Superman II Page #4

I don't know, from the look of them,

I'll bet $10 they're from Los Angeles.

Hey, hippies! Get your butts off the road!

I like the globe that flashes red

like our Krypton sun.

But not this irritating noise.

Make way!

Did I hear right?

Did that son of a b*tch give me an order?

Duane, you take care of it.

But...

You got to learn to kick ass

if you want to be a peacemaker.

All right. Just what in the hell

do you think you're doing here?

What is this symbol?

Do you follow another leader?

Follow the leader?

Holy skunk sweat!

- All right.

- A weapon of some sort?

How in the hell did you do that?

Jesus H. Christ!

Crude noise-maker.

Just checking the tire...

- Wow, this is your home!

- No.

Actually, I live in the city,

about three blocks from you.

This is a very special place for me.

I wanted you to see it.

Listen, you warm enough?

I guess I should be freezing, but I'm not.

Good. Come on, let me show you.

You see? You only smell strong.

Baby!

It's only because I didn't want to

lose my place in the orchestra.

The circus is in town!

Hey, sweet thing!

Set them buns down here!

Let's just hold hands.

Let me know if this tickles.

Your right front tire is flat, Duane.

Sheriff, what happened?

Willie...

I think my arm's broke.

Girl or no girl...

...you're going to spit teeth! Get up!

What the sam hill?

Is that you, Boog?

All right.

Get 'em up, keep 'em up!

These humans are beginning to bore me.

- Please, Mister!

- He's a general.

Mr. General! Please let my daddy down!

You okay, Jody?

When my father died...

...this is my Earth father, I mean...

...I found this crystal.

This is kind of hard to explain,

but you see...

...it called to me.

Yeah. And it brought me here.

It helped me to build this place.

Actually it built it, really.

That's when I found out who I really was...

...and what I had to do.

So what do you think? You like it?

Like it?

It's incredible!

I mean, not that it couldn't use

a woman's touch...

...especially around dinner time.

Dinner. I'm sorry.

I don't usually do too much about...

Listen, tonight, sky's the limit.

Anything you want.

I'm home!

Should we eat?

- Sure.

- Great.

Good morning, America.

This is East Houston, Idaho...

...until yesterday,

another middle American town...

...that middle America had forgotten.

But today the population,

exaggerated reports put it at 123...

...has increased by three.

And these three new arrivals

bring destruction in their wake.

As I look west into East Houston

this morning...

...I see a town gripped with...

...fear.

Who's the big guy?

Okay, yeah, we've got a P. O...

No.

We've got a slight crack in that diode.

- Come in on him if you can.

- Try to wiggle it.

Who else is seeing this?

With this satellite link up,

just about everybody. The whole planet.

- The whole planet Houston?

- Earth.

The whole planet Earth.

Get over to the commentator.

You may continue.

As the extraordinary story continues...

As this extraordinary story...

If the whole planet is watching, can't we

show them something more interesting?

Throw down your arms and surrender!

This is an order!

General Zod does not take orders.

He gives them.

You all right, buddy?

He was right in the line of fire

and nothing happened to him!

I haven't seen the likes of this

since Superman.

Yes. The Newsbeat control room

has just informed me...

... that a fleet of helicopter gun ships

is on it's way...

- Mr. President, can't we...

- I'm afraid there's nothing anybody can do.

They have such powers,

nothing can stop them.

Where's Superman? Where is he?

Why doesn't he do something?

General Smythson has informed us

that nuclear weapon strikes...

...have been ruled out because of

the danger to the civilian population.

Starting firing run now.

Standby, rockets.

Fire one.

Fire again.

Fire again.

The rockets didn't have any effect.

Look, they need machines to fly!

What bravery!

Be nice to them, my dear.

Blow them a kiss.

We're out of control. I don't understand.

We're coming in... coming down...

can't control it!

We're coming down!

I win.

I always win.

Is there no one on this planet

to even challenge me?

That was good.

I thought we might...

...abandon the orange juice for once.

- Cheers!

- Cheers!

Must be tough being Clark Kent, isn't it?

No.

I really like it sometimes.

Even though I do make a fool of myself.

You know, if it weren't for him...

...I never would have met you.

But... he is you.

It's kind of confusing.

Not to me, it isn't.

For the first time in my life...

...everything's clear.

I'm going to go change into something

more comfortable.

Come forward.

Your general wishes to speak.

I am General Zod.

Your ruler.

Yes, today begins a new order!

Your lands, your possessions,

your very lives...

...will gladly be given

in tribute to me, General Zod!

In return for your obedience...

...you will enjoy my generous protection.

In other words, you will be allowed to live.

So you are a general...

And who is your superior?

- I answer only to the president.

- And he will answer to me...

...or all of his cities

will end up like this one!

Your father and I have tried to anticipate

your every question, Kal-El.

This is the one we hoped

you would not ask.

But I have to, because...

she's everything I want in life.

And she, the one you have chosen...

... she feels as much for you?

Yes.

Then if this is what you wish...

... if you intend to live your life

with a mortal...

... you must live as a mortal.

You must become one of them.

This crystal chamber has harnessed

the rays of the red sun of Krypton.

Once exposed to these rays, all...

... your great powers on Earth

will disappear forever.

But consider...

... once it is done, there is no return.

You will become an ordinary man.

You will feel like an ordinary man.

You can be hurt like an ordinary man.

My son, are you sure?

Mother...

...I love her.

You did all that for me?

I don't know what to say.

Just say you love me.

Thousands of hours to create,

and they defaced it in seconds.

Imagine what they'll do to the world

if we resist.

The whole place is going to fall!

Watch it!

You are the one they call President?

I am.

I see you are practiced

in worshipping things that fly.

Good.

Rise before Zod.

Now, kneel before Zod.

You are not the President.

No one who leads so many

could possibly kneel so quickly.

I am the man they are protecting.

I am the President.

I'll kneel before you if it will save lives.

It will. Starting with your own.

What I do now,

I do for the sake of the people of the world.

But there is one man here on Earth

who will never kneel before you.

Who is this imbecile? Where is he?

I wish I knew.

God.

Zod.

You're awfully quiet over there.

I'm supposed to be the shy one.

Yeah, I was just thinking...

...I can't believe

what you've given up for me.

Are you kidding?

I didn't do it for you, Lois, I did it for us.

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