Superman as my childhood hero
0 Comments Published by Christine on Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 6:30 PM.
I grew up with Superman as one of my childhood heroes. Yup! That silly guy who forgot to put on his briefs first before his pants remains on the top list of my childhood heroes aside of course from the Six Million Dollar Man aka Lee Majors!
My interest on Superman somehow faded as I was growing up because of other heroes that influenced my life. However, Superman to me was always Christopher Reeve in the same way that Lois Lane to me was always Teri Hatcher.
I got interested again with my Superman when he figured in an accident while horse-riding and became paraplegic. He was still Superman for me although he was mostly in a wheelchair, with more than 40 percent of his spinal column injured in that horse-riding incident.
Can this really happen to Superman? No matter how I tell myself that the movie was only for reel, I could not help but relate this real-life figure to the reel-man I remembered as Superman who had earth-moving powers.
My Superman however did prove he was super when he did not allow his paraplegic condition to take over his mind, becoming involved in a lot of other causes until he died in 2004. Was Lex Luthor finally able to topple my guy?
I don't know why but these actors have made such an impact on me while performing these characters that they will always remain the face behind the names.
Imagine how strange it was for me to watch another face wearing the stupid Superman costume when I watched Superman Returns. "He's not handsome like my Superman", were the first words I uttered when he first came out in the scene as Clark Kent. But I bit my tongue and ate my words later on in the movie when I gasped "He's so handsome!!!", when I got to that scene when he was taking Lois Lane for a free air-ride without wings!
And then it came. I was finally seeing Brandon Routhe as Christopher Reeve and then as Superman! Could my eyes be playing tricks on me?
While the new Superman movie managed to get my interest back to this super hero, the love story angle was a dud! I want my love stories to be happy and I could not bear the thought of Superman and Lois Lane having a child and then just throwing it all away just because the brave journalist has found herself a "very nice man" named Richard! Richard, by the way, is also working with the Daily Planet as an international manager, I think.
It was already twelve midnight but I was still on my toes, with my ears wide open so I can hear Lois whispering to the comatose Superman that he is the father of her child. It's a pity. I never heard Lois said that aloud much to my consternation. She did whisper it to Superman's ears though and although I never heard her say it, I knew in my heart that Superman was the boy's father.
What the heck! The kid managed to throw a full-sized concert piano to her mom's assailant, what other explanation could there be? He may be an inhaler-dependent asthmatic kid but he's got good genes, thanks to Superman. There were plenty of allusions to a possible one night stand between Los and Superman like her article "A night with Superman" so in my heart I was already a hundred percent sure of his paternity.
My favorite hero and villain---Kevin Spacey, was predictable as always. He was the mad Lex Luthor to the bone! But where the heck did he get those crystals? And frankly the green Kryptonite used to immobilize Superman looked like a broken glass of red wine!
I can't help but be mushy all right, especially when Lois and Superman went off with the song Can You Read My Mind playing in the background. It feels like the old days when they were still getting to know each other. And just like Lois who looked like a school girl smitten by her first crush, I was already in seventh heaven just listening to that song. It made my heart heavier thinking that they can never be.
I have always been a sucker for happy endings and this is why I don't like this Superman movie. How can Superman just visit his child and then fly away without even hugging him or telling him "I'm your father!" But then again, I got stuck trying to place Superman's words when he flew out of his hospital bed and visited his boy. "The son is now a father; the father is already a son." Is this a verse straight from the Bible or what?
But then again, this is reel life. And maybe, Superman, Lois Lane and their son will probably get the chance to live happily ever after in the next movie.
My interest on Superman somehow faded as I was growing up because of other heroes that influenced my life. However, Superman to me was always Christopher Reeve in the same way that Lois Lane to me was always Teri Hatcher.
I got interested again with my Superman when he figured in an accident while horse-riding and became paraplegic. He was still Superman for me although he was mostly in a wheelchair, with more than 40 percent of his spinal column injured in that horse-riding incident.
Can this really happen to Superman? No matter how I tell myself that the movie was only for reel, I could not help but relate this real-life figure to the reel-man I remembered as Superman who had earth-moving powers.
My Superman however did prove he was super when he did not allow his paraplegic condition to take over his mind, becoming involved in a lot of other causes until he died in 2004. Was Lex Luthor finally able to topple my guy?
I don't know why but these actors have made such an impact on me while performing these characters that they will always remain the face behind the names.
Imagine how strange it was for me to watch another face wearing the stupid Superman costume when I watched Superman Returns. "He's not handsome like my Superman", were the first words I uttered when he first came out in the scene as Clark Kent. But I bit my tongue and ate my words later on in the movie when I gasped "He's so handsome!!!", when I got to that scene when he was taking Lois Lane for a free air-ride without wings!
And then it came. I was finally seeing Brandon Routhe as Christopher Reeve and then as Superman! Could my eyes be playing tricks on me?
While the new Superman movie managed to get my interest back to this super hero, the love story angle was a dud! I want my love stories to be happy and I could not bear the thought of Superman and Lois Lane having a child and then just throwing it all away just because the brave journalist has found herself a "very nice man" named Richard! Richard, by the way, is also working with the Daily Planet as an international manager, I think.
It was already twelve midnight but I was still on my toes, with my ears wide open so I can hear Lois whispering to the comatose Superman that he is the father of her child. It's a pity. I never heard Lois said that aloud much to my consternation. She did whisper it to Superman's ears though and although I never heard her say it, I knew in my heart that Superman was the boy's father.
What the heck! The kid managed to throw a full-sized concert piano to her mom's assailant, what other explanation could there be? He may be an inhaler-dependent asthmatic kid but he's got good genes, thanks to Superman. There were plenty of allusions to a possible one night stand between Los and Superman like her article "A night with Superman" so in my heart I was already a hundred percent sure of his paternity.
My favorite hero and villain---Kevin Spacey, was predictable as always. He was the mad Lex Luthor to the bone! But where the heck did he get those crystals? And frankly the green Kryptonite used to immobilize Superman looked like a broken glass of red wine!
I can't help but be mushy all right, especially when Lois and Superman went off with the song Can You Read My Mind playing in the background. It feels like the old days when they were still getting to know each other. And just like Lois who looked like a school girl smitten by her first crush, I was already in seventh heaven just listening to that song. It made my heart heavier thinking that they can never be.
I have always been a sucker for happy endings and this is why I don't like this Superman movie. How can Superman just visit his child and then fly away without even hugging him or telling him "I'm your father!" But then again, I got stuck trying to place Superman's words when he flew out of his hospital bed and visited his boy. "The son is now a father; the father is already a son." Is this a verse straight from the Bible or what?
But then again, this is reel life. And maybe, Superman, Lois Lane and their son will probably get the chance to live happily ever after in the next movie.
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