Superman: Remembering Richard Donner, Creator of Modern Superhero Film
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Richard Donner, who passed at the age of 91. While the late director wasn t the first to put a superhero let alone, the Man of Steel, up on the big screen, the template he left behind in the hero s origin story, the adventure of self-discovery, and sense of wonder still resonates with us today in almost everything we have ever seen in the genre from DC and Marvel.
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Yes, no one will ever take away how perfect the casting Christopher Reeve was as Kal-El, born of parents who had to abandon him as their planet of Krypton was about to be destroyed and sent away to the planet earth to be its champion. It was Donner who not only wanted Superman s tale to be told on earth but also to allow audiences to intimately know the shade of the man he ll become thanks to the guidance of his father Jor-El, played with such humility by