A spirit like that of Christopher Reeve will never die. It will remain legendary to me forever. He is an undying inspiration to me, and he was a true-to-life Superman. Rest in peace, Mr. Reeve. I will always look to you to remember that any dream is possible, and to never lose hope.
This always makes me cry, I can't help it!!! This is Superman getting out of that chair like I always hoped he would!!!!! The day that Christopher died....Superman too died! This is beautiful and I wish that he had the time to see it come to fruition....God rest your soul Superman Chris...you'll always be my hero!!!
this always wierded me out, the idea of a guy stuck in a wheelchair being digitally composited onto somebody else and then thrust foreward as an "I'M FIXED".
yeah,beautiful thoughts and wonderful possibilities. but we arent there yet.
not even close. and lastly BOTH A.I.D.S. and Reeve's Injury happen most of the time by the choice of the individual to engage in UNSAFE activities.
look up how many people of nobility were KILLED by their horses.
The most depressing thing about this video is that we aren't even scratching the surface of the amazing things we THOUGHT we would be accomplishing at this time.
if there was anybody that would walk again after what he went through...it was superman...its a shame something like a bed sore is what did him in.....
To be honest, can't say I liked this commerical. Nothing against stem-cell research this commerical just kinda creeped me out. Good wishful thinking but showing him walking....
ironic that this commercial is from 2000, the year when Bush banned federal funding of stem cell research (stem cell research, of course, being the greatest hope for spinal cord research).
How terribly tragic these wonderful things are yet to occur. I am only 22, but I fear that we won't see such achievements in my lifetime, with humanity being so focused on war, greed and destruction.
Man, he was tall during Superman. Tom Welling, Brandon Routh , and Christopher Reeve were all around the same time height. Although I heard out of all of them, Chris Reeve was the tallest.
And you want to know something that I notice every now and then when I look at Tom Welling and Brandon Routh, Sometimes their features resemble Chris Reeve. I saw at many times on the Superman movie. Brandon Routh would do a look or 2 just like Reeve. He even sounded like him sometimes. Did you experience any of that too?
Tom Welling does resemble Christopher at times. I get chills when I see it. I then look at my sis and ask her didnt he just like Christopher right their. She would say "Wow yeah thats scary"!Im A big fan of Christopher and superman! Im just glad they casted Tom Welling. I think somebody saw the looks he does and immediately took that into consideration!
I know! I was so blown away by his looks and his smile even the way he looked in the suite and glasses along with the red and blue suite, I was so dumb strucked. I wish they did another Superman film with him only make up for that previous mess. Sorry SR didn't do justice for me.
Listen up anti-chris reeve, I know this is a free country and you all have a right to say whatever you want but how about showing some respect here! I and other Chris supporters are here to honor a man we consider a great activists. Something Bush and Channey will never become, those close minded biggots.
Hey, you didn't have to know the man to shed a tear for him. He used his body as a guinea pig for spinal chord injury research. The most you can do is show some respect.
Actually, based on a behind the scenes featurate that I saw in the making of this commercial. That image of the Christopher Reeves walking was in fact a mix of cgi with a body stand in. Good effects
It would probably take decades for a stem cell-based cure for spinal cord injuries. I read the other day that the spinal cord in injured mice were re-activated using nanotechnology. Protein cells were injected in the spines of the mice soon after injury. The mice could soon move the paralysed limbs. It wasn't a cure, but a huge improvement over paralysis. The research was done at Northwestern University. Human trials start in two years, after the protein's toxicity is tested.
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How sad to see this years after Reeve has passed away. What a wonderful thought, but like Barbaro, did anyone believe it could really come to fruition?
There is always hope, maybe not now but like he said; 'so many amazing things can happen in the world' the question is are you doing your part in helping to find the cure for all those disease that you listed?
Back in 2000 it was nice to think the "world" cared about finding a cure for AIDS and Cancer as well as giving spinal chord injuries a second chance, in reality the "world" actually only cares about the price of oil and has demonstrated over the last few years what it is actually prepared to do to protect that oil. Things will get a lot worse before they get better.
Gday Old mate, dont get me wrong, but you and I (I am in Australia) are part of the world that loves oil. My government - that I pay a lot of tax to - is spending a lot of time supporting the US, againts my wishes, and your govt provides tax havens for some of the US and UK companies that are currently supporting and profiting from the war. If you live in Ireland or Australia , whether you like it or not, you are part of the "world" at war.
I remember seeing this somewhere else and thinking, wow wouldnt that be great! How sad to see that the Reeves family lost both Christopher and Dana is such a short time to two horrible deaths.
wow, 2007 now and no cure for cancer...no cure for aids...christopher reeves is dead. Looks like that investment firm doesn't have the best info on future trends, huh?
You might not believe me but there is a cure for cancer, its a type of surgery thing, the ppl who discovered it just doesnt want to release the cure to the public because some companies who sell "cures" for cancer might sue them and theyed be owned...but well w.e a friend told me that >_>
If Bush killed Reeve, that's just another reason for me to love the man. Chris was an egomaniac. He was a great Superman, the best actually, but Chris the man was a jerkoff.
Christopher Reeves, The superman, what ever happened to him, is he going to make another movie cause I would love to see him in smallville again, he's awesome, i feel bad cause he's Wife passed away shame,I always thought he would go first.hahA i'm just kidding i know he's dead RIP CR you'll always be the true superman in my eyes.
I loved Chris Reeve! i never saw this commerical but i heard about it! it is a shame that it never became a reality but i know that he is in heaven walking and smiling with his beloved dana!
its not bringing back to life *sigh*...and I doubt you even know about stem cell research. Btw, adult stem cell research is completely ethical, in fact the church doesn't have complaints...its embryonic stem cell reasearch that is a problem.
That was extremely beautiful.So much so that i wish he was alive.He was the best Superman and will always be.Tall(6'4'') dark and handsome its a damn waste to see him get destroyed by a horse riding accident.Christopher Reeve,Once a Superman, always a Superman.
That is because it was a computer version of him...his head was weirdly small when he was in the wheelchair..and they used that image to make this commercial.
Beautiful, and tragic. I'd have loved to see him walk again. He made such herculean progress before his death. The message of the commercial was clear and inspiring, even if it was for a corporate purpose. A shame it was pulled because some idiots misunderstood it and complained. Reeve was and should remain an inspiration for us to do the best we can for others.
No, Bush didn't kill CR; he denied him hope of a cure. But Bush has killed 50-100,000 Iraqi and Afghani civilians.
So you don't like criticism of POTUS. It was one thing that made the US great. We needn't leave: Bush and his Congress have made it unrecognizable. This country has secret prisons, makes people disappear, tortures, and arrests those who question the government's policies. No. This is no longer America. One would have to move from this country to live in a democracy.
Maybe he weighed the risks and decided that this would give his cause a visible platform for discussion. Remember, too, that his medical care was EXTREMELY expensive and that personal dignity might have played a role in his accepting the ad. He wanted to be a man and not have to depend on his friends, like Robin Williams, for his well-being. Sold out? I disagree.
I don't cry, but this one made the waterworks go into overdrive. It is tragic that he didn't live long enough to see it happen.
Would stem cell research have allowed this to come to fruition? Inconclusive. The research currently does not stand up to scrutiny that spinal cord cells can be regenerated from stem cells. So, no Mr. Bush is not directly to blame, but not completely exonerated either.
this made me cry when I first saw it that year. I have seen it again before now. Even still, i get teary eyed watching it. Oh what could have been if only they would make stem cell research legal in the US. Damn Bush... I know if he was paralyzed we would be the first one for it.
I agree. It was the mans right to walk again! And because of this Cowboy president, chewing his tobacco, scratching his balls and thinking about ways to scare his own people as well as others to gain money a wonderful, bright, caring man like Christopher Reeve was forced to sit in a chair, breathing through a vent. It makes me sick, and it´s not the America I was born and raised in and that I love.
In a long way bush killed reeve, if he has´t stopped the stem cell research, maybe chris and other people whit spinal cord injury should walking back in 2002. And Don´t care about my user name, I´m only a big fan.
Man, this made me cry. It was a shame the way Chris got injured. I wish he was still here and able to do what he does in this video. He always and forever will be the one true Superman!!
im starting to cry now... im a huge fan of christopher reeve. I grew up with his movie. And i once dreamt of becoming a superman when i was a child because of him. thanks for this clip. God bless.
Fighting back my tears and my anger towards the religous, conservatives, Bush supporters for voting out stem cell research. I hate Bush, oh I hate him. I hate anyone who stopped the stem cell research.
I wrote the music for this commercial and was working on it long before the effects were complete so Mr. Reeves head was floating around the screen a quite a bit before they locked it in to place. I remember it really creeping me out , but I'm very proud to have been a part of it. Many people were confused by it and thought it was real. They pulled it immediatly. It only ran for a day or two. Oh well. It's a living!
Kinda fucked up if you ask me, even at the time it aired.
supermariosunshine64 3 weeks ago
am i the only one who finds this really creepy and offensive?
alittlemikeful 3 months ago
too bad it didnt happen
expostfactum 3 months ago
we need, as humans, to come back from the brink or else nothing great will ever happen.
pierrepaul591 5 months ago
All the great things we could have accomplished....then we elected Bush and Obama and they sucked all the greatness out of the country
jm04206 5 months ago
I'm gonna cry I'm gonna cry I'm gonna - *sobs*
progressiverocklover 6 months ago
man i started crying really wish this happened but no one change the past i grew up with that guy as superman and i will never forget him
terraX5013 8 months ago
i really had wished he would of been able to walk again. but now he's walking in heaven with his wife by his side.
ladybuggirl1982 9 months ago 2
got this on tape when I taped the Super Bowl back then. It was only aired maybe once or twice and then never again.
uzimodem 9 months ago
A spirit like that of Christopher Reeve will never die. It will remain legendary to me forever. He is an undying inspiration to me, and he was a true-to-life Superman. Rest in peace, Mr. Reeve. I will always look to you to remember that any dream is possible, and to never lose hope.
NickMichalak 9 months ago 5
This always makes me cry, I can't help it!!! This is Superman getting out of that chair like I always hoped he would!!!!! The day that Christopher died....Superman too died! This is beautiful and I wish that he had the time to see it come to fruition....God rest your soul Superman Chris...you'll always be my hero!!!
travo1979 9 months ago 3
this always wierded me out, the idea of a guy stuck in a wheelchair being digitally composited onto somebody else and then thrust foreward as an "I'M FIXED".
yeah,beautiful thoughts and wonderful possibilities. but we arent there yet.
not even close. and lastly BOTH A.I.D.S. and Reeve's Injury happen most of the time by the choice of the individual to engage in UNSAFE activities.
look up how many people of nobility were KILLED by their horses.
I'm giving an different viewpoint that's all..
80spodcastchannel 11 months ago
11 years later... nothings changed
conwayandwhitmanman 1 year ago
@conwayandwhitmanman 11 years later people are for some reason fascinated with 8 people from New jersey
Youngwrit3r 11 months ago
this was so wrong when they did this!
weaponx22001 1 year ago
The most depressing thing about this video is that we aren't even scratching the surface of the amazing things we THOUGHT we would be accomplishing at this time.
snootch2nootch 1 year ago 3
oh thats soooo sad now :(
chikachika6 1 year ago
Woooooow!!! The Superman.
Maularcon 1 year ago
"In the future, Christopher Reeve will rise from the dead, a stiff, rigor mortis-stricken zombie."
omegakhs 1 year ago
i thought he was paralyzed from neck down!
66UchihaSasuke 1 year ago
The best superman.....so far ;)
thierry14istheman 1 year ago
awww :(
*tear*
love you Christopher Reeve, rest in peace
toothpastebubble 1 year ago
Nope, it's 2010 and all we have is Twilight and Lady Gaga. The future blows!!!
dsimpsons1 1 year ago 14
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lololololol
lesrambles1 1 year ago
fuckin cry everytime i see this!
NukePaperScissors 1 year ago
tearscome everytime I watch this, it was his dream to walk again. it makes me sad that he never got that dream
gizmo4569 1 year ago 2
When i saw this on tv i just about crapped myself.
Wesleech 1 year ago
aww its so sad he past away.
txbell69 1 year ago
Ironically, the only year that was mentioned in this commercial was the year Mr. Reeves died.
Scoonertuna 1 year ago
Who the fuck would dislike this?
Jeter16t 1 year ago 2
Christopher Reeve is a Legend, and pray he's in a better place now.
SoljahP 1 year ago
this is hilarious. like a shitty hollywood movie.
lesrambles1 1 year ago
I wished so hard that this might have been real :( RIP C.R. The one and only Superman -3
Liebling05 1 year ago
if that would have happened, it would have been so damn cool.
djxmemory2 1 year ago
when I watched for the first time I thought it was real :')
gotikaster 1 year ago
r.i.p my hero.when i saw this commercial agian in 2004 i cryed like a baby
robcheskord 1 year ago 3
@Codinia: "Bedsore"!?!? It was cardiac arrest due to an allergic reaction to meds he was taking...
DeepSouthWrestling1 1 year ago
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No, it was kryptonite.
lesrambles1 1 year ago
@lesrambles1 : I stand corrected...
DeepSouthWrestling1 1 year ago
if there was anybody that would walk again after what he went through...it was superman...its a shame something like a bed sore is what did him in.....
Codinia 1 year ago
To be honest, can't say I liked this commerical. Nothing against stem-cell research this commerical just kinda creeped me out. Good wishful thinking but showing him walking....
ElvenArcherMS 1 year ago
I love that ad. I remember the first time I watched it. I was so young I sadly thought it was true.
blakevjones 1 year ago
This video brings tears to my eyes. How beautiful
progressiverocklover 1 year ago
Oh man I was about to cry. Oh how much I wished that day had come, when the broken Man of Steel was once again unbreakable. God Bless you Chris.
airbeyonder18 1 year ago
Although I get the message here, this feels somewhat patronizing to me. May Reeve R.I.P. though
kingmarck1 1 year ago
R.I.P. dis man is inspiring 2 everyone n everyone better respect him
dachamp171 2 years ago
ironic that this commercial is from 2000, the year when Bush banned federal funding of stem cell research (stem cell research, of course, being the greatest hope for spinal cord research).
ScientiaVeritasEtLux 2 years ago
Amen! I don't believe he gives a rat's pussy about the wheelchaired citizens of America. I will never forget or forgive him for that.
orlandobabe 2 years ago
How terribly tragic these wonderful things are yet to occur. I am only 22, but I fear that we won't see such achievements in my lifetime, with humanity being so focused on war, greed and destruction.
novamist 2 years ago
Someday this WILL happen for spinal chord injured people. We have to make it happen.
8mycrab 2 years ago 3
That's amazingly sad and joyous at the same time.
HulkamaniacBrandon 2 years ago 3
Man, he was tall during Superman. Tom Welling, Brandon Routh , and Christopher Reeve were all around the same time height. Although I heard out of all of them, Chris Reeve was the tallest.
superhulk808 2 years ago
And you want to know something that I notice every now and then when I look at Tom Welling and Brandon Routh, Sometimes their features resemble Chris Reeve. I saw at many times on the Superman movie. Brandon Routh would do a look or 2 just like Reeve. He even sounded like him sometimes. Did you experience any of that too?
Darkcharmcupid 2 years ago
I always felt that Tom Welling was the closest in looks and character to Reeves.
Brandon Routh suck the joy and life out of superman
rackerslacker 2 years ago
Tom Welling does resemble Christopher at times. I get chills when I see it. I then look at my sis and ask her didnt he just like Christopher right their. She would say "Wow yeah thats scary"!Im A big fan of Christopher and superman! Im just glad they casted Tom Welling. I think somebody saw the looks he does and immediately took that into consideration!
Darkcharmcupid 2 years ago
Why can't he be cast in the next movie, its not like he's a big film star that he should be. Routh just doesn't have it.
rackerslacker 2 years ago
I think it was the script for SUPERMAN RETURNS that kinda did in Routh.
I thought Routh was solid, but there wasn't anything for him on script.
Oh, I remember this aired...wow.
nightwing01 2 years ago
when brandon routh was in the clarke kent role in "returns" with the glasses nd stuff, he definitely looked like chris reeve
jobling08 2 years ago
Yeah you are so dam right lol! It freaked me out at times. He also talked like him at times. That shit gave me chills lol!
Darkcharmcupid 2 years ago
I know! I was so blown away by his looks and his smile even the way he looked in the suite and glasses along with the red and blue suite, I was so dumb strucked. I wish they did another Superman film with him only make up for that previous mess. Sorry SR didn't do justice for me.
orlandobabe 1 year ago
Christopher was also more muscular and had a wider chest and shoulders.
Voltron1980s 2 years ago
Oh, if only that were true! :(
novamist 3 years ago 23
@novamist i feel the same. it would be so sublime and moving to watch something like this on TV for real :(
SpiderFan23 1 year ago
yepp he was a great artist..
albastar21 4 years ago
The sad thing is before he died he had some movement in his fingers and had some feeling in his body.
Merlyn1978 4 years ago 3
Listen up anti-chris reeve, I know this is a free country and you all have a right to say whatever you want but how about showing some respect here! I and other Chris supporters are here to honor a man we consider a great activists. Something Bush and Channey will never become, those close minded biggots.
orlandobabe 4 years ago 3
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shut up!!! John Kerry and Edwards promised that people like Reeves would walk again if you voted for them. Ha Ha Ha. Dummies.
p0479 4 years ago
I cry every time I see this. Christopher Reeve was a great man. Thank you very much for this video.
SmallvilleSW 4 years ago
Hey, you didn't have to know the man to shed a tear for him. He used his body as a guinea pig for spinal chord injury research. The most you can do is show some respect.
TJSerabian 4 years ago 4
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What's the opposite of Christopher Reeves?
Christopher Walken
Hoverwheels 4 years ago
was that actually him?
dirsta7 4 years ago
Actually, based on a behind the scenes featurate that I saw in the making of this commercial. That image of the Christopher Reeves walking was in fact a mix of cgi with a body stand in. Good effects
threevfv 4 years ago
don't be a dick
Nosferatu13 4 years ago 3
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in your dreams chris reeve, boo hoo
QuiffRocker 4 years ago
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his head looks too small for his body
thetaybackshow 4 years ago
I don't care if it's just great video editing, i get a tear every time i watch this
BlondeItalian 4 years ago 29
Same here. RIP Chris.
Ninpowfan 4 years ago
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Stop crying Oprah Tears, you don't even know him.
Hoverwheels 4 years ago
@BlondeItalian Me too!
PrincessLily8402 1 year ago
@BlondeItalian Me too! And I still do whenever I see this.
orlandobabe 1 year ago
If only this ad represented reality! Very effective - if only Chris had lived to see his dreams come true.
novamist 4 years ago 5
It would probably take decades for a stem cell-based cure for spinal cord injuries. I read the other day that the spinal cord in injured mice were re-activated using nanotechnology. Protein cells were injected in the spines of the mice soon after injury. The mice could soon move the paralysed limbs. It wasn't a cure, but a huge improvement over paralysis. The research was done at Northwestern University. Human trials start in two years, after the protein's toxicity is tested.
searcherboy 4 years ago
That gave me chills it was so good
54mor1544c 4 years ago
god bless superman...
fpaki07 4 years ago 4
Long Live The Man They Called "Superman"..Wouldn't it be great if this really would have happen...Rest In Peace Christopher Reeve
PeRuVnDraGoN 4 years ago 3
how did they make this comercial?
soninas 4 years ago
With some chicken wire and a dildo, like McGyver and shit.
7t2z28 4 years ago
It was made in 2000 using computer graphic imagery CGI.
richytube 4 years ago
Thank you all neuroscientists and researchers whp help humanity.
lin2k4 4 years ago
Long live the memory of Christopher Reeves
andyglive 4 years ago
Gutting. If only he lived to walk again.
SeanMaccaUK 5 years ago
thankyou Christopher Reeve
104ever 5 years ago
YES WE MUST RE-ANIMATE REEVE's Corpse!
uhhh12345 5 years ago
YES WE MUST RE-ANIMATE REEVE's Corpse!
uhhh12345 5 years ago
this was a great commercial...its sad that the real superman is gone...
fierceeg6 5 years ago
aw that is so sad. i wish he didnt die
wesisemo1234 5 years ago 2
This saddens me...
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alby2133 5 years ago
Too bad he is dead now. :(
ToivoLappi 5 years ago
what a powerful message that sends to the way we think
mdb25 5 years ago
oh please!
mjm2366 5 years ago
sadly,he never saw his dream to walk again,but one day many ppl who can't walk will.
onigirl900 5 years ago
isnt th@ superman? wat hapnd 2 him?
maxikin 5 years ago
he fell of a horse...became parilized..and died
UKnoULuVmE3543 5 years ago
painfull to watch. Long live Reeve
Num1Pacesetter 5 years ago
wow....
wow...
when was this made?
wow...
lmn604 5 years ago
holy geez thats sad.
youre my hero chris. :)
sbloram 5 years ago
How sad to see this years after Reeve has passed away. What a wonderful thought, but like Barbaro, did anyone believe it could really come to fruition?
azindn 5 years ago
wow, they called that one
sarcasm89 5 years ago
That made me cry. I miss Christopher Reeve, he was a classy guy.
wazzuppeeps96 5 years ago
There is always hope, maybe not now but like he said; 'so many amazing things can happen in the world' the question is are you doing your part in helping to find the cure for all those disease that you listed?
orlandobabe 5 years ago
Back in 2000 it was nice to think the "world" cared about finding a cure for AIDS and Cancer as well as giving spinal chord injuries a second chance, in reality the "world" actually only cares about the price of oil and has demonstrated over the last few years what it is actually prepared to do to protect that oil. Things will get a lot worse before they get better.
Duodenumfilms 5 years ago
Nice attitude. Things surely won't get better as long as people like you keep thinking that.
wltdnfaded 5 years ago
thats not "the world" thats america. Which as you may not know, is ONE of the few hundred countries in the world.
daflood 5 years ago
Gday Old mate, dont get me wrong, but you and I (I am in Australia) are part of the world that loves oil. My government - that I pay a lot of tax to - is spending a lot of time supporting the US, againts my wishes, and your govt provides tax havens for some of the US and UK companies that are currently supporting and profiting from the war. If you live in Ireland or Australia , whether you like it or not, you are part of the "world" at war.
Duodenumfilms 5 years ago
Heroes fly-over scene alert!
Godknown 5 years ago
This still gives me chills. RIP Chris.
gmurray122 5 years ago
That was fantastic. He made me "beleive a man could fly".
supermansw78 5 years ago
Wow. Absolutely the best minute of video I have ever seen in my life.
olives747 5 years ago
I remember seeing this somewhere else and thinking, wow wouldnt that be great! How sad to see that the Reeves family lost both Christopher and Dana is such a short time to two horrible deaths.
JoshFi 5 years ago
We could have made progress in all those areas if we weren't busy funding a pointless killfest. Sad.
origamichan 5 years ago
wow, 2007 now and no cure for cancer...no cure for aids...christopher reeves is dead. Looks like that investment firm doesn't have the best info on future trends, huh?
damnameisinuse 5 years ago
You might not believe me but there is a cure for cancer, its a type of surgery thing, the ppl who discovered it just doesnt want to release the cure to the public because some companies who sell "cures" for cancer might sue them and theyed be owned...but well w.e a friend told me that >_>
smartsnail 5 years ago
sorry but i have to tell you.. thats total bullshit
sk8apunk911 5 years ago
uh...just a thought smartsnail...is being an idiot like being high all the time?
tuxedosponge 5 years ago
One of the few commercials that are actually touching. Great stuff.
dirk0389 5 years ago
what a wonderful commercial!
zinnycat1597 5 years ago
dont fix the retards enhance the normals
NejiHyuuga1337 5 years ago
tu veux pas te faire arranger hahaha
worf24 5 years ago
RIP SUPERMAN
LTDANMAN44 5 years ago
that man at the end had a black baby
destrykraigg 5 years ago
I guess it trying to point out that he adopted the black kid and hat he made a different to improve the world
budd 5 years ago
that kid is not black. He's the same white kid running around in the beginning of the commercial.
planoesc 5 years ago
That made me tear up.
georgiaboy01 5 years ago
Long Live Super Man.
torkhum 5 years ago
Oh man... that's so beautiful. Didn't think I would tear up like I did.
SheenaMJ 5 years ago
Tear-jerking and touching.
Cboss7786 5 years ago
Phenominal! I recall years ago because of this commercial, the phones were ringing off the hook! wow!
Brinah 5 years ago
LOL Bush killed Reeve...LMAO @ liberals. Stupid fuckers.
garfield1994 5 years ago
If Bush killed Reeve, that's just another reason for me to love the man. Chris was an egomaniac. He was a great Superman, the best actually, but Chris the man was a jerkoff.
garfield1994 5 years ago
Christopher Reeves, The superman, what ever happened to him, is he going to make another movie cause I would love to see him in smallville again, he's awesome, i feel bad cause he's Wife passed away shame,I always thought he would go first.hahA i'm just kidding i know he's dead RIP CR you'll always be the true superman in my eyes.
escodl 5 years ago
...uhh *silence*
no, he won't be making another movie :(
humancow2392 5 years ago
wtf is the matter with you its no laughing matter
spidrpnk 5 years ago
beautiful...
rethink8800 5 years ago
miss him bad.
lordvader79 5 years ago
Christopher Reeve your a legend
81man530 5 years ago
I loved Chris Reeve! i never saw this commerical but i heard about it! it is a shame that it never became a reality but i know that he is in heaven walking and smiling with his beloved dana!
avp60685 5 years ago
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What is this?
Some scientific stem cell crap?
Bringing people back to life?
These scientists are foolish for trying to play God.
SheSheNee7 5 years ago
its not bringing back to life *sigh*...and I doubt you even know about stem cell research. Btw, adult stem cell research is completely ethical, in fact the church doesn't have complaints...its embryonic stem cell reasearch that is a problem.
SubmissiveDeen 5 years ago
Congratualtions, you're a fucking idiot.
StellasAntics 5 years ago
SheSheNee, you're a fucking idiot.
StellasAntics 5 years ago
That was extremely beautiful.So much so that i wish he was alive.He was the best Superman and will always be.Tall(6'4'') dark and handsome its a damn waste to see him get destroyed by a horse riding accident.Christopher Reeve,Once a Superman, always a Superman.
DesmondVincent 5 years ago 2
His head looked weirdly small in that.
Sorry I don't have anything more philosophical to say.
bondfool 5 years ago
That is because it was a computer version of him...his head was weirdly small when he was in the wheelchair..and they used that image to make this commercial.
AnnTVerRT 5 years ago
Beautiful, and tragic. I'd have loved to see him walk again. He made such herculean progress before his death. The message of the commercial was clear and inspiring, even if it was for a corporate purpose. A shame it was pulled because some idiots misunderstood it and complained. Reeve was and should remain an inspiration for us to do the best we can for others.
phidippides26 5 years ago
god shut up liberals, Bush didn't kill Reeve. Reeve was killed by an accident that paralyzed him, Bush didn't cause the accident. Go move to France.
sah0620 5 years ago
No, Bush didn't kill CR; he denied him hope of a cure. But Bush has killed 50-100,000 Iraqi and Afghani civilians.
So you don't like criticism of POTUS. It was one thing that made the US great. We needn't leave: Bush and his Congress have made it unrecognizable. This country has secret prisons, makes people disappear, tortures, and arrests those who question the government's policies. No. This is no longer America. One would have to move from this country to live in a democracy.
phidippides26 5 years ago
good message
KalAl82 5 years ago
Maybe he weighed the risks and decided that this would give his cause a visible platform for discussion. Remember, too, that his medical care was EXTREMELY expensive and that personal dignity might have played a role in his accepting the ad. He wanted to be a man and not have to depend on his friends, like Robin Williams, for his well-being. Sold out? I disagree.
SumoDave 5 years ago
I don't cry, but this one made the waterworks go into overdrive. It is tragic that he didn't live long enough to see it happen.
Would stem cell research have allowed this to come to fruition? Inconclusive. The research currently does not stand up to scrutiny that spinal cord cells can be regenerated from stem cells. So, no Mr. Bush is not directly to blame, but not completely exonerated either.
SumoDave 5 years ago
Bush is a commie! He can also kiss my ass!
tomarkenfan 5 years ago
this made me cry when I first saw it that year. I have seen it again before now. Even still, i get teary eyed watching it. Oh what could have been if only they would make stem cell research legal in the US. Damn Bush... I know if he was paralyzed we would be the first one for it.
chickenfarmer82 5 years ago
That was SO Beautiful- shame it didn't actually happen, yet lets hope eventually that can change for the majority.
Lyntwad 5 years ago
Just PERFECT! :'(
Czaarchimia 5 years ago
Legend29! Don't lose this commerical, it is a message that must be pass on.
orlandobabe 5 years ago
I am of course terribly drunk and on several perscription medications as I am writing, so I can not be held responsible for anything in the above.
olddoctor 5 years ago
I agree. It was the mans right to walk again! And because of this Cowboy president, chewing his tobacco, scratching his balls and thinking about ways to scare his own people as well as others to gain money a wonderful, bright, caring man like Christopher Reeve was forced to sit in a chair, breathing through a vent. It makes me sick, and it´s not the America I was born and raised in and that I love.
olddoctor 5 years ago
In a long way bush killed reeve, if he has´t stopped the stem cell research, maybe chris and other people whit spinal cord injury should walking back in 2002. And Don´t care about my user name, I´m only a big fan.
chrisreeve 5 years ago
Amen to that first thing that you said about Bush killing Chris. I have said that since Chris died.
orlandobabe 5 years ago
Man, this made me cry. It was a shame the way Chris got injured. I wish he was still here and able to do what he does in this video. He always and forever will be the one true Superman!!
jus2nazty 5 years ago
im starting to cry now... im a huge fan of christopher reeve. I grew up with his movie. And i once dreamt of becoming a superman when i was a child because of him. thanks for this clip. God bless.
jowaan 5 years ago
I know how you feel, I am a writer and I was working on a story in the hopes that it would become a film and he would star in it maybe with me.
orlandobabe 5 years ago
Fighting back my tears and my anger towards the religous, conservatives, Bush supporters for voting out stem cell research. I hate Bush, oh I hate him. I hate anyone who stopped the stem cell research.
orlandobabe 5 years ago
I can't agree more orlandobabe. I wonder how Bush would feel if something as tragic as this happened to himself or someone in his family?
jus2nazty 5 years ago
Wow that was really good, mann thats a real good tear sheadder
MeyKhuangPien 5 years ago
the asian guy who starts clapping is my dad!! thanks for putting this up!
tangypeppermint 5 years ago
its very very very sad that we'll never see this happen in real life.
funkeemunky 5 years ago
I wrote the music for this commercial and was working on it long before the effects were complete so Mr. Reeves head was floating around the screen a quite a bit before they locked it in to place. I remember it really creeping me out , but I'm very proud to have been a part of it. Many people were confused by it and thought it was real. They pulled it immediatly. It only ran for a day or two. Oh well. It's a living!
sleece6 5 years ago
I agree. I wish this could've become a reality.
legend29 5 years ago
One of the most amazing/inspirational things that I have ever seen!
Lifeis 5 years ago