Didn't they use this section of track in the first Superman movie with Christopher Reeve?

it's probably worth noting that 'broken back' isn't a medical diagnosis. There are a whole range of injuries that could potentially fall into that category with damage to the spinal coord being the most serious. A fractured vertebra/pedicle or a popped disc can have complications including sciatica and variable paralysis of a nerve root which may fully resolve with time and or surgery.

In this case, you can see in the preview she is sitting on the side of the pool with her spine taking the whole weight of her torso/head - so i'm not sure what the 'reduces forces on her bones' means.
While this type of exercise offers fantastic rehabilitation I wouldn't want people to think that you could dump Christopher reeves in there and cure his ailments!

Funny video, but jeez, so many butt-hurt fanboys over this movie. I thought Man of Steel was awesome. Had a few problems, but overall a great super hero movie.

"So, if you loved the Christopher Reeve era superhero movie..."
I'm gonna stop you right there, this ISN'T the Richard Donner movie and it's not intending to be. Get over the past.

I thought that was Christopher Reeves!

Jackie Cooper = Perry White from the Christopher Reeve Superman movies.

Yes, let's hope he recovers quickly. ..more like Mike Tyson's "broken back" than Christopher Reeve's.

Every time someone attempts a backflip (or horse videos) I think of Christopher Reeve and cringe.

>> ^shuac:

I miss Chris Farley.


I miss Christopher Reeves.

>> ^GenjiKilpatrick:

quick! what's the opposite of christopher reeves?!


http://lineout.thestranger.com/files/2007/10/christopher_walken.jpg

quick! what's the opposite of christopher reeves?!

After Christopher Reeve passed away, 'Aint It Cool News' posted a story (I don't know who the actual author is, sorry), and it really touched me, especially this part:

'At the age of seven years old, I wrote three heroes of mine for their autograph. The only one that responded was Christopher Reeve. 8 months after I mailed it, in an envelope one day came a small 3x5 photograph of Superman autographed “To Harry, Christopher Reeve”.

As an Eagle Scout that believes in Truth, Justice and the American Way… that believed when that man flew, that a man could fly… every issue of Action, Adventure, World’s Finest, Superboy, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Superman… in every word bubble that came out of a Curt Swan's Supes' head, I heard Christopher Reeve. I don’t believe any actor will ever completely own a role so perfectly as Chris owns SUPERMAN. '

God bless his soul! He was such a great man, inside and out!

>> ^spaceman:

Reeve's had a joke that went completely beyond everyones head, that was, "I have x-ray vision, not x-rated vision." or perhaps it was just not very funny.


I noticed that, too. I can't imagine Carson not catching the joke, so maybe he just didn't think it was funny. I thought it was clever.

Haha! Upvote for: "He looked just like Christopher Reeve minus the wheelchair... or casket, whatever"

What always bugged me about this scene is Superman's super passive-agression. As if Superman's gonna trip over a pink polar bear rug and drop his glasses in the fire. Obviously he meant to do that. Surprised he didn't pull the ol' "Super-dick in the popcorn" trick.

This was funny, BTW. Now that I've grown up I can see how haggard Margot Kidder was next to Christopher Reeve. I like the way she plays the character, but by the time this movie came around she was no longer as hot as Lois Lane needs to be.

Let's not slam people with certain conditions who take it up as their cause. These people (Lance Armstrong, Christopher Reeves...) know intimately how it can affect a person's life. They meet hundreds or thousands of people suffering from similar conditions, and they know, intimately, how treatment or a cure would change these people's lives. They also often do lots and lots of research into treatments and possible cures for their own sake. When they come across one which only requires some funding, or a change in policy, they realize how much of an impact they as celebrities can have. They feel incredibly privileged to be in a position to be able to do something for all those people they know who are suffering and they step up as, hopefully, any of us would.

The cause chooses them, not the other way around.