In a few hours, I'm seeing Man of Steel. A few thoughts going into this new, hopefully reinvigorated movie franchise for Superman...
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) June 12, 2013
I grew up with this man. I "met" him in a movie theater when I was about 4. twitter.com/BackoftheHead/…
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) June 12, 2013
Christopher Reeve is Superman. He's my idea of Superman. Not any of the kajillion versions in the comics. Not any other media incarnation.
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) June 12, 2013
I love Superman. Christopher Reeve's Superman. His Superman is a deeply held structural foundation for whatever kind of person I am.
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) June 12, 2013
Having said that, Christopher Reeve is gone. His Superman is a legend, an ideal, a concept. But it is also one anchored in the past.
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) June 12, 2013
Christopher Reeve's Superman is an ideal of the 1970's and 1980's. Just as George Reeves was the Superman of the 1950's.
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) June 12, 2013
As such, to quote Brandon Routh, his ultimately unsuccessful cinematic successor, Christopher Reeve's Superman will always be around.
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) June 12, 2013
And in terms of Superman as a force, as THE superpower, in movies once again, the one thing I've been waiting decades for is simply...
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) June 12, 2013
To let Christopher Reeve go.
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) June 12, 2013
If Man of Steel is what it should be, what it needs to be, we will have a Superman for this time, this era, this 21st century.
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) June 12, 2013
Just as, hopefully, Christopher Reeve was to a 4 year old boy in Manila who immediately, unquestionably believed a man could fly.
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) June 12, 2013
So, no pressure, Man of Steel.
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) June 12, 2013
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