the "genuine nice guy" that Lois's fiance is and you really have this mixed feeling, wanting the hero and heroine to get together but having this eternal tension. such are the things soaps are made of, and so any way out of this, either by killing off the fiance, making him suddenly become a jerk, or "I got that job deal in Californian and it's best you don't come with me", it'll be seen by the audience as a soap opera cop-out.
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I didn't think it was all THAT bad (Spacey rocked as Luthor, for example, taking it like a true role rather than a caricature of Hackman), though they *really* should have gone without the kid thing ("man of steel, woman of kleenax" and all that). it's been shown *repeatedly* on tv series to be a "jump the shark" moment, and hollywood should have learned by now.
now, the kid's always there, always a distraction, always a reason to have unnecessary moral fatherhood crap thrown in to any sequel that would better served by exploring characters from the comic canon in a new way. add to that the "genuine nice guy" that Lois's fiance is and you really have this mixed feeling, wanting the hero and heroine to get together but having this eternal tension. such are the things soaps are made of, and so any way out of this, either by killing off the fiance, making him suddenly become a jerk, or "I got that job deal in Californian and it's best you don't come with me", it'll be seen by the audience as a soap opera cop-out.