Brandon Routh

[twodollars]

q99 said:

I'm not sure if it's his face or his makeup, but he looks like he escaped from the plastic looking family in the old Duracell commercial.

That's it exactly. It was almost bizarre watching him play Superman on-screen. His face was so perfect that he didn't look human. It kinda freaked me out.

I am hoping he does well though, as he from Iowa near where my relatives live. Iowa had a Superman premiere there for him as well.

[lallybroch]

ABC Daytime hasn't had its act together in years but BR's Star Jones moment was not his finest hour:

On Thursday I was released/fired/terminated (whatever you wanna call it) and replaced. There will be a new Seth Anderson.

I am not truly saddened by this turn of events ... in fact I am quite relieved. I have gained much and will now move on. I am saddened however by the lack of respect and humanity expressed by those in control of the show. Instead of being open and honest with me they were conniving and malicious. They actually had me come in to work Thursday, for four hours ... then called me up to tell me they were releasing me! I do not stand for such treatment and this is one reason I am happy that I am no longer in league with people who can't give me respect. They would rather hide than be confronted with the actions they take. Know this everyone, if you can't deal with the consequences of your actions ... seriously rethink your action ... because you may get far in this world ... but this world is not the world that matters.

That said, I will leave God to judge those who have wronged me. And I do forgive them, in hopes that someday they will understand what they have done.

I guess he is having the last laugh after all, which I never would have guessed back then. I didn't like Superman Returns, but Brandon really wasn't the problem. It's hard to showcase your talent when most of your lines are variations of, "Is everyone okay?" The character was sort of blank, which I guess goes with the territory. It's been a while since I've seen the earlier movies, but I remember Clark/Superman having more personality before.

[petals]

I don't think he's plastic looking at all. Handsome with some interesting details.

I watched him on the Tonight Show last night. I'd heard he was stupid, so I was prepared for him to come off really dumb. But he didn't. I just think he was nervous, and spoke very carefully. Maybe some people take his pauses as stupidity, but I'd rather hear silence than "Umm" every couple of seconds.

GNC, you did hear the rumor that they had to digitally un-enhance his package, right?

[laconicchick]

GNC, you did hear the rumor that they had to digitally un-enhance his package, right?

I haven't heard that rumour, but I am just as interested as GNC is sure to be! Hee hee.

I didn't like him in photos or the trailers, and I truly thought his acting was going to be terrible, but he is much, much prettier onscreen and can actually act, I think. And soooo pretty. Mmmm num num num.

[memememe76]

When I see him in photos, I think there's something "off" about him. But boy, he is made for the moving camera.

[laconicchick]

Yeah, I think I know what you mean, meme (can I call you meme? ). He is soooo much prettier onscreen than in photos. And his Superman is just so earnest and heartbreakingly in love with Lois! Aw.

[Spinderella]

I just have to say that he did an excellent job in Superman. It was creepy at times to hear his voice and how similar it was to Chris Reeve's. Creep-y. Even in some scenes, his facial expressions and mannerisms were like his as well.

I think they did an excellent job in casting and he was easy on the eyes, too.

[lexylou]

Anybody else think he looks like Tom Cruise?

[Hamatron]

For some reason to me he looks like Jason Schwartzman if he ever decided to get plastic surgery to look "movie star" hot.

[laurel]

I think he's unattractive. Every poster I see it looks like he has brown eyes. I thought the Superman character had blue eyes?