Bob Greenberger

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October 11, 2004

I Believed

I believed.

I think we all believed a man could fly. Christopher Reeve was Superman for a few generations of film fans. These days there are those who grew up on Dean Cain or even Tom Welling but, good as they are, neither brought the humanity to the Man of Steel as Chris did. And to those of us weaned on George Reeves, Chris was superior since the scripts allowed him the range.

The first film remains an almost perfect comic book brought to life, the second one was very entertaining. We’ll skip the other two but note that we mainly went to those to see Reeve in uniform again.

I rooted for him time and again as he fought back from the paralysis. I, like countless others, wanted to see him progress until he could stand on his own. But even though that was a long time off, he never seemed to give up hope for that day to come.

It was a thrill seeing him make that first appearance on Smallville last season. As he began to speak of Krypton and those first notes from John Williams’ score played, I was transported back to 1978 and seeing that frigid world on the big screen. Magic.

And now he’s gone. With luck, his legacy will be to keep funds coming for research and for his example to inspire others who have been robbed of movement.

I’ll miss him.

Posted by Bob Greenberger at October 11, 2004 10:38 AM

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