Ivan Seeking said:
I was watching a show about the history of the Superman franchises. A writer from one of the shows pointed out that Superman is like Jesus: We see him as a baby, then again at about age thirteen as he begins to understand his purpose, and then again at ~age thirty when he emerges from obscurity to save the world and fulfill his destiny. They played to this theme by making a controversial trailer for one series that showed a crucified superboy.
Funny! I never noticed.
I saw that show it made me lose respect for those writers. Do they get their ideas from bazooka joe?
First off they crucified him (shirtless) to show off his pecks. That should be blatantly obvious.
Their argument was lame compared to the other more obvious parallels ; you could say anyone (even Richard Nixon) has had a childhood, teenage years, and adulthood and claim this is a trinity just like Jesus,God and Holy Ghost.
Some more concrete ones the writers themselves did not notice:
Jorel gave up his only son (Kalel) to save the Earth. When Jorel speaks in either movies or the TVshow Smallville he is generally a dissembodied voice which is very much how many think a conversation with God would go down.
Superman has godlike powers (duh.)
Im sure there are more.
The Smallville just appeared too eager to pat themselves on the back for using the Superman franchise; a franchise which they themselves did not invent nor are they the first to give it a God/Superman spin.
In Chris Ware's version (my favourite Superman) Superman is generally a jerk but often is God as well which is at least sardonic.
In a Chris Ware Universe: after signing his autograph for you, Superman will sleep with your mom and then pat you on the head before he flys up up and away!