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Which actor was the best in protraying each superhero?

Posted on 11/12/15 at 6:37 pm
Posted by NeverRains
Texas
Member since Jun 2012
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Posted on 11/12/15 at 6:37 pm
For Superman, your choices are
Henry Cavill
Christopher Reeve
Brandon Routh
Dean Cain
Tom Welling

I'm going to go with Christopher Reeve without a doubt.

For Batman, your choices are
Christian Bale
Michael Keaton
Adam West
George Clooney
Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer if you ask me. Even though that movie was shite, Val Kilmer was pretty badass as Batman

For Spiderman, your choices are
Tobey Maguire
Andrew Garfield

I'm going to go with Tobey Maguire mainly becuase Spiderman 2 is one of the greatest superhero movies ever.

For Hulk, your choices are
Eric Bana
Mark Ruffalo
Edward Norton
Bill Bixby

Mark Ruffalo for me. A very underrated actor.

Let me know if I missed any choices. As for the rest of the superheroes, there hasn't been a variety of actors to play them yet.

Posted by saintsfan92612
Taiwan
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 11/12/15 at 6:40 pm to
Superman-Christopher Reeve

Batman-Michael Keaton

Spiderman-ugh...Andrew Garfield

Hulk-Lou Ferrigno

Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 11/12/15 at 6:41 pm to
I like Bill Bixby's portrayal of Banner.

He brought a lot to that old tv show.
Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
Member since Jan 2010
67023 posts
Posted on 11/12/15 at 6:45 pm to
Batman-Bale then Kilmer
Wayne-Keaton then Kilmer

Affleck might win this one one day though

Superman - Reeve
Kent - cain

Spiderman - Garfield

Hulk - Ruffalo
This post was edited on 11/12/15 at 6:46 pm
Posted by sportsaddit68
Hammond
Member since Sep 2008
5887 posts
Posted on 11/12/15 at 6:56 pm to
Am I the only one who liked Norton as Banner?
Posted by John Keating
College Green, Ireland
Member since Jan 2015
2593 posts
Posted on 11/12/15 at 6:56 pm to
quote:

For Superman, your choices are
Henry Cavill
Christopher Reeve
Brandon Routh
Dean Cain
Tom Welling

Reeve

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For Batman, your choices are
Christian Bale
Michael Keaton
Adam West
George Clooney
Val Kilmer

Bale

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For Spiderman, your choices are
Tobey Maguire
Andrew Garfield

Maguire

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For Hulk, your choices are
Eric Bana
Mark Ruffalo
Edward Norton
Bill Bixby

Ruffalo
Posted by StickD
Houston
Member since Apr 2010
10837 posts
Posted on 11/12/15 at 7:35 pm to
I checked YouTube for my vote for The Hulk, first clip

Bill Bixby

Great show for its day. From what I remember most of the early stuff held up pretty well, then at some point they started getting silly.
Posted by MagillaGuerilla
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Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 11/12/15 at 7:41 pm to
Tim Daly
Kevin Conroy
CD Barnes
Fred Tatasciore


But to play your game:

Reeve
Bale slightly over Keaton
Maguire
Ruffalo, but I did like Norton's a lot
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89734 posts
Posted on 11/12/15 at 8:54 pm to
Reeve

Keaton

I'm abstaining on Spiderman

Hulk is tough, because I like every one of them. Each brought something to the part:

Bana - a certain lost passion that I think is appropriate

Bixby - wit and wisdom

Norton - an intensity that is appropriate - but a little too rational

Ruffalo - that comic book reluctance of Banner to lose himself to the beast - he also has a certain amount of wit and restrained passion

Bana, slightly, because I think the picture suffers so badly from Nolte - and still he shined through - the best Hulk scene (aside from "Puny God.") in any of the movies is Bana describing the rage, the freedom, his heart beating and then him remembering he killed the dogs - that is one of the best scenes from any comic book movie - ever. He gets the Hulk nod from me based primarily on that scene (and him describing how transforming to the Hulk was like being born again.)

This post was edited on 11/12/15 at 8:55 pm
Posted by StrongBackWeakMind
Member since May 2014
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Posted on 11/12/15 at 9:10 pm to
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Posted by kywildcatfanone
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Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 11/12/15 at 9:20 pm to
Lou Ferrigno was hulk
Posted by KingwoodLsuFan
Member since Aug 2008
11447 posts
Posted on 11/12/15 at 9:25 pm to
I'd have to say Kevin Conroy for batman. It just worked so well with Mark Hamills joker.
Posted by Barrister
Member since Jul 2012
4647 posts
Posted on 11/12/15 at 10:18 pm to
For Superman:
Tom Welling

This was the first in what has become the popular "re-telling"/"Re-imagining" of superhero and I thought it was unique.

For Batman:
Kevin Conroy

Sure, maybe the animators helped, but damn if Conroy didn't nail every subtle nuance of what Batman is

For Spiderman, your choices are
Andrew Garfield

Toby M was a better Peter Parker, but Garfield moved more like Spidey and looked more like the lanky hero I grew up reading

For Hulk:
Edward Norton

I hated that he did not stay with the role. Would've loved to have seen his take on the role in The Avengers movies
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
99547 posts
Posted on 11/12/15 at 10:21 pm to
Welling
Bale
McGuire
Ruffalo
Posted by Bham4Tide
In a Van down by the River
Member since Feb 2011
22101 posts
Posted on 11/12/15 at 10:49 pm to
Superman - Reeve, then Welling

Batman - Bale

Spiderman - McGuire, but only because I hated the last two movies

Hulk - Ruffalo I guess but Bixby's version was well done
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69294 posts
Posted on 11/12/15 at 10:57 pm to
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Dean Cain

I liked that show a lot as a kid, I didn't like all of the Superman movies, and I need two see the current Superman in a new movie.

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Michael Keaton

Best Bruce Wayne ever, had the best batmobile, cave, and jet that puts him over the top for me.

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Tobey Maguire

He did a good job, Spiderman is a geek, who gets to act out in a costume and Toby did that.

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Mark Ruffalo

I give him the edge, only because both Hulk movies were so bad.

This post was edited on 11/12/15 at 11:00 pm
Posted by LoveThatMoney
Who knows where?
Member since Jan 2008
12268 posts
Posted on 11/12/15 at 11:19 pm to
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Batman
Bale and it's really not close.

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Superman
no one has played him for shite, but Reeve is the best I suppose if I have to pick.

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Spiderman
Garfield by a country mile despite those movies being bad.

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Hulk
Hulk is unfair for me because I've only ever seen Ruffalo's. The others just looked so bad I never watched and I'm not a kid from the 70s.

Posted by abellsujr
New England
Member since Apr 2014
35613 posts
Posted on 11/13/15 at 12:56 am to
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For Superman, your choices are
Henry Cavill
Christopher Reeve
Brandon Routh
Dean Cain
Tom Welling
Reeve had the best personality as Superman and Kent. None of the others are close, IMO. Cavill has the best Superman look.
quote:

For Batman, your choices are
Christian Bale
Michael Keaton
Adam West
George Clooney
Val Kilmer
For me it's Keaton. Bale was great, but that voice was annoying.
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For Spiderman, your choices are
Tobey Maguire
Andrew Garfield
Garfield was a better Spiderman, but the Maguire movies were better.
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For Hulk, your choices are
Eric Bana
Mark Ruffalo
Edward Norton
Bill Bixby
Ruffalo
Posted by RonBurgundy
Whale's Vagina(San Diego)
Member since Oct 2005
13302 posts
Posted on 11/13/15 at 2:57 am to
1-leave it to the M/TV to start splitting the characters between Costumed and Secret Identities.

2-Kevin Conroy should be an option for Batman and for that matter Tim Daly as Superman

Superman-Reeve-if for nothing more that his take influenced the comics going forward and they were stuck in the Donner version of him for 30 years. I hope Cavill continues to gives a greater version.

Batman-Bale in Batman Begins-not the other two

Spider-Man-Garfield nailed Spidey's wit far more than crying, dancing Tobey.

Hulk
Ruffalo but his lead isn't as big because he's yet to get a full movie.I will say that Banner in the comics is more like Norton.
This post was edited on 11/13/15 at 2:59 am
Posted by AllBamaDoesIsWin
Member since Dec 2011
26725 posts
Posted on 11/13/15 at 3:55 am to
Superman: Christopher Reeve
Clark Kent: tom Welling

Batman: Christian Bale
Bruce Wayne: Christian Bale

Spider-Man: Tobey Maguire
Peter Parker: Andrew Garfield

Hulk: Mark Ruffalo
Bruce Banner: Mark Ruffalo
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