VIDEO: Will The New Superman Movie Succeed Where All Others Have Failed?

It is impossible to make Superman cool. Yes, he is one of the most iconic superheroes of all time, but he's stuck as the gallant straight man to Batman's Dark (and brooding) Knight. In fact, one of the things that makes the superhero mythos so interesting is that all superheroes are flawed and must suffer in order to gain their powers — Batman watches his parents die, Green Lantern has a life-ruining ring, and the freakin' Swamp Thing is a genetically mutated bog creature. (That's just DC...