The Death of Superman
You know, it’s almost 12 yrs to the day that fanboys everywhere were astonished by this storyarc. Now, life imitates art…
First, allow me to get the tasteless remarks out of the way: Nature has spoken. Batman outlived Superman. I’ll bet, somewhere, Adam West is lighting up a big cigar, saying to himself, “Well, I’ll be damned!”
On to the eugooglies…You know, I really can’t do this. I can’t do it because anyone who knows me knows that I hate Superman. I could go on and on about how he made us “believe a man can fly”, but those movies were hokey. And let’s be honest: you can’t name anything noteworthy, acting-wise, outside of the Superman franchise that Christopher Reeve did. And as you can see, when that Superman Curse gets ya, it really BITES YOU IN THE ASS!! Dean Cain got off the easiest ’cause “Lois and Clark” only started and ended his acting career. But poor Chris Reeve…he just couldn’t catch a break.
So, what I CAN say is that Christopher Reeve seemed like a nice guy. And after the equestrian incident, he was always a crusader. I can’t really vouch for “Superman” ’cause I live in Gotham, but I can say that the world HAS lost a nice man and a courageous fighter.
P.S. Tom Welling, GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN!!!
