Watched a program on A&E last night, something like "Look up in the Sky"...while it was as much as anything a promo for the new movie, it was also an interesting look at the complete history of the character...in the end, Supe has endured for nearly 7 decades because he has been adapted to the times he lived in, while retaining the core identity & character that we all wish we could be...
Chris put himself more completely into the role than anyone who had gone before, while balancing the nerdy Clark that we all feel we really are...but in the end, he was just a man, & not one of steel as we had hoped...
One fact I had forgotten that the show reminded me of, was that the first actor to portray Superman (in voice only) was none other than Bud Collyer, later of "Beat the Clock" & "To Tell the Truth" fame...

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I am excited about Spacey as Lex Luthor too!

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No one can beat off Ace and Gary!

Although rumor has it they might beat off each other...

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Clever? Nah, I ran out of that years ago. But if you find this, let me know, k?
"The road goes ever on..." ~ Tolkien

In memory of my friend skip...
Go then, there are other worlds than these

"What are you looking at?!?"



"NOTHING!!!"

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Just by coincidence, I bought yesterday the first series of the original TV series.

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My youngest son was an avid Superman fan and collected everything he could find on him ...

... so when I found the 1100+ episodes of old time Superman radio broadcasts on CD (MP3 format), I found the perfect gift for him.

Just thought I'd mention I got to see the new Superman Imax film yesterday...


didn't care for it much, it was heavy...


Oh, BTW...I didn't actually get to watch it, I just picked it up at air cargo, & transported it to the Imax theatre at Opry Mills...

I had no idea Imax film was so big, it was 15 large boxes about 70 lbs. each, weighing in at over 1000 lbs total...back of my minivan was down so low, it felt like the front wheels weren't even touching the ground...I stayed off the freeway because the handling was so bad...

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We all feel that our arses are dragging on occasion.

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In this case it was literal as well as figurative...

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Yep.

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I was wrong. I just came from seeing the movie (Spacey was great) and really enjoyed it. I felt the actor played Reeve as Superman. He looked like him so much at times and you could tell he practiced sounding like him. At the end I got choked up cause I remembered my Superman is gone. However this new one did a great job at making me forget for a little while.

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What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

I thought the new film had already passed out of the theaters on to the home video market, but I'm glad to see you really did like it...I guess the producers were hoping that people would understand that heroes like Superman have to evolve as time goes by, but maybe this version was just a little soon after losing the last one for many people...

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You didn't hold the film up to the light?

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We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

Hold it up to the light?!? It was all I could do to lift it over the tailgate

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