Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman Page #14

something very special.

Oh, my boy.

-Let me hear you say it, just once.

-You're insane.

No, not that.

No, the other thing.

-Superman will never--

-Wrong!

On June 30, 2006...

...audiences welcomed the return

of Superman to movie theaters.

The film also represented the return

of a dream...

...one born in the imaginations of

two young boys from Cleveland, Ohio...

...a dream destined

to change the world.

Since his debut in 1938...

... The Man of Steel

has survived and thrived...

...during decades of reinvention

and reinterpretation.

Superman has had

a very diverse history.

He has been used to market,

as propaganda material.

He's been in good television.

He's been in bad television.

He's been in good movies.

He's been in bad movies.

-You didn't succumb to the Kryptonite.

-I expected you to have it handy.

But the character Superman

has always been strong enough. . .

. . .to survive his own history.

I think the reason

Superman endures. . .

. . .is that it's the first character

that is an alien from outer space. . .

. . .who comes to save us

instead of to terrorize and defeat us.

Superman is the ultimate embodiment

of the American dream.

proof that an immigrant can come

to a new land...

...and achieve the greatest

in human potential.

He is charged to continually

see the good in people. . .

. . .and to keep on doing good

when others don't see it.

He does have this vulnerable, fumbling,

geeky side that everybody has.

And yet, he has this heroic,

strong appearance as well.

And it's something that people can

relate to and people can Look up to.

Battered by changing times

and changing tastes...

...Superman always seems to emerge

stronger than ever.

Superman will be around

for a long time. . .

. . .because it captures the imagination

of little boys and little girls.

-Does it make you dizzy?

-Oh, no. I Iove it.

Like my grandson,

running around in their capes. . .

. . .leaping off the backs of couches

and running to save people.

Without question,

Superman will do the right thing. . .

. . .because he's just the best.

At the end of the day, everyone--

Maybe they go on dates with Batman

but they want to live with Superman. . .

. . .because Superman is about

being the most virtuous man on Earth.

Superman is universal.

There isn't a country in the world

you can go to. . .

. . .that they don't know Superman.

Because with the problems of today. . .

. . .the world is in desperate need

of a hero.

Run for president Super,

because God knows we need you now.

Take him away.

I think most people do believe

in that kind of integrity and virtue.

They want to see goodness.

people have a deep need

to believe that it exists out there.

They can be a great people, Kal-El,

they wish to be.

They only lack the light

to show the way.

For this reason above all. . .

. . .I have sent them you, my only son.

Strong.

powerful.

Invincible.

Superman is a hero

worth looking up to.

And to find him, we need only...

...look up in the sky.

Who unplugged my typewriter?

It's wonderful

to meet a new Jimmy Olsen.

-Now, you? I Look at--

-No, no, no.

Superman, Look at me.

-I don't know where they are, I swear.

-Don't force me to do humanity a favor.

You overblown, deluded creep.

Look, will you quit leaving your

half-eaten sandwiches in the drawer.

They attract mice.

Stop it.

There it is.

They're Kellogg's new Sugar Smacks.

You'll like'em.

Did you ever feel. . .

. . .like you could

remember your lines?

I think that I shall never see

A poem as lovely as a tree

A tree whose branch is wide and strong

The Campton ladies sing this song

cut it.

Supermann

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