Can we all agree that Christopher Reeve made the greatest Superman in history?

19:05 Just as Lead is able to block Superman's X-Ray vision, it's also able to protect him from Kryptonite. Which makes sense given lead is able to block radiation in real life.

I miss this kind of Superman he was good at playing both a good hero and a funny man

Thank you for recognizing just what an amazing job Christopher did at making the Clarke Kent roll so believable. He does it so well. You totally buy him as both Superman and the geeky Clark. 😁

I was 16 when this came out and a huge poster with Reeve as Superman left the theater with me. To me Christopher Reeve is the only Superman. He's the only one who's made it believable that no one recognized Clark Kent as Superman.

Hands down the best Superman ever. No one will ever come close to capturing the essence of Superman like Chris Reeve

As a little boy in the 1970's, Christopher Reeve was the Superman/Clark Kent I grew up with. He was so great in the role. Of course, my respect for him grew even more after his 1994 horse-riding accident that left him paralyzed for the remainder of his life. When that first happened, I remember thinking that he could not be paralyzed; he was Superman, the Man of Steel. I also love and admire how he never gave up on his belief that he would someday walk again, right up to the end of his life.

The kryptonite didn't effect Superman until he opened the box because the box is made of lead. Lead is used to stop radiation.

Thank you... I've been saying. Christopher Reeves' Clarke Kent is brilliant because he plays the complete opposite to Superman. Geeky, awkward, shy. The people in the office hardly notice him. And that's the point, he has to be insignificant to hide his identity. It's not just about the glasses and that's what was missing from Man of Steel

I grew up on Christopher Reeve's version. He excelled at giving a different identity for Clark Kent and Superman.

An Real American Superhero Classic. Whatever it was campy or not, it was a true iconic film that made Christopher Reeve career R.I.P Superman. It was also optimistic, it was funny, it was heroic, it was an blockbuster. Fun Fact: Nobody on the set corrected Marlon Brando about the pronounce of Krypton. Even, during the rocket scene you can almost see Brando looking down and reading the script. God bless John Williams for his retirement: Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter. Great way start the new year. God bless America 🇺🇸.

You hit it on the head! "THIS is what Superman is supposed to be; it's supposed to be fun." Yes! Great reaction, you definitely put it context which was: one year after Star Wars! Even when I was 9 years old, I was thinking "This sounds a LOT like the Star Wars theme!" lol.

I was a kid when this came out, and Lois' death was the most horrific thing I had ever seen up to that point.

Always will be the best superman for me. Christopher Reeve was born for this role. Had a nice time with your reaction, Kay :D

How can you hear that John Williams theme song and not want to wrap a blanket around your neck and leap out your window? 💨

Through the years they've tried to make sense of the turning back time scenario. At this point many say that it's not that he turned time backwards but he actually went back in time himself, stopped enough of the disasters to save Lois, and then went forward in time to when he left. The flying around the world in the opposite direction at hyper speed is what allowed him to travel through time.

Reeves is the best, because he plays two completely different characters.

Have to remember, this, and the Wonder Woman TV series (which also started out deliberately campy) were the first Superhero movies since the 60’s Batman, and “campy” was still coin of the realm-The producers originally wanted a comedy with James Caan’s Superman trying to figure out his 70’s relationship with Lois.(hence Hackman’s funny Luthor), but Reeve, Richard Donner, and an emerging pre-Star Wars hope for the 70’s gave us something epic instead.

Superman (1978) makes the audience feel hopeful and optimistic. Man of Steel just leaves the audience depressed (and with a migraine from all the prolonged CGI super destruction at the end of the movie).

To me there's only one superman and that was Chris reeves. Who knew he'd turn into a superhero om real life becoming an advocate and raising awareness and money for those with spinal cord injuries after his accident that paralyzed him. He didn't disappear and hibernate, he stayed visible and tirelessly worked for his cause. A real superman. Rip Chris reeves.

This is the Golden Age Superman. The closest we've come to him since has been Steve Rogers/Captain America.

Been watching a few of these Superman reactions lately and I get quite tearful watching them as it brings back so many happy memories of when I watched them growing up. I was devastated when Christopher Reeve passed away. He will always be THE Superman ❤

I saw the movie when it came out in theaters, back in 1979, soooo ... Arithmetic tells me the truth : i was 6 ! ... It was a perfect timing for me. As a french little child, i discovered Superman by this movie, and i really believed a man could fly :) That the magic of Richard Donner's faith and good heart brought, not to mention Christopher Reeve, who will ever be the only real Superman to me. Images, colors, music, landscapes and sets... This movie is pure poetry. I was wondering how the new generation could feel watching it so i watched some reaction videos. And, it was... swell ;)

"Who are you?" "A friend." So much complexity and nuance within the mere simplicity of that statement. He's not a demigod or a deity. He's a friend. He could destroy the world in a blink. But he chooses to be kind to people.

as a kid. superman and cap America were my heroes growning up. glad that they made movies and tv shows about both.

This movie felt like a live-action comic book, as they all should feel. Most superhero films miss this mark by either being to slapstick (like Thor Love & Thunder) or taking itself too seriously, like Batman v Superman.

Hi, Kay! You should watch Superman II next. It focuses a lot more on Clark and Lois' relationship, I think you'll enjoy it!

There is no working theory how time-travel into the past could take place, so basically Superman the movie can make anything up. He appears to have been altering space-time, not the rotation of the Earth. This is a power that is too powerful for Superman. Anytime anything bad happens, he can just do that trick to turn time back to a point before the bad things happen.

This is the best Superman by far!! No other version comes close. Christopher IS the GOAT. 🤗

Wow what a supervise Bravo . 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.

Another great film score composed and conducted by John Williams.

He wasn't literally turning the world backwards, he was moving backwards in time himself and the world turning back was signifying to the audience he was time traveling.

Christopher Reeve was the best Superman the flying in the movies specially the first few movies were the best the outfit itself was better then a lot of the new movies

Christopher Reeve has been my Superman ever since I was a kid.

I'm actually partial to Brandon Routh. That 747 rescue, amazing.

I tend to think of him using the earth to slingshot back into time rather than turning the world back.

Here is a little bit of Trivia for you. The woman that they showed on the train played Lois Lane in the 50s Superman TV show starring George Reeves.

Jimmy Olsen is literally played by the brother from Back To The Future, although I'm 1000% sure that this came out before Back To The Future.

I got Movie Pallette as a gift, it's for Labyrinth. I was so touched and I love it.

Kudos to catching that he made his costume from his baby cloth. Most miss that.

This inspired my 3 year old son to want to be Superman!

Campy may mean a little over the top but the acting back then & even further back means you HAD to know how to act because unlike the technology today that can cover your flaws, you'd be easily exposed. You can apply that to most entertainment industries especially singing.

Thank you for the Pep talk Kay " We are all here for a Reason " I really needed that today soo thank you you are truly a Angel 😇

Kay, I suspect that the version you watched had the abbreviated entrance to Luthor's hideout scene. In the full version, Superman drills down and then has to get through three deathtraps. Machineguns then flamethrowers and finally wind & cold machines to freeze him solid. As for another one of your questions, Lex didn't intend to kill Miss Teschmacher's mother. The missile going to Hackensack, N.J. is because Otis mistakenly put in 117 as the third target co-ordinant instead of 11 with the 7 being the fourth target co-ordinant. Christopher Reeve has done the best portrayal of Superman.

The only Superman in my life is Christopher Reeve. Loved your reaction! -from a Korean fan.

So people often bring up the bit where he's chasing the rocket and then flies around the earth fast enough to travel back in time. The thing is the explanation is in the movie. This is his first outing as superman and he's doesn't know what his limits are. Lois even says "Just how fast do you fly" and he says "I don't know, I've never really timed myself, or tried to...".

Ohhh! The soundtrack is one of my faves and makes this movie 2-3x as good as it might otherwise have been!

Thanks for your great review, really enjoyed 😊

Like George Lucas' Star Wars (into Sci-fi fantasy), Donner's Superman introduced movie-goers to the superhero genre. Masterpiece.

Because the same thing that blocks his x-ray vision Also shields him from Kryptonite radiation poisoning.

if he could break the speed of light he could fly back in time.

The phone booth gag landed big when the movie came out. #KidsToday

As to Lois flying with Superman: There is a physicist named Dr. James Kakaklios who wrote about the physics of superheroes. He allows them a one-time exemption from the laws of physics. Flash can run super-fast, so going at that speed is his one-time exemption. However, Superman has so many powers that a one-time exception is seemingly impossible. However, I saw Dr. Kakaklios give a lecture about this in person. Afterwards, I talked with him, and he suggested that Superman actually only has one power: He can control inertia. If he has that power, it explains everything. Flying, super-vision, super-speed, super-strength, the ability to carry objects without regard to center of mass or torques that would cause the object to fall apart (lifting a boat, for example) ... So controlling Lois's inertia would allow for her to fly with him. And the moment he loses contact with her, he can no longer control her inertia. The ability to control inertia is actually his super-power. It's his one-time exemption form the laws of nature. In fact, it implies other powers he's never actually attempted. Controlling inertia is a big, big deal.

It's maybe a generational thing for me, but the three superhero movies I grew up with were this, Flash Gordon and Batman 1966. I still love them all but this one I can love unironically. Chris Reeve was just perfect, and I don't think I've ever seen Gene Hackman have so much fun in a movie.

Yeah, Clark grew up on a farm in Smallville. He definitely should be a dork compared the fast pace of Metropolis.

Technically, its one of the most accurate depictions of time travel... it doesn't really matter what direction he flew, he just had to be flying fast enough to go back in time....

I have an exact replica of the green Crystal Kal-El used to make the fortress of Solitude.

Pretty much EVERY sci-fi movie set in space from the 80s runs its opening titles over a starfield - not just Superman and Star Wars!

I only ever watched Christopher Reeve as Superman. I guess that tells you where I stand.

Reeve didn’t get top billing, because he WAS an unknown actor at that point. The studio agreed that the only way to market the film was to prioritize the casting of both Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman who were both HUGE stars at that point.

Anybody can call the Chris Reeve Superman movies camp and cheesy but honestly they're more real than later attempts at the character.

My vote to Christopher Reeve. SO awesome video!

And with that flight speed needed to build enough momentum in order to do that. Used earths gravitational pull to do that. And I always argue that he didn’t reverse earths rotation, it’s just a visual representation of time going backwards, as he’s trying to build enough speed to break the time barrier.

Metropolis. The name of the city Superman protects and becomes a reporter from the Daily Planet is Metropolis. The town he grew up in is Smallville. -OG

Great reaction. Margot Kidder has said that she & Reeve bickered during the making of this film. He was a Juliard trained actor and believed in always staying in character. She wanted him to relax. She said that when Lois was dreaming of Superman she was thinking about 1978 Harrison Ford. Chris Reeve had such a winning smile. I hope that you will do the sequel.

That 1st missile Superman pushed into space was supposed to drift away into deep space, then collide with the Phantom Zone and free the three Kryptonian villains and that would’ve kicked off the sequel. But…

1:55 Christopher Reeve was pretty much unknown before this movie came out. The movie was “sold” to the studio (and the public) based on the names that came before the title: Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman. 2:08 Go watch “Somewhere in Time” and say that again.

1. Lois, "Do you like pink?" Answer: What straight guy and some chicks don't? 2. I worked in a movie theater when this came out and it was a great place to bring your girlfriend. (Especially since mine didn't have to pay for it). 3. Loose lips sink ships😠 4. We lost Ottis/Ned Beaty recently.😇 5. I wasn't the only High School boy to have a crush on Valerie Perrine😍😋 6. The next one is even better but the third one that Richard Pryor (who was in it) said in an interview on Johnny Carson it sucked. 7. The late Robin Williams was one of Reeves' best friend, and was at his bedside when he passed away😇😇

7:30 “Baby blanket into an outfit” 🤣😂 22:30 This ending made this film weak for me even when I was around four years old, _Superman II_ is really the top film from this franchise.

If you think the placement of Christopher Reeve's credit is odd, see _Time Bandits,_ where the actors playing the titular Time Bandits aren't even in the opening credits at all!

I haven't seen if anyone else told you this in the comments here, but when teenage Clark was racing the train, it showed a family of three aboard the locomotive. A Dad, a Mom and a Daughter. The Mom was played by Noel Neil who played Lois Lane on The Adventures of Superman AND the old Superman Serial. The Dad was played by Kirk Alyn who played SUPERMAN in the Superman Serial. The little girl was supposed to be young Lois Lane in this movie. By the way, I enjoy your videos very much, particularly when you watch the original Three Stooges. Don't worry, I snort a little too. Lol

Lol "could you turn back time if you spun the earth backwards?" To be fair. It's never actually been attempted, so.....there's some wiggle room for it to be true👍🤣🤣

I actually just found out the Jeff East the young Clark Kent starred in Pumpkinhead. I've watched Superman like a million times and I've seen Pumpkinhead a bunch of times also and I had no idea that that was the same guy😎

A bit of trivia. In the beginning of the movie, when Clark runs past the train, little girl Lois Lane exclaims to her mother about it. The actress that plays Lois Lane's mom is Noel Neill. Noel Neill played Lois Lane in the old black and white Adventures of Superman series and the old serials. A nod to Superman fans. -OG

I'm with you in that I don't think Superman is about beating up bad guys. I don't wanna see that from him. I want to see him saving people. That's why DC's Superman doesn't do it for me. I like Henry Caville, but when I watched the first Superman movie with him, half of it is just him fighting the three bad guys and totally destroying Metropolis. I love Christopher Reeve and Brandon Routh, and also Dean Cain on Lois and Clark. I love that show.

I bet Otisburg would have been a pretty sweet place to visit!!! #Roadtrip!!!

I took it the turning back time as Sups did time travel instead 🙂

In defense of Henry Cavill's Man of Steel Clark Kent, compared to the Christopher Reeve version, Henry didn't become the Clark with glasses until the last few minutes of the movie. Plus, Lois already knew him FIRST as the Kryptonian before being Clark. It's just a different movie. -OG

Christopher Reeve will always be my Superman.

Can’t wait to see you watch Superman 2.

To explain Superman does not reverse the earths rotation that would kill everyone on earth. Superman mentions he doesn’t know how fast he can fly so when he breaks the rule of interfering with human history he leaves earth then flies ate the speed of light going back in time. The earth going in reverse is a Supermans point of view and he looks down to see when to stop and head back to the moment he left.

This story of Superman story was from the comic books years before the Superman movie.

They don't make movies like this anymore. I saw this film, as a child, years ago on Cable Tv and it blew me away! These FX were new and Incredible at the time. ( Today, most scenes are CGI and green screen.) Actors had to act through scenes, not be CGI 'ed out of them. There was no competition then because no 1 else was doing this. WB was First with Superman and then Batman, 11 years later...

Didja notice: General Zod was Chancellor Valorum in _The Phantom Menace_.

Look, Christopher Reeve set the immortal gold Platinum standard for how Superman should be portrayed. I'm talking he set it to an unparalleled astronomical level. If there is a possible close second it would be Henry Cavill. The others were great but Henry would be the closest. Animated I'm going to go with Tim Daly and Superman the animated series quite possibly 3rd overall

Classic!!!!!!

The Grandpappy of all Modern Superhero movies all the others follow on from here. So far the best portrayal of the Big Blue Boy Scout. At this rate not sure it CAN be surpassed.

My one quibble is that Superman can fly fast enough to circle the Earth in a second but it took him forever to catch that missile. Maybe he was more motivated to go faster to save Lois.

Great Reaction Sweetheart 😊

Superman's excellent! Easily my favorite movie out of them all (excluding animated versions). Happy that you enjoyed the movie! :)

*Humming Superman theme and then Star Wars theme* 😆

Lois Lane in these movies is kind of like that dog you never want to let off its leash, because you just know it'll run right into traffic. Always getting into trouble. I do have a few issues with Christopher Reeve as Clark, but he's the best Superman there's ever been.

Maybe #KayReacts could watch the old Superman show from the 1950's? THAT Lois Lane actress had a cameo in this film (Mom on the train)! There's films worth seeing Reeve in.... like DeathTrap directed by Sydney Lumet Noises Off with Carol Burnett & John Ritter and Duvall's Fairy Tale Theatre - he's Prince Charming, of course. Love to see you react to Short Circuit as well (#5 is alive! -- yuk yuk yuk).

If Superman the Do-Gooder is too cheesy for you, I suggest you watch the movie Brightburn. 'Nuff said.

🥸👍 I also live in California, and I'm a lot older than you. Believe me, the Northridge earthquake of January 17th, 1994 was one terrifying experience that caused LOTS of structural damage all over Los Angeles, particularly the valley. I don't know what part of the state you live in, but the October of 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake reduced a giant chunk of San Francisco to rubble. 😵‍💫 Let's hope we don't have a repeat of either of them...or one that's even worse.

He doesn't "turn the Earth backwards" he goes back in time, and sees the Earth on his journey back. Of course it appears to turn backward. Duh, frames of reference anyone? Beuller? Beuller?

This is one of my favorite superman movies then dean cain then Henry cavil

Thank you Kay for reacting this amazing classic Superman directed by Richard Donner starring Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman and Christopher Reeve. Next time Superman II, III, Supergirl (spin off) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

R.I.P To A Great Actor Christopher Reeve,The Best Superman Ever,In My Opinion

Back in the 70s, I remember hearing the idea that if the world spin backwards the time we go backwards. Never made any sense to me even as a kid. I always wondered why all the other planets would go backward simply because Earth did. But the movie made sense in that context. People thought it.