TV's Superman attacks the approach to parental responsibility in the new cinematic one

Dean Cain, formerly the Man of Steel on Lois and Clark (with the great Teri Hatcher in the Girl Friday role) on NBC, came out against the way Lois Lane's handling of her child was depicted in Superman Returns in an interview with USA Today (via Debbie Schlussel):

Q: How does Kate Bosworth compare to Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane?

A: Teri's Lois had a hard exterior with a real soft interior. The whole thing with Lois having a child (a 5-year-old son, Jason) in the film was a little unsettling. I have a child (Christopher Dean Cain, 6) and that changes things. Lois Lane is always going to be an intrepid reporter, but I would never bring my child to a place where he could possibly get in danger — yet she does, which was kind of surprising.

Okay, that does it, I'm not wasting my money on a movie that does something as slapdash as that.

They seem to be discontent with heat vision too:

Q: What was the biggest difference between your series and the film?

A: I wasn't in the water as much as Brandon. And the film's special effects were a lot better than ours. It ups the credibility when it comes to flying. They also changed the heat vision. I had little laser beams that came out of my eyes, and his are more like heat waves.

Sounds like excess to me. What next, Superman as a human flare cannon?

For the record, here's Debbie's transcript from her discussion of the movie on MSNBC's Scarborough Country.