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| The mighty Christopher Reeve - gone but not forgotten |
I note with interest that some advance reviews of the upcoming THOR movie proclaim it to be the best superhero movie since SUPERMAN in 1978. Remembering just what an impact that particular movie had on audiences, I'm looking forward to seeing if Thor can truly measure up to such fulsome praise. Nowadays, showing the impossible on screen is a much easier task than it was in 1978 - thanks to the advances in CGI technology - but most of the flying sequences in Superman still hold up pretty well, even after all this time.
Anyway, I'm not here today to talk about Thor - rather it's Superman I want to blather on about for a minute or two - and in particular CHRISTOPHER REEVE's interpretation of THE MAN OF STEEL. It seemed that PETER PIPER had blown his magic pipes (now there's a reference bound to confuse my American readers) and ol' Supes had stepped straight out of the pages of his own comic. Has ever a human being so personified a comicbook superhero better than Chris did? The answer is obviously "no" (I'm talking about cinematic portrayals, so all you KIRK ALYN and GEORGE REEVES fans can relax), so it will be interesting to see just how future interpretations of THE MAN OF TOMORROW compare to Mr Reeve's definitive portrayal. BRANDON ROUTH managed a fairly acceptable impersonation of Christopher Reeve, but failed to truly match the original.
Anyway, with a new Superman epic in the works, let's take a moment to remember the man who first gave life to the world's greatest superhero on the big screen.
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