# Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird. It's a plane! It's..Ted?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-up-in-the-sky-its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-ted/128446>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 14, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-up-in-the-sky-its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-ted/128446 "2002-09-14T19:57:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-up-in-the-sky-its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-ted/128446/1 "2002-09-14T19:57:40Z")

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The Seventh Seal has been broken. According to [Coming Attractions](http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/mainFramed.html), **Keanu Reeves** has been cast to play Superman in the new Superman Movie. Go to the link above, and then to the **Superman Lives/Reborn** section.

What is it about this role and guys named Reeve[s]?

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**Author:** ![Naz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@Naz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Naz)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-up-in-the-sky-its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-ted/128446/2 "2002-09-15T02:25:36Z")

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Great. Wonderful movie to show off Keanu’s “confused tough guy” look. 🙂

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**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-up-in-the-sky-its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-ted/128446/3 "2002-09-15T03:25:10Z")

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Good thing he doesn’t have to face The Riddler.

R: “Stuporman, why did the chicken cross the road?”

S: uh…

- closeup of Keanu scratching his head while Riddler runs away

same scene 10 minutes later \*

S: “I dunno. Hey, where’d he go???”

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-up-in-the-sky-its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-ted/128446/4 "2002-09-15T05:28:18Z")

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Good lord…Even _Timothy Daly_ would have been a better choice. Sean Connery would do better then Keanu. Hell, CHRISTOPHER Reeve would be a better Superman. Today. In his present state.

Ranchoth  
(Who am I kidding? GEORGE Reeves would be better than Keanu in his present state. Just put a wig on him and put some muscle padding in his jumpsuit.)