i have see this movie twice . while i agree slater be hot and all that . but it take warner 4 year to recover from the critical and financial bomb that be supergirl . superman be the final nail in the coffin for the reef era superman . in 1989 and warner realise rather late in the day that rather than have a campy look guy who wear his jock outside his supersuit people want something darker and a hero who beat villains up . warner re invent a much darker hero call batman . the keaton or burton combination together with nicholsons demand that he get a gross percentage of the merchandise of that plus subsequent sequel be a masterstroke and revive not only wb but his own financial clout . batman return make even more money a do batman forever and yes even the much revile batman and robin . batman begin change everything . because it make sense to bring bruce back to his origin and the switch to chicago make the film more real somehow . all filmmaker of superhero movie be all go to do this . superman return will be different in the sense that he return to earth after be away for an unspecified period of time . they need to consider carefully about what story to give supergirl . maybe they may do smallville on her and have her come to earth a a baby . in smallville and jor el use someone call kara to tempt kal el in coming home . i do not think there be a connection to supergirl there because she be never mention again . look at how much slag the aquaman debacle have get over the decision to replace one with another . people will not go to another mushy romantic film a sg . to fit into the modern time and they will have to make her tougher and harder and dark . just like they do with batman .