Rank the Supermen
For me
1. Christopher Reeve
2. Henry Cavill
3. Tom Welling
4. George Reeves
5. Brandon Routh
6. Gerard Christopher
7. Kirk Alyn
8. Tyler Hoechlin
9. John Haymes Newton
10. Dean Cain
* voice-only actors not included
Don't need to.
Christopher Reeve, and ONLY him, will ALWAYS be Superman for me.
Yep, no real argument from me. What about his films though? I mean, Superman is a classic and Superman II pretty damn entertaining too, but it all went to kryptonite after that didn't it? 3 was embarrassing and 4 was just shy of a total abortion.
I agree he is the best incarnation of the character, but I think some of the actors there had some really strong moments as Supes and had more time to really flesh the character out, like Welling in Smallville for example.
Superman is not really a classic, it has many problems: slow build, cheesy villains, including Lex Luthor, and a ridiculous time-reversal scene.
Superman 3, I quite like. The theme of computers is what nailed it for me, and having drunk Superman as a villain was also cool.
Superman 4, is really stupid, I agree. Made by a porn movie company for peanuts, from what I heard.
But Superman 2, both cuts, will always be my favourite. The Zod, Ursa and Non stuff was always amazing, and the Richard Donner cut... wow!
Never saw Smallville, but I did like Dean Cain's version in Lois and Clark (The New Adventures of Superman in the UK, where I am).