By one off I mean franchise wise, like over at Marvel, Iron Man is a single franchise, same with Thor, Cap, Avengers and now Guardians, yeah as a whole they fall under the MCU franchise, but each property sells on it's own merit. Even though Iron Man appeared in Avengers before Iron Man 3, iron man 3 is still the third movie in the Iron Man series, even though it was the fourth time we seen the character on screen.
So my question is, is this movie a direct sequel to MOS? Does this fall under the MOS franchise? Will we get a movie called Man of Steel 2 and will that be the direct sequel franchise wise, not story wise.
Do you understand what I mean?
P.s. I Understand the concept that Henry Cavill is playing the same Superman from BVS.