Superman

[The Realist]

Adventures of Superman is a pure delight, among the character’s very best screen iterations. George Reeves remains probably second only to Christopher Reeve in the pantheon of great Superman performances.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

I saw this on YouTube and it gave me a laugh.

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It’s amazing how well it fits.

This is exactly the kind of stupid funny nerd shit that made YouTube great in the first place.

 

[The Realist]

So I got this guy in the mail today:

I don’t buy a lot of Funkos, but as a huge fan of the great George Reeves and Adventures of Superman, this one was irresistible. If anything, it looks even better in person.

 

[Tosk]

Looks like Ben Affleck!

 

[thribs]

Looks like Ben Affleck!

Maybe it’s based off that movie

 

[Mudd]

Adventures of Superman is a pure delight, among the character’s very best screen iterations. George Reeves remains probably second only to Christopher Reeve in the pantheon of great Superman performances.

Second only to Corenswet.

Reeve comes in tied with Hoechlin - being generous. But Reeve never had good material.

 

[The Realist]

Second only to Corenswet.

Reeve comes in tied with Hoechlin - being generous. But Reeve never had good material.

I might disagree with your rankings, and definitely disagree with your silly and showily iconoclastic swipe at Reeve and his “material.” (Ever the contrarian.) But you’re not wrong that Reeves, Reeve, Hoechlin, and Corenswet are the four pillars of live-action Superman greatness.

 

[Mudd]

Reeve was fine. The movies featuring him were not good ones, regardless of what "classics" nostalgic fans might declare the broad slapstick of Real Estate Scam Lex Luthor to be.

 

[Set Harth]

Lumping 1 and 2 together with 3 and 4 is definitely a choice.

 

[Mudd]

Forty years later, absolutely.

Some movies hold up. Some don't.

Honestly, if you can "lump" 1 and 2 together what distinctions matter at all?

 

[Set Harth]

I also lump together Godfather 1 & 2 and Star Wars 4 & 5, and for the same reason!

 

[Tosk]

Lumping 1 and 2 together with 3 and 4 is definitely a choice.

I don't even lump 1 and 2 together. For me there is Superman, then a looong wait for another good one.

 

[Crisp Conditions]

Yeah, Superman II doesn't hold a candle to the 1978 film. The Donner cut, an improvement to the theatrical film in some ways but worse in others, is also markedly inferior.

 

[Mudd]

I don't even lump 1 and 2 together. For me there is Superman, then a looong wait for another good one.

Yeah. The only Reeve Superman film I'm fond of at this point is Superman: The Movie, and overall it's a mixed bag as a film. I'll watch scenes when it comes up on TV somewhere, but not start-to-finish. I guess the "Superman's first night" sequence is my favorite part.

Similarly, I'll watch Superman's feats from Superman Returns, and find the rest of it pretty bad - I love the airplane rescue and that moment during the climax when Supes breaks the surface of the ocean, pulling the broken yacht with Lois and her family behind him.

 

[The Realist]

I think there is little question that the two best Superman films — arguably, the only two truly great ones — are Superman (1978) and Superman (2025).

 

[Anwar]

The only good Superman movie from back then was the very first one, and even that one has its problems like Hackman's Luthor and how poorly explained the time travel thing was at the very end.

 

[The Realist]

The only good Superman movie from back then was the very first one

Yep, I like Superman and the Mole-Men a lot too.

 

[Mudd]

 

[Set Harth]

Where'd they get that dog in the lower left?

 

[The Realist]

Where'd they get that dog in the lower left?

I don’t much like Cavill, but this seems needlessly harsh.