The two of them then revealed that they watched "from the windows of the spaceship - we saw the Earth destroyed.The story line began with an explanation of Superman""s origin story.The modernized role of Superman was now played by Henry Cavill, while Amy Adams took on the character of Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Lois Lane.Talking to himself, Michael is perturbed by the adolescent, immature behavior of his unskilled, disrespectful ""asshole"" friends, who don""t ake the hunt seriously: "I don""t believe this.In the previous few years, the profits of Wayne Industries had dwindled to nothing, due to Wayne""s reclusiveness and inattentiveness.