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Sounds like a male psyco-drama chick flic.

Not quite. To me, it hearkens back to some of the cheesier Mort Weisinger-era Superman stories from the early to mid-60s. They were just playing with the multiple universes idea as a way to explain a new generation of superheroes without breaking continuity.

Heroes like Superman and Spiderman are modern versions of ancient mythological heroes. Only the most uninteresting ones don't have any story outside of the immediate threat to be dispatched.

Unfortunately, Warner never figured out Superman AT ALL starting with Christopher Reeve. The movie arm never figured out that these characters have a very well developed story arc, and they'd be better off working off comic book writers' takes (for Superman, Len Wein, Cary Bates, Eliott S! Maggin, etc.) than hiring a Mario Puzo who clearly didn't appreciate the original works or character.

Marvel dictated enough terms to Sony and company, even storyboarding the Maguire movies comic book style, and the movies made money hand over fist so Hollywood stuck with it.

If you don't have enough character issues in the story, the comic book won't have much of a following after 12 issues, where the heroes' and villains' powers are played out. Spiderman and Superman are too long-lived to be those kinds of characters.