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Originally Posted by Crazy Jetty

Christopher Reeves isn't the be-all end-all of Supermen.
In fact, he didn't really reach this absolute christ-like iconography he holds today until he had that accident.
I get tired of everything being compaired to him. Anytime anyone discusses a new actor, it's always how good a match he is to Reeves, not how good a match he is to the character.

Personally, I feel Welling and Cain are both much better portrayals. (and even they aren't immune to the reeves compairisons)

I like Welling myself and liked cain at the time but Lois and Clark just doesn't hold up well today. The budget limitations and family friendly market really show.

He was considered the definitive Superman before the accident. I'm not saying he nailed it everyone else should walk away. I'm just saying when someone says Superman the first thought is Reeve.

It's like Batman. Ask 10 people who there favorite Batman is you'll get a variety of answers. Ask 10 people who Batman IS they'll say Adam West.
He's not the best performance. He just is Batman.

I would love to see someone come out and Nail kal-El so they became the new standard. Obviously Reeve was able to do it at a time the 50's show was still shown in re runs daily. More reccently I think anyone playing the Joker is goign to be compared to Ledger and not Nichelson or Caesar so there is hope.