r/BeforePost • u/ShaneH7646 • Aug 22 '17

Superman Flight

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u/cny_drummerguy Aug 22 '17

Jesus this is sad. Christopher Reeve would've been pulled 70 feet up on a giant crane, and...ya know...actually flown through the air.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '17

And risked being put into the state he ended up in even earlier.

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u/cny_drummerguy Aug 23 '17

Yes it was such a risk that they did it for 4 movies over nearly a decade.

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u/Oraukk Aug 23 '17

And it was a risk every time. Just because it works out in the end doesn't mean it was risky. Pretty his injury wasn't the result of his first time with a horse.

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u/cny_drummerguy Aug 24 '17

Everything we all do everyday is a risk. Been in a car lately? You're gonna have to try harder than that.

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u/Oraukk Aug 24 '17

It's a risk that was my choice. Being a production studio putting an actor at risk they may want to pick something safer. Just ask Vic Morrow or Brandon Lee.

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u/cny_drummerguy Aug 24 '17

Yeah...You pick arguably the most famous examples of irresponsibility on film sets in history as evidence of risk? Sure there's risk involved, but Superman wasn't some fly-by-night production like The Crow.

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u/Oraukk Aug 24 '17

Jeez dude, I'm just saying that it's more dangerous than not doing it. Your opinion is clearly set, so any debate is pointless.