Uneducated Ramblings
Christopher Reeve, a part of the S is gone
random quote
“…[americans] are quite possibly the dumbest people
on the planet…”
~michael moore 2004
last night i had a crazy weird dream involving harrison ford, christopher walken, and i think ben affleck. it ended up that harrison ford and walken were the same guy in that weird “he was this and then that” dream sorta way and ben affleck disappeared by the end of the dream even though he was like helping me hide from the other two. and then it turns out that walken/ford was my father, and we were like hired to eliminate each other. harrison ford-”dad” and I made amends and saw the errors of our ways, then our father-son relationship was strengthened, just like in the movies!
but now getting to my reason for writing something: i woke up and i find out christopher reeve died yesterday. that’sa total bummer. friggin superman is dead. not in some glorious ordeal,trying to save a runaway train, stopping a plane from crashing, or trying to deliver food to starving ethiopians. instead, mr. reeve dies of a simple, ordinary heartattack.
for those of you who might not know, i have always loved superman. i never follow the comics, but i always loved looking at the artwork, colors and smile every time i see the big red S. when i was a little kid, George Reeves was Superman to me. and when i got older and realized that he was already dead, Christopher Reeve was a perfect and appropriate replacement as the iconic Superman in my kid-mind. Even after his paralysis, Reeve still remained, to me, THE Superman for all time….
that’s why it’s a bummer to know that he’s now dead. i guessin the back of my mind i always thought “well, he’s a celebrity, he’s got money, and he’ll live a long time, and more than likely, he’ll even walk again and make a cameo in the new superman movies. death is not a respecter of persons; it comes to all, poor, rich, sick and healthy. the eternal equalizer, even to Kryptonians.
now that he’s gone, i suppose that when i see the “S” it will be hard for me not to smile and remember the Man of Steel, Christopher Reeve.
(or the whole stem cell research thing and south park’s take on it — either way, at least i’ll be smiling :P)
Here’s to the “S”, in memory of the man who made it real to me.
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