Is Man Of Steel Changing Superman’s Origin?

When ComicBook.com took our theory that Man of Steel might be reverting to a 1930s status quo for Superman’s origin–with Krypton being a world populated by supermen, and the powers and abilities far beyond earthmen common to all Kryptonians–to Reddit, something strange happened: nobody got it.”I believe it was established that it’s the effect of our yellow sun on the Kryptonian biology that gives Superman his powers,” said one user.”It’s like the author hasn’t even seen Superman II,” said another.(I have. I prefer the Donner Cut.)Even once the idea–that the apparent “change” would in fact be a reversion to the character’s original backstory as created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster–was explained, one of the Redditors poo-pooed it, saying, “Considering the powers from sun has been canon forever, I think it would be a mistake to try that, especially as this is another reboot.”And it’s hard to argue that; when you have something that’s widely taken for granted by the audience, you don’t want to dismiss it without good reason, or without clearly explaining the change in-story.