Originally Posted by
Yoda
What? I'm sure you'll have some YouTube video to back this up, but I don't think anyone thinks Timm's Superman is a major influence on the DCEU.
It's based on a lot of things, but it tried to get back to the a lot of the Golden Age elements as well. Centered on the outsider and tough guy aspects, particularly in the beginning.
What you like is irrelevant to this. Action comics wasn't selling any better than Bendis was for most of it's run outside of Morrison. The New 52 Superman title sold even worse.
You constantly move goal posts. None of that is relevant. It was critically successful - among adult critics - not as a children's book, but as a great Superman story. It hasn't even been released in the Children's book market yet. And it's all ages. Move goalposts all you like but none of that changes the fact that it focused on side characters as much as Superman and the main narrative was centered on them.
None of that is relevant to what we are talking about, at all.
Again, it doesn't matter what you like or what you think the "real" Superman is. It doesn't matter what you think of the CW or Smallville or Lois & Clark. Those versions have more impact and success than you'll ever admit. They are definitely iconic pop culture shows because they've been off the air for decades and are still discussed, streamed, and liked. CW audience is in the millions. You like to dismiss it, but you're just proving my point.