Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Thunders! View Post
Luthor got closer to killing Superman than Zod did. I don't need to see the Phantom Zone criminals arrests because in the 4 hours of movie before that final scene, all of Supermans foes survive, and it's played for comedy.
Then why was the scene added to the television versions? Because those networks/stations didn't it was so obvious that Supes didn't kill the Kryptonians. It was definitely, positively not added for creative reasons, at any rate.