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Post by crazy_asian_man on Mar 8, 2021 13:31:09 GMT -5
In reading All-Star Superman with Grant Morrison, I LOVED the scenes where Lex ends up liking Clark Kent while Clark/Supes is saving Lex's life without him knowing. Among other things, it's REALLY a pity that we never got to see Chris Reeve's nerdy Clark Kent play off of Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor in a sequel. With both of their comedic gifts, it really would have been great to see something like that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZCNDwKgi7o |
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Post by Metallo on Mar 11, 2021 12:37:14 GMT -5
That’s a good point, CAM. That was one of the more interesting interactions in that story. While they were playing the roles is just when the history and interplay between the two characters was getting interesting. I always enjoyed the post crisis Lex basically trying to buy off Superman scenes or the initial confrontations we saw at the end of the Lois & Clark Pilot and the Last Son of Krypton animated three parter.
We’d always had the Superboy/young Lex history but they’d had their falling out after that and I don’t think that take would have worked with the Reeve films anyway. I’ve always been mixed on that development in the comics. Smallville handled it about as well as I could imagine.
Reeve’s portrayal really was what helped move Superman into the modern era along with work by Maggin, Moore, etc.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Mar 11, 2021 14:42:47 GMT -5
That’s a good point, CAM. That was one of the more interesting interactions in that story. While they were playing the roles is just when the history and interplay between the two characters was getting interesting. I always enjoyed the post crisis Lex basically trying to buy off Superman scenes or the initial confrontations we saw at the end of the Lois & Clark Pilot and the Last Son of Krypton animated three parter. We’d always had the Superboy/young Lex history but they’d had their falling out after that and I don’t think that take would have worked with the Reeve films anyway. I’ve always been mixed on that development in the comics. Smallville handled it about as well as I could imagine. Reeve’s portrayal really was what helped move Superman into the modern era along with work by Maggin, Moore, etc. Smallville really should have been a miniseries I think--- while I love some of hte actors in their given roles, storylines would go on FAR too long just to justify paying a particular actor's salary. Rosenbaum was fantastic as Lex- but if the show had a 'master plan' like Stracinski did for Babylon 5- then perhaps it could have been shaped better for Lex to exit in a way that would make the Reeve films make sense later on with that development. |
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Post by dejan on Mar 12, 2021 10:21:12 GMT -5
@cam & Metallo Yes I agree that's an intriguing angle that was never explored in the Reeve flicks. Although it reminded me that during my first viewing of STM in 1981, I thought Lex could somehow see that Clark was Supes when he was disseminating that message("only one creature on less than 4 legs can hear this message Superman that's you"). Hey I was only 7(and not particularly bright!)  Still remarkable to think that Reeve never shared a scene with Hackman in the Clark role. p.s of course there is the scene in SIV when Clark looks towards Hackman's broadcast in Times Square! |
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Mar 12, 2021 11:54:44 GMT -5
@cam & Metallo Yes I agree that's an intriguing angle that was never explored in the Reeve flicks. Although it reminded me that during my first viewing of STM in 1981, I thought Lex could somehow see that Clark was Supes when he was disseminating that message("only one creature on less than 4 legs can hear this message Superman that's you"). Hey I was only 7(and not particularly bright!) Still remarkable to think that Reeve never shared a scene with Hackman in the Clark role. p.s of course there is the scene in SIV when Clark looks towards Hackman's broadcast in Times Square! What I would have loved, though, would have been Lex compimenting and liking Clark Kent played out by Reeve and Hackman! They kind of got some similar beats in Spiderman with Parker's nemesis in high school saying how great Spiderman is... |
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