The New 'Superman' Hinges on a Radical Reinvention of the Man of Steel’s Parents

The New 'Superman' Hinges on a Radical Reinvention of the Man of Steel’s Parents

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the plot of Superman.  The new Superman movie is pointedly not an origin story for the iconic hero. Audiences have already seen the planet Krypton blow up, watched Kryptonian scientist Jor-El and his wife Lara send baby Kal-El in rocket ship to Earth, and witnessed Clark Kent grow into a superpowered young man in Kansas, raised by his adoptive human parents Ma and Pa Kent. The ’78 movie did it, as did …