Gaaa! Enough With The Brandon Routh As Superman Crying!

You know, I just can’t believe how many emails I still get every week about Brandon Routh being cast as Superman. All by devout Smallville fans (as a side note… I really like Smallville). From the first day that the casting of Brandon Routh as Superman was announced, Smallville fans (and ONLY Smallville fans) have been complaining that Tom Welling (Whom I also really like) wasn’t cast as the Man of Steel.

I know I’ve written about this before, but here are the 3 most frequent complaints I hear about this, and why I don’t think the complaints are valid.

Regular Complaint #1 - Christopher Reeve wanted Welling as the next Superman
My response to this one is simple. WHO CARES!?! I loved Christopher Reeve. I think he was magnificent (you gotta see him in Noises Off). But I can not emphasize this enough… HE WAS JUST AN ACTOR. Reeve was not Superman. He was only an actor who was hired and paid to play a role (and he did it well). Christopher Reeve did not own the rights to Superman. Christopher Reeve did not make the Superman Movies. Christopher Reeve did not write the script or the line or came up with the villains. Christopher Reeve has never cast a major motion picture and knew nothing about casting. Christopher Reeve was awesome… but the fact that he once suggested Welling would make a good Superman holds no more significance than my local paper boy wanting the same thing.

Regular Complaint #2 - Tom Welling Already Is Superman
NO HE’S NOT. He’s Clark Kent in Smallville. Superman, and Smallville are two different entities. The timelines are different, the background stories have major differences and the feel is totally different. Both work well for what they are… but they are two different things (just like Lois and Clark was a separate entity). This is “Superman”… not “Smallville The Movie”.

Regular Complaint #3 - Brandon Routh Doesn’t Have Blue Eyes
Are you serious?!?!?! I can’t believe more than 5 people have written to me with this as a complaint. It’s a sad sad sad day when eye color is more important that acting ability and suitability for a role. Give me a break.

My Bottom Line
The fact of the matter is Bryan Singer is a MASTER as casting. Remember how many people cried when he cast Hugh Jackman as Wolverine? So many people whined that X-Men was going to suck. Well look who laughed last. Now most people can’t imagine X-Men without Jackman as the Canucklehead. His perfect casting also MADE The Usual Suspects (one of my favorite films of all time) and Apt Pupil. Bryan Singer has proved he knows what he’s doing. If Bryan Singer says Brandon Routh is the best guy to play Superman… then Brandon Routh is the best guy to play Superman… period.

Besides… all the footage I’ve seen so far has looked amazing. So to all you Smallville fans out there (of which I am one)… just let it go. Brandon Routh is Superman… and it’s going to be great.

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I can’t believe how disrespectful you all are to Christopher Reeve.
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..Wow, most of you guys are idiots. Getting your panties in a bunch over the fact that pansy, fairy boy Tom Welling-whatever didn’t get the role as Superman. I can’t even believe you could put him and Christopher Reeve on the same level. The point is, kiddies the movie is going to be made with that Routh guy, get over it, and stop whining like little prepubescent school girls…and to that idiot babbling about Christopher Reeve being Superman…He wasn’t…hence him falling off his horse and breaking his back…Grow up, it’s just a movie.
wrok

firstly, smallville sucks butt ……. they can sell that junk by just calling it beverly hills 9-0-shite ….. and news flash to u john campea (if that is your real name)… yeah u, who started this thread …. christopher reeve IS S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N ….. if u can have such a bold view that he’s just an actor, then its fair i have a view about u too …. i think ur just some fat guy who thinks he knows all there is to comic-book movies …. i bet u were bullied in kindergarten by someone NOT fat ….. gettit? NOT-fat ….. u probably dont even own a single superMan comic book …. u live alone and are just a plain poor fucking sap ……. wouldnt be surprised if u turned 38 this year and only had sex with your school janitor, the ugly german guy …. and u used to perv on your mom in the shower ……….. bryan singer is a loser for letting go of X-men at the most crucial moment with the phoenix rising ….. theres ur example for the typical $ hungry c**t!!!! ……. all i can say is, this better turn out to be a good movie …… spiderMan was a visually good movie … but those cheesy lines with peter and maryjane … puhleeeese!!!! ….. we dont need re-runs ….. only good thing i saw in spiderMan was kirsten’s nippies in the rain ……… Singer better do a good job on supes …. singer may look like a monkey, but that doesnt mean he can do monkey bussiness on a movie as epic as this ………
Bobby Drake

Not only does Brandon Routh suck, but what is this crap about Lois having a child to another man. Singer has gone overboard. I will not pay to see this movie. WB is greedy! They should have waited until Welling was available.
http://www.myspace.com/super_mike87 Super-Mike

I’m a huge fan of Smallville also. I watch it religiously (meaning all the time) whether the episode be a rerun or not. I wish the WB and the Smallville writers hadn’t released the season 5 description so soon. The season 4 finale really left us hanging. Anyways, onto the movie. When I first found out Routh was cast as Superman I was apalled. I though (like many) that Tom Welling should have been cast and that Routh would look atrocious in the costume and not play the role well at all. As soon as I saw pictures of Routh in the Superman costume from the movie I began to eat my words. My opinion has totally changed. It would be Welling who would be a bad Superman seeing as how he plays the young Clark. Routh looks superb in the Superman costume and I’m dying to see the new movie.

Lastly, I’ve followed Smallville since the 3rd last episode of season 1 and I own seasons 1-3 on DVD and I’m getting season 4 for my high school grad. The thing I love most about Smallville is the storyline. In season 1, Clark was in his first year of high school and at the time, so was I. Now that we are dawning on season 5 and Clark is starting college, coincidentally, I am too! I think it’s awesome that Clark on the show and myself are the same age. Kinda gives me a reason to keep watching. Also, I’m a huge fan of Angel, and I’m utterly disappointed it is finished, but I’m glad to see James Marsters on TV again and on my favorite show too! I think I’ll find it easier to watch Smallville on Thursday nights though because I only have 1 class on Thursday and it’s from 8am-11am and no classes Friday so it gives me a night to occupy with Smallville and then I have Friday, Saturday and Sunday to complete my homework.

In conclusion, I’m planning on making an animated series (to be done using Macromedia Flash) about Super-Mike who is the son of Superman. The first episode should be released in early 2006 (alas, I have yet to learn flash but will do so as part of my Multimedia Design program in college) so keep an eye out on Newgrounds.com in January for it. Bye.

Super-Mike
http://www.cafepress.com/topular Edward Lee

At this point, I really only have three problems with SUPERMAN RETURNS: the title, Routh, and Singer. Of course, I’ll see the film. I’m just royally put off by these three elements.
Nemo

Blah-de-fucking-blah-de-fucking-whinge.

I’ve seen the footage. I’ve seen Routh up close. I’ve spoken to him. He is Clark Kent. He is Superman. I have a feeling a lot of people will be eating their words come June…

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