So you’re probably wondering, why start off the blog with Part II of the adaptation analysis, and then go back to the beginning?

It’s simple, really… I found WordPress. For some reason as I launched my blog on Google Blogger, it didn’t give me the proper access to photos and media that I needed to make the blog visual like I needed to. WordPress does. So just bear with me as I bring the blog up to speed here. It’s good that I didn’t get very far before I made the switch. Porting and updating three blogs is one thing. Porting dozens of them would be a lot more chaotic. So thank you for your patience, fellow readers!

Welcome to Superman: The Blog! This is your introduction to all things related to the Christopher Reeve “Superman” movies.

A little background information: I’m Bill Williams, and I’ve been a Superman fan for many years, beginning with the comics, the “Super Friends” animated series, and reruns of the George Reeves “Adventures of Superman” series through the 1970’s. But it was with the release of “Superman: The Movie” in December 1978 that really began my lifelong love for the character and the iconic portrayal by Christopher Reeve that would span four films over the next nine years.

During that time I began to read and study various aspects of the “Superman” films, particularly the varying styles and differences in the filmmaking process of “Superman II” under Richard Donner in 1977 and Richard Lester in 1979-80, as well as the mystery of what happened to “Superman IV” and the unfortunate butchering of the film from its original 134-minute cut to the final 89-minute theatrical cut (or 92 minutes, depending on where you live).

With the advent of the Internet in the 1990’s, I began to search various websites which led me to Superman Cinema, Superman Web Central, and message boards. In the process this led me to meeting numerous fans from around the world and a number of great friendships both online and in person which continue to this day. I have also continued to contribute to CapedWonder.com, hosted by Jim Bowers, with numerous articles and commentaries as well.

I love to write. I’ve continually written since I was 14, with one of the first things being my own crude adaptation of “Superman: The Movie”, as there was no such adaptation at the time. This has led to a love of writing for school newspapers in high school and college, poetry, script submissions, online articles for different websites, and several independent books I have self-published through Amazon since 2015, including “The Miracle Year, Books 1 and 2”, “Lest We Forget: My Dad, the 379th, and the Story of the 102nd Infantry”, “Sweeter the Second Time”, and “Deconstructing Mama”. I have ideas for future updates to the two latter books which I hope to record in time. I also have a writer’s page on Facebook where I post various articles – follow me on Facebook.com/BillWilliamsWriter for more information.

But this will be my blog for all things related to the “Superman” films. This is a launchpad, so sit back and enjoy the ride!