Superman Page #14

LOIS:

There weren't any wires. I looked.

CLARK:

Mirrors, then.

LOIS:

He grabbed me! He held me! How could that be done with mirrors?

185CONTINUED

CLARK:

I don't know, Lois, but I do know a fraud when I

hear one. This thing goes against all natural laws.

LOIS:

(pause)

You're just jealous.

CLARK:

Jealous! Of what?

LOIS:

Of this...Superman.

CLARK frowns as he hears the name for the first time, then stifles a smile.

CLARK:

(musing)

Super...man. Hmmm...

LOIS:

I'm going to make some coffee.

Want some?

CLARK:

No thanks.

LOIS crosses to open the kitchen door.

LOIS:

You know something? I've only

said three words to the man...but

for the first time in a long time - I

think I'm kind of...stuck on someone.

SHE enters the kitchen. The door swings shut behind her. CLARK rises, listens, interested.

185CONTINUED

LOIS (O.S.)

Just...three little words, as

they say. "Help" and "Thank

you." Not exactly the basis for

a meaningful relationship, is it?

I mean, for all I know, he's got

a wife and kids on some other

planet. But somehow I just can't

stop...fantasizing about him, you know?

CLARK has heard something. He c*cks his head, looks off at the terrace.

LOIS (CONTD)

So I called a guy who's married to

this girl I went to college with. He's a

shrink. I made an appointment and went

to see him...

186EXT. TERRACE - DAY

CLARK comes out, listening intently. CAMERA ZOOMS to a rooftop across the street covered with TV aerials. CLARK'S super hearing picks up an announcement coming over the air waves.

ANNOUNCER'S COICE

...tape recording left at station W.M.E.T.

Police chief James Vitucci listened to it

immediately, put the police on emergency

alert, and warned citizens to remain in their

homes in he downtown area. Here is the

recording:

187EXT. METROPOLIS SCHOOL - DAY

Lines of SCHOOL CHILDREN file out the front doors and down the steps of a public

school. being monitored by TEACHERS and POLICE who load then into busses.

LUTHOR'S VOICE

(over air waves)

This is the voice of Lex Luthor. I have a challenge for

this...unidentified flying object. This bogus blue baffoon.

There is an abandoned warehouse at the corner of Fifth

and Main...

188EXT. LOIS" TERRACE - DAY

CLARK listens, eyes widening.

LUTHOR'S VOICE

Somewhere inside that warehouse is a pellet filled with a

propane lithium compound. At precisely twelve noon it

will drop into a beaker of acid.

CLARK checks his watch.

189INSERT SHOT - CLARK'S WATCH

The time is 11:
50

LUTHOR'S VOICE

Within a matter of seconds a poison gas will be released

that will annihilate everyone within a forty block radius...

190EXT. METROPOLIS STREET - DAY - ANGLE OF TERRACE

Looking up from the street: CLARK jumps off Lois' terrace. CAMERA PUSHES IN: as he

falls, a gradual transformation to Superman takes place in blurred. overlapping stages.

LUTHOR'S VOICE

I would remind the tin-plated minions

of law that this warehouse has been fitted

with anti-personnel devices, which will

render any police action totally ineffective...

SUPERMAN hits the street, the transformation having completed. He shoots off into the sky.

191EXT. METROPOLIS HOSPITAL - DAY

Bed-ridden PATIENTS are being wheeled out of the Emergency Exit of a hospital by NURSES and ATTENDANTS, and loaded into waiting ambulances under POLICE supervision.

LUTHOR'S VOICE

Is this cape-flapping freak all that he seems

or are we merely victims of mass hysteria?

Thousands of innocent lives hang in the

balance. I make this gesture as a public

service, by the way - and without thanks. Thanks.

192INT. LOIS' APARTMENT - DAY

LOIS can still be heard talking from the kitchen.

LOIS (O.S.)

...and then he said, "maybe the guy's

a father figure." So I said, "look. My

Pop's a terrific guy, but he doesn't

go flying around town in a red cape..."

LOIS enters the living room, looks around.

LOIS:

Clark...Clark?

(pause)

Nuts. Now I've gone and hurt his

feelings.

193EXT. WAREHOUSE - DAY - WIDE SHOT

The warehouse is cordoned off. Fire trucks and police cars are drawn up. BOMB SQUAD

PERSONNEL stand nearby strapping on their protective gear; now look up as they suddenly hear a "whooshing " sound O . S .

194CLOSE ON WAREHOUSE DOOR

SUPERMAN lands directly in front of the warehouse door, waves the POLICE back. Heturns to face the warehouse. The massive metal doors are linked with a giant padlock.

195INT. LUTHOR'S LAIR VIEWING THEATER - DAY

LUTHOR, EVE and OTIS sit in comfortable seats in an elegant viewing theater somewhere inside the underground complex. A bank of large TV screens faces them. One screen projects

the live image of SUPERMAN. (NOTE: As the action progresses through the warehouse,

different screens will be activated presumably from different cameras). LUTHOR sips a tall

drink, smugly adjusts several knobs on a large console next to him. EVE chews gum, stares curiously at SUPERMAN. OTIS munches a large candy bar, excited.

LUTHOR:

Look at that overgrown Boy Scout, Miss

Teschmacher, Tell me what you see.

EVE:

(chewing)

Cuteness. Dimples.

LUTHOR'S eyes flash. EVE smiles nervously.

EVE:

Did I miss something, Lex?

LUTHOR glowers at SUPETRMAN ominously.

LUTHOR:

Confidence

196EXT.WAREHOUSE - DAY

SUPERMAN jerks the padlock backwards off the doors. They open with a huge explosion -

the SCREEN is filled with smoke and flame. As the smoke clears: SUPERMAN stands in

the doorway, unharmed. He tears apart what's left of the doors like tinfoil, steps inside. A

bright row of arrows painted on the warehouse floor points the way for him.

197INT. LUTHOR'S VIEWING THEATER - DAY

LUTHOR scowls, a bit unnerved.

OTIS:

This guy handles himself pretty good,

Mr. Luthor.

LUTHOR:

All right, all right, so he's tough! We

knew that.

(TO EVE')

So you like dimples, eh, Miss Teschmacher?

I'll give him dimples.........

198INT. WAREHOUSE ROOM #1 - DAY

SUPERMAN follows the painted arrows into a bare room. The door suddenly slams shut behind him. Instantly: wall panels slide open on all sides filled with machine gun barrels.

They all open fire at once in a withering deafening, blinding barrage. SUPERMAN stands erect, arms folded, as thousands of bullets ricochet of him. The barrage finally ends. The

floor of the room is totally covered with spent shells. Brushing them aside with his boot to

find the painted arrows, SUPERMAN calmly proceeds on his way.

199LUTHOR ' S VIEWING THEATER - DAY

LUTHOR looks nervous, flustered even, as he fumbles with the controls on his panels.

EVE:

Dimples. Would you settle for acne?

LUTHOR:

Don't worry, don't worry, we'll find his weakness.....

OTIS:

Hey. Maybe he's got a glass jaw.

(LUTHOR glares)

Then, on the other hand......

200INT. WAREHOUSE ROOM #2 - DAY

SUPERMAN enters the second room, has reached the center when: the walls and ceiling suddenly come alive with flaming gas jets. The room becomes a blinding inferno. SUPERMAN stands in the center serenely, waits until the holocaust dies down. Then, adjusting his cape, he nonchalantly starts off for the third room.

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