Who looked the most like metropolis clark kent with glasses. i personally thought chris reeve looked the most like him followed closely by tom welling and brandon routh .
Who looked the most like metropolis clark kent with glasses
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I'd say Christopher Reeve but then again, I'm of that age. He'll always be my Superman. Having said that, I do think that Henry Cavill looks the most like Superman of any actor to play the role (though we've only seen stills so far) but I haven't seen him in glasses yet.
Incidentally, this thread should probably be in the Sci-Fi and Fantasy one.
Incidentally, this thread should probably be in the Sci-Fi and Fantasy one.
I'm not sure I understand the question. What does "Metropolis Clark Kent" mean? What archetype are we using as the standard of comparison? Clark in the comics has has a variety of different looks over the decades.
Yeah, but which comic-book Clark Kent? Joe Shuster's? Wayne Boring's? Curt Swan's? John Byrne's? Jerry Ordway's? Frank Quitely's? There have been a variety of different ways that Clark (and Superman) has been rendered over the decades.
^ It's likely he's talking about the prototypical Clark Kent most people are familiar with Christopher, as opposed to a specific artists take on the character. Or in other words, established "grown up" Clark who lives in Metropolis and works at the Daily Planet. I voted Chris Reeve as well.
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This guy I met at a Halloween party. No, seriously. He was dressed as Clark Kent for Halloween. It was the first time I had met him and as soon as he walked through the door I was in awe of his costume, he looked more like Clark Kent than Clark Kent himself did. I don't even know the guy's actual name, I just refer to him as Superman. 
I think Christopher Reeve did the best job of making Clark Kent look and act differently from Superman — not just the glasses but the slicked-down hair, the geeky expression, the mannerisms (although he did go a bit overboard with Clark’s “wimp” persona).
That said, I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, so George Reeves will always be the definitive Superman for me — even though he scarcely looked any different at all when he put his glasses on.
That said, I grew up in the 1950s and ’60s, so George Reeves will always be the definitive Superman for me — even though he scarcely looked any different at all when he put his glasses on.
In that case I vote for Dean Cain, he was my first "Metropolis Clark", so naturally he's the one that established the character in my mind. I will always hate "dumbass Clark", in my mind Clark is an attractive and friendly man, maybe a little absent minded at times, but ultimately a good catch that I can see Lois falling in love with.
That's why I really don't like Christopher Reeve's Clark, why does he have to act like such a dorky idiot who stumbles every third step? It's like Clark was inspired by some stupid slapstick comedy, thought "Perfect disguise!" and started doing his best impression. It's not cute, it's not funny, it's just annoying.
And I don't even think Lois is a good match for this version of the character, she could never believably fall in love with that Clark, she would love Superman and just play along and pretend she likes the dork.
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Tom Welling. 
But that's the way things were at the time the Reeve movies were made. The idea that Lois would be attracted to Clark is a product of John Byrne's reboot of the continuity in 1986. He originated the idea that Clark was the real identity and Superman was a role he played, and so Clark became the more developed side of his personality and the one that had the relationship with Lois. And that's been reflected in several of the adaptations that have been made since then, like Lois and Clark (obviously) and Smallville. But before 1986 (the "pre-Crisis" era), it was always Superman that Lois was interested in, with Clark being just a coworker to her. Because in those days, Superman was seen as his true self and Clark was just a disguise he put on. The Reeve movies are in keeping with that version of the character. Reeve's Clark wasn't meant to be a romantic interest for Lois. Superman was. It was the archetype for the classic comic-book love triangle: Clark loves Lois, but Lois only has eyes for Superman.
By the same token, since pre-Crisis Clark was just a smokescreen for Superman's true awesomeness, he was often played as a jokey, klutzy character. Although I think the Reeve movies did play that up more than the comics typically did.
Superman has never worked long-term when Clark isn't a dork and a disguise. It's ultimately what makes Superman an iconic character: the "god" disguised as a "mortal."
Without that aspect he's just "generic superhero"
And, besides his looks, part of why Reeve is still the definitive Superman is that he was a good enough actor to portray that aspect in a manner where people could sort of believe that someone wouldn't recognize Superman and Clark as the same person.
Without that aspect he's just "generic superhero"
And, besides his looks, part of why Reeve is still the definitive Superman is that he was a good enough actor to portray that aspect in a manner where people could sort of believe that someone wouldn't recognize Superman and Clark as the same person.
So Christopher are you going to vote or just give us a history lesson when it's pretty clear what the original poster intended to find out with his poll?
It's not clear to me. The standard of comparison seems entirely subjective. Maybe that's the intent -- what version of Clark Kent each individual considers the most archetypal -- but my mind doesn't work that way. I don't go for black-and-white, yes-or-no answers, but prefer to consider the full range of perspectives. To me, there are many different versions of who Clark Kent is and what he looks like, and I don't consider any single one of them to be "the" Clark Kent. I mean, I'd certainly say that Curt Swan's Superman and Clark are perhaps the definitive renderings of the Silver and Bronze Age versions of the character, but pre-Crisis Clark is a very different character from post-Crisis Clark.
I'd say George Reeves was a pretty good match for the classic Joe Shuster Clark. I actually don't think Christopher Reeve looks much like the comics' Clark at all, any version. I mean, no question he did the best job differentiating Clark from Superman, but his features were a little too soft and sensitive to match Clark's comics look. That wasn't a problem as Superman, because Reeve compensated for it with the strength and confidence he projected in that persona -- and the fact that his Superman had a softer quality about him actually worked, since he was more of a romantic lead in the movies than he'd generally been in earlier incarnations, and because it helped him come off as more of a gentle soul, someone you could trust to always use his great power kindly and wisely. So he was an archetypal Superman, but he wasn't an ideal Clark Kent.
To be honest, I can't think of a live-action performer other than Reeves who's really looked much like the archetypal, comic-book version of Clark Kent (in any incarnation). Dean Cain never really looked much like either Clark or Superman to me (and made very little effort to differentiate the two). Kirk Alyn didn't really have the right look either -- his chin was too narrow. Tom Welling actually did a fairly good job playing a Reeve-esque bespectacled/mild-mannered Clark in the final Smallville season, but it wasn't quite there. Brandon Routh was, in my opinion, completely miscast in the role; he has the face to play Sherlock Holmes or Spock, say, but not Kal-El of Krypton. I don't have a great memory of John Haymes-Newton or Gerard Christopher from Superboy, but the photos I find of them online suggest that neither of them looked very good as Clark, though Newton was closer.
As for Henry Cavill, I haven't seen him in action yet, but judging from photos, he may turn out to be the one who looks most like Clark. The shape of his head and jawline is a pretty good match to the classic Curt Swan Superman. There is a photo of him online in a suit and glasses, and he does look pretty Clarkish, aside from the hairstyle. Judging just from looks, he could be good in the role, especially if they go for the George Reeves/Superman: The Animated Series version of Clark as a tough crusading reporter rather than trying to copy Christopher Reeve's bumbling milquetoast. Still, I won't know for sure until I see actual footage.
Henry Cavil isn't an option on the poll since as you correctly state, no one has seen him in the role to be able to judge him. It's funny you bring up Curt Swan since Zack Synder stated that Swan was one of his favourite artists. Jim Lee was another. The set pics we've seen so far remind me of a combination of the two artists with perhaps a bit of Golden Age flair as well. I'm really excited to see how "Man of Steel" turns out.
I know, but that doesn't change the fact that Dean Cain's Clark was my first and that I think the Reeve version of Clark is awful and ruins the movie for me.
I'm aware of the Superman history, there's no need to give me a lesson, I just don't like like the old stuff. I was introduced to a confident Clark who was a viable love interest for Lois and I will always see Clark as that character, pre-crisis and silver age be damned.
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George Reeves.
I didn't like Christopher Reeve's portrayal of Clark at all, and it really struck me as "off" - despite liking him a great deal as Superman - and I've been reading these comics since the 1950s. I don't think it's a good idea for people who are too young to remember these things as they happened to try to be too authoritative about "what it was like at the time."
I didn't like Christopher Reeve's portrayal of Clark at all, and it really struck me as "off" - despite liking him a great deal as Superman - and I've been reading these comics since the 1950s. I don't think it's a good idea for people who are too young to remember these things as they happened to try to be too authoritative about "what it was like at the time."
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