You know, the sad fact is, Warner Bros. are just too fucking stupid to realize that if you basically transfer everyone over that you need from Smallville(Welling, Rosenbaum, Durance, maybe Annette O' Toole and John Schneider), you have a built-in audience. You've got a huge amount of viewer potential. You've got the comic book fans(like myself), who are really enjoying how Al Gough & Miles Millar are putting little twists on things. But, maybe even more important, you've got the casual audience, who know Smallville is based on the Superman comics, but haven't read them, they just like the show.
Welling is great, he seems born to play this role. It's like it was made for him(with the exception of Chris Reeve, R.I.P.). Look at this...
And this...
These were to two best looking manips I found on Google. Now doesn't Welling look a helluva lot more like Superman than Routh? As far as I'm concerned, Welling is the only guy out there right now that can pull the role off.
Although, Superman Returns has more problems than just a shitty costume and Superman choice.