Christopher Reeve's Superman can never be defeated

Christopher Reeve's Superman can never be defeated

Reeve's Superman defined the modern superhero, and filmmakers have been trying to catch up ever since

How Christopher Reeve’s Superman flew — and became the only Man of Steel movie to win an Academy Award

At the very top of his review for Richard Donner's 1978 film adaptation of the iconic American hero Superman, The Hollywood Report critic Ron Pennington addressed the bar set for the film by its own tagline. "First things first: The wires don’t show and the special effects are truly spectacular in Superman, an Alexander and Ilya Salkind production of a Richard Donner film," Pennington wrote. "And the promotional line, 'You’ll believe a man can f…