Well Dang, Christopher Reeve died

[Mystery Man]

Superman Star Reeve dead at 52

 

[jgbrowning]

Sad news...


joe b.

 

[johnsemlak]

Sad indeed.

further discussion in the movie forum
http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=103499

 

[Mystery Man]

Ah didn't see that. Should just merge this one...

 

[BOZ]

wow... well, 10 years is a long time to suffer like that - time to rest.

 

[Ferret]

That is sad. He fought though, and now he is free.

 

[Angcuru]

Yeah, too bad about that.

 

[Torm]

"But most will remember this sad day as the day the proudest, most noble man they ever knew finally fell. For those who loved him -- one who would call him husband, one who would be his pal, or those who would call him son -- this is the darkest day they could ever imagine. They raised him to be a hero: to know the value of sacrifice, to know the value of life. And for those who served with Superman in the protection of all life comes the shock of a failure: the weight of being too late to help. For a city to live, a man had given his all and more. But it's too late. For this is the day that a Superman died." - Superman #75, 1992 (written by Dan Jurgens)

Reeve was never Superman more, than when he could no longer play the part on film. He took a horrible, crippling condition, and used his share of the public eye to help the helpless.

 

[Angcuru]

Well, he helped people, that's true. But until he was paralyzed himself he didn't lift a finger to help people who wre paralyzed. By helping them he was helping himself. All the praise is undeserved, IMO.

 

[Torm]

Well, he helped people, that's true. But until he was paralyzed himself he didn't lift a finger to help people who wre paralyzed. By helping them he was helping himself. All the praise is undeserved, IMO.

Ever seen the episode of Friends where Phoebe is telling Joey that it is impossible to do a selfless act, because people do supposedly selfless acts in order to feel good about themselves?

It isn't about whether he was selfless, or whether he did good the whole time - in the end, he did good.

And maybe it isn't that his praise is undeserved. Maybe its that more people deserve praise than actually do get it?