Originally Posted by
manofsteel1979
I had little issue using the actual Williams theme for the very last scene of Clark doing the classic shirt rip/fly off. Mainly because Smallville had referenced the Williams themes several times post Season 5, and at the time, between The Donner influenced post infinite Crisis era of the comics winding down and Man of Steel having begun filming, it did feel like Warner's was finally firmly turning the page on the Donner films with the Smallville finale, so I was ok with it. Why not give that era one last nod and hurrah before moving on?
Of course in hindsight as it turns out WB still hasn't turned the page fully. Which unfortunately I don't think they ever truly will. I'm sort of resigned to it. It's frustrating that both Batman and Wonder Woman have been able to move on from their previous live action incarnations while with Superman there's this nostalgic impulse there to shackle him to a previous live action incarnation.