I prefer the darker look of the Superman Returns suit, but it's true that, for a certain age group, Reeve's look was so iconic that it's hard to not only seen anyone else in the role, but hard to see any other look than his.
It's a testament to how much he owned that role, bless him.
Me too.
Had they used an older actor for the role, it might be better as over the years we are used to seeing older superman from Alex Ross ver.
I think marvel's iron man would have a tough time replacing Downey jr as tony stark as well.