September 24, 2024

That was such an amazing feature to watch. As I said before in my social media posts, I knew bits and pieces of what happened to him, but never most of these other things I learned today.

I loved seeing so much footage from home movies throughout this. It went back and forth from before to after the spinal accident as it went.

He was such a wonderful person in life. And even though he would say he wasn’t that person he played in his role as Clark/Superman, he certainly has been a figurative hero and a literal hero to billions of people around the world and will do so you decades and centuries beyond now, both thanks to his work as an actor and an activist (both before and free the accident). And his family will also continue to be a huge part in that activism as they continue that aspect of his legacy.

I still think he has been the best portrayal of Clark Kent/Superman that we’ve had in live-action on-screen. Tom Welling did a great job as Clark and a good job in one episode as Superman in Smallville. Tyler Hoechlin has been doing a great job as both roles on the CW during the past few years too. Henry Cavill just had the bad luck of bad writing and barely any character development or screen time to really tans out as either role. I believe he would have been amazing with the correct version of those things. And we’ll have to see next year what David Corenswet will bring to the icon role.

I am so grateful that Christopher Reeve was cast in the role and for him as a person to exist. He will forever be remembered for so many aspects of his life, and we love him for so many of them.

Happy 72nd Birthday, and thank you for so much. ❤️💙💛