Superman and More Foes

By Gail Nobles

10/29/2006

In movies, it seems as if Superman does not have very many exciting foes as a comic book character. It certainly would make the movies more exciting. All of the Superman movies beginning with Christopher Reeve seem to focus on Lex Luthor. He’s a mad man and one of the greatest scientists. Lex is Superman’s biggest foe. “Superman Returns” was a disappointment to some people. Well, I think that they did a good job getting a Christopher Reeve look-a-like. It made me feel like I was watching him again on the big movie screen. It made me feel like Christopher Reeve never left. I like that. The movie was not so bad. I just wish that they would have made a new bad guy for the movie.

Kryptonite Man would have been an interesting bad guy for Superman. You can find information on him at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptoniteman. To tell you the truth, I don’t really know much about the foes of Superman in comic books. When I was growing up, all I knew was Lex Luthor. He was in all of the movies. I didn’t read many of Superman’s comic books.

I remember the “Adventures of Superman” starring George Reeves. It was the old black and white episodes that use to come on TV. They had a lot of ideas and episodes, but the bad guys were ordinary men. Well, each episode kept my attention and had me wondering what was going to happen next. Each episode was different and there was always a different bad guy and story. I love the old writers and film makers. I love their style. But film makers can do more now with computers today. If the old film makers had what film makers have today, the old films would have really been great. Will there be another new Superman movie? There should be another one. There is more in Superman’s life than Lex Luthor. I want to see new enemies and more exciting adventures. (Adventures of Superman) “Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman!”