Christopher Reeve

Mr. Reeve's Desert Island Disc.

One of the few Americans to be invited on the show.

Handsome, good actor and seemed like just a lovely guy. What else can you say?

R2 He always seemed very intelligent and classy, too.

He was great frinds with Robin Williams at Juilliard and afterwards.

He was good in The Bostonians. Him and Vanessa Redgrave had great chemistry.

This is still one of my favorite sketches on SNL

He’s coked out to the gills in OP’s picture.

Regardless, I liked him, and it’s a shame he died in such a freak, yet not too rare of an accident.

Falls from horses are common amongst the horsey set. How you fall and what you fall onto and how you land, is random AF, and coming out of it alive is also quite common, yet still very random.

Still, it’s a shame he lost his life doing something so fun.

Ruined his career by rejecting everything including Pretty Woman. Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth!

I’ll be here all week.

Dull as dishwater. He’s downright awful in Street Smart. Morgan Freeman easily steals the movie.

He would be an acting professor at Hampshire College or somewhere similar if he were still alive and didnt have the accident

Down low as hell, or so the rumor went.

I think he was a good actor. He was in some very good movies: the first Superman, Donner's Superman II, Somewhere in Time, Deathtrap, The Bostonians, Noises Off, and The Remains of the Day.

He held his own with Anthony Hopkins, James Fox, Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp, Christopher Plummer, Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott, and Vanessa Redgrave.

According to friends who knew him at Cornell, he would spend hours admiring himself in the mirror.

Weirdly, OP's post makes him look at a lot like Miles O'Keefe -- same tight lipped, high-cheekboned face.

R13 To be fair, if I looked like Christopher Reeve I would admire myself in the mirror too.

R14 To. be fair, if I looked like Christopher Reeve, I would be admiring myself in the mirror and beating our big beautiful cock until I swore it out.

Christopher Reeve had the power (onscreen, anyway) to convince the audience that yes, he might be incredibly attractive but that was a lot less important to him than you, and that he still had to work for things like a normal human being.

In real life, he may well have been a narcissistic nightmare. So he had that going for him.

I always thought Reeve had graduated from Princeton.

[quote]His big break came

He had bigger.

He looked his best in The Remains of the Day.

Super boring

R16, that was a lovely post. I never thought about it, but you are so right. CR definitely conveyed true humility as both a person and an actor. He did not come across as being self-obsessed in the least. He and his wife had such a tragic ending.

After the first Superman - Christopher Reeve wanted to be known as a "serious" actor, so he turned down so many movie in pursuit of "quality films"

Among the roles he turned down - Body Heat, American Gigolo, The Bounty, Urban Cowboy & Romancing the Stone

After going through a career slump in the 80s, when the 90s came he began to re-establishment himself as good character actor with role in the Remains of the Day and Speechless - then his accident happened.

Let's not. Get a fucking life. Cunt OP. I hate you.

I went with my parents to see Superman in the theater in December 1978. I went to a Variety store perpendicular to the theater ( do eldergays remember variety stores before the CVS was all over the place) and bought a jumbo Nestle's Crunch Bar- if I remember correctly.

We all enjoyed the movie. For my 13 year old self half of the fun of going to a movie was the treat I was consuming while watching the movie.

So. Many. Fucking. Threads.

What is left to say, really?

R25- LOL

R25- You are correct but I'd rather have another thread about Christopher Reeve than the endless threads here on datalounge about that

OVER THE HILL SKANK

MADONNA

R27 The Golden Girls

Fair point r27, though at least those are worth a mean laugh or painful moan. Have at it. Post your hear out.

I think he directed In the Gloaming and I remember being deeply touched by it.

R29- One could say the same thing about the many threads about Lens Dunham- at least we get some laughs out of them.

I saw him in The Fifth of July on Broadway when it first opened..he was a beautiful looking man at the time..

[quote]I always thought Reeve had graduated from Princeton.

You're confusing him with me! An easy mistake.

Reeve, O’Keeffe and Paul Satterfield all have that tight-lipped, high cheekboned, tall, lanky-yet-muscular look. They could have played bros.

R34- He looks like a BLOND Christopher Reeve.

I used to wait on him from time to time at Ernie's on 76th and Broadway. He was always warm, friendly and polite. He was nice to everyone.

Even in her heyday Madonna was irrelevant to me and now she's irrelevant to

EVERYONE

Christopher Reeve went to Princeton Day School. I know this because a friend of mine went there.

R7, coke was a social elite drug at that time

Chris was heroic in his crusade for spinal cord research and ultimately a cure . His tireless efforts has created mass advances in spinal cord healing.

[quote] Down low as hell, or so the rumor went.

Of course there would be rumors to that effect. He was a very handsome actor, and all handsome actors are gay or bi, right? No handsome actor would ever turn down sex with another man, isn't that so? Well, that's the belief some nuts have. There have also been gay rumors about him here, of course there would be. One of the most laughable was that he and Robin Williams were lovers. They were good FRIENDS. There are men who have friendships with other men without any cock sucking involved.

R41= FRAU

Chris and his wife Dana had a true love story . He may have dabbled perhaps, but he loved his wife immensely.

By all accounts, he was a lovely human being.

He was prominently featured in my first wet dream. It was almost 40 years ago, but I remember it vividly.

R42 = MORON

I sat next to him in the theater, Crimes of the Heart, 1983.

What did people think of his post-accident film remake of Rear Window?

BEANIE HARPER !!!

I once knew a gay masseur in NYC who said that Chris was one of his clients, and that happy endings were involved. Of course, he could have been lying, but he seemed credible, and he had no particular reason to make up a lie about that particular gorgeous actor rather than any other.

R7 He loves a long time after the horse accident dumbass. He died of a heart attack later.

R41- Yes I'm sure Christopher Reeve was a pussyhound.

He died from an infected bedsore.

[quote] I once knew a gay masseur in NYC who said that Chris was one of his clients, and that happy endings were involved.

A gay masseur. Such a credible source.

R46- Did he FLIRT with you?

There have been downlow stories about Reeve for years.

There was a scene in Somewhere In Time (1980) when Christopher Reeve is walking around in his apartment in the present. He walked like a fairy.

As usual, being bisexual is never considered. A goodlooking man like Reeve could get it from both sexes very easily.

[quote] There have been downlow stories about Reeve for years.

Probably from gay masseurs.

[quote] He walked like a fairy.

How does a "fairy" walk?

No r58

R59- He walked like a Queen.

He was into Scientology and got out.

The man went up into the Superman?

Chris was also in Monsignor (1982), from the director of Mommie Dearest!

Reeve shoulda played Superman after he had the horse accident or whatever. Funny to see him rolling around the world saving everyone.

Reeves was ugly but his charisma made him handsome. He also looked good from certain angles. Robin Williams was gay . Shocker.

If Chris was ugly, R66, who do you think is/was handsome?

R66 Reeves was ugly. LOL. Schizophrenic cunt. We really care about your psychotic rantings.

I don't think anyone ever played superman so well, the man had something special. I love the scene from the original when he's standing on the building about to catch the burglars. A guy in his office looks up, sees it, superman flutters off, then he says "nah".

[quote]Reeves was ugly but his charisma made him handsome

Who is Reeves? 'Cause Chris wasn't nearly ugly and his last name doesn't end with an S.

29-year-old son, Will, is a correspondent on "Good Morning America." No Personal Info on Wiki. Do we know anything?

R66- Dan Ackroyd is GAY -SHOCKER

Chris was in Switching Channels (1988) with Kathleen Tuner and Burt Reynolds. Bombs away! 🤮💣💥

He was handsome and I think his Superman had more personality than Cavill. Seeing shirtless pics on Datalounge, also showed he could look sexy too. Yum. I've never seen any of his other movies though.

Chris was on Love of Life.

Chris was also on GAY Love ❤️ Of Life

I'm a child of the 70s, and my mother and grandmother used to watch the morning soap Love of Life after the Price is Right (10:30 am in New Orleans back then, since TPIR was only a half hour at the time), and Reeve was a cast member, he was young and tall, handsome and fine, and shirtless a lot, he caught my gay eyeballs even back then, and I was about 8yo. lol I've been crushing on him ever since, and a few years later he's Superman! He looked so good, I've always liked him up to the tragic end. He always seemed very genuine and sincere, down to earth and relatable. He appeared in many of my gay fantasies, dreamy. :-)

OP- In your photo Christopher Reeve has the GAY stare in his eyes.

[quote]A gay masseur. Such a credible source.

I'm sure you think that's a clever remark, but it's quite the opposite. As I said, the masseur in question seemed quite credible. We were talking after our massage session, and I don't remember how it came up, but at some point he told me that Christopher Reeve had been a client. (Chris was still alive at the time but this was some years after his accident.) Seeing as how the masseur could have made up a lie about anyone being a client, but named Chris specifically even though this was after his accident and he was no longer a star, the story seemed credible to me. Of course, I don't know for sure, and it doesn't really matter now, does it?

R79- That word by itself MASSEUR sounds GAY

A male escort outed him on Howard Stern years ago.

Did he shoot big loads?

R67 his face was freakish from most angles. Lots of people are quite ugly but charisma makes them look handsome. Ie mick jagger . Oppositely, Pitt has good face but lack of charisma makes him kind of plain. Chris had a goofy body as well which is prolly why he got injured

If this is a freakish body, I would hate to know what the rest of us should be called.

R84 he looked ok at a few angles

Every time I think of Christopher Reeves it's a reminder to life live today, not wait for tomorrow.

So, everyone's gay and ugly. Got it.

I never thought he was all that attractive. Not ugly, just boring.

R88- He was good looking but never had ANY sex appeal for me.

Mick Jagger is ugly. His charisma and attitude made him attractive but didn't make him beautiful. Rock stars are not known for their beauty like actors and models are. Christopher Reeve was tall, dark and handsome. Very WASPy and an old school GQ model. Maybe some nerdiness. I do not find him bland like Henry Cavill or Matt Bomer who barely emote.

I'm trying very hard to find what is "plain" or "freakish" about him. He looks like a fairy tale prince.

As during the height of Chris Reeve’s popularity I heard almost daily from strangers how much I looked like him, sometimes accompanied by a gasp, I take personal offense to those who say he was ugly.

Who are the idiots who insist on adding an S to the end of this man's last name?

R93, Probably the same idiots who do the same to Sally Field.

No 6'4" male should be riding and jumping horses.

It's too dangerous.

Supreme Court justice for a great-grandfather on one side. And head of Prudential Life for a grandfather on the other. Lineage back to the Mayflower.

It wasn't an act: he reeked of American aristocracy. Maybe that's why I just didn't cotton to him much.

He was a genuinely lovely guy, and looked as good as you think he would. I have this windowcard (poster) signed by him and it was the first he ever signed. I know because he told me so himself.

Relishing

It's a shame it was wasted on noted heterosexualist Michael Caine.

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Calvin Culver/Casey Donovan was also once involved with noted closet queen Dominick Dunne.

Fuck you, R93!

A relative of mine is part of that "horsey" world and has been for decades and she told me that the jump Reeve attempted that paralyzed him was an experimental jump and very dangerous. She said that many professional horse riders/jumpers with years and years of experience wouldn't attempt the jump because it was too risky. According to her, Reeve was not a professional horse jumper and was a big show off. It was an extremely stupid thing for him to do.

[quote] He walked like a Queen.

How does a "Queen" walk?"

[quote] A male escort outed him on Howard Stern years ago.

A male escort on the Howard Stern show! Why everything he said must have been the gospel truth. SNORT.

Wow. Fraus can't handle the fact that the late actor that defined Superman could be bisexual? He was goodlooking guy in the 70s with money and part of the arts scene. Definitely experimented at least.

Christopher Reeve in his primary was stunningly gorgeous. Are you kidding with the ugly comments? Perfection. He was and always will be, the best Superman.

[quote] Definitely experimented at least.

I doubt you were there every time Christopher Reeve had sex with anybody. You simply WISH him to be gay or bi.

[quote] You simply WISH him to be gay or bi.

He came from daytime soaps, so that would be de rigueur.

He was bisexual. As was his roomate/lover Robin Williams.

And they both loved coke.

R107 doesn't it seem like people in general were more sophisticated than they are now in the 70s?

Granted, he would have definitely kept any experimentation top secret then. Especially with Superman role and the AIDs crisis going on.

Christopher Reeves was hot. Blue eyes and black hair. Mmmmmm.

[quote] I doubt you were there every time Christopher Reeve had sex with anybody. You simply WISH him to be gay or bi.

I'm just curious why on a forum of mostly gay men. Who is being offended and so defensive over this dead man's sexuality? You don't see this on the Paul Newman or Marlon Brando threads. And there's been people who said Reeve was bisexual. What benefit could lying provide them? Take your meds.

He couldn't act to save his life.

Since when I have been gay?

I'd put Reeve and Gere in the "Actors Easily Confused with Each Other" thread.

Thank you, Stevie Wonder.

R116 How? I like him.

[quote] A gay masseur. Such a credible source.

Please keep your homophobia and social snobbery to yourself.

[quote] He was bisexual. As was his roomate/lover Robin Williams.

Nope. You're totally full of shit.

Robin Williams was such a raging straight man he fucked and married THE NANNY for christ's sake.

Robin Williams was gay friendly in the extreme and openly so, was he not?

The everyone is gay troll is here. You can't be friends with gay people... unless you're fucking them. Insufferable.

I didn’t recognize Julia Louis Dreyfus in the SNL sketch at R6.

That guy Jonah Falcon hinted on the Howard Stern show many years ago that he had sex with Christopher Reeve. He said it was a very famous actor with the initials C.R. After a Chris Rock joke, Stern and his crew settled on Christopher Reeve and judging by Falcon's discomfort they must have hit the nail on the head.

It’s always better to bet on a horse than ride one!

I just know that Robin Williams was a gay. He was in that movie and wore a dress! Was he not?

I tooooooootalky agree r107. When you think about what it was like in the 70’s on just the drug scene, all kinds of crazy shit went down every single weekend and most late nights too. People *partied*. I think there was a huge cultural explosion after Vietnam, the assassinations, add in the sexual revolution and gay culture and the arts. CR definitely definitely definitely experimented.

Again the term bisexual seems lost on people. Reeve was upper class, lived in a liberal environment, and was involved in the arts and university life which has a lot of gay and bi people which would make him more open-minded than most. Plus all the anecdotes that claim he was involved with men. Obviously getting cast in Superman made him more vigilant about who to sleep with. The press wasn't going to out him based on past stories. Who'd want to out Superman. Reeve likely just settled into a heterosexual life that was expected of him like many bisexual. Datalounge refuses to accept bisexual men exist. They will claim someone can either be gay or straight. Despite the millions of men who sleep with both men and women.

Michael Caine was gay.

He had a pronounced lisp, you'd think it would have been addressed with training at Juilliard. Also, was it true he had alopecia and was propped up with a wig and fake brows, even pre accident. I remember something about his fear of his rug being swept off during one of the Superman sequels.

[quote] Datalounge refuses to accept bisexual men exist.

Actually, Datalounge refuses to believe straight men exist. According to Datalounge every man likes to get his cock sucked by another man now and then.

R134, because supposedly you gays really know how to do it right.

Given there's nothing wrong with being gay and straight people are the majority and hold privileges. I don't see the big deal of speculating sexual orientation especially of people we don't know. He's dead and nobody is harassing him. Also why is it okay to accept that every male celebrity is straight? Bisexual and gay ones exist and we know they are told to keep that part of themselves private. I don't agree with outing people by force but I'm not sure why it's a crime now to assume a famous man is gay or bi. Yes it's wish fulfillment but it's harmless. People like to be offended so easily.

R104, from what Chris said regarding the tragic accident, that it was one of the easiest jumps . Something caused the horse to stop abruptly and Reeve’s hands were wrapped around the saddle reigns and he couldn’t break his fall with arms . His head to the brunt and severed his spinal cord . If his hands were free, he would have had a broken arm or wrist

He was really terrific as Superman, giving a sly comic performance.

R136 99 percent of celebs are gay. That even extends into athletics. The need to compensate is strong. An ordinary black is a nobody but a black celebrity is treated as human. I would even guess that most war heroes are gay. With social media, it's pretty easy to investigate who is gay.

Reminder: there is no such thing as bi. Most gays for various reasons go to great lengths to prove that they can have a fake relationship with opposite sex. That does not make them bi.

I saw "A Matter of Gravity" with Katherine Hepburn and Christopher Reeve at the Colonial Theatre on News Year's Eve, December 31, 1975. It was a thrill to see Hepburn on stage. Reeve played Hepburn's nephew and was unknown at the time. Three years later in 1978, Reeve was a star playing the lead in in the first Superman movie.

How was he on the stage, R141?

And where were your seats?

[quote]He had a pronounced lisp, you'd think it would have been addressed with training at Juilliard.

Maybe they didn't address it because it didn't exist, only in your mind.

R47, it's been a long time, but at the time I thought he was getting good reviews for Rear Window because no one wanted to be a heartless bastard. Unfortunately, the accident had compromised him as an actor in ways other than movement. His voice was very limited in power and expressive range. He got a Golden Globe nomination and won a SAG for that film, but I suspect people were rewarding "courage" and "perseverance."

Remaking one of the really good Hitchcocks is perilous even in the best of circumstances, as we saw with Gus van Sant's Psycho the same year. The recent Rebecca on Netflix was another dud. I know that was more a new adaptation of the novel than a remake of the 1940 film, but it didn't compare.

"ugly body"

How big was his dick? I get average vibes.

He was in a production of The Irregular Verb to Love I saw circa 1973 with Celeste Holm at the Central City Opera House. I don't really remember him.

Hot

Very well-spoken. Celebrities can't sentences together anymore.

*Celebrities can't form sentences anymore

[quote] 99 percent of celebs are gay.

Where did you get that statistic from? I'd like to know.

[quote] 29-year-old son, Will, is a correspondent on "Good Morning America." No Personal Info on Wiki. Do we know anything?

He's seem like a boring average white guy. But, he's better looking than Christopher's other son Matthew.

In R152 's photo, his daughter has his eyes except for the color.

Yess, ALL celebrities are gay. That's why they must be stopped.

I met him a couple of years before he died. He absolutely, positively believed that between cybernetic implants and nerve regeneration, he'd someday regain at least limited upper-body control & the ability to (sort of) walk (even if it required a robot exoskeleton). I was sad that he ended up dying from something stupid like a respiratory infection (which are actually quite life-threatening if your ability to cough, or even fully control your own breathing, is limited).

What befell Christopher Reeve was one of the greatest celebrity tragedies. Here he was, this big, athletic, handsome man, only in his forties, wildly in love with his wife and a new father, and boom, in instant he's rendered completely immobile and disabled. He did the best he could to continue his life but it was heartbreaking what happened to him. In his memoir he describes his recovery and his everyday routine as a quadriplegic; it's difficult to read. And he had to deal with it, day to day. It was amazing he lived on for as long as he did.

Oh dear god. I googled Jonah Falcon. 😳😬😖😳🤭😦

Oops. Link is here.

Who is Jonah Falcon and why should we care?

Apparently Jonah claims the worlds largest penis? See post r127, r159.

Somewhere I have a book that his wife put together of all the letters he got.

Remember letters? Today, he'd get tweets.

What a tragedy. When I was a kid, DC Comics ran a contest; you had to buy like 20 comics or more and clip out coupons and mail them in. TWO lucky kids were chosen as winners and they appeared as extras in Superman.

They were high school boys in the football scene, I think.

I wanted to win that contest so badly.

Decades later, I was all grown up, moved to LA and was an extra in Spider-Man 2 (Tobey).

R156

1. Reeve was gay. 2. He had deformed face and nose. Sure, helooked good from certain angles but he would be considered ugly in real life. He was rich and talented so overall he was attractive.

This tragic talk is making me want to check in the "I think I am dying" thread.

It's that insane R162, R139, R133, R132, R124, R112, R111, etc, etc, etc, troll, AGAIN. What hole did he crawl out of?

^And R156

Anyone who says Reeves was ugly needs to be impaled with 50 trillion razor sharp swords. It truly is an annoying fucking troll.

^Keanu?

[quote] He couldn't act to save his life.

I beg to differ…

Someone asked for proof that he had a big dick. His print always looked pretty impressive in that Superman outfit.

He was good as the pedo kidnapper in the 1991 TV movie “Bump in the Night.” Totally against type and showed that he could be more than Superman. Meredith Baxter-Birney was also good in this.

He played a pedo in a wheelchair. Awesome. All pedos rejoice.

[quote] He played a pedo in a wheelchair

No. Bump in the Night was before his accident.

Thanks for that link, R170. I haven't seen that film since it was first telecast. I remember it was very disturbing. Will definitely watch it again.

Reeve looks good from only certain angles. His nose for example is bizarre.

R170- Meredith Baxter Birney's looks were gone already, even in 1991. She was SO pretty still in 1980.

She was a drunk

R174 Your entire face, a gaping diseased dripping cunt, is bizarre.

His Superman is and always will be iconic. The gold standard. He played Clark Kent impeccably too; he really nailed the bumbling nerd persona that the character projected, with the underlying hero being wise to every situation even as he plays the fool. Masterful acting, and a beautiful man.

I agree that he was likely bi, but not gay.

Pretty sure he was at least bisexual. I also heard back in the day that he was a very nice guy. Extremely handsome but unsexy fellow and I thought a very wooden actor.

R12 Is James Fox in league with those actors?

[quote] Pretty sure he was at least bisexual.

What makes you say that? You take stock in rumors and gossip? That's not very bright, Charlie.

Because in the 1979s in NYC he dated and had sex with a few Ford and Wilhelmina sp? Model I knew at the time.

1970s- typo

[quote] Because in the 1979s in NYC he dated and had sex with a few Ford and Wilhelmina sp? Model I knew at the time.

Why should anyone believe anything you say?

Is Reeve's family seriously on Datalounge? Look, we know he was bisexual. Superman is now bi in the comics. So Chris was ahead of the game.

Even his name was perfect.

Was there an accident or injury which necessitated a nose job for Reeve? Anyone have the skinny on the impossibly skinny bridge? In earlier pics, his nose seems perfectly fine, well suited to his face, and size appropriate.

Chris Had amazing faith in science and it’s now coming to fashion fix others on the cord injuries. There is more hope now than ever

Fruition 🖕🏽

Lots of comic characters are sexually fluid now.

R190 if they only brought prayer back in school damnit!

[quote] Look, we know he was bisexual.

No, you don't. End of story.

The wife comes on here and complains.

[quote] The wife comes on here and complains.

His wife died in 2006, dummy.

Reeve does not look good in candid pics. He's tremendously charismatic so he projects aura of beauty. He hung out with robin Williams because both were freakish looking.

He was a beautiful man. He was bi.

Reeve's wife has little to nothing to do with it. She's dead too and maybe she also was bisexual. Bisexual men and bisexual women are a perfect match. It's the homophobic fraus who are obsessed with Reeve that deny his bisexuality. Just like the fraus who try to say James Dean was straight but being molested made him confused and seek out male lovers as a father. Or the fraus who insist George Michael was really bisexual not just gay. The mental gymnastics are great.

I thought he went to Princeton? Is he from there? There are a million references to him around town.

Fraus can't accept the fact that gay men have no interest in pussy AT ALL. In fact, many of us are repulsed by it.

R198 He didn't attend Princeton but some of his ancestors did.

There's one person who thinks Chris was ugly. And we got him!

[quote] She's dead too and maybe she also was bisexual.

You're crazy. There is no evidence, none at all, that suggests Dana Reeve was bi. There's no evidence Reeve was gay or bi; just gossip and rumors. It's just that there are some people who really, really wish Reeve was gay or bi. But wishing doesn't make it so.

R202 And why do you give a fuck? People can wish whatever they please. You act like it's a personal attack on Reeve that he could've been bisexual. Maybe he was straight but given gay or bi men have claimed to have slept with him, his bisexuality was possible. And you know damn well most people were not openly bisexual back then. The only solid evidence of him being straight is his marriage. But we know plenty of gay and bi men marry women. So stop trying to ruin the party. I think you're the crazy one with your obsession with Reeve being straight.

I had such a secret, pre-teen crush on Reeves when Superman came out. He was the perfect looking W.A.S.P.. It was upsetting when he became incapacitated due to his riding accident.

[quote]I had such a secret, pre-teen crush on Reeves when Superman came out.

Seeing how you had such a strong crush on him, it's weird that you can't get his fucking name right.

To be completely honest, this guy ALWAYS gave me a huge case of the CREEPS. I was a 20-something when he "hit it big", and I could never understand why; to me he always came across as a department store manikin.

Reeve had great taste in porn stars.

Manikin?!?

LOVE him as Superman.

HATE when people butcher his last name by putting an "s" at the end or say George Reeves was his dad - No!

Ha ha!! You got me, R208! Please read as "Mannequin".

With much gratitude for not saying "Oh my!"

What does Chaucer have to tell us about this Reeve?

Was he intact?

Anyone, besides Casey Donovan, get to taste the Reeve Sleeve?

It's the epitome of homophobic to come onto a gay website to repeatedly and stridently argue that a public figure could not possibly have been bisexual.

Just fuck off.

He's got a funny nose job. Was he any relation to George Reeves - the guy who played Superman?

R214: No relation

R213 ITA

Speaking of Superman, can we talk about how luscious Valerie Perrine's tits were?

One of the few women who could turn a gay man straight.

Valerie Perrine turned Bruce Jenner into a woman!

R217: No, not interested in that topic.

[quote] And why do you give a fuck?

Why do YOU give a fuck? You obviously give one.

[quote] So stop trying to ruin the party.

You think desperate attempts to make Christopher Reeve gay or bi is "a party?" Boy, is THAT fucked up.

[quote] I think you're the crazy one with your obsession with Reeve being straight.

I think you and your ilk are the crazy ones with your obsession with Reeve being gay or bi. Batshit cuckoo crazy.

So I got his name wrong, So what? George Reeves, Christopher Reeve. I just know that as a young gayling, I wanted this Superman to grab me and fly me around town. My brother loved his "Star Wars" and I had my secret favorite, "Superman".

Great song, too!

So Christopher Reeves played superman too? Was George Reeve his father?

It's just a coincidence that their names were similar. George Reeves was the television series Superman in the 1950s.

F&F the homophobic troll.

[quote] So I got his name wrong, So what?

Because his name is Reeve, not Reeves, that’s what.

[quote] F&F the homophobic troll.

Who's being "homophobic?" Not believing gossip and rumors doesn't constitute being homophobic, you ass.

Shut the fuck up, homophobe. Your stench is all over what is an otherwise good thread.

What idoes F&F stand for?

[quote] Shut the fuck up, homophobe. Your stench is all over what is an otherwise good thread.

Fuck yourself, retard. Not buying rumors (no real proof) that Christopher Reeve was gay or bi is "homophobic?" God, you're a retard!

George Reeve was maybe gay? He killed himself and the gays are chronically depressed. There are enough Reeve's for everyone to be happy.

R214 Thank you for discreetly mentioning the elephant in the room (his nose). I'd like to hear the story, or any hypothetical speculations. Couldn't find anything after googling In his younger years, his nose is perfectly fine.

R137 didn't realize he had his hands wrapped up like that. No wonder he fell so awkwardly. I grew up around horses and one of the most repeated rules was to never ever wrap reins/ leads around your hands/ wrists. Just being dragged alone is a huge risk. Same with any animal really, that's strong enough to pull/ drag.

Chris's wife Dana, died of lung cancer in 2004 without having been a smoker. She was only 44 yrs. old.

Reeve did not feel that he was right for the other films he was offered and turned down the lead roles in American Gigolo, The World According to Garp, Splash, Fatal Attraction, Romancing the Stone, Lethal Weapon, and Body Heat.

Come on, Chris. You were a bit too picky. Other than Superman, the movie roles you agreed to do never amounted to all that much.

The soundtrack to 'Somewhere in Time' is gorgeous.

R142. Christopher Reeve looked just fine on stage in "A Matter of Gravity." So did Katherine Hepburn. I had great seats.

I also saw Reeve on Broadway in "The Fifth of July." Looked good there too.

I've read enough credible-sounding anecdotes to easily believe that Reeve had sex with men.

[quote] The soundtrack to 'Somewhere in Time' is gorgeous.

That movie, which flopped on its release, became a very popular cult film.

I remember Jackie O being thrown from a horse while riding in NJ not that long before her NHL diagnosis and she was unconscious for about 30 minutes.

[quote]Chris's wife Dana, died of lung cancer in 2004 without having been a smoker. She was only 44 yrs. old.

No, Chris was the one who died in 2004. Dana died in 2006. Her wikipedia article links to an NY Times article that mentions that she used to perform as a singer in smoky bars and hotel lobbies.

R36 I loved Ernie’s!

Poetic irony that Reeve was famous for playing Superman yet ended up looking like Lex Luthor?

[quote] Her wikipedia article links to an NY Times article that mentions that she used to perform as a singer in smoky bars and hotel lobbies.

That's how Christopher Reeve met her. He saw her sing in a cabaret and apparently fell in love with her at first sight. He said:

"She wore an off the shoulder dress and sang "The Music That Makes Me Dance." Oh, my God. Right then I went down, hook, line and sinker. All my friends who were there saw it happen. Afterwards I went backstage. This was difficult, because whenever I'm really attracted to someone , really knocked out, I can be very clumsy. At the time I was a successful film actor and pretty established. You wouldn't think I'd have a problem with a simple conversation with trying to meet a woman, but I could become very awkward. Playing Clark Kent was no stretch for me."

Well, they did meet and date and end up marrying. Reeves was not inclined to be married; he had a long relationship with a woman that had produced two children. But after getting some therapy where he worked though his fears about marriage he decided that "in very short order, I would be a fool to lose this woman, this relationship. So they married and had a son and were very happy during the time they had together.

"So they married and had a son and were very happy during the time they had together."

As long as he could enjoy the occasional cock.

[quote] As long as he could enjoy the occasional cock.

Boy, you sound like a real prick. No wonder nobody wants anything to do with you.

"Him and Vanessa Redgrave"

Oh, dear, R5.

"yet not too rare of an accident"

Oh, dear, R7.

*Reeve was not inclined to be married...

Fixed that for you (not inclined to trust what you say if you can't get his name right).

R197 Elizabeth Taylor is a frau?

Chris Reeves was a gorgeous man. Until he was in a wheelchair. Then it was all over for Reeves.

When he was on Search for Tomorrow, he pinged to outer space and back.

R245, Where there's smoke, there's fire. Chris had way too many confirmed gay encounters for you to still be in denial.

[quote]Reeve did not feel that he was right for the other films he was offered and turned down the lead roles in American Gigolo, The World According to Garp, Splash, Fatal Attraction, Romancing the Stone, Lethal Weapon, and Body Heat.

He doesn't seem like enough of an Everyman for GARP, SPLASH, or some of those other movies, but I could definitely see him in FATAL ATTRACTION. Maybe he turned that one down because it's so dark and creepy, but on the other hand, he did play a child molester in the TV movie BUMP IN THE NIGHT. Prompted by someone's post above, I just re-watched BUMP IN THE NIGHT on YouTube, and though some of the script is lousy and the acting by some of the other people in it is not good, Reeve did a great job, I thought. Very brave of him to take on a role like that.

"Chris Reeves was a gorgeous man. Until he was in a wheelchair. Then it was all over for Reeves."

REEVE, for Christ's sake, R249. Do you also say Sally Fields?

At this point, I think the “Reeves” people are just trolling.

[quote]At this point, I think the “Reeves” people are just trolling.

Yes, some people do things like that because they find it amusing to annoy others. And, unfortunately, it works, so the best thing to do is probably ignore them, though I think it's fine to insult them as childish idiots before doing so.

"Reeves" is a joke, then? Talk about a lame one.

In some cases, I think it's a joke, R256. In other cases, it's just ignorance.

R253 Fields was just ok. Not gorgeous.

This thread is so humorless 🙄. People here bitching on his ugliness, how to spell his last name and how heterosexual he is. Nothing interesting has been revealed.

R259, what are you looking for, exactly?

R242, Chris joked about that too

Dana was a fantastic lady

Reeves was 100% psychotic/psychopathic like most DLers as he considered the GG's to be real and never stopped fucking talking about a horrible unfunny show that ended thirty years ago. Even after Reeves' accident, the only thing that mattered in his life were the GG's.

Clearly, R263 sees psychotic/psychopathic when s/he looks in the mirror.....

Chris Reeves was hot as Superman. He and Kidder were perfect.

[quote] not inclined to trust what you say if you can't get his name right).

A typo has nothing to do with credibility, you silly thing.

[quote] Chris had way too many confirmed gay encounters for you to still be in denial.

How were they confirmed? The only one "confirmed" I know of the is the gay porn star who said he fucked him. And that's not a credible source. At any rate, after a good looking male celebrity dies it's inevitable that were be rumors of homosex. It makes for juicy gossip. But that's all it is, gossip. But there are always people who are willing to believe anything.

[quote] In other cases, it's just ignorance.

I've never seen any ignorance whatsoever demonstrated on DL.

Going be honest, I met him and he didn't ping for me at all and I was a young gay 20 something and paying attention.

No, R269, that's just feverish DL wishful thinking.

R267, it's possible that any or all of those stories about Reeve having gay sex are false, but it's also entirely possible that any or all of them are true. So to discount all of the stories as not credible is as stupid as believing all of them without question. Get it?

No what R270? What are you babbling about?

Reading comprehension too much for you, R272? See what R26i said, stupid, then follow the response. If you need more help, ask.

*See what R269 said

Fixed.

It is easier to name those who lived in the 70s and 80s and never had a same-sex encounter.

I have it on solid authority that Chris, JFK, Jr. & Jon-Erik Hexum enjoyed threesomes together on a regular basis.

R269, Was he already in the chair?

R276, lol.

Nevertheless, I’m pretty sure about Reeves- he and that other 70s heart throb (Richard G.) both dated a number of guys I knew pretty well in the 70s- all these guys were models (and all are deceased) and I assume Chris and Richard met them/knew them in that context. Both these guys are pretty high on my probably bi or gay meter. One or two I know of because I dated them!

R267, There were numerous gay rumors about him long before his accident.

Sure, Jan R278.

Christopher Reeve as Superman and Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman are still the gold standard for live action superheroes. Nobody has ever done it better or looked better than them.

[quote] Reading comprehension too much for you, [R272]? See what R26i said, stupid, then follow the response. If you need more help, ask.

I am R269 and R272, I met him and with zero ping, and R270 is saying it's just feverish DL wishful thinking. I'm saying R270 is full of shit. I wrote the truth.

[quote] Nevertheless, I’m pretty sure about Reeves- he and that other 70s heart throb (Richard G.) both dated a number of guys I knew pretty well in the 70s

You're about as credible as Scotty Bowers and Darwin Porter and Kenneth Anger, Charlie.

"Nevertheless, I’m pretty sure about Reeves- he and that other 70s heart throb (Richard G.) both dated a number of guys I knew pretty well in the 70s"

Oh? George Reeves was bi also?

[quote] Christopher Reeve as Superman and Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman are still the gold standard for live action superheroes. Nobody has ever done it better or looked better than them.

Agree wholeheartedly.

Chris Reeves was the only Superman that mattered.

Fun Fact: George Reeve used to babysit charlie.

R200 ahaha so he was one of those preppy WASP legacies who was too dumb to get in? And had to go to Cornell to boot? Well well well

Just kidding…sort of

If Chris Reeve were alive and well tonight, he'd be riding cock.

Chris Reeves would have died of Covid. George Reeve as well.

[quote] Chris Reeves would have died of Covid. George Reeve as well.

Yet, Martha Reeve survives.

Did too much marching powder account for the nose later on?

Chris was a hero . His book “Still Me” is a must read

[quote]If Chris Reeve were alive and well tonight, he'd be riding cock.

If he'd ridden a cock instead of that horse, he still would be!

[quote] If Chris Reeve were alive and well tonight, he'd be riding cock.

Oh shut up, you stupid twat.

[quote] When he was on Search for Tomorrow, he pinged to outer space and back.

Love of Life, Toots.

And whatever happened to the other woman in his life? Gae Exton or something like that?

R296 I think she pretty much stayed in England.

How ironic her name was Gae.

A definite cookie smeller.

Don'tcha think, R298?

Some people (Mark Harmon is another one) just have bony noses like that. Unless someone has some smoking gun before/after of Reeves it’s always looked the same to me.

I am shocked and appalled that DL would say "Sally Fields". There is only one "Fields", and all of you caftan-raising fat whores know EXACTLY who that is.

R302, F you!

Fields of Gold

Chris Reeves is rolling over in his wheelchair (in his coffin) at the fakeness of the slap.

Who is Chris Reeves? GO AWAY

Love him in Deathtrap

R202- There’s no evidence to suggest that Richard Simmons is GAY either.

If Chris Reeves were alive and could stand up he'd kick youse all in the cuntbone.

The perfect Superman.

Chris never went the "guest star on TV shows" route early in his career. I wonder why not. He was never on Barnaby Jones, Charlie's Angels, Quincy, The Waltons, Family, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, etc.

Christopher Reeves couldn't really act and never appeared in anything memorable except those first generation Superman movies.

R312 Not true. He acted well in Somewhere in Time, The Bostonians, Noises Off, and The Remains of the Day.

None of those shows are known, R313. Or were they made for TV movies?

Chris Reeves looked like a Moore's flyer 2 for 1 suit model.

[quote]None of those shows are known

Bless your heart.

I only ever knew Chris Reeves for Superman. Have no idea what else he starred in after being in the chair. Found it hilarious that he wanted Richard Geres part in Pretty Woman.

Christopher Reeve worshipped cock.

[quoye] Found it hilarious that he wanted Richard Geres part in Pretty Woman.

He didn't "want" it. It was offered to him and he turned it down. He turned down several good roles, not thinking they were right for him.

[quote] Christopher Reeve worshipped cock.

I suppose you think you're being funny. But it just makes you look like a retard.

R319 = Will Reeve

Chris Reeve and Molly Ringwald were offered the leads in Pretty Woman.

R318 Thank god. Would have been ridic to have him in the chair. How would he have gotten up the stairs at the end? Helicopter? Jesus fuck.

He was good in Deathtrap too playing a gay character

R314

Somewhere in Time is a film based on the novel Bid time Return by Richard Matheson. It was directed by Jeannot Szwarc, music by John Barry, and starred Reeve, Jane Seymour, Teresa Wright, and Christopher Plummer.

The Bostonians is a Merchant-Ivory film based on the classic Henry James novel. It stars Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Madeleine Potter, Linda Hunt, Wesley Addy, Nancy Marchand, Wallace Shawn, and Jessica Tandy. It was nominated for two Academy Awards.

Noises Off is a hilarious comedy starring Reeve, Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, John Ritter, Julie Hagerty, Nicolette Sheridan, Marilu Henner, and Denholm Elliott.

The Remains of the Day is a Merchant Ivory film based on Kazuo Ishiguro's Pulitzer Prize winning novel. It starred Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Hugh Grant, Peter Vaughn, Tim Piggot-Smith, Michael Lonsdale, and Reeve. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards.

R310. Reeve was divinely inspired in this interview. He became a Superman who was unable to move , but he had the passion

R18, I would very much enjoy watching you die in a grease fire. And I'd use my cell phone to make a video of your gruesome death, so I could watch it over and over again.

Followed Patti LuPone's class at Juillard. Ran into her at the airport, a flight had been cancelled, and if she didn't get on the one remaining flight, she would miss her Evita audition.

She was being told no at the ticket counter. She ran into Chris, and burst into tears. He pulled some SUPER stings, and got her on the flight.

Save his terrible accident, he remains unknown. I've never heard of any of those movies except Noises Off - which was definitely NOT hilarious or successful, R324.

Remains of The Day is not a Christopher Reeves movie. He had a small part in which he didn't shine.

Did Reeves always play secondary roles in ensemble films? He was cast as a type I imagine. A Moore's 2 for 1 suit sale model, or an almost handsome but somewhat weak man with a bad nose job. A bad beak.

[quote]Save his terrible accident, he remains unknown. I've never heard of any of those movies except Noises Off - which was definitely NOT hilarious or successfull.

Do you realize how unhinged you sound?

Right before "Superman" he had a role in "Gray Lady Down" a submarine picture with Charlton Heston.

I think he really WANTED to be a great actor. He wanted to be seen that way. I'm not sure he ever quite made it though. I mean, he was a movie star and all. He looked like be belonged up there on screen. But he never wowed me in anything.

Maybe he was better on stage. Kate Hupburn must've seen something in him, right? And he made it to John Houseman's prestigious The Acting Company at Juilliard.

Remember that awful Switching Channels with Burt Reynolds, Kathleen Turner, and Chris Reeve? Turner's agent must've really sucked. She was solid A list at the time, and Reeve and Reynolds had both slipped to B list at best. From then on, her career took a steep nosedive.

Correction War of the Rose's was a successful A list project after 1987's Switching Channels. But subsequent that, Turner's career seemed to fall pretty fast.

Fucking up left and right. I was r331 not r330.

Christopher Reeve could never carry a movie on his own.

A true star could.

Christopher Reeve was not a true movie star.

He is more famous for his accident and death.

Only one mean, old and insane poster calls people unhinged, R329. You.

Nothing about my posts or opinion is unhinged. I was born in 1983. Chris Reeves was probably dead before I turned twenty. Noises Off was a terrible bad film with raisins in it. My dude wanted me to see it. We turned it off and fucked. That's the only reason I remember it. All that fake farce and terrible everything behind the scenes mess. WOW bad. You'd have to be unhinged to like it. Was Christopher Reeves even in it? Maybe he was the sandwich. Or the salad. Or the sardines.

When was the last decade R329 had the option to turn it off and fuck? 1974 is my guess.

Does he realize how ancient and gay and white he sounds. All day and everyday? Yikes.

R327 Just shows how super Reeves really is. Chris Reeves is the man.

R328, why don't you tell us what your last name is, so we can keep adding an "s" to it in a desperate, failed attempt to be amusing? Or is it, rather, a very successful attempt to be purposely annoying?

P.S. "Unhinged" is an understatement in your case, fucker.

DL threads about movies and movie actors *always* attract one or two persistent posters who insist that certain actors or movies aren't worth even discussing because they've never heard of them or didn't like them. They create factitious standards and crude dichotomies of "great" versus "unknown," and keep trying to derail any more nuanced or informed conversation. Best to ignore them as the trolls they are.

R328 Noises Off is the weakest movie out of the others. Interesting you have never heard of The Remains of the Day. It is one of the "big three" Merchant Ivory films, like a Room with a View and Howard's End. The book by Kazuo Ishiguro is phenomenal, too. Please give it a watch at least once.

R328 and R331 You are right. The only "Christopher Reeve Movie" is Superman. Was he a great actor? Probably not. Did I enjoy his performances? Yes.

His besting acting is in The Bostonians. Please give it a watch.

R337 Start another hundred Golden Girls threads, ya fucking cunt.

Arguably, Chris Reeve's best acting on film was in the TV movie BUMP IN THE NIGHT, in which he played a very sick child molester. I think someone above provided a YouTube link to the complete movie, but here it is again.

[quote]The only "Christopher Reeve Movie" is Superman.

And this . . .

R341 of course a pedophile would glorify such a sick movie. We need to get pedos off here, bitches. Chris Reeves should not be a glorified pedo!

R339 yes, I like him. I liked the first two Superman movies, and THAT role he fit perfectly.

He's perfectly adequate in Deathtrap, the gay kiss is neat. And in Somewhere in Time he's awfully attractive, and Jane Seymour is beautiful. But yeah he never had a WOW performance.

R343, how are you allowed to access social media from a loony bin? Of course, the TV movie I linked to doesn't "glorify" pedophilia. Quite the opposite -- at the end of the movie (SPOILER ALERT), when Chris Reeve's character is finally caught, he jumps out a window and ends up as a bloody pulp on a sidewalk. Is that something you can relate to?

The troll who calls everybody "ancient white fags" is all over this thread

Who is the ancient white fag? They are all over this site. Too many to count.

R345 Sick pedo. Get off the site. Tries to attack Chris Reeves memory by glorifying pedos. Cunt.

Chris Reeves loved the Golden Girls. He watched 5 hrs a day. Watching the girls was the only thing that gave him joy after his accident.

[quote] Chris Reeves loved the Golden Girls.

I don't think he knew they existed. On the other hand, Liberace and Robert Mapplethorpe DID becomes fans of the Golden Girls after they both were bedridden due to AIDS. It was their favorite tv show.

R350 Duh. Not watching the Golden Girls for 5 hrs a day will guarantee you to catch the aids.

I met Reeve in 1985 at a Sunday matinee of “As Is” at Circle Rep in the Village. Since the mostly subscription audience was older people, he and I were roughly the only younger ones there. I complimented him on his work in “Fifth of July” and the movie, “Somewhere in Time.” He was diffident and friendly. We met again after the play, and went our separate ways. Curiously, I encountered him again in Sheridan Square about an hour later. We joked about “Small world,” etc. as I walked on, I looked back, and saw him looking back at me.

Implications?

Tres Gay Chicken hawk who when warned he was too visibly entering into pedo territory fled into lavender marriage land.

Worship him if you like Brain injury doesn't erase one's past.

[quote] Curiously, I encountered him again in Sheridan Square about an hour later. We joked about “Small world,” etc. as I walked on, I looked back, and saw him looking back at me.

Maybe Chris though you were stalking him :)

[quote] Worship him if you like Brain injury doesn't erase one's past.

Oh shut up, you raving asshole. Why should anybody believe anything a nasty fuck like you has to say?

I wonder what Chris Reeves, in his wheelchair in hell, would think of Annie Hecho and her crazy stunt?

I'm stoned so I apologize if someone has already mentioned it upthread, but his son Will Reeve is on ABC News and he's hot.

Mediocre actor, marginal talent, not really that good looking. Highly romanticized career and legacy wise due to his accident and death. If he didnt have the accident and were still alive, he would be irrelevant.

He wouldn't have completely irrelevant. He's still the first feature length Superman and defined the character for decades including the comics, TV shows and movies. Maybe his career would have dried up but he would have been highly regarded as the OG along with Steve Reeves just like Adam West and Michael Keaton are for Batman.

[quote] Mediocre actor, marginal talent, not really that good looking

You sound really, really jealous. And blind.

[quote]Christopher Reeve as Superman and Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman are still the gold standard for live action superheroes. Nobody has ever done it better or looked better than them.

They both really were. He was tall and classsically handsome; she was tall, but had great curves - and that face was (and still is) beautiful.

Cavill is boring and charisma-free. Unpopular opinion but I really thought Brandon Routh was good as the younger version of Reeve's portrayal.

R91- More like a FAIRY tale princESS

R363 is a lisping queen, with a limp wrist, and gay face from space. Sure, Jan. A young Chris Reeves was sexier than most men of the 1970's.

R364- He had NO sex appeal just like Matt Bomer.

I've always loathed Bomer. He is a horrible actor with the emotional range of a robot. He thinks not blinking and holding your eyes wide open is acting. So fuck that, cunt. Bomer is nothing like Chris Reeves.

Christopher Reeve and Lynda Carter both looked exactly like Superman and Wonder Woman should look, it was like they jumped right out of the comic books. And aside from their looks, what was so appealing about both of them was that they played their respective characters as regular people who just happened to have superhuman abilities.

Great observation. In contrast, Hack Snyder portrayed every character, even the fucking 70 year old janitor, as a fucking GOD. Hack has said that he always thought of each "superhero" as a GOD. And that is exactly why all his fucking movies suck. You cannot draw every useless/worthless fucking turd as a GOD.

[quote]Only one mean, old and insane poster calls people unhinged, R329. You.

[quote]Nothing about my posts or opinion is unhinged. I was born in 1983. Chris Reeves was probably dead before I turned twenty. Noises Off was a terrible bad film with raisins in it. My dude wanted me to see it. We turned it off and fucked. That's the only reason I remember it. All that fake farce and terrible everything behind the scenes mess. WOW bad. You'd have to be unhinged to like it. Was Christopher Reeves even in it? Maybe he was the sandwich. Or the salad. Or the sardines.

[quote]When was the last decade R329 had the option to turn it off and fuck? 1974 is my guess.

[quote]Does he realize how ancient and gay and white he sounds. All day and everyday? Yikes.

You sound absolutely nothing like and actual Black American. You have been outed as a white Canuck who's VERY middle-aged.

Any American could look at your posts and see that you do not have a trace of Black American vernacular.

You fucking dumbass Canuck.

Chris Reeves, who is spending eternity sucking cocks in hell in his wheelchair, would be ecstatic to know we is all talking about him in 2022.

Not every black person types with vernacular. Speaking and typing are two different things. And on a forum that has a lot of white people, a black user would likely avoid vernacular to be better understood. But that said there is a lot of LARPers on here who play pretend as gay, women or minorities

He was an aristocrat. I really want his autobiography now.