In the Lois and Clark Adventures it says they get married and have a kid but in the movie Superman returns Lois is married to someone else and has a son? Is there a reason for this? Like are the movies backwards like Starwars in some way?|||The reason is that they have nothing do with each other. They are simply 2 different stories featuring the same characters.
What happens is that one can license the right to use the character Superman from D.C. and then once you have that license you can create whatever story around him you want.
There is no demand that you make the story(ies) fit with other stories. There is no over riding body that governs continuity or extra textual compliance.|||For the same reason there are many different versions of Cinderella. Everyone has a different version of a classic character and puts their own spin on it. We fans don't always like that. for example. I enjoy the new take on Superman in the Smallville television series. But some of my friends do not, saying it is too different from the comics version.
An easy way to accept it is to think of the different versions as different universes.|||The projects exist in separate universes
there is a large 'over arcing' Canon that controls the DC comic book Universe, but when ever a project like a film, a series, or 'limited run' comic book arc occur, they do so outside of Canon.
if certain 'facts' are established in these projects, and the fans and other writers accept them, they may be added to canon, but simply because a TV show or a film states something, does not make it Canon, other writers and editors must accept it and keep it going
when all was said and done, I don't believe L%26amp;C or returns have contributed to canon, not say like Smallville which has promted the Kents to be only 30-40 when they find Clark rather than 50-60 or older as has been the case, also the creation of the Chloe character (who no doubt was modeled on a combo of Lois-lite and Post-Crisis Lana), but had never existed pre-Smallville, not sure if she's been added yet to the comics or not, and just because one writer may keep her, its not to say she won't be 'ret-conned' out of existance in another 5 years
the best rule of thumb with any moving medium (cartoon, TV series, film) is that it is occuring an alternate universe from any other project, unless they specifically cite a link i.e reference an event, talk about character in detail, or actually use footage from that project (as Returns did tying itself to the Reeve franchise)
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