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The Death of Superman

Spyder Todd 2008

06:04 / 11.10.04

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/11/obit.reeve.ap/index.html

This is really sad. Reflections of Chris Reeve, anyone?

Lilly Nowhere Late

12:38 / 11.10.04

I don't think I'm qualified to reply to this but I must say that when I saw the broadsheet fronts all over the place while out doing my mundane errands this morning announcing the death of Christopher Reeve, I did get a bit melancholy. Perhaps it is just because of the fact that this poor man lived through what would be most people's worst nightmare and did relatively important things while accepting fate and now he's just dead. I think I'll listen to Laurie Anderson-"O Superman" for a bit.
R.I.P.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

13:35 / 11.10.04

This is sad. I had a lot of admiration for the poor fellow; it seems horribly unfair that after coping so impressivley with such a grave blow, he had to die so young.

15:44 / 11.10.04

Very sad. You could see on his face, in interviews and the like, his spirit never gave in - never quit on him. Unfortunately, his body couldn't hold out as long. He had so much respect from his colleagues, fans and loving family, I am sure he will be missed very, very, much.

I think he made a great Superman, even in his real life.

17:23 / 11.10.04

Superman's Song

Tarzan wasn't a ladies' man
He'd just come along and scoop 'em up under his arm
Like that, quick as a cat in the jungle
But Clark Kent, now there was a real gent
He would not be caught sittin' around in no
Junglescape, dumb as an ape doing nothing

Superman never made any money
For saving the world from Solomon Grundy
And sometimes I despair the world will never see
Another man like him

Hey Bob, Supe had a straight job
Even though he could have smashed through any bank
In the United States, he had the strength, but he would not
Folks said his family were all dead
Their planet crumbled but Superman, he forced himself
To carry on, forget Krypton, and keep going

Superman never made any money
For saving the world from Solomon Grundy
And sometimes I despair the world will never see
Another man like him

Tarzan was king of the jungle and Lord over all the apes
But he could hardly string together four words: "I Tarzan, You Jane."

Sometimes when Supe was stopping crimes
I'll bet that he was tempted to just quit and turn his back
On man, join Tarzan in the forest
But he stayed in the city, and kept on changing clothes
In dirty old phonebooths till his work was through
And nothing to do but go on home

Superman never made any money
For saving the world from Solomon Grundy
And sometimes I despair the world will never see
Another man like him

by the crashtest dummies

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

22:02 / 11.10.04

That's what sucks about real life... they can't just bring him back implausibly in a couple of issues' time.

A good Superman... can't claim to know a huge amount about Mr Reeve as a person, other than the accident & subsequent crusading... but from what little I do know, he seemed like a pretty cool guy.

22:09 / 11.10.04

Sorry if this is a bit frivolous, but I saw Reeve in my local supermarket when I was a preteen. He smiled at me and my mom but I didn't say hello out of shyness.

unheimlich manoeuvre

22:40 / 11.10.04

ibis - no not frivolous, you actually met the man, and in some ways i'm jealous.

jacques derrida then christopher reeves sad sad days

XXII:X:II = XXX

06:57 / 12.10.04

I've written an entry on my MySpace blog about this, and what I'd hope the political fallout would be. I recognize it's distasteful to bring a man's death into the political arena, but when used against someone causing much death and suffering I feel it's justified.

Hold all my calls, Miss Tessmacher

Lest it need be said, I'm going to miss him for the rest of my life.

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Haus of Mystery

13:20 / 12.10.04

This ranks up there with when Jim Henson died young as a Very Sad Day Indeed.

19:44 / 13.10.04

The best obituary I've read is by a friend of mine over here: Atomic Pulp.

More than Superman.

XXII:X:II = XXX

07:16 / 15.10.04

I remember vividly the day Jim Henson died. I was 14 and I heard it in shop class. I was numb the rest of the day, staggered home and cried in front of the TV. It was also the same day that Sammy Davis Jr. died.

There's always that ballpeen hammer to the chest feeling when someone who's that iconic bites it.

There was some sort of homage thing to Reeve on Wednesday night's SMALLVILLE, but the local station cut in on the middle of it from a commercial. Bastards.

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