Superman = Jesus?

The Superman film series is about to take a much needed jolt with the soon-to-be-release of Superman Returns, from Bryan Singer, director of X-Men 1 and X-Men 2. The original Superman film series had four films... the first two were good, the last two were awful. So, Singer has wisely chosen to ignore the third and fourth movie and introduces Superman Returns to take place after Superman II.

They newly released trailer for the film is very beautiful, but the voice over by Superman's father sounds vaguely familiar... Oh, wait a minute, now I remember, it's from the bible!

Here's the voice-over by Superman's father in the trailer... sounds a lot like God speaking to Jesus, does it not?

"Even though you have been raised as a human being, you are not one of them.

They can be a great people, Kal-El (Superman's real name), they wish to be.

They only lack the light to show the way.

For this reason, above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you... my only son."

Superman is the light to show the way. He is the only son sent to save them. He lives with humans, but is far greater than they. I don't remember the Gospels speaking of Jesus wearing blue tights with a red cape, but maybe I slept through Sunday School that day.

I guess one savior isn't enough. Hollywood had to go and make another one.