What I love about Reeve is that he changes his character flawlessly between Clark Kent and Superman. ------ His stance, speech mannerisms, hunching his back, everything was so well depicted. ------- Everything's in the glasses scene after the date Louis had with Superman

3:41 That’s what I heard for years too, until I realized it was “Your heirs!” 20:18 This. This right here is why Christopher Reeve is the Superman all others are compared to. With just his voice, his posture, his *attitude* , he makes you believe that no one would ever look past Clark Kent’s glasses and see Superman.

Back in the day, the whole cinema cheered when Superman caught the helicopter. Christopher Reeves' delivery of 'A friend.' is perfection.

Christopher Reeve REALLY captured the "innocent sweetness" of Clark Kent while the authentic "moral goodness" of Superman at the same time. His take on how Superman should be played REALLY set a standard that has been almost impossible to reach for nearly 30 years.

The girl on the train that teenage Clark races is Lois Lane, and her mother is played by Noel Neil, who played Lois in the '40s serial and the '50s TV series, "The Adventures of Superman," from season 2 on. She also has a cameo in "Superman Returns."

About the soundtrack is, in my opinion, one of the finest John Williams ever composed. You can tell that there are a lot of influences from Star Wars and also Jaws but the score has its own personality. The Fortress of Solitude theme is a true gem.

For an entire generation, Christopher Reeve will always be the only Superman. What made Christopher Reeve so great in this role wasn't just that visually he was born to play Superman, but as a youth he was prone to stress induced asthma attacks, so in a way he was born to play Clark Kent too.

Yes, you should watch the second one. Superman 1 & 2 are unofficially one giant movie separated due to film length. Although some of his powers have been changed up, the spirit of Superman as the spirit of hope remains true and iconic in this version.

"Its the same story as Hercules"- you Dawn, are now officially a post modern film geek, and we love you for it😃🤗

Christopher Reeve is iconic. He was roommates at Juilliard with Robin Williams. He made a movie called 'Somewhere in Time', talk about a great drama. Best reaction channel I've seen, and I really want to go to Scotland before I die. End of Line

This film is considered the gold standard of comic-book movies. It came out right on the heels of Star Wars, and it proved what the tagline of this movie was: “You’ll Believe That A Man Can Fly” Oh, and BTW @Dawn Marie at 3:37 he is saying “Your heirs.”

"Is he faster than flash?" That's been a running competition over the years.

Yes you will love Superman 2. Another great Christopher Reeves film is Somewhere in Time

Hey, Dawn Marie, wonderful reaction, as always. The S is a family crest for the House of El. He's Kal El and his dad was Jor El. The crest means Hope. Lois just saw it as an S and named him Superman because of it. That being said, Christopher Reeves wasn't the original Superman but in my opinion and most people (I'm sure) is the best of them all to this day! He was very special, charming, wonderful actor and human being and is still sorely missed. I think you'll enjoy the second as well and will answer more of your questions. Thank you so much for sharing your first experience watching this classic with us. And as always, we look forward to your next first time experience and we all love you very much for brightening our otherwise gloomy days and revisiting our childhood. I couldn't imagine a better way to do so.

To answer the statue of Liberty questions, yes you can go up to the crown of the statue though you have to pre-book and it's limited to 240 visitors per day. The torch has a viewing balcony, but has been closed to the public since 1916. This film is probably one of the last cinematic views of the original torch in situ, as it was removed and replaced in 1984, when the statue was renovated for centennial celebrations.

Superman II is basically part 2 of this story. Much of it was filmed at the same time as the first film. It gets sillier than the first film. But it does answer your questions concerning the first film.

It took me years to finally realize Zod says "your heirs" instead of "your ass."

This and the second movie were produced back to back, but the second movie’s director’s cut is the one which preserves the initial director’s story. This movie was designed to end with loose threads to be followed up in the sequel, thus the three criminals in the beginning.

Watching Dawn swoon over Superman during his interview with Lois was so wholesome and priceless ❤

You have to remember that when this came out, we had NEVER seen anything like this. Yes, Superman had been on TV, but the special effects were pretty terrible. The tagline, "You will believe a man can fly" was very accurate. The effects were so much more than what we had ever seen. Sadly, the younger generations have not experienced this yet. Imagine when there is finally a movie that acts like a... well, a holodeck. Where you are completely immersed in it. That is when you will understand the impact of these late 70's movies.

The TV show you were recalling was "Smallville" It ran for 10 Seasons. A terrific job putting the show together. Instead of ever watching it, I bought all 10 Seasons and watched them all.

You should definitely watch superman II. Great bit of movie trivia, Christopher Reeve was physically trained for this movie by Dave Prowse who played Darth Vader.

FUN FACT: When young Clark is racing the train, the little girl who sees him is Lois Lane. Her parents are played by Noel Neill who played Lois Lane in the Adventures of Superman 1950s tv show.. (And she was in one of her outfits from the show), and Kirk Alyn.. the first man who ever played Superman on the big screen in the 1940's

Fun facts: Jackie Cooper (Perry White) was a founding member of the children's comedy series "the our gang" which was later re-branded to "The Little Rascals". -When Margot kidder (Lois lane) first read for the role, it was with Christopher Reeve. During witch, her voice started to legit tremble in his presence. Because of this, they knew they found their Lois lane.

Christopher Reeve is the one and only Superman. All others are pale imitations. No other actor pulled off both Superman and Clark Kent as well.

The symbol on his chest is not an S. There are sequels that can answer some of your questions His glasses somehow distorts his physical appearance in the eyes of other people, so that, along with his posture, and awkwardness helps hide his identity.

Christopher Reeves IS Superman. He just had the essence captured perfectly

I cannot adequately describe the excitement of this movie when it came out… it is very special. Christopher Reeve portrays a very good person, a man who loves his earth parents, loves Lois, cares about people…. Of course, that’s his weakness is his love for others, not kryptonite…. When Lois dies and he’s heartbroken, his rage propels him to break his father’s rule, just for her…. Such a great movie!

Superman 1 and 2 were meant to be one long epic like Lawrence of Arabia. Because they had to basically invent stuff to make the special effects they were running out of money so they split the films in two and finished the first so they could take the box office from it to complete the second

Krypton is a real element... Krypton is also a fictional planet and kryptonite is a fictional rock from the fictional planet...

Even now, seeing Superman catch Lois and then the helicopter with that theme kicking in- it get's me! When I saw this in the theatre as a kid, I started cheering and realized that I had stood to my feet at that moment.

This is the original big movie Superman, in any case. Previous incarnations were in comics, of course, and on TV (possibly played in theaters, but not as a blockbuster movie).

A great reaction, Dawn. All your questions are answered in 'Superman 2', but I'll help you out a bit, the symbol on his chest and cape is the symbol of 'The House of El' which is his family name, his Krypton name is 'Kal El', his powers under the yellow sun of Earth are; Super strength, Super speed, invulnerability, X-Ray vision, Heat vision (a by product of his X-Ray vision), Super breath which can be used to blast things or super cool/freeze things, Super hearing. The reason why Kryptonite effects him is because he was sent away from the planet straight after his birth so, unlike others from Krypton he never adjusted to its effects as he grew up there, the reason why he has superpowers is due to the yellow sun of Earth, unlike the red sun of his home planet, he gets his energy from the suns radiation. I hope that this helps, and I look forward to seeing you react to 'Superman 2'.

This came out 3 years before I was born but first saw it around 1986 when I was 5. My mind was blown away. Still the best Superman film imo. I named my first pet (a goldfish) Superman :)

You're funny. General Zod didn't yell "your ass." He said "your heirs." Superman: The Movie was being filmed simultaneously with Superman 2, but doing this they got way behind so Warner Bros. told the producers to concentrate on finishing the first one before moving on to the second. By-the-way, when the teenage Clark Kent is racing against the passenger train you can see a woman with red hair with a little girl on the train. The woman was played by the actress who played Lois Lane on the 50s TV series The Adventures of Superman. In the expanded cut of the film that aired on network TV (182 minutes) the mother calls her little girl Lois. So there were 2 Lois Lanes on that train.

In the earliest Superman stories Lois Lane was not his love interest. She was a professional rival who is always trying to beat Clark Kent to the story for the newspaper. In fact she was portrayed quite negatively as a conniving backstabber woman.

Krypton is on the Periodic Table of Elements as Kr36. It is a type of gas with an array of colors, especially when used with other rare games. It is used in fluorescent lighting. The star of Superman, Christopher Reeve, starred in several episodes of "Smallville".

Hey Dawn, as an 8-year-old kid I put on my cape and Superman t-shirt and headed for the back entrance stairwell, and jumped about 6ft to the soft lawn below. Once my mother banned that craziness I had to lay on my bed, belly first, and fly over an imaginary METROPOLIS. Ahhh Childhood. Anything was possible.

3:00: the leftover pieces of Krypton irradiated by the planet’s explosion 4:30: it’s their family crests. That’s why Jor-el has the Superman symbol 4:33 a violent uprising against the government 5:35 Kal-el

I remember seeing this when it came out in the theatres. The sequel is actually just as good if not better than the original. The three criminals in the beginning. You'll see what becomes of them in Superman II. Jorell was played by the great Marlon Brando. Which leads me to suggest a Reaction to The Godfather 1972. It's an essential for any film review/reaction channel. It's an offer no one can refuse.

My Superman is Christopher Reeve, and my Batman is Michael Keaton. Yeah, I’m old

You have quite a few questions this time around! Most are answered by the movie. That was the style of many movies back then: to make you ask many questions, and then answer them in due time. This keeps people interested while the movie takes additional time to gradually draw us into the story and make us feel part of that world. This is not how things are usually done these days, or at least that's the feeling I get. Not that filmmakers stopped doing it, but I think they're more wary of how impatient most people are, especially since most viewing is done at home with many choices immediately available. Back in the day, movies were definitely made for near-captive audiences in theaters.

Big "Christopher Reeves "Superman fan here,and 2 is my favorite. I came here to enjoy this awesome movie with you. ✨️🙌

This movie was a game changer when it was released! I still remember how juiced the theatre was watching it…

This is the first modern superhero movie the one that started it all :) . Superman is my favorite superhero of all time and Christoper Reeve Rip is the gold standard of playing Superman no one else ever come close. You should also see the squeal theoretical version only. Fyi I think you saw Smallville which is a great tv show with 10 seasons.

Christopher Reeve was fantastic. And his ability to portray two completely different people so well, makes it believable that noone recognises him.

Hey Dawn, When Lois died and Superman spun the earth in reverse to go back in time. I knew as a kid this was real fishy, but I let the movie magic roll.------ Kids today would definitely not find that Kosher or let that slide without a Twitter dismantling. ------- Ahhh the innocence of the '70s.

When I first saw that helicopter rescue, back in 78 I was floored to this day out of all the superhero movies and TV shows since then it is still my favorite

Chris Reeve showed the world that he really was a super man in the face of personal loss.

The Greatest Superhero Film Ever. The gold standard with a truly iconic Reeve (the ONLY Superman) and a fun Kidder as Lois. I was 10 when this came out and saw it w/my dad - when Superman first shows his heroism and runs into the camera revealing the S the entire audience went nuts! When he saved Lois they were cheering and stamping their feet and even on their feet! I've never had that experience again in a cinema - the closest thing to having a religious experience. You need to see the first sequel w/Reeve (you can skip any other incarnation IMO)

19:39 -- yes.. The crown was reopened, but you still can not go up to the top of the torch.. Even though it was fixed and strengthened in the 1980s..

15:41 I saw this movie when it first came out. I was 10 years old at the time. No matter how many times I watch this movie, this moment almost brings me to tears. It is one of the most iconic scenes in comic book movies. Superman represents hope. You not only believe he can fly but you feel inspired to be better.

Thank you for the reaction! The sequel picks up from here and IMO is an even more enjoyable film. It has both a theatrical release and a cut by one of the directors, both of which have their pluses. Although I might prefer the theatrical release, for how it handles the scenes with Louis Lane.

I adore Superman and this movie does so many aspects right from the depiction of Clark Kent to Superman himself with the amazing Christopher Reeve to the iconic soundtrack that's up their with the Danny Elfman Batman music for being iconic to the character. Lex Luthor for me is the only let down not my personal favourite rendition of the character as he was never came across as a high intelligence character or one that was interesting. Metropolis is a little of a let down if you've watched something like the Animated Series which depicts a very cool art deco retro futurism city the city of tomorrow. But of course budget reasons you can't expect them to go too deep into recreating a whole city so instead they went for New York. I don't think there's been a live action "Movie" Lex Luthor who I've enjoyed instead of the TV shows and Animated series for me have the best. Clancy Brown who voiced Lex in the DCAU (DC Animated Series) is by far my favourite Lex Luthor first appearing in the amazing Superman Animated Series in 1998 followed by Justice League in 2001 and Justice League Unlimited in 2004 a series of connected shows, same universe as the Batman Animated Series as well so he has interacted with Mark Hamill's Joker for example a really fun interaction of villains. In terms of live action TV the best Lex Luthor is by far Michael Rosenbaum who played Lex in Smallville and has amazing chemistry with Clark Kent. This series follows Clark through High School from 14 to 18 with Season 1 to 5 and then later Seasons showcasing him at the Daily Planet. Smallville is not a Superman show so don't go into it expecting to see Superman flying around in his classic blue outfit with his cape flapping. The show never showed Clark becoming Superman or at least wearing his classic outfit until the very end. Unlike other renditions Clark who started on their journey as Superman much earlier the Smallville Clark delayed his destiny to becoming Superman alot in the show. Took 10 whole Seasons for him to finally become Superman so it's an interesting take on the character. Most rendtion of Clark become Superman at 25 and Superboy before this in his younger years. But the whole point of the show was to showcase Clarks journey towards becoming the Man of Steel and it does a really solid job at showing this along with his relationship with a young Lex Luthor. There is a Season 11 that's depicted in a series of comics where we do see Clark wearing the Superman suit using the canon of Smallville and the likeness of the actors so it really does feel like a follow up to the show.

19:07 something to understand about the character of Superman is that when he first appeared in comic books in 1939, the world and especially America, was in a dark place. War was brewing overseas and the USA was still struggling with the Great Depression. Superman represented hope to the American people back then, a hope of getting out of the messes through hard work, perseverance and so on. Over time, Superman and his desire to make the world a safer place has resonated across the globe, so much so that at one point DC Comics changed his creed to be more reflective of his helping the world as a whole.

Watch the next one. But skip III and IV.

Yes Dawn, it is physically possible to look out tiny filthy windows in the head of the statue of liberty. I'm not sure if its still allowed after 9/11. However at one point yours truly climbed a very long circular stair case from the feet to the head to peek out the window for 5 seconds before being moved out of the way to allow the next person in the huge line to get their 5 seconds.

The stuff Superman did during the ending scenes is right out of the comic books. Saving a busload of kids on the bridge, rolling a big rock down the hill to stop a river from flooding and especially using his body to replace a piece of missing railroad track to save the speeding train.

In 1977, it was decided by producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind that they would film both Superman and its sequel simultaneously, with principal photography beginning in March 1977 and ending in October 1978. Tensions rose between original director Richard Donner and the producers in which a decision was made to stop filming the sequel, of which 75 percent had already been completed, and finish the first film. Following the release of Superman in December 1978, Donner was controversially fired as director, and was replaced by Lester. Several members of the cast and crew declined to return in the wake of Donner's firing. To be officially credited as the director, Lester re-shot most of the film in which principal photography resumed in September 1979 and ended in March 1980.

This feels like half a movie because it is. The movie was too long so they split into two. Your questions will be answered in the second one. Also there are two versions of Superman 2 the original and the Donner cut. I suggest the Donner cut. Richard Donner the director of both was replaced during filming.

As a kid of the 70’s, this along with Star Wars, Rocky, James Bond 007, and Star Trek were must-see movies growing up. If you like, I compiled a YT playlist devoted to all the many trailers and featurettes on the Christopher Reeve/Superman films. I’ll try to post the link here if I can.

ONE OF THE BEST SUPERMAN MOVIES!

Haha. Kryptonite was invented for the Superman radio show. Because the lead actor wanted a vacation! So they got someone else to stand in and just groan. Why don’t we know Superman is Clark Kent? Because we don’t know Superman has a secret identity so we aren’t looking for it. And in the comics thanks to various robots and stand ins we saw Superman and Clark together. But Superman is the original and even his movie is the template for all other superhero origin movies .

Classic ! Fond memories of this and the second one, which is a direct sequel and even better, really worth it to watch, but I think the movie that made me love Superman's character was Man Of Steel, very different approach but a solid flick too. I gotta say that's so refreshing to see someone legitimately excited and immerse while watching the films without all the pretend what we have in most reaction channels. Probably because of that you and Cassie (Popcorn in Bed) are some of my favorite reactors. Keep it up with the great work !

Ned Beatty (Lex Luthor's minion) is hilarious in 1941 (Christmas(ish) movie). Gene Hackman (Lex)... has a lot of great roles (though his funniest is the small part in Young Frankenstein)

I remember the movie posters in theaters at the time. There was just Superman's symbol with the tag line, "You will believe a man can fly."

This was a pure, beautiful, genuine reaction. So loved. Please keep them coming!

Outside of the Superman movies, Christopher Reeves also has a great small part in Speechless with Michael Keaton and Geena Davis. If you watch all the Reeves Superman movies (they progressively get worse) the Brandon Routh Superman Returns is a good spiritual successor. Marlon Brando, Superman's dad, is fantastic in On The Waterfront and Streetcar Named Desire.

Smallville was the show you saw about young Superman

It's interesting because for the last 15 years, Batman has been everybody's favorite superhero. Superman has been the underdog in terms of popularity.

The original & the best superhero performance back when he didn't need a tragic back story or was full of darkness & angst - just a good guy doing good deeds for no reward because he can!

A wonderful movie always Look forward to your videos thank you❤Love from dublin

Where’s the rest? Superman 2, that’s where

Yes ya can (19:34). You used to be able to walk around the flame, held aloft in her right hand too, but it's long since been closed down as being too dangerous now.

The sequel Superman 2 picks up the story about General Zod and the criminals from Krypton, and develops his relationship with Lois Lane more.

Your heirs. ❤️

He said heirs, not ass

19:34 You can. I haven't done it but my dad has. It's a long climb up very narrow stairs but you can get into her crown and look out the windows. You used to be able to climb up her arm into the torch but not anymore.

@6:00 -- like they always say, "can't predict the weather", even on krypton

"Truth, Justice, and the American way" was a phrase used in the original Superman comics back in the 40's.

lol he said yer heir not ass

This is still the best Superman movie and still one of the best superhero movies ever made. Christopher Reeve will always be the best Superman. May he rest in peace.

It was actually meant to be much much longer, and they ended up making the third act it’s on movie which is Superman two

RIP, Christopher Reeve, Richard Donner, Marlon Brando, Jackie Cooper, and Margot Kidder. They made us believe a man can fly.

Yes, you definitely watch the next one! So many of your questions and unfulfilled expectations will be addressed. Zod said “heirs” to Jor-El. As in children. It’s okay to have Batman as a favorite. He has no superpowers, just a lot of money, intellect, and determination.

Superman: The Movie and Superman 2 were filmed at the same time so its basically all the same story.

The reason why people can't see that Clark is Superman is because when he has the glasses on it changes his facial appearance to them but not to us

Hi Dawn, I'd like to ask if you could watch Abbott and Costello whose on first routine. Thanks from Oklahoma.

You should watch "Superman 2," then skip past 3 and 4'. Then watch "Superman Returns," which is a direct sequel to "Superman 2."

The 3 characters at the start who get imprisoned in that flat piece of mirror appear in the next Superman film. The leader is called General Zod played by English Actor Terence Stamp.

30:40 to its completion of all your questions will be answered if youyo... See Superman 2 -- all those questions will be answered! 👍

The woman in the train with the little girl at the beginning of the movie was the actress that played the original Lois Lane it the 1950's TV show

The is a comic book that explains that Superman's lenses are Kryptonian from his space ship, and Superman is subconsciously hypnotizing everyone into thinking he is weak and frail when he has his glasses on.

Superman... Batman... oh come on now Dawn Marie we ALL know you're the best!

My favorite fact about this movie is that Margot Kidder ("Lois Lane") was super self conscious about her age and her looks, being cast opposite the god in human form that was Christopher Reeve. The director of photography, Sir Geoffrey Unsworth ("2001: a Space Odyssey", "Murder on the Orient Express") picked up on this. He was normally a very soft spoken man, and movie sets are normally chaos during set-ups, but every time he was adjusting her lighting on set, he would shout "QUIET! I'm lighting the LADY." Margot Kidder later said in an interview she felt more beautiful in those moments than at any time in her life. RIP, Mr Reeve, Ms Kidder, and Sir Geoffrey. You got the shot. We believed it all.

"You will bow down to me and one day... your heirs." In the 50's there was a Superman series starring George Reeves. ✌️❤️🌹

I saw this movie in the cinema as a kid of 8. Such a life changing film.

Even the "fourth wall" is no match for Superman's might--he smashes right through and looks at the audience anytime he wants to. 😆

Traditionally Superman always makes his first appearance rescuing a plane or helicopter and Lois names him.

"where's the rest?" -- in Superman II. seriously -- it was always designed to be the second part to this story.