Superman's backstory has been rewritten too many times to count. I'm sure the new movie will make plenty of new retcons. Superman exists today for the same reason he did 100 years ago, the same reason Stan Lee got out of bed and the same reason we still get garbage Marvel flicks. These companies need money, and we're all gullible soulless creeps who need a superhuman feel-good story to enrich our solipsistic and deeply immoral lives. cha-ching Do you want popcorn and tickets to F1 with that?
I'm not sure I love this trend of opining on an obvious and current topic without reflecting on a big piece of it. It feels like the intent is to get out one's preloaded opinion first, so as not to have to address the issue that it might not be correct in light of current information.
herbertl•6mo ago