S:TAS was the best Superman ever. Bruce Timm was one of the best things to happen to Superman. Fleischer is boring in comparison mainly becuase the characters aren't as good. Why Singer used something from the 50's as an influence boggles my mind, ecspecially when he is making a film that is a continuation of a movie from 1978. Singer could have atleast used the storyline from S:TM and the characters of the Animated Series.
Byt anyway, I wish peple would just see Smallville for what it is. Smallville is a retelling of Superman's origin, and because Singer used the S:TM origin, it won't have any influence. People harp on Smallville for FOTW episodes and teen romance elements, but you have to understand they got 22 episodes a year to film. They can't go from point A to point B every episode or it woulds be over in one season. There also on the WB/CW, this is like a haven for the teen romance crap. I honestly would really be interested to see what Gough and Miller would do given the chance to do a pure, true blue Superman story.
Oh, and after reading the novel, Smallville's Lex owns Singer's Lex. Notice I didn't compare actors either.