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<blockquote data-quote="Archetype" data-source="post: 2950231" data-attributes="member: 40688">It wasn't the actor's physical age that was our objection.&nbsp; Yes, Christopher Reeve was around the same age as Routh, but he obviously had much more acting experience by that time in his life, which made a huge difference.&nbsp;&nbsp; If Routh could have pulled off the actual character he was supposed to have been portraying, Superman, then he would have been fine.&nbsp; Instead, we got &quot;SuperDude,&quot;&nbsp; and angsty, brooding whining teenager, who has not yet found his place in the world, has &quot;girlfriend troubles,&quot;&nbsp; and is acting much more like an &quot;X-Men&quot;/Marvel Universe character than the role model he should be.&nbsp; He is just too young-looking for who he is supposed to be, and this carries over into his performance.Superman should be the &quot;confident, powerful man of action,&quot; able and willing to stand up for what he believes is right.&nbsp; He is basically DC's ultimate &quot;Paladin&quot; character.&nbsp; He has great power, but it is limited by his ethical code.&nbsp; Even so, he is not hesitant in doing what has to be done, seeking out injustice and tyranny, fighting the good fight, yadda yadda yadda.&nbsp; If we want self-absorbed brooding and moral impasses, we have Spider-man.&nbsp; If we want someone who is willing to use criminal behavior to fight crime, we have Batman.&nbsp; Superman should stand for something different, and he should be set apart from other characters in that he is experienced and capable in his relationship with the universe,&nbsp; knowing how to balance his desires and responsibilities. In other words, he is supposed to be written as a man.Not a boy, searching for a path, but a man who is already walking the path he knows to be righteous.That's what was missing from this &quot;re-imagining&quot; attempt (if you can even call it that...&quot;recycled for profit&quot; is more what it turned out to be).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Archetype, post: 2950231, member: 40688"] It wasn't the actor's physical age that was our objection. Yes, Christopher Reeve was around the same age as Routh, but he obviously had much more acting experience by that time in his life, which made a huge difference. If Routh could have pulled off the actual character he was supposed to have been portraying, Super[i]man[/i], then he would have been fine. Instead, we got "SuperDude," and angsty, brooding whining teenager, who has not yet found his place in the world, has "girlfriend troubles," and is acting much more like an "X-Men"/Marvel Universe character than the role model he should be. He is just too [i]young-looking[/i] for who he is supposed to be, and this carries over into his performance. Superman should be the "confident, powerful [i]man[/i] of action," able and willing to stand up for what he believes is right. He is basically DC's ultimate "Paladin" character. He has great power, but it is limited by his ethical code. Even so, he is not hesitant in doing what has to be done, seeking out injustice and tyranny, fighting the good fight, yadda yadda yadda. If we want self-absorbed brooding and moral impasses, we have Spider-man. If we want someone who is willing to use criminal behavior to fight crime, we have Batman. Superman should stand for something different, and he should be set apart from other characters in that he is experienced and capable in his relationship with the universe, knowing how to balance his desires and responsibilities. In other words, he is supposed to be written as a man. Not a boy, searching for a path, but a man who is already walking the path he knows to be righteous. That's what was missing from this "re-imagining" attempt (if you can even call it that..."recycled for profit" is more what it turned out to be). [/QUOTE]

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