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 28 Jun 2006, 04:26 PM
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 Member Posts: 5846 Joined: 30 Dec 2002 From: Victoria, BC, Canada 
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In the Superman question I included all the people who onned the Blue Tights and Red cape including both actors who played in the 'Adventures of Superboy' series.
For Clark Kent I included all of the above plus Tom Welling (Smallville) and Jeff East who played a teenage Clark in the 1978 movie. -------------------- Sith Apprentice to Dark Lady and Goddess Angylkat
'Shev'la kot, verd'yc dha'werd. Aliit Lohr - ratiin tome, draar shuk'la.' "Far-called, our navies melt away; On dune and headland sinks the fire" ~Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 "God by a sudden conversion subdued and brought my mind to a teachable frame" ~John Calvin 1509-1564 |
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28 Jun 2006, 04:28 PM
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 Matrix Posts: 15153 Joined: 27 Aug 2000 
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Christopher Reeve and Christopher Reeve.
...although Brandon Routh comes in a close second. -------------------- Let off some steam, Bennett.
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28 Jun 2006, 04:45 PM
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 Wears Pink Panties  Posts: 21975 Joined: 9 Mar 2000 From: Uranus
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Reeve and Reeve.
If Christopher Reeve's films had the SFX that Routh's film has... this wouldn't even be a contest. -------------------- Occupation: Couch Warmer Extraordinaire™
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28 Jun 2006, 04:52 PM
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 RAWR! Posts: 4408 Joined: 20 Aug 2004 From: Ontario, Canada
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Oh boy, this was close for me. I picked Christopher Reeve for both Superman and Clark, bout Routh is a very, very close second. Far closer than I ever expected him to get!
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28 Jun 2006, 04:55 PM
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 Excellence of Execution Posts: 5746 Joined: 8 May 2005 From: Coatbridge, Scotland
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Haven't seen Superman Returns yet because I'm stuck in the crappy UK but I picked reeve for both. Personally don't really like the original films especially the camp way in which Lex was portrayed but Reeve managed to make me believe he was a clumsy idiot and an honest, valiant, almost invulnerable superhero at the same time.
-------------------- "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
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28 Jun 2006, 05:21 PM
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Member Posts: 5846 Joined: 30 Dec 2002 From: Victoria, BC, Canada
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I picked Reeve for Superman and Welling for Clark. Reeve was awsome at both but I like the Smallville series because it does the job it should.
-------------------- Sith Apprentice to Dark Lady and Goddess Angylkat
'Shev'la kot, verd'yc dha'werd. Aliit Lohr - ratiin tome, draar shuk'la.' "Far-called, our navies melt away; On dune and headland sinks the fire" ~Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 "God by a sudden conversion subdued and brought my mind to a teachable frame" ~John Calvin 1509-1564 |
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28 Jun 2006, 05:23 PM
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 The Professor Posts: 66964 Joined: 24 Feb 2001 From: The Tarasco Bar
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I liked Jeff Easts work there so I picked him and Christopher Reeve. Watching Jeff East in that entire section was like Anakin Skywalker, especially in Ep2 ...
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28 Jun 2006, 11:29 PM
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Routh was fine, but he had almost no lines, and you're all forgetting that the only reason you're liking him is because of the nostalgic way he is invoking Christopher Reeve. If you didn't have Reeve, and the way he imbedded the character into our minds (seriously, Reeve WAS Superman. There is no other answer), Routh would seem like nothing special.
-------------------- QUOTE (Primbud @ 27 Oct 2007, 07:41 PM)  I'd like to think it was his hand. It was pretty gusty in there. A little hand, when it fell, would probably not drop straight down and float around somewhat in the gust, and made it down by the time his entire body got down there. QUOTE (R.CAllen @ 17 Jan 2008, 06:09 PM) Here are 3 random reasons for a speedy return to the Expanded Universe: 1. Lieutenant Kettch. He's an Ewok pilot. |
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29 Jun 2006, 05:14 AM
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 Pastor of Muppets Posts: 5492 Joined: 29 Apr 2000 From: Louisiana, USA
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Christopher Reeve as both Superman and Clark.
Brandon Routh comes in a very close second as Superman and Tom Welling comes in a very close second as Clark. The latter for totally different reasons. But, yeah, Reeve will always be the best. Blade Runner makes some fine points. I can't see anyone ever improving on his look and portrayal of the Man of Steel. Routh did good, though. -------------------- )O+
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30 Jun 2006, 05:52 PM
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Member Posts: 5846 Joined: 30 Dec 2002 From: Victoria, BC, Canada
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QUOTE(Primbud @ 28 Jun 2006, 04:39 PM) I liked Jeff Easts work there so I picked him and Christopher Reeve. Watching Jeff East in that entire section was like Anakin Skywalker, especially in Ep2 ... That was the character they based the Smallville charater of Clark Kent off of not Reeve's character. -------------------- Sith Apprentice to Dark Lady and Goddess Angylkat
'Shev'la kot, verd'yc dha'werd. Aliit Lohr - ratiin tome, draar shuk'la.' "Far-called, our navies melt away; On dune and headland sinks the fire" ~Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 "God by a sudden conversion subdued and brought my mind to a teachable frame" ~John Calvin 1509-1564 |
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1 Jul 2006, 06:02 AM
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I don't give a good Goddamn what anyone thinks, Christopher Reeve was and always will be the best Superman in film. I refuse to even see this new Superman movie. Kevin Spacey as Luthor? Bwahahahaha. Hackman's Lex would've made Spacey's Lex his b|tch, but I guess he would have liked that. Hehhehehe. Yeah, I went there.
P.S. Funny how Goddamn is unedited but "bi tch" isn't. Yah, we gotta be careful of our proper nouns vs nouns. yeeesh whatever -------------------- Sober- son of a *****, everything's real
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1 Jul 2006, 07:31 AM
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 HAVOK Posts: 445 Joined: 5 Jul 2005
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I Have to wif with Routh n Welling,
N i think that spacey's lex would own hackman because hackman was all about funny, funy, homour where spacey can go way out there -------------------- Water...Earth...Fire...Air...
Long Ago the four nations lived together in harmony, then everything changed when the Fire nation attacked. Only the Avatar, Master of all four elements could stop them but when the world needed him the most he vanished. A hundred years past and the new Avatar was found a young Airbender named Aang. |
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1 Jul 2006, 07:33 AM
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 Extra-Terrestrial Posts: 1844 Joined: 19 Oct 2005 From: Providence, RI
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I voted Dean Cain because nobody else did.
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1 Jul 2006, 10:09 AM
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Excellence of Execution Posts: 5746 Joined: 8 May 2005 From: Coatbridge, Scotland
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I have to wait like another week and a half until I can see Superman returns and it's taking all my energy not to look in the reviews thread as I don't want anything spoiled. But, if we're talking about a best Lex from what I've seen Spaceys Lex is better than Hackmans as his was just far too camp and all about the jokes, I don't blame Hackman for this I blame the writers. Spacey looks to have really pulled off the evil yet intelligent Lex of the comics. To me Michael Rosenbaum is the best Lex I've seen.
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1 Jul 2006, 10:58 AM
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 The King Posts: 3624 Joined: 9 Dec 2001
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QUOTE(Blade Runner @ 29 Jun 2006, 05:45 AM) Routh was fine, but he had almost no lines, and you're all forgetting that the only reason you're liking him is because of the nostalgic way he is invoking Christopher Reeve. If you didn't have Reeve, and the way he imbedded the character into our minds (seriously, Reeve WAS Superman. There is no other answer), Routh would seem like nothing special. No, not really. I only saw the Reeve films a few times as a kid, so his Superman isn't really imbedded into my mind, and it's stupid to say "You only like Routh cause he's like Reeve." I chose Routh because I thought he did an awesome job. He was SuperMAN. When he had the cape on, he had a whole other demeanor to himself from when he was Clark Kent. Deeper voice, confident in his posture, sure of himself. Superman. -------------------- Information wants to be free yo
"Alright, you son of a b****! Where are you?" = Way to communicate with your wingman when the heat is on. |
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1 Jul 2006, 12:42 PM
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 A Shadow on the Sea Posts: 4188 Joined: 19 Jul 2000
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QUOTE(Phil_Muzza @ 1 Jul 2006, 04:25 PM) To me Michael Rosenbaum is the best Lex I've seen. Haven't seen the new film, but I agree 100% with this. No one will ever top Rosenbaum's Lex for me. He took him and turned him into a three demensional character instead of an out & out simplified villain. I'll also credit the writers. Smallville isn't a perfect show but Lex is perfect, IMO. I'm curious about the new film but I don't know when I'll see it. -------------------- "I was nothing more than an almost innocent bystander." - Jack Sparrow |
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1 Jul 2006, 04:28 PM
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RAWR! Posts: 4408 Joined: 20 Aug 2004 From: Ontario, Canada
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I like Rosenbaum as Lex a lot, but Spacey was fantastic. Although I like Reeve's Superman better that Routh's, I like Spacey's Lex a lot better than Hackman's.
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1 Jul 2006, 09:45 PM
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 I still believe in love Posts: 1021 Joined: 25 Oct 2005 From: Manila,Philippines
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Routh.Routh.
-------------------- A place, where nobody dared to go... The love that we came to know They called it Xanadu And now, open your eyes and see... What we have made is real... WE ARE AT XANADU... |
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30 Jul 2006, 10:29 PM
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Member Posts: 5846 Joined: 30 Dec 2002 From: Victoria, BC, Canada
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I watched the first season of Superboy. John Haymes Newton did a fairly decent job of playing him. He definantly had the look.
-------------------- Sith Apprentice to Dark Lady and Goddess Angylkat
'Shev'la kot, verd'yc dha'werd. Aliit Lohr - ratiin tome, draar shuk'la.' "Far-called, our navies melt away; On dune and headland sinks the fire" ~Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 "God by a sudden conversion subdued and brought my mind to a teachable frame" ~John Calvin 1509-1564 |
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31 Jul 2006, 10:14 AM
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Member of the Month Posts: 6360 Joined: 13 Apr 2004
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QUOTE(Jango Fett @ 1 Jul 2006, 12:57 PM) QUOTE(Blade Runner @ 29 Jun 2006, 05:45 AM) Routh was fine, but he had almost no lines, and you're all forgetting that the only reason you're liking him is because of the nostalgic way he is invoking Christopher Reeve. If you didn't have Reeve, and the way he imbedded the character into our minds (seriously, Reeve WAS Superman. There is no other answer), Routh would seem like nothing special. No, not really. I only saw the Reeve films a few times as a kid, so his Superman isn't really imbedded into my mind, and it's stupid to say "You only like Routh cause he's like Reeve." I chose Routh because I thought he did an awesome job. He was SuperMAN. When he had the cape on, he had a whole other demeanor to himself from when he was Clark Kent. Deeper voice, confident in his posture, sure of himself. Superman. |