June 19th, 2006
Ross Douthat has an interesting observation:
It’s a small thing, but it’s interesting to look at the various live-action incarnations of Superman over the years (scroll down on this Moriarty DVD column to get a good look), and notice how the Man of Steel gets progressively younger and more boyish as time passes. George Reeves looks like your Dad, Christopher Reeves looks like your youngish uncle, Dean Cain looks like your older brother – and now Brandon Routh looks like, well, the 1980s Superboy. (It’s also worth pointing out that there’s a new movie coming out about George Reeves, who started playing Superman in 1953 at thirty-nine, and committed suicide at forty-five. It stars, naturally, Ben Affleck – who is thirty-four, and projects the gravitas of a twenty-five-year old.)
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