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slj0101

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Sun Feb-25-07 04:16 PM
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Poll question: When I think of Superman, I think...

My own copycat.

George Reeves

Christopher Reeve (the obvious choice)

Dean Cain (yeah, right)

Tom Welling (technically not yet Superman, since he's still Clark Kent/Kal-El)

Brandon Routh (I think he did a good job, IMO)

Other

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terrya

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Sun Feb-25-07 05:30 PM
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1. Brandon Routh did a great job

Edited on Sun Feb-25-07 05:30 PM by terrya

But for me, Christopher Reeve was the definitive Superman.

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jus_the_facts

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Sun Feb-25-07 05:43 PM
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2. Voted for Chris....but Tom sho is a hottie....

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Cannikin

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Sun Feb-25-07 07:25 PM
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8. I dunno...in this pic he looks like he's one high heel away from being a drag queen!

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Mojambo

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Sun Feb-25-07 07:55 PM
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11. You should see him on the cover of this month's Smallville magazine.

Pretty boy! He's wearing more make-up than Erica Durance!

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jus_the_facts

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Sun Feb-25-07 08:10 PM
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13. There's nothin' wrong wit dat....

....he IS pretty...and he's just got rosey cheeks and ruby lips...sigh... :D

:hi:

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MrSlayer

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Sun Feb-25-07 06:45 PM
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3. Bizarro rules.

I was always a fan of the Legion of Doom.

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133724

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Sun Feb-25-07 08:19 PM
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14. Well it does seem that we live in his world!!!

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Deja Q

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Sun Feb-25-07 06:56 PM
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4. So the choices are

An anorexic
The good one
The uber-phony
The lame tenniebopper
A guy in a rubber suit

and Bizarro...

obviously Christopher Reeve! :D

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elfrangel

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Sun Feb-25-07 07:00 PM
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5. Always has been, always will be

Christopher Reeve.

He just can't be beaten in that role. But, I love the fact that he made a guest appearance in Smallville. What a great way to pay homage to the definitive superhero!

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slj0101

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Sun Feb-25-07 08:42 PM
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16. That was a great episode.

I like how actors from the original films(Reeve, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp) have made appearances over the years.

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DerekG

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Sun Feb-25-07 07:10 PM
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6. There's Reeve, and then there's everyone else

Karloff was the Creature; Reeve was the Man of Steel. And like Boris, Reeve got his two great showcases (well, 2.5 if you count the recent Richard Donner cut of II).

I liked Routh plenty, but he could do only so much with an excessively morose tone and a co-star constructed out of cardboard (Bosworth). Reeve shined like a nova, and was blessed with Margot Kidder.

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Cannikin

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Sun Feb-25-07 07:11 PM
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7. I grew up watching Reeve, but I've moved on to Routh. Reeve would have wanted it that way.

"It's about hope. It's about what friendship means. It's about leadership. It's about discovering yourself. And all of those things are relevant to every generation. I'm glad that the character (of Superman) has survived the test of time, and will always be re-invented for each generation."
-Christopher Reeve

Plus, I think Routh is really hot (no pun intended) when he uses his heat-vision!

:P

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uppityperson

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Sun Feb-25-07 07:41 PM
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9. Chris Reeve gave me the courage to leave my first marriage.

It was a good choice and needed doing. I know, he was only a movie character, but it gave me the courage to believe that perhaps there are nice guys out there and I didn't need to continue living with a drug abusing drinking ne'er do well. I vote Chris, a class act the whole way round.

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DerekG

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Sun Feb-25-07 08:05 PM
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12. That doesn't sound silly at all

I had no male role model growing up, so I looked to the characters assayed by Henry Fonda, Jimmy Stewart, Christopher Reeve, and Liam Neeson. Real men, those ones.

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uppityperson

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Sun Feb-25-07 08:39 PM
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15. Gregory Peck doing Atticus Finch?

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DerekG

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Sun Feb-25-07 08:53 PM
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17. I didn't discover that film until I was 20

n/t

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Mojambo

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Sun Feb-25-07 07:49 PM
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10. Did not like Routh at ALL.

I thought he was a passable Clark Kent, but man, I was not feeling his Superman at all.

He tried to channel Reeves a bit too much and he paled, IMO.

Weiling is really good.

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