Oh lordy: "Is the new Superman meant to be Jesus?"

BBC NEWS | Magazine | Is the new Superman meant to be Jesus?: "Is the Superman Returns movie meant to remind us of the Bible? And if so, is it blasphemy?
Well here's the story.

An all-powerful father sends his son to Earth to save mankind by showing them the 'light'. The son is able to perform miracles. He 'dies' and is born again.
Sound familiar? It might do, it's the plot of the new movie Superman Returns. And in the blogs and internet forums there has been a maelstrom of debate on the parallels between Superman and Jesus Christ.

Superman has a long history of Judaeo-Christian symbols, but this time the film's makers have taken it to a new level.

- At one point Superman falls towards the Earth in a pose that vaguely echoes the Crucifixion.
- He is stabbed in his side with Kryptonite in an echo of the stabbing of Jesus by a Roman soldier.
- A female nurse rushes into the hospital room to find it empty just as Jesus tomb was found to be empty by female followers.

And there are Christians in the US who believe that the symbolism is now sufficiently obvious that the film can be incorporated into religious teaching."

Well, I suppose you could read it in that way, but hey, it's just a story.... Stretching it all a bit far, methinks!