Talk:Christopher Reeve

Please delete South Park commentary

Why is South Park mentioned? It should not be on the Christopher Reeve bio page!

I agree that the South Park mention is inappropriate and has no place on his entry. He had no involvement with the episode, and as a parody is merely slander. Premium310 (talk) 01:03, 13

It's a noteworthy thing. That's why it's mentioned. If every liberal criticism of Rumsfeld is treated as the most important thing and every Repulbican has 70% of his content on wht Koskids crae about, then I'm going to put South Park in Reeve's page. And in the episode he sucked fetuses brains out. Bad, bad person.

February 2008 (UTC)premium310 2/12/08

        ==South Park parody==

Christopher Reeve is parodied in the South Park episode crazy crips (add link). The episode portrays and implicitly mocks his slow manner of speech after the accident (or perhaps it mocks people's knee-jerk adulation after the accident). Also the episode shows Reeve doing outrageous things like sucking stem cells from fetuses and walking around, and battling versus Gene Hackman as if the Superman plots were real.

---Marma —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.54.91.53 (talk) 22:28, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Reeve was not a politician, he was an actor. By this rationale, then every celebrity page deserves its little article about how South Park made fun of them. And why would anyone do that except to promote South Park? Ridiculous. Neurolanis (talk) 21:37, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Ahem, please stop with the name-calling. Reeve was a great actor and needs a better entry. If I remember correctly, Reeve said a single word in a single episode. Put it on the South Park page, not here.Jarhed (talk) 08:24, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Julliard

"Reeve worked out the schedules of Love of Life and the play so that he would be able to do both." While I'm aware that Reeve played Ben Harper on the Love of Life daytime TV show in the 1970's, this has not been introduced in any way; it just turns up in the quoted sentence. Perhaps a line or two about when and how he got the job with maybe a few interesting details about his participation in a soap opera mght be worthwhile. Dick Kimball (talk) 18:14, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

That's funny I just just noticed this and came here to point it out: I'd change it if I knew when Reeve joined the series. Format (talk) 08:11, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Filmography Split

I am in support of this split. The Reeve page is already very long, and his filmography is VERY long also. A split would be appreciated. Limetolime 01:30, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Scientologist?

He was actually quite hostile towards Scientology, claiming to once have been subjected to an E-meter test and thinking is was a sham. I'm removing this article from that category. Willpower 20:43, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

He wasn't really hostile towards it. In Nothing Is Impossible he talked about trying Scientology out just for kicks, and then using his acting skills to have fun with the psychological analysis. He pretty much just said that it's not for everyone. 70.132.14.230 22:36, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Please thoroughly document any mention of Scientology in this article. Scientology is controversial and should not be mentioned unless documentation thoroughly supports it.Jarhed (talk) 08:31, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

In Nothing Is Impossible, Mr. Reeve said that whilst he was originally intrigued with Scientology, he quickly became disillusioned with it. He also noted that many people have been helped by Scientology, and emphasised that he had nothing against it.Mk5384 (talk) 05:27, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
His brief encounter with Scientology is documented in his own book. The fact that Scientology is controversial is no reason to exclude it.Mk5384 (talk) 05:34, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

South Park episode

The South Park parody should be mentioned. I'm going to be bold and add it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TCO (talk • contribs) 18:06, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Ethnicity?

Nowhere in this article is there any reference to his ethnic backround. It simply states that he is American. Do we have any varified data for his ancestry?--Damir H. (talk) 06:24, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Accident details

Some more descriptive, medical, scientific basis for the injuries he sustained in the accident would be beneficial for this article. It currently states briefly in the first section that he had an equestrian accident and details in the 'Recovery' section that he 'destroyed' his first and second vertebrae, but some more background info on the particulars may be helpful and informative. It could also be construed as salacious and unnecessary by some, but I figured it was worth bringing up as a topic for discussion. Any thoughts? Evixir (talk) 20:48, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

This is a bio, not a medical article. Please link to other articles appropriately.Jarhed (talk) 08:32, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Main Photo

I don't think that the main photo (to the top right) exactly captures Reeve the way he would have wanted to be remembered. Usually celebrities are remembered with a picture that captures them in the peak of their success and health, and I think that Mr. Reeve deserves no less. Neurolanis (talk) 21:32, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Totally agreed --Mark1512 (talk) 17:43, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

If you have a better image then add it. In my opinion, the best image would be of him in one of his broadway appearances. I could care less what he "deserves". This is a bio not a hagiography.Jarhed (talk) 08:43, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

The main photo should be the one that best captures Mr.Reeve for informative purposes. He was as well known as being a quadrapalegic as he was for playing Superman. Furthermore, Mr. Reeve went to great lengths to assert that there is no shame in disability. A photo of him at his most helpless would do nothing to stultify him.Mk5384 (talk) 05:32, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Marital status

See John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as an example of how to display marriage information. JFK's spouse is listed as Jackie. As she was his wife at time of death. Jackie O's information then lists the years of marriage to both JFK and Ari Onasssis. -- TRTX ^{T / C}

super

foi super no filme e na tragedia, infelismente acontece coisas ruins com quem não merece

Hi, please speak English on the English Wiki.Jarhed (talk) 08:28, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Tribute

Brandon Routh played the title role in Superman Returns released in 2006.The handsome actor is simple, humble fellow who paid a rich tribute to the late Christopher Reeve, the very successful Superman in four films.

An entire section devoted to a one sentence opinion? The sentence which has very little to do with christoper reeve —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bharryb (talk • contribs) 21:49, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Spouse(s)

How could Dana Reeve have be his spouse from 1992–2006, her death, if Christopher Reeve died in 2004? 84.135.92.231 (talk) 20:56, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Cause of death (again)

You people are an irresponsible bunch. Christopher Reeve died of heart failure. He never had a heart attack. Get your facts straight and correct such mistakes when needed. 74.35.241.214 (talk) 22:50, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

At the risk of causing anger, one point of view is that Chris Reeve died of egotistic thrill seeking. From the time he could shave, he seemed bent upon proving hypermasculinity, to himself or others? Across decades he seemed to taunt injury and fate, although being the father of several children. He took paralysis as a "personal assault" for which he had no responsibility, and up with which he would not put. He soon behaved -see 1996 political party conventions -as if there was some vacant role for National Disability Super-Spokesperson and he was best qualified for the role, bar none. Able bodied persons do not realize how much Chris Reeve came to be disliked or even loathed by a significant percent of PWDs in both the USA and Canada. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.128.142.167 (talk) 00:51, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Whatever the merits of the above, this talk page is for suggesting improvements to the article, not for personal opinions, grand standing, or pissing contests.THD3 (talk) 12:38, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Heads up. Because English has been my mother tongue for 6.5 decades, I am as able as any critic here to separate fact from opinion in the main article. There is a fair amount of it, all meritorious, consequently "I accuse". It is negative opinion that is not acceptable and subject to name calling. I am happy to suggest improvement of the article by opining that Halo Effect is a disservice to the Future. When Chris Reeve gave a short speech to the =disability community= in Toronto, hardly any disabled person showed up to hear him. The crowd was composed of press and ABPs. As a lettered Rehabilitation Counselor I have known spokespersons for the disABLED. Although well intended, Chris Reeve was no Eunice Kennedy Shriver. And to misquote John Paul Jones: "I have not yet begun to piss." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.128.142.167 (talk) 01:06, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

ICU Psycosis

The change from "ICU Psycosis" to "delerium" was a good faith attempt at improving the clarity of this article. However, ICU Psycosis is a specific form of delerium, unique to the situation in which Mr. Reeve found himself at the time.Mk5384 (talk) 21:10, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

The page that "ICU Psychosis" links to says this: "The highest prevalence of delirium (often 50% to 75% of patients) is generally seen in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit or ICU (which used to be referred to by the misnomer ICU Psychosis, a term largely abandoned now for the more widely accepted and scientifically supported term delirium)." So there's that. 76.119.176.226 (talk) 07:02, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

mention on dates section

I don't think the date of Christopher Reeve falling off a horse deserves a mention in the dates section on the front page. It's best left as just mentioning dates of kings taking the throne, wars starting / ending and that sort of thing. Civilians falling off horses just doesn't rate, even if they die from the fall.Owen214 (talk) 11:42, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Superman Box?

Should their be a Superman box at the bottom of the page? I was just wondering if you guys think that Reeve's involvement with the films warrants a link box. Is there perhaps a more specific "Superman in other media" box instead of just a Superman box we should use? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.146.62.126 (talk) 17:35, 26 July 2010 (UTC)