Quote: Beardguy57 said: I felt Christopher Reeve was miscast as Superman. The best Superman IMO was Dean Cain. Hope Routh does a good job...in a few weeks, we shall see...
People are really unfair to Cain, but he did a good job. The dual identity worked through subtlety not over the top nerdiness. If you watch Lois and Clark you see Superman as this stiff character, very public and dignified. While Cain's Clark was a normal guy who was a klutz. And no one thought he was Superman because of simple things like pretending to trip or burn his tongue on some hot coffee. It was a good performance and I'm afraid they're going back to the nerd Kent portrayal simply because a bunch of fanboys are hot and bothered for the older films.
I could not have said that any better. Dean Cain was a very masculine Superman...He was not a pretty boy like Christopher Reeve, or Tom Welling, or this new guy. When he was Superman and he was angry, he looked angry. From time to time, he broke character as Clark by being angry. Threatening Lois or his friends would make him angry. He was aggressive yet gentle. He was a helpless romantic where Lois was concerned. A loyal friend. A fierce fighter. He was many things.
My favorite line from the series "Lois and Clark" :
Lois had just figured out that he secretly Clark. He was explaining to her WHY he leads a double life. Why he chose not to tell he he was Superman at first.
"Clark Kent is who I am. Superman is what I can do."
