tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post5733847214138004288..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Reign of the Supermen #270: George ReevesSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-83225593616259191812011-07-20T20:57:52.403-03:002011-07-20T20:57:52.403-03:00Geezer.
;-)Geezer.<br /><br />;-)Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-90943565065699471102011-07-20T19:19:27.931-03:002011-07-20T19:19:27.931-03:00I'm a child of the 60s, so George will always ...I'm a child of the 60s, so George will always be my Superman. What makes the show stand out to me is that Clark was not a wimp. He was a tough, crusading reporter. <br /><br />My Saturdays as a child began with Superman, The Little Rascals, Laurel and Hardy, Sky King, Robin Hood, the network cartoons of the day, local pro wrasslin, then a Tarzan movie. By then, Dad took control and it was sports.The Mutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149977320388415139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-43110090724827283682011-07-18T11:48:52.745-03:002011-07-18T11:48:52.745-03:00I also have seen little beyond the first season, b...I also have seen little beyond the first season, but I love the take on Clark Kent in the show. In many ways, its different than any other iteration, but I can see the links both forward in Byrne's version (Byrne said the show was his first exposure to Superman, before the comics) and backwards to the Golden Age version. Early Golden Age Clark Kent was much more of a coward than the Reeves version, but he was also a crusading reporter who would ask tough questions and went after corrupt politicians, gangsters, etc.Matthew Turnagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08115327182071167651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-16909953769973345152011-07-17T20:56:24.775-03:002011-07-17T20:56:24.775-03:00That is a superb shishkebab of television!That is a superb shishkebab of television!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-24876383150267139692011-07-17T20:43:43.984-03:002011-07-17T20:43:43.984-03:00Growing up in the late 60s, every summer I would v...Growing up in the late 60s, every summer I would visit my grandmother for a week or two in North Texas. A Dallas TV station played Superman, Batman and Green Hornet back to back (usually followed by Godzilla movies). I can still taste how sweet the coke was when at 10 am and 3 pm, she would let us have one. Whenever I can, I watch those shows, and it all comes back. Thanks for reminding me. I think I can almost smell her cookies.hiikeebahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546094181276790786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-21432056976800770682011-07-17T18:22:31.703-03:002011-07-17T18:22:31.703-03:00Thanks for the easy access Tom! Of course I was go...Thanks for the easy access Tom! Of course I was going to cover the radio show at some point. Maybe it'll be sooner than later now!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-27411750964351888492011-07-17T17:50:29.482-03:002011-07-17T17:50:29.482-03:00Wayne: I always heard it as he would stand there a...Wayne: I always heard it as he would stand there and let the bullets hit him, but then duck when they threw the gun. I was quite happy recently to see a first-season episode where he stood there for the gun-throw as well. <br /><br />Siskoid: If you haven't listened to the radio show, you're missing out. It's not too hard to find online, but the first two episodes are especially worth a listen for your series. Historically, they make up (as near as I can tell) the third iteration of Superman's origin story, and yet they're one of the most radically different I've ever seen. I posted on them <a href="http://tomfoss.blogspot.com/2010/05/superman-sunday-origins-part-4.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://tomfoss.blogspot.com/2010/05/superman-sunday-on-miracle-monday.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, with embedded audio, if you're interested.Tom Fosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796424725228769265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-67791339773246100652011-07-17T16:33:44.167-03:002011-07-17T16:33:44.167-03:00My favorite non-comics Superman. And by a much wi...My favorite non-comics Superman. And by a much wider margin, my favorite non-comics Clark Kent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-50358304322783475902011-07-17T14:55:30.884-03:002011-07-17T14:55:30.884-03:00When I tell anyone about the show, I describe it a...When I tell anyone about the show, I describe it as Old Testament Superman. There's the running joke about how he would duck from bullets but then throw the gun back at the bad guys. As a kid, I always thought it would be damn scary to have Superman throw ANYthing back at me. I kept waiting for one guy to get it in the eye or kneecap.<br /><br />Hollywood Kryptonite is a great book detailing the death of Reeves. I'd check it out.Wayne Allen Salleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199261942617339556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-9995236534903889752011-07-17T12:42:00.074-03:002011-07-17T12:42:00.074-03:00One of the more memorable moments for me of the sh...One of the more memorable moments for me of the show (other than the gangsters plummeting from the mountain top) was when one villain was hypnotizing the Planet staff to find out who Superman was. He even questioned Lois accusing her of being Superman's secret identity. That the question of a woman turning into a Superman was made had me, and probably lost of others go "What?"Sleestakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.com