• turbonewbe@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    29
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    Seeing Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent reminds me how good he was and how I miss him.

    I love Cavill but sorry he failed his acting of CK. With or without the costume he plays as Superman.

      • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        This scene always comes to mind when I think of Reeve’s performance

        For me its the “General, care to step outside?” scene (and Zod’s reply line).

        That, any scene with his unique smile.

      • deweydecibel@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        Superman and Lois is so underrated. The stigma around the CW DC shows is well earned, but it really doesn’t deserve to be grouped in with them. In fact it made a point of distancing itself from them by explicitly stating it’s not part of the Arrowverse.

        There’s a lot going on in that show really doesn’t get the credit it deserves. Particularly watching Clark Kent be a father is aces.

        • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          The stigma around the CW DC shows is well earned

          I still lament the loss of the Dragonriders of Pern series that they were going to do but f’d up.

    • rckclmbr@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      Still better than Brandon Routhe. Sorry Brandon, I’m sure you’re a nice guy, but your Superman sucked

      • deweydecibel@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Nah, Brandon Routhe was fine, it’s just his Superman is written incredibly passive, and he was more or less being told "You’re Christopher Reeves Superman so…do that. We’re not going to give you any material that comes close to what Chris got to work with, but, ya know, still do it. "

        It’s just such a bizarrely written movie in the first place, I have trouble blaming anyone in it for their performances. Well… except for that one guy we don’t talk about anymore.

    • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      That’s a really good point. I didn’t notice until you said it, but yeah, he plays Kent and Superman exactly the same.

      • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        but yeah, he plays Kent and Superman exactly the same.

        Well it was a more serious movie, for a more serious time, than the original Superman movie, so to expect that kind of goofy Clark Kent type of acting wouldn’t be realistic.

        • deweydecibel@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          Yeah goofy Clark Kent has not been a thing for a while in Superman media, anyone expecting that in a modern movie is showing their age a bit.

          • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            anyone expecting that in a modern movie is showing their age a bit.

            Well to be fair, I’m that age as well. I actually saw that movie in the theater.

            But yes, it’s not for modern audiences, they have different tastes now.

    • deweydecibel@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      I don’t see the issue with him playing both characters the same. That’s as valid an interpretation as any, and much more in line with modern Superman.

      The idea of Clark as a bumbling mild-mannered reporter as part of his disguise is very dated.

          • deweydecibel@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            1 year ago

            That was Henry Cavill being called back for reshoots after principal photography had already wrapped months before. By that point he was already working on another role, and the mustache was part of it. He made a perfectly understandable decision to say “I’ll do reshoots and help you fix this dumpster fire you made, but I’m still committed to this other role, so fix the stache in post”.

            • deweydecibel@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              4
              ·
              1 year ago

              No, he couldn’t. He was reshooting those scenes after he’d already started production on another movie. One in which his character had a mustache. That was absolutely not on him, it was on the directors for not being competent enough to make a decent movie the first time around.