It is seemingly a franchise that will never end. The first film, back in 1978, was the start of film after film celebrating the flying comic book hero.
Being a girl, I preferred the spin off SuperGirl film, starring Helen Slator, and the fact that I didn't need to look up her name will tell you she was recognisable to me in my favourite 1980s film, The Secret of my Success. (I am showing my age there, aren't I.)
What I find fascinating about the Superman film, and the Batman films and all other accompanying superhero films; be it Captain America, IronMan, etc; is the perpetual prominence of male super heroes in these tales.
