Originally posted by coolgirl:
Because they looked like that in the comics.
I guess, we all want to stick to the very first image that we came across. I mean, Brandon Routh's good looking too, but somehow it's always Dean Cain whom I recall when I hear the word Superman.
Why? Isn't it obvious, too? The first *Superman* program that I watched as a kid (actually a teenager) was *Lois and Clark*.
I didn't like Reeve's Superman-the movie. Can you believe it? 
I believe it! I saw LnC as a kid and S:TM as a teenager. The movie incarnation just couldn't hold a candle. My jaw dropped at Reeve's portayal of Clark. And the whole thing was so campy! I mean, LnC was campy--especially at the end--but the movie was far worse, in my opinion.
