Opposed to back then when STEEL was not just generally unknown but AFAIK the movie had no ties to anything this time it has all it requires. We have a DC movie universe to which it can tie in and we had the death of Superman in said universe which is a prerequisite for a STEEL origin done right.
If on top they make sure there is no ..."creative freedom" allowed in the costume which leads to this:
instead of this
+ a story done by someone who gives a damn they have a success in their pocket.
... he must be a racist :P