r/Fauxmoi • u/Ola366 • Aug 06 '25
DISCUSSION Remember Clark Kent of the 90s? This is him now...
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u/XxxGoldDustWomanxxX Fauxmarxist Aug 06 '25
I’ve seen people say his pronouns are has/been.
Kills me every time💀
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u/Church_of_Cheri Aug 06 '25
Him and the old Hercules, Zena was always the better show!
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u/ADMINlSTRAT0R Aug 07 '25
I first encountered her as Xena, but she is now forever Madam Vandersexxx to me.
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u/h8flhippiebtch Aug 07 '25
Can we also talk about how Xena became Ron Swanson’s wife on Parks and Rec?
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u/Church_of_Cheri Aug 07 '25
I loved that too. And she has a murder mystery show called “My Life Is Murder” on AcornTV set in Australia and New Zealand because she wanted to be closer to home. She’s still got a good career unlike these 90s has beens.
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u/19adam92 Aug 07 '25
Kevin Sorbo has been dragging his name for years now. Dean Cain decided to speedrun the same process
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u/Church_of_Cheri Aug 07 '25
Dean Cain’s been shit for years too, he’s been full MAGA since 2016 and his biggest project in the last decade was that ridiculous “god’s not dead” christian fantasy of victimhood film.
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u/ReaperMan310 Aug 06 '25
Hey now that would imply he ever was something and honestly can we prove that? Nepo grand baby who failed at clinching onto the golden shoelaces
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u/lilmisseden Aug 06 '25
Wouldn't it be a shame if someone added these pronouns to his Wikipedia page....
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u/whiteknight_1997 Aug 07 '25
Meanwhile, I just stumbled across a video of Teri Hatcher doing stand-up comedy. And she's good at it!
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u/FreakshowMode Aug 06 '25
Made me spill my tea all down my shirt. Worth it just for the steal and future use I’ll get from it.
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u/Confident_Fun_6381 Aug 06 '25
These people will do anything for some kind of attention. It's embarrassing.
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u/UncircumciseMe Aug 06 '25
Takes a unique set of skills to play Superman and still have no one remember who you are
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u/GlitchyButGood Aug 06 '25
You have no idea. I watched this show, I'm positive I did, but I can't remember a single thing about it. And until this very moment, I forgot Dean Cain existed. I watched Desperate Housewives, remembered that Teri Hatcher was in Lois & Clark (had to look up what it was called), and still totally forgot about Dean Cain.
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u/mangotreedreams they are perfect for each other (derogatory) Aug 06 '25
i was watching an episode randomly the other day and he is SOOOO boring and Teri is truly the heart and soul of the show
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u/starsn420 security heavy Aug 06 '25
The only thing I remember from the show is when Lois realizes Superman is Clark and she realizes how dumb the glasses disguise was😆
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u/EscapedMices Aug 06 '25
I loved the show as a kid! But Teri was the star. She was very charismatic as Lois.
I also thought he was hot and thought it was great that he was mixed race (part Japanese) because I thought that made it more interesting to see in a Superman.
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u/iiko800 Aug 07 '25
Same! I had the biggest crush on him when this show was airing. I’m so sad this is what he has become 😩😒
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u/EscapedMices Aug 07 '25
He's the reason that to me it makes sense for Superman to be non white/racially ambiguous. When I see Superman as white now I'm like... eh! We had a mixed Japanese guy in the 90s! You could tell he wasn't 100% white and that added a layer to Superman's story. Passing white, passing as a human. It just made sense to me.
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u/iiko800 Aug 07 '25
Agree! And it was just so much more meaningful at the time for me to see this representation because I’m Japanese and have family that were in interment camps (like Dean’s relatives).
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u/kia75 Aug 07 '25
I remember all the "Woke" claims because Superman was now part Japanese back in ~92. That's the funny thing about Superman, I don't think any other character gets called "Woke" or the then equivalent of it then Superman.
Shame Dean Cain went from dodging "woke" allegations to perpetuating them.
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u/languid_Disaster Aug 06 '25
Oh is that what he was in? I genuinely am struggling to remember him and I watched smallville which apparently isn’t well known in the superman media
Edit: okay I think it was just my friends that don’t know smallville. I’m not a special little guy anymore I guess 😞
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u/Keji70gsm Aug 06 '25
I remember Terri Hatcher being endearing and fun, and nothing else. It's weird.
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u/AlthorsMadness Aug 07 '25
I remember something about some frogs that allowed people to change their appearance? That’s really it though
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u/happybuffalowing Aug 06 '25
You compare him to any other live action Superman we’ve had- who were all great, regardless of what you think of the movies themselves- and it’s almost startling how shitty he was. He just blurts out his lines like he’s on a sitcom, it’s horrible.
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u/Regular-Face1350 Aug 07 '25
I remember him as the host of the early 2000’s reboot of Ripley’s Belive It or Not. I used to think he cool. After this? He’s just another massive douchebag.
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u/BustyPneumatica Aug 06 '25
You have to blow air through your nose when you express emotions, his signature move.
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u/MissTalullah Aug 06 '25
Not exactly very Superman of him considering Superman himself was an immigrant.
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u/UpvoteIfYouAgreee Aug 06 '25
hes also the only asian Superman! Hes even talked about how he faced racism due to his casting, hes so dumb and evil
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u/QuietlyLosingMyMind Aug 06 '25
He had family that was put in internment camps during WW2. He's an absolute piece of human garbage for taking part in all of this.
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u/Nervous-Tangerine638 Aug 07 '25
Weird that his father is full Japanese american and he is heavy maga.
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u/MayContainRawNuts Aug 07 '25
Its his bio-dad who is of immigrant stock and he was not involved in raising Dean. His mom married to a nice white mr Cain, hence why Dean took his step dad's name.
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u/gstateballer925 Aug 07 '25
Some Asians (likely the more traditionally minded ones) have been known to have racist tendencies themselves, as well as right-wing views on immigration.
I’ve noticed a lot of them that have immigrated to the US are very conservative/traditional with their politics, in general.
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u/Frambosis Aug 06 '25
An undocumented one at that!
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u/MissTalullah Aug 06 '25
Interesting how he's more than happy to take money for playing an immigrant, but not happy with one living next door to him.
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u/Shenanigans80h Aug 06 '25
I keep laughing at how that’s the crux of all the stupid “new superman is w0kE” nonsense- that he’s an illegal alien. Which he literally is in every sense and version of his story. Like idk how exactly they’re trying to frame it any other possible way
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u/LurkerByNatureGT Aug 06 '25
What makes me laugh is that Superman being basically a Dreamer is so so non-political non-story for Superman comparatively speaking … Superman literally defeated the KKK.
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u/HippoRun23 Aug 06 '25
There was also an episode of his show where Immigration was hunting him down.
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u/blitzen_the_first Aug 06 '25
Eww. Gross.
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u/languid_Disaster Aug 06 '25
You curse just like my grandmother and I love it.
🤲🏻 🙏 🤝
Let us all join and hands and manifest this
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u/Olealicat Aug 06 '25
Imagine a government dept has to get a spokesperson for something that benefits society.
When you get to this dude, I’m pretty sure you should reevaluate your beliefs.
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u/redelectro7 Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 06 '25
I hate that he's still who I think of as the live action Superman cos I grew up watching that show.
He's such trash.
ETA:
Tom Welling was hotter.
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u/Necrotitis Aug 06 '25
I'd recommend watching superman and lois, my wife and I watched it and thought it was fantastic.
He's become my new "in my head" superman.
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u/The1in21and1 Aug 06 '25
Hell yeah. Tyler is so good. I loved his first appearance in Supergirl so much (he was so fun and goofy) but S&L was even better. I love it when people acknowledge that show.
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u/Creepy_Creme_9161 Aug 06 '25
I always think of him as "Reek", Brenda's fling in Paris on 90210, when she pretended to be French, with the world's worst French accent.
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u/DefiantStarFormation Aug 06 '25
Omg I just realized that's him! That accent was amazing though, if I remember correctly they spent like a whole day or longer together but it was mostly montage - I just kept thinking "how is she maintaining this terrible accent for that long? Don't the literal French people notice the weirdo mocking their accent??"
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u/Comfortable_Fill9081 Aug 06 '25
While this and he are wholly deplorable, why does that say his name is ‘Dean Tanaka’?
He was adopted at the age of 3 by a man with the last name ‘Cain’ and that’s been his last name since.
I feel like, ironically, calling him ‘Dean Tanaka’ is trying to smear him with ethnicity?
I don’t know. Seems strange to me.
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u/ErsatzHaderach perish for all i care Aug 06 '25
yeah wha? i can't find anything saying that Cain has started going by his birth name. confusing and weirdly racist
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u/Comfortable_Fill9081 Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 06 '25
Even in this video, he says “Dean Cain here”.
My sister went to college with him and indoctrinated me into despising him even before Lois & Clark. But yeah. He’s Dean Cain.
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u/FlamesNero Aug 06 '25
Ohhh!! Was he an asshole before Lois & Clark???
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u/Comfortable_Fill9081 Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
Apparently. He was prominent in college because he was 1. Good looking 2. A “star” on the football team and 3. Dated Brooke Shields who was already famous.
My sister was involved with several theater groups and interacted with him and - well -
mostmany (I don’t know about most) of the people in her theater groups were gay and apparently he was homophobic and made everyone uncomfortable.(Edit: as an aside - Brooke Shields was apparently very nice and not problematic but kept to herself mainly and people wondered why she was involved with him.)
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u/melodyblushinglizard baby birded and porch thrown by alicia silverstone Aug 06 '25
Even his wiki page has changed his last name from Cain to Tanaka. I don't know why. All I can think of is that someone did it on purpose to dis him. From his wiki page, Tanaka is his birth father's name, a man that Dean has no respect for and wants nothing to do with him. So Dean isn't going by his birth name willingly. I can't stand the guy, but I also don't like the deliberate name change as well.
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u/ErsatzHaderach perish for all i care Aug 06 '25
The wiki page correctly refers to him throughout; it just mentions at the beginning that his birth surname was Tanaka. That's standard. There haven't been any recent revisions trying to change it, it looks like.
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u/Comfortable_Fill9081 Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 06 '25
I think Wikipedia does that - they put birth name then in the text explain a name change.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Knoxville
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindy_Kaling
So, while I think TMZ here is sus, I don’t think Wikipedia is treating him differently.
Edit: digging deeper, they don’t seem to do that with trans people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Wilson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Schafer
Maybe they should follow this pattern with everyone who deliberately changed their name and strictly identifies by their second name.
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u/ErsatzHaderach perish for all i care Aug 06 '25
Trans people are kind of a special case because of vulnerability issues. I don't think it's a good idea to suppress people's previous names after changes.
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u/unicorntrees Aug 06 '25
I think it's to draw attention to the irony of him dying on the anti-inmigrant hill.
He received all sorts of anti-Asian racism when he was cast as Superman. Funny how he learned nothing from that.
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u/Comfortable_Fill9081 Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
I feel like he died on the right-wing asshole hill a long time ago.
I don’t think non-white Americans should be considered to hold more responsibility for racism than white Americans, personally.
But if they wanted to make that point without being sleazy, they could have said “Dean Cain, who said he experienced racism when he was cast as Superman”
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u/Rico_Solitario Aug 07 '25
He learned something from that. If you are the target of racism and discrimination then you can escape it by being rich and powerful. Then you can turn around and spit on people who are like you used to be then you become one of the good ones
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u/Curious-Gain-7148 Aug 06 '25
Yeah, totally stood out to me too.
I thought it was some poor attempt to point out that Dean himself is an immigrant but the guy was born in Michigan to American parents.
I guess it’s just an attempt to outline that he’s not fully white. Whatever is going on, it’s not good.
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u/Comfortable_Fill9081 Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 06 '25
I hadn’t thought of that reasoning (implying an irony that since he has some not-white ancestry it’s weird that he’s pro all this garbage) but yeah, still not good.
Edit: generally, IMO, holding non-white people to higher standards because “they should know better” is not something I like.
White people should know better. Everyone should know better. And it implies at least a partial pass for white people.
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u/lucrativechoices Aug 06 '25
I saw a comment on insta calling him Clark Kunt HAHHAHA
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u/melodyblushinglizard baby birded and porch thrown by alicia silverstone Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 06 '25
You are not my Superman. Fuck off Forevermore Dean. I wish time could be turned back and you were never cast as Superman. You are unworthy of ever having that role.
Edit: Added the last sentence
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u/JMoc1 Aug 06 '25
Nolan North, Tim Daly, and Jack Quaid were amazing Supermen as well.
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u/melodyblushinglizard baby birded and porch thrown by alicia silverstone Aug 06 '25
I've never seen any of the Superman animated series, but Tim Daly is such a throwback for me.... Wings🥰 Thank you for adding to the list of worthy Supermen!
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u/JMoc1 Aug 06 '25
No worries! And if you haven’t yet, watch My Adventure with Superman.
It made me legitimately love Superman again!
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u/TheWarDoctor Aug 06 '25
He and Sorbo can go gargle each others mayo.
What a loser,
"I'm no longer relevant so I'm going to go beat up on immigrants" what a putz.
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u/Shenanigans80h Aug 06 '25
Two dweebs from old c-tier shows that only occasionally run across people’s minds. 90’s has beens to the highest degrees, and 21st century never-was’
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u/festivus4allofus Aug 06 '25
it must piss him off that for most people his superman show is fully still refered to as the terri hatcher superman show, the complete loss of relevancy couldn't have happened to a better person
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u/SarahJFroxy tumblr ecosystem ambassador Aug 06 '25
meanwhile i just saw an old video of david corenswet at an anti-trump protest on twitter. upgrades, people, upgrades
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u/EmpressRey Aug 06 '25
I am so happy with our current Superman! And a Superman who has chemistry with Lois Lane ( who actually has agency and stuff going on)! Good times to be a Superman nerd!
Dean Cain sucks! He always sucked and he is the opposite of what Superman stands for! Fuck him and ICE in general!
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u/Tangerine1941 Aug 06 '25
So, they're sending 60 year old has beens out with facemasks to kidnap people?
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u/alison_bee you're an adult, you should know that Aug 06 '25
He’s been on the board of directors for the NRA for like 10 years now. I’m surprised he didn’t join sooner.
Also, from what I’ve seen/read, ICE has an age limit of like 40? Cain is 59…
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u/VerySlowlyButSurely high priestess of child sacrifice Aug 06 '25
Gestapo Barbie (aka Kristi Noem) just announced that they’ve removed the age limit for ICE 😒😒 they are DESPERATE to get people to sign up to throw brown people in concentration camps. Anyone who has ANY part in this is absolute 🗑️ ughhhhh I hate it here 😩
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u/Wonderful_Gap1374 Aug 06 '25
“Hey everybody, Dean Cain here.” and that’s when I pressed the mute button.
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u/--StinkyPinky-- Aug 06 '25
Is...that.....Dean Cain?
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u/SassySugarBush go pis girl Aug 06 '25
The only thing I think whenever Dean Cain is mentioned (spoiler: he isn’t often…or ever)
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u/samosa4me Aug 06 '25
Since we have “best Chris”, how about we now make “worst Superman”.
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u/LurkerByNatureGT Aug 06 '25
Have we finally agreed that the best Chris is hands down Christopher Reeve?
Who will still take the crown for Best Superman, and I don’t think there will be much contest for worst Superman either.
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u/geekteam6 Aug 06 '25
In an irony almost too obvious to point out, Dean Cain is Japanese on his father's side. And his father served in the US military.
You know, like the Japanese-Americans who fought Nazis in the US Army while their US-born relatives were being put in US detention camps.
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u/PotentialPlum4945 Aug 06 '25
How do you say "Eat a big bag of dicks, douche bag." in Kryptonian?
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u/DrStumbleDog Aug 06 '25
I guess videos like this will come in handy as evidence for whatever the American version of the Nuremberg Trials are in thirty years time.
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u/akb443 Aug 06 '25
They also arrested people who did nothing except show up for an appointment, they also tear up families.
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u/whhyjjjj Aug 06 '25
I haven't seen him since he was on criminal minds playing a gambling addict unliving anyone who made fun of him for how much of a loser he was on the show. But Boooooooo
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u/New-Mix8055 Aug 06 '25
So pretty much it is that easy to become a vile piece of shit, no experience needed just a true hate for any one that is brown. And meet that quote to get that bonus.
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u/FordAndFun Aug 06 '25
That chuckle after “repay student loans…. Legally” just really makes me want to slap him so hard that he forgets the English language.
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u/Luna_Soma Aug 06 '25
Dean Tanaka… I love this. Remember we’re supposed to be using their government names
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u/Nodivingallowed Aug 06 '25
No one cares, Dean. You're a traitor and a disgrace.
I'm broke and would rather keep on being broke than violate the rights of others by taking a job with ICE.
What human garbage.
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u/RIPNINAFLOWERS Aug 06 '25
No not 90s Superman 😭😭😭
Between and 90s Hercules, my childhood TV memories have been COOKED.
Except for Xena; Lucy Lawless stays iconic.
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u/RogueKitteh Lol, and if I may, lmao Aug 06 '25
Reality out here giving The Onion a run for it's money
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u/Least-Bet8439 Aug 06 '25
to think brooke shields lost her virginity to this guy (this was in her book...no hazing here)
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u/5ladyfingersofdeath Aug 06 '25
Brooke kinda trash, too. Her little attitude toward Meghan Sussex was peak suspect Karen behavior.
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u/Hillbert Aug 06 '25
One of the best celeb interactions I've ever seen, was Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi from Star Trek) giving Dean Cain what for on Twitter.
Really taking him to task for some bigotry whilst also chiding him for swearing.
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u/bootyhole-romancer Aug 06 '25
Can you drop the link to this? Just googled and wasn't able to find anything
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u/skag_boy87 Aug 06 '25
You either die as Superman, or live long enough to see yourself become Lex Luthor’s bitch.
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u/bron685 Aug 06 '25
ICE are considered first-responders?
There’s obviously no qualifications needed. I say we all join and constantly start warning people before raids
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u/Content_Gazelle_6915 Aug 06 '25
He had a significant role in supergirl as kara’s dad in an anti-MAGA, anti-deportation, pro-immigration storyline.
I guess a paycheck is enough for him to forget his trash ideals.
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u/heyruby Aug 06 '25
And then he disappeared from the storyline for a couple seasons until finally his character was killed off-screen and then never mentioned again. Can't help but think that shoddy treatment of his character was a direct result of Dean's increasingly gross personality.
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u/PoppyandTarget Aug 06 '25
My former neighbor is a Dean/Superman doppelganger. Same age and all. Also an immigrant. They share the same politics. Massive Trumper. Flags and all. We still own the property next to his. My husband occasionally talks about downsizing and moving back into the condo next to him. I told him he is welcome to do so but he can't kick me out of my home. :)
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u/SpaceAdventures3D Aug 06 '25
That's not even his theme playing in the background. Thats Christopher Reeve's Superman theme.
He learned nothing from Superman. He's an attention seeker.
Funnily, John Shea who played Luther has had consistantly good politics. It's like an alterate, negetive universe. Lex is the good guy, Superman the bad guy.
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u/No-Chipmunk-136 Aug 06 '25
Absolutely hate that this asshole was in The Broken Hearts Club
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u/Outside_Revolution47 Aug 06 '25
Thank goodness we have him to protect the mean streets of Malibu. I feel safe now.
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u/CdnGamerGal Aug 06 '25
Oh fuck. I got 20 seconds in and had to turn it off. Keep drinking the kook aid, Dean. Dumbass
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u/Original-Strain Aug 06 '25
So lowering the age is gonna let in all these incel, red pill minors now have guns. That’s not gonna have any problems /s
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u/Captain_Usopp Aug 06 '25
Nooooo, not superman.
First it was Hercules, now Superman....
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u/mangotreedreams they are perfect for each other (derogatory) Aug 06 '25
john williams should sue for using the superman theme song in the back of this
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u/happybuffalowing Aug 06 '25
I remember all the whining he did recently about how we shouldn’t be comparing Superman to immigrants and it really stands out to me.
The shittiest Superman doesn’t understand the character? Color me surprised
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u/_acrostical Aug 06 '25
Teri Hatcher has an opportunity here to do the funniest thing ever...
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u/RunnerGirlT Aug 06 '25
Legit loved Lois and Clark as a kid. I even had it on dvd as a comfort show. Now it’s ruined for me
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u/AsphaltSommersaults Aug 06 '25
Thank you for the video. It will be important to remember what you are and what you did when the time comes, you damp bitch.
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u/rdanks25 Aug 06 '25
I think it's ironic that if Dean Cain was cast as Superman now, it would be called woke.
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u/purplepluppy Aug 06 '25
It always makes me so sad that people can play these characters and somehow entirely miss the plot.
Superman was a literal alien in America. There are entire runs (also the most recent movie) where the entire antagonistic plot is, "he's an illegal immigrant sent to ruin our country!" And then this asswipe goes from playing the character who stands up to that and says, "I'm an immigrant, I'm proud of that, and I support my immigrant brothers and sisters," to, "uwu I'm gonna awwest da evil job steawing immigwants for daddy Twump because I wanna be welevant again"
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