1 00:00:40,707 --> 00:00:45,210 "In the decade of the 1930s, even the great city of Metropolis... 2 00:00:45,378 --> 00:00:49,131 ...was not spared the ravages of the worldwide depression. 3 00:00:49,299 --> 00:00:53,844 In the times of fear and confusion, the job of informing the public... 4 00:00:54,012 --> 00:00:56,889 ...was the responsibility of the Daily Planet... 5 00:00:57,057 --> 00:01:02,436 ...a great metropolitan newspaper, whose reputation for clarity and truth... 6 00:01:02,604 --> 00:01:07,566 ...had become a symbol of hope for the city of Metropolis. " 7 00:06:41,025 --> 00:06:44,152 This is no fantasy... 8 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:48,031 ...no careless product of wild imagination. 9 00:06:48,199 --> 00:06:50,867 No, my good friends.... 10 00:06:52,161 --> 00:06:58,125 These indictments I have brought you today... 11 00:06:58,501 --> 00:07:03,505 ...the specific charges listed herein against the individuals... 12 00:07:03,673 --> 00:07:08,301 ...their acts of treason, their ultimate aim of sedition... 13 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:16,977 ...these are matters of undeniable fact. 14 00:07:19,439 --> 00:07:24,234 I ask you now to pronounce judgment... 15 00:07:24,402 --> 00:07:27,195 ...on those accused. 16 00:07:33,536 --> 00:07:35,370 On this.... 17 00:07:35,538 --> 00:07:39,875 This mindless aberration, whose only means of expression... 18 00:07:40,042 --> 00:07:42,294 ...are wanton violence and destruction. 19 00:07:45,673 --> 00:07:46,882 On the woman, Ursa... 20 00:07:47,049 --> 00:07:50,635 ...whose perversions and unreasoning hatred of all mankind... 21 00:07:50,803 --> 00:07:54,681 ...have threatened even the children of the planet Krypton. 22 00:08:03,149 --> 00:08:05,692 Finally, General Zod. 23 00:08:06,777 --> 00:08:09,070 Once trusted by this council... 24 00:08:09,238 --> 00:08:12,866 ...charged with maintaining the defense of the planet Krypton itself. 25 00:08:13,034 --> 00:08:15,285 Chief architect of this intended revolution... 26 00:08:15,453 --> 00:08:21,249 ...and author of this insidious plot to establish a new order amongst us... 27 00:08:21,918 --> 00:08:25,003 ...with himself as absolute ruler. 28 00:08:27,423 --> 00:08:29,758 You have heard the evidence. 29 00:08:30,635 --> 00:08:33,094 The decision of the council will now be heard. 30 00:08:33,262 --> 00:08:34,596 Guilty. 31 00:08:35,556 --> 00:08:37,724 Guilty. 32 00:08:38,684 --> 00:08:39,935 Guilty. 33 00:08:43,105 --> 00:08:45,232 The vote must be unanimous, Jor-El. 34 00:08:46,192 --> 00:08:48,693 It has therefore now become your decision. 35 00:08:48,861 --> 00:08:51,196 You alone will condemn us if you wish... 36 00:08:51,364 --> 00:08:54,282 ...and you alone will be held responsible by me. 37 00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:04,459 Join us. 38 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,673 You have been known to disagree with the council before. 39 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,467 Yours could become an important voice in the new order... 40 00:09:12,635 --> 00:09:14,553 ...second only to my own. 41 00:09:15,179 --> 00:09:18,265 I offer you a chance for greatness, Jor-El ! 42 00:09:18,432 --> 00:09:21,560 Take it! Join us! 43 00:09:22,436 --> 00:09:24,813 You will bow down before me, Jor-El. 44 00:09:24,981 --> 00:09:26,273 I swear it. 45 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:31,319 No matter that it takes an eternity, you will bow down before me! 46 00:09:31,487 --> 00:09:32,821 Both you... 47 00:09:32,989 --> 00:09:34,030 ...and then one day... 48 00:09:34,198 --> 00:09:36,491 ...your heirs! 49 00:10:53,986 --> 00:10:55,862 No! 50 00:10:56,030 --> 00:10:59,491 -Let us out of here! -Help me! 51 00:11:05,164 --> 00:11:07,582 -Forgive me! -I shall return ! 52 00:11:07,750 --> 00:11:09,125 Forgive me! 53 00:11:09,293 --> 00:11:11,795 I shall return ! 54 00:11:27,144 --> 00:11:31,564 An unpleasant duty has been masterly performed, Jor-El. 55 00:11:31,732 --> 00:11:34,776 They have received the fate they deserved. 56 00:11:34,944 --> 00:11:37,487 Isolation in the Phantom Zone... 57 00:11:37,655 --> 00:11:40,907 ...an eternal living death. 58 00:11:41,117 --> 00:11:44,285 A chance for life, nonetheless. 59 00:11:44,954 --> 00:11:47,080 As opposed to us. 60 00:11:47,790 --> 00:11:51,126 It's suicide. No, it's worse. 61 00:11:51,293 --> 00:11:52,502 It's genocide. 62 00:11:52,670 --> 00:11:54,587 Be warned, Jor-El. 63 00:11:54,755 --> 00:11:59,134 The council has already evaluated this outlandish theory of yours. 64 00:12:00,302 --> 00:12:04,597 My friends, you know me to be neither rash nor impulsive. 65 00:12:04,765 --> 00:12:09,769 I am not given to wild, unsupported statements. 66 00:12:09,937 --> 00:12:13,440 And I tell you that we must evacuate this planet immediately. 67 00:12:14,442 --> 00:12:17,485 Jor-El, you are one of Krypton's greatest scientists. 68 00:12:17,653 --> 00:12:19,821 Yes, but so is Vond-Ah. 69 00:12:25,077 --> 00:12:28,830 It isn't that they question your data. The facts are undeniable. 70 00:12:32,501 --> 00:12:35,962 It's your conclusions we find unsupportable. 71 00:12:38,257 --> 00:12:43,219 This planet will explode within 30 days, if not sooner. 72 00:12:43,387 --> 00:12:45,930 I tell you, Krypton is simply shifting its orbit. 73 00:12:46,307 --> 00:12:50,018 Jor-El, be reasonable. 74 00:12:51,437 --> 00:12:53,354 My friend... 75 00:12:54,899 --> 00:12:56,524 ...I have never been otherwise. 76 00:12:57,234 --> 00:12:58,777 This madness is yours. 77 00:12:58,944 --> 00:13:01,738 This discussion is terminated. 78 00:13:02,198 --> 00:13:05,784 The decision of the council is final. 79 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:30,475 Any attempt by you to create a climate of fear and panic among the populace... 80 00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:34,729 ...must be deemed by us an act of insurrection. 81 00:13:34,897 --> 00:13:37,982 You would accuse me of insurrection? 82 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,277 Has it now become a crime to cherish life? 83 00:13:42,071 --> 00:13:45,615 You would be banished to endless imprisonment... 84 00:13:45,783 --> 00:13:47,158 ...in the Phantom Zone... 85 00:13:47,493 --> 00:13:49,619 ...the eternal void... 86 00:13:50,079 --> 00:13:52,914 ...which you yourself discovered. 87 00:13:53,833 --> 00:13:58,628 Will you abide by the council's decision? 88 00:14:03,092 --> 00:14:05,718 I will remain silent. 89 00:14:06,262 --> 00:14:11,808 Neither l, nor my wife will leave Krypton. 90 00:15:07,239 --> 00:15:08,489 Have you finished? 91 00:15:11,827 --> 00:15:13,620 Nearly. 92 00:15:18,375 --> 00:15:20,251 It's the only answer, Lara. 93 00:15:20,419 --> 00:15:25,632 If he remains here with us he will die as surely as we will. 94 00:15:25,799 --> 00:15:27,133 But why Earth, Jor-El? 95 00:15:27,301 --> 00:15:29,969 They're primitives thousands of years behind us. 96 00:15:30,137 --> 00:15:32,847 He will need that advantage to survive. 97 00:15:35,017 --> 00:15:39,646 Their atmosphere will sustain him. 98 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,739 He will defy their gravity. 99 00:15:49,907 --> 00:15:52,325 He will look like one of them. 100 00:15:52,701 --> 00:15:54,869 He won't be one of them. 101 00:15:55,037 --> 00:15:56,746 No. 102 00:15:56,914 --> 00:16:00,541 His dense molecular structure will make him strong. 103 00:16:01,919 --> 00:16:05,880 He'll be odd. Different. 104 00:16:06,632 --> 00:16:11,135 He'll be fast. Virtually invulnerable. 105 00:16:11,303 --> 00:16:15,056 lsolated, alone. 106 00:16:18,268 --> 00:16:20,561 He will not be alone. 107 00:16:26,026 --> 00:16:28,528 He will never be alone. 108 00:16:37,538 --> 00:16:40,289 The energy input to Jor-El's quarters is now in excess. 109 00:16:40,541 --> 00:16:44,460 Our data indicates the loss is due to a misuse of energy. 110 00:16:44,628 --> 00:16:45,962 Investigate. 111 00:16:46,588 --> 00:16:49,757 And if the investigation proves correct? 112 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,804 He knew the penalty he faced. 113 00:16:55,597 --> 00:16:57,598 Even as a member of this council. 114 00:17:00,102 --> 00:17:01,978 The law will be upheld. 115 00:17:43,645 --> 00:17:48,316 You will travel far, my little Kal-El. 116 00:17:49,651 --> 00:17:51,986 But we will never leave you... 117 00:17:52,696 --> 00:17:55,782 ...even in the face of our deaths. 118 00:17:55,949 --> 00:18:01,954 The richness of our lives, it will be yours. 119 00:18:02,498 --> 00:18:06,834 All that I have, all that I've learned, everything I feel... 120 00:18:07,294 --> 00:18:09,837 ...all this and more... 121 00:18:11,340 --> 00:18:14,175 ...I bequeath you, my son. 122 00:18:16,845 --> 00:18:22,683 You will carry me inside you all the days of your life. 123 00:18:24,019 --> 00:18:29,816 You will make my strength your own, see my life through your eyes... 124 00:18:29,983 --> 00:18:33,027 ...as your life will be seen through mine. 125 00:18:35,572 --> 00:18:39,742 The son becomes the father, and the father the son. 126 00:18:44,289 --> 00:18:46,374 This is all I.... 127 00:18:48,627 --> 00:18:50,795 All I can send you... 128 00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:53,214 ...Kal-El. 129 00:23:04,841 --> 00:23:07,885 Stop. Stop, stop! 130 00:23:11,515 --> 00:23:14,767 --which Einstein called his theory of relativity. 131 00:23:14,935 --> 00:23:19,980 Embedded in the crystals before you is the total accumulation of all literature... 132 00:23:20,148 --> 00:23:22,983 ...and scientific fact from dozens of other worlds... 133 00:23:23,151 --> 00:23:26,404 ...spanning the 28 known galaxies. 134 00:23:46,174 --> 00:23:51,053 Early Chinese writings point out the complex relationships.... 135 00:23:53,390 --> 00:23:56,809 By carrying this complex equation to its ultimate power, my son.... 136 00:24:01,106 --> 00:24:03,441 Chief among these powers will be your sight... 137 00:24:03,608 --> 00:24:05,526 ...your strength, your hearing... 138 00:24:05,694 --> 00:24:10,531 ...your ability to propel yourself at almost limitless speed. 139 00:24:10,699 --> 00:24:15,703 The early history of our universe was a bloody mosaic of interplanetary war. 140 00:24:15,871 --> 00:24:18,789 Each of the six galaxies which you will pass through... 141 00:24:18,957 --> 00:24:21,792 ...contain their own individual law, space and time. 142 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:26,172 It is forbidden for you to interfere with human history. 143 00:24:59,247 --> 00:25:00,956 What was that? 144 00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:26,315 Now, wouldn't that beat all get-out? 145 00:25:26,483 --> 00:25:28,150 Will you-- You.... 146 00:25:36,993 --> 00:25:38,118 Pa.... 147 00:25:39,079 --> 00:25:40,955 Oh, my. 148 00:26:13,530 --> 00:26:15,573 All these years, as happy as we've been... 149 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:17,575 ...how I've prayed the good Lord... 150 00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:20,327 ...see fit to give us a child. 151 00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:24,331 Honey, will you hand me that rag up there. 152 00:26:24,499 --> 00:26:26,000 You take things easy, Jonathan. 153 00:26:26,167 --> 00:26:28,711 Remember what Doc Frye said about that heart of yours. 154 00:26:34,676 --> 00:26:38,596 Now the first thing we've got to do when we get home is find out... 155 00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:40,806 ...who that boy's proper family is. 156 00:26:41,850 --> 00:26:44,935 He hasn't got any. Not around here, anyway. 157 00:26:48,732 --> 00:26:51,400 Martha, are you thinking what I think you're thinking? 158 00:26:52,485 --> 00:26:56,697 We could say he's the child of my cousin in North Dakota. 159 00:26:56,865 --> 00:26:58,198 And just now orphaned. 160 00:26:59,993 --> 00:27:03,162 -Oh, Martha. -Jonathan, he's only a baby. 161 00:27:03,330 --> 00:27:07,082 Martha.... Now, you saw how we found him. 162 00:27:10,211 --> 00:27:13,380 Martha Clark Kent, are you listening to what I'm saying? 163 00:27:14,215 --> 00:27:16,091 Jonathan ! 164 00:27:46,539 --> 00:27:48,290 Come on, gang. 165 00:27:49,417 --> 00:27:51,043 Come on. 166 00:27:51,211 --> 00:27:53,921 -That was a great game, huh? -Yeah, but next week we're.... 167 00:27:54,589 --> 00:27:56,256 All right. 168 00:27:57,425 --> 00:27:58,884 Come on, gang, hustle. Let's go. 169 00:27:59,052 --> 00:28:00,594 Stack your helmets neatly. 170 00:28:00,762 --> 00:28:03,764 Remember about those uniforms. Cleaned and washed by tomorrow... 171 00:28:03,932 --> 00:28:05,974 ...and looking like a football team. 172 00:28:06,142 --> 00:28:08,102 Clark, have the clothes washed and ready... 173 00:28:08,269 --> 00:28:09,895 -...for tomorrow's game. -Yes, sir. 174 00:28:10,063 --> 00:28:11,438 Got to beat Mount Vernon High ! 175 00:28:11,606 --> 00:28:14,525 -Can you give me a lift? -Home early! 176 00:28:19,739 --> 00:28:22,866 Lana? Don't bother with these, huh? 177 00:28:23,034 --> 00:28:25,786 I'll take them in with the other equipment. 178 00:28:25,954 --> 00:28:28,747 -Thank you, Clark. -Sure. 179 00:28:29,499 --> 00:28:32,292 Listen, a whole bunch of us are going up to Mary Ellen's... 180 00:28:32,460 --> 00:28:34,086 ...play some records.... 181 00:28:34,838 --> 00:28:36,213 Would you like to come? 182 00:28:37,799 --> 00:28:40,884 Sure. Sounds like it'd be a lot of fun. 183 00:28:41,052 --> 00:28:43,721 Kent can't make it. Still got a lot of work to do. 184 00:28:44,139 --> 00:28:46,974 What are you talking about? I just finished stacking all the-- 185 00:28:47,142 --> 00:28:48,517 All that? 186 00:28:49,102 --> 00:28:50,978 Oh, Brad. 187 00:28:51,354 --> 00:28:55,065 -Hey, come on, Lana. -Come on, Lana. 188 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:56,942 Come on, let's go. 189 00:28:57,485 --> 00:28:59,153 -He's got to clean up. -Bye, Clark. 190 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,989 -Yeah. Bye, Lana. -Clean this up, Clark. 191 00:29:03,408 --> 00:29:04,700 -Let's go. -Bye, Clark. 192 00:29:04,868 --> 00:29:07,494 -We're off to Mary Ellen's. -See you, Clark. 193 00:29:08,204 --> 00:29:09,663 All right. 194 00:29:10,832 --> 00:29:12,416 -Bye, Clark. -Bye, Clark. 195 00:29:12,584 --> 00:29:15,836 Bye, Clark. See you tomorrow. Bye-bye. 196 00:30:25,448 --> 00:30:28,784 Golly, I saw a boy out there run as fast as the train ! 197 00:30:28,952 --> 00:30:30,994 Faster even ! 198 00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:34,581 Lois Lane, you have a writer's gift for invention. 199 00:30:34,749 --> 00:30:36,792 -I'll say that for you. -But-- But-- 200 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,212 Lois, please read your book. 201 00:30:40,588 --> 00:30:42,089 No one ever believes me. 202 00:31:13,997 --> 00:31:16,039 Hey, look. There's Clark. 203 00:31:16,207 --> 00:31:18,542 How come he's here? 204 00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:20,711 Clark. 205 00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:22,588 How'd you get here so fast? 206 00:31:23,631 --> 00:31:26,258 -I ran. -Ran, huh? 207 00:31:26,426 --> 00:31:29,595 Told you he's an oddball. Let's get out of here. 208 00:31:36,477 --> 00:31:39,021 Been showing off a bit, haven't you, son? 209 00:31:51,367 --> 00:31:53,577 I didn't mean to show off, Pa. 210 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,500 It's just that, guys like that Brad, I just want to tear them apart. 211 00:32:00,668 --> 00:32:02,544 Yeah. I know. 212 00:32:02,712 --> 00:32:04,838 -Yeah, I know I shouldn't. -Yeah, I know... 213 00:32:05,006 --> 00:32:07,007 ...you can do all these amazing things... 214 00:32:07,175 --> 00:32:09,885 ...and sometimes you think that you will just go bust... 215 00:32:10,053 --> 00:32:11,845 ...unless you can tell people about it. 216 00:32:12,013 --> 00:32:14,848 Yeah. I mean, every time I get the football... 217 00:32:15,016 --> 00:32:17,893 -...I can make a touchdown. Every time. -That's for sure. 218 00:32:18,061 --> 00:32:20,562 I mean, is it showing off if somebody's doing... 219 00:32:20,730 --> 00:32:24,358 ...the things he's capable of doing? ls a bird showing off when it flies? 220 00:32:24,525 --> 00:32:27,694 No. No, now you listen to me. 221 00:32:27,862 --> 00:32:30,030 When you first came to us, we thought people... 222 00:32:30,198 --> 00:32:32,866 ...would come take you away because when they found out... 223 00:32:33,034 --> 00:32:36,703 ...you know, the things you could do, and that worried us a lot. 224 00:32:36,871 --> 00:32:39,748 Then a man gets older, and he thinks very differently... 225 00:32:39,916 --> 00:32:42,626 ...and things get very clear. 226 00:32:42,835 --> 00:32:44,670 And there's one thing I do know, son... 227 00:32:44,837 --> 00:32:48,256 ...and that is you are here for a reason. 228 00:32:48,424 --> 00:32:50,842 I don't know whose reason, but whatever the reason... 229 00:32:51,010 --> 00:32:52,970 ...maybe it's because.... 230 00:32:56,724 --> 00:32:58,475 I don't know, it's.... 231 00:33:00,228 --> 00:33:02,062 But I do know one thing: 232 00:33:02,230 --> 00:33:04,898 It's not to score touchdowns. 233 00:33:07,235 --> 00:33:08,735 Thanks, Dad. 234 00:33:10,071 --> 00:33:11,989 I'll race you to it. Dad. 235 00:33:12,156 --> 00:33:14,157 -You will, huh? -Come on. Come on, Pop, run. 236 00:33:14,325 --> 00:33:17,577 Come on. Move. Move. Yeah, go, go, go. Come on, run. 237 00:33:17,745 --> 00:33:21,039 Hey, Baron ! Hey, Baron. Hey, boy. 238 00:33:27,922 --> 00:33:29,840 Oh, no. 239 00:33:46,107 --> 00:33:47,774 Jonathan. 240 00:33:49,777 --> 00:33:51,945 Jonathan ! 241 00:33:57,577 --> 00:33:59,036 Dad. 242 00:34:01,205 --> 00:34:02,581 No! 243 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:07,878 Jonathan ! 244 00:34:09,964 --> 00:34:11,798 No! 245 00:34:49,670 --> 00:34:51,880 All those things I can do.... 246 00:34:53,382 --> 00:34:55,425 All those powers.... 247 00:34:58,096 --> 00:35:00,430 And I couldn't even save him. 248 00:37:59,986 --> 00:38:02,779 Clark, get up. 249 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,493 Good morning, Smiley. 250 00:38:09,578 --> 00:38:12,205 Clark, breakfast. 251 00:38:15,459 --> 00:38:18,461 Are you gonna sleep all day? 252 00:38:19,505 --> 00:38:22,799 Clark, come on. Get up. 253 00:39:22,777 --> 00:39:24,611 I have to leave. 254 00:39:30,451 --> 00:39:32,869 I knew this time would come. 255 00:39:33,704 --> 00:39:35,413 We both knew it... 256 00:39:35,581 --> 00:39:37,707 ...from the day we found you. 257 00:39:48,427 --> 00:39:51,137 I talked to Ben Hubbard yesterday... 258 00:39:51,430 --> 00:39:57,644 ...and he said that he'd be happy to help out from now on. 259 00:40:05,820 --> 00:40:07,404 Mother.... 260 00:40:08,406 --> 00:40:10,407 I know, son. 261 00:40:12,118 --> 00:40:13,827 I know. 262 00:40:17,581 --> 00:40:21,042 Do you know where you're headed? 263 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,339 North. 264 00:40:31,679 --> 00:40:33,680 Remember us, son. 265 00:40:35,516 --> 00:40:37,350 Always remember us. 266 00:46:13,854 --> 00:46:15,980 My son... 267 00:46:22,362 --> 00:46:24,822 ...you do not remember me. 268 00:46:25,741 --> 00:46:27,492 I am Jor-El. 269 00:46:28,535 --> 00:46:29,994 I'm your father. 270 00:46:32,456 --> 00:46:35,541 By now, you will have reached your 1 8th year... 271 00:46:35,709 --> 00:46:38,377 ...as it is measured on Earth. 272 00:46:38,545 --> 00:46:42,006 By that reckoning, I will have been dead... 273 00:46:42,174 --> 00:46:45,426 ...for many thousands of your years. 274 00:46:46,637 --> 00:46:49,055 The knowledge... 275 00:46:49,223 --> 00:46:52,809 ...that I have, matters physical and historic... 276 00:46:52,976 --> 00:46:57,188 ...I've given you fully on your voyage to your new home. 277 00:46:57,356 --> 00:47:02,777 These are important matters, to be sure, but still matters of mere fact. 278 00:47:04,279 --> 00:47:07,114 There are questions to be asked. 279 00:47:07,282 --> 00:47:11,035 And it is time for you to do so. 280 00:47:12,871 --> 00:47:14,664 Here in this.... 281 00:47:15,541 --> 00:47:18,960 This Fortress of Solitude... 282 00:47:19,753 --> 00:47:22,421 ...we shall try to find the answers together. 283 00:47:24,174 --> 00:47:26,801 So, my son... 284 00:47:26,969 --> 00:47:28,553 ...speak. 285 00:47:29,596 --> 00:47:31,305 Who am l? 286 00:47:31,765 --> 00:47:33,933 Your name is Kal-El. 287 00:47:34,685 --> 00:47:38,437 You are the only survivor of the planet Krypton. 288 00:47:38,814 --> 00:47:41,315 Even though you've been raised as a human being... 289 00:47:41,483 --> 00:47:43,359 ...you are not one of them. 290 00:47:43,986 --> 00:47:46,195 You have great powers... 291 00:47:46,363 --> 00:47:50,449 ...only some of which you have as yet discovered. 292 00:47:52,911 --> 00:47:54,453 Come with me now, my son... 293 00:47:54,621 --> 00:47:57,456 ...as we break through the bonds of your earthly confinement. 294 00:47:57,624 --> 00:48:01,127 Traveling through time and space in the six known dimensions. 295 00:48:01,295 --> 00:48:04,672 Your powers will far exceed those of mortal men. 296 00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:07,967 It is forbidden for you to interfere with human history. 297 00:48:08,135 --> 00:48:11,846 Rather, let your leadership stir others to. 298 00:48:13,140 --> 00:48:18,060 In this next year, we shall examine the human heart. 299 00:48:18,228 --> 00:48:20,938 It is more fragile than your own. 300 00:48:21,106 --> 00:48:22,315 For the past two years-- 301 00:48:22,482 --> 00:48:26,986 As we pass through the flaming turmoil which is the edge of your own galaxy... 302 00:48:27,154 --> 00:48:29,530 ...we'll enter the realm of the red Krypton sun... 303 00:48:29,698 --> 00:48:32,325 ...source of your strength and nourishment... 304 00:48:32,492 --> 00:48:35,202 ...cause of our eventual destruction. 305 00:48:36,204 --> 00:48:39,206 The planet Krypton, my son. 306 00:48:39,374 --> 00:48:42,752 Your home, as it was. 307 00:48:43,837 --> 00:48:47,965 This year, we shall examine the various concepts of immortality... 308 00:48:48,133 --> 00:48:50,885 ...and their basis in actual fact. 309 00:48:51,178 --> 00:48:55,765 The total accumulation of all knowledge, spanning the 28 known galaxies... 310 00:48:55,933 --> 00:48:59,310 ...is embedded in the crystals which I have sent along with you. 311 00:48:59,478 --> 00:49:01,520 Study them well, my son... 312 00:49:01,688 --> 00:49:04,523 ...and learn from them. We've reasoned out logical judgments. 313 00:49:04,691 --> 00:49:08,069 By the time you return to the confines of your galaxy... 314 00:49:08,236 --> 00:49:10,988 ...twelve of your years will have passed. 315 00:49:11,156 --> 00:49:16,118 For this reason, among others, I have chosen Earth for you. 316 00:49:16,286 --> 00:49:19,580 It is now time for you to rejoin your new world... 317 00:49:19,748 --> 00:49:23,501 ...and to serve its collective humanity. 318 00:49:23,669 --> 00:49:26,128 Live as one of them, Kal-El... 319 00:49:26,296 --> 00:49:29,840 ...to discover where your strength and your power are needed. 320 00:49:30,008 --> 00:49:35,721 Always hold in your heart the pride of your special heritage. 321 00:49:35,889 --> 00:49:39,225 They can be a great people, Kal-El. They wish to be. 322 00:49:39,768 --> 00:49:42,895 They only lack the light to show the way. 323 00:49:43,939 --> 00:49:48,192 For this reason above all, their capacity for good... 324 00:49:48,735 --> 00:49:50,903 ...I have sent them you... 325 00:49:52,406 --> 00:49:54,365 ...my only son. 326 00:50:29,860 --> 00:50:33,112 Okay, this is it, mac, the Daily Planet. 327 00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:35,322 Fresh fruit. Hey, lady, how about a tomato? 328 00:50:35,490 --> 00:50:37,408 Fresh fruit. Hey, baby, how's it going? 329 00:50:37,576 --> 00:50:41,871 Hey, fresh fruit and vegetables. They're so fresh.... 330 00:50:42,622 --> 00:50:45,166 Fresh fruit and vegetables. Get them while they're hot. 331 00:50:45,333 --> 00:50:47,877 Look at these tomatoes. Aren't they beautiful? 332 00:51:00,015 --> 00:51:03,309 He did a great job. You see his article this morning? 333 00:51:12,069 --> 00:51:13,778 Smile. 334 00:51:15,405 --> 00:51:18,824 -How many T's in "bloodletting"? -Two. 335 00:51:24,831 --> 00:51:27,208 -What are you writing, Miss Lane? -An ode to spring. 336 00:51:27,375 --> 00:51:29,418 How do you spell "massacre"? 337 00:51:29,586 --> 00:51:33,881 -M-A-S-S-A-C-R-E. -A...C... 338 00:51:34,049 --> 00:51:35,800 ...R-E. Thank you. 339 00:51:35,967 --> 00:51:38,177 Golly, how come you get all the great stories? 340 00:51:38,345 --> 00:51:40,596 A good reporter doesn't get great stories, Jimmy. 341 00:51:40,764 --> 00:51:42,306 A good reporter makes them great. 342 00:51:42,474 --> 00:51:44,433 Here's that story on the East Side murder. 343 00:51:44,601 --> 00:51:47,686 I see it as a banner headline, front page, maybe my picture-- 344 00:51:47,854 --> 00:51:50,981 There's only one P in "rapist." Lois Lane, say hello to Clark Kent. 345 00:51:51,149 --> 00:51:53,442 -Told you one P. -Hello, Miss Lane. How are--? 346 00:51:53,610 --> 00:51:55,945 Remember my exposé on the sex and drug orgies... 347 00:51:56,113 --> 00:51:57,696 ...in the senior citizens home? 348 00:51:57,864 --> 00:51:59,865 How you doing? Jimmy Olsen, photographer. 349 00:52:00,033 --> 00:52:02,910 -Oh, hi. Clark Kent. Nice to meet you. -Yeah. 350 00:52:03,078 --> 00:52:06,163 It's got everything. It's got sex, violence, the ethnic angle-- 351 00:52:06,331 --> 00:52:08,749 So does a lady wrestler with a foreign accent. 352 00:52:08,917 --> 00:52:11,210 -Kent, can you open this? -Oh, sure, Mr. White. 353 00:52:11,378 --> 00:52:13,045 This could be a series of articles: 354 00:52:13,213 --> 00:52:16,257 "Making Sense of Senseless Killings," by Lois Lane. 355 00:52:16,424 --> 00:52:18,968 We get psychologists, sociologists-- 356 00:52:19,136 --> 00:52:22,721 Lois, you're pushing a bunch of rinky-dink tabloid garbage. 357 00:52:22,889 --> 00:52:25,558 -The Daily Planet has a tradition-- -Oh, I'm sorry. 358 00:52:26,226 --> 00:52:29,270 Gosh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to shake it up like that. 359 00:52:29,437 --> 00:52:31,397 Oh, of course not, Lois. 360 00:52:31,565 --> 00:52:35,109 Why would anyone want to make a total stranger look like a fool? 361 00:52:37,362 --> 00:52:39,780 -I'll take that. -Oh, thank-- I'm sorry, Mr. White. 362 00:52:39,948 --> 00:52:43,659 Olsen, why am I paying you when I should have you arrested for loitering? 363 00:52:43,827 --> 00:52:45,411 -Go get Mr....A towel. -Kent. 364 00:52:45,579 --> 00:52:47,037 -Move, kid, move. -Right, chief. 365 00:52:47,205 --> 00:52:49,081 -Make mine black, no sugar. -Right, chief. 366 00:52:49,249 --> 00:52:51,667 -And don't call me sugar. -"Blood is in Metropolis... 367 00:52:51,835 --> 00:52:53,919 -Right, sugar. -...while the crocuses bloom." 368 00:52:54,087 --> 00:52:57,256 Chief wants coffee, no sugar. I'll take tea with lemon. 369 00:52:57,424 --> 00:53:01,051 Lois, why don't you take Kent out to meet everybody, huh? 370 00:53:01,219 --> 00:53:04,430 Just introduce him around. He's starting with the paper today. 371 00:53:04,598 --> 00:53:06,015 I'm giving him the city beat. 372 00:53:06,766 --> 00:53:09,977 Chief, that's my beat. 373 00:53:10,145 --> 00:53:14,481 Lois, Clark Kent may seem like just a mild-mannered reporter, but listen... 374 00:53:14,649 --> 00:53:18,068 ...not only does he know how to treat his editor in chief with respect... 375 00:53:18,236 --> 00:53:20,779 ...not only does he have a snappy, punchy prose style... 376 00:53:20,947 --> 00:53:24,825 ...but he is, in my 40 years in this business, the fastest typist I've ever seen. 377 00:53:24,993 --> 00:53:26,619 Excuse me. I'm sorry. 378 00:53:26,786 --> 00:53:29,079 Here, you forgot my article. 379 00:53:31,124 --> 00:53:33,292 Oh, excuse me, Mr. White? 380 00:53:33,460 --> 00:53:36,712 I was wondering if perhaps you could arrange for half my salary... 381 00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:39,798 ...to be sent to this address on a weekly basis. 382 00:53:39,966 --> 00:53:41,550 -Your bookie, right? -My what? 383 00:53:41,718 --> 00:53:45,804 Don't tell me, he sends a check every week to his sweet, gray-haired old mother. 384 00:53:45,972 --> 00:53:47,973 Actually, she's silver-haired. 385 00:53:50,268 --> 00:53:51,852 I'll see what I can do. 386 00:53:52,020 --> 00:53:54,605 Thank you very much, Mr. White. 387 00:53:54,981 --> 00:53:56,440 Excuse me. 388 00:53:58,401 --> 00:53:59,985 Well.... 389 00:54:01,029 --> 00:54:02,571 Any more at home like you? 390 00:54:02,739 --> 00:54:04,865 Not really, no. 391 00:54:07,410 --> 00:54:09,411 I didn't think so. 392 00:54:10,497 --> 00:54:13,999 -Well, get yourself a desk over here. -Over here? 393 00:54:14,167 --> 00:54:17,127 Yeah, right here. There are some papers in a pile-- 394 00:54:17,545 --> 00:54:20,506 Sorry. Excuse me. 395 00:54:35,522 --> 00:54:38,190 -Hi, Bill Breesen. -Hi, Clark Kent. 396 00:54:38,358 --> 00:54:40,901 -Nice to meet you. -Welcome aboard. 397 00:54:41,361 --> 00:54:44,571 -Here's your towel, Mr. Clark. -Kent. 398 00:54:44,739 --> 00:54:46,740 -What? -Kent. 399 00:54:46,908 --> 00:54:49,493 -Clark Kent. -Jimmy Olsen. 400 00:54:53,415 --> 00:54:54,873 -Yeah. It's fantastic. -So you--? 401 00:54:55,041 --> 00:54:57,543 -I met this really great guy. -Hey, fabulous. 402 00:54:57,711 --> 00:54:59,753 Yeah, fabulous. I met him at this dude ranch. 403 00:54:59,921 --> 00:55:02,840 -Did--? I used to ride. -Yeah, I haven't been since I was 7. 404 00:55:03,008 --> 00:55:06,051 -Oh, I gotta mail these letters. -Okay, bye. Good luck tonight. 405 00:55:06,219 --> 00:55:07,720 -Oh, hi, Clark. -Hi, Lois. 406 00:55:07,887 --> 00:55:09,722 How did you like your first day? 407 00:55:09,889 --> 00:55:13,434 Well, frankly, the hours were sort of longer than I expected... 408 00:55:13,601 --> 00:55:17,062 ...but on the whole, I mean, meeting you and Jimmy Olsen and Mr. White... 409 00:55:17,230 --> 00:55:18,856 ...gosh, I'd say it's been swell. 410 00:55:19,024 --> 00:55:21,567 -Swell? -Yeah. 411 00:55:22,485 --> 00:55:27,072 You know, Clark, there are very few people left in the world... 412 00:55:27,240 --> 00:55:29,408 ...who feel comfortable saying that word. 413 00:55:29,576 --> 00:55:30,909 -What word? -"Swell." 414 00:55:31,077 --> 00:55:33,662 Really? I always thought it was kind of natural. 415 00:55:35,707 --> 00:55:38,000 -I'm sorry. -Clark. 416 00:55:38,168 --> 00:55:39,793 It's all right. 417 00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:42,254 -Sorry, Lois. -Oh, hi, Rex. 418 00:55:42,422 --> 00:55:44,131 -Oh, Lois. -See anything good today? 419 00:55:44,299 --> 00:55:45,841 -Not until you came along. -Lois? 420 00:55:46,009 --> 00:55:47,718 -Oh, Rex, this is-- -Clark Kent. 421 00:55:47,886 --> 00:55:50,346 -Yeah, hi, see you around. -Bye. 422 00:55:52,057 --> 00:55:55,017 -Lois? -Hey, where you going? 423 00:55:55,185 --> 00:55:57,853 -Can I help you with your coat? -Oh, yeah. Thanks. 424 00:55:58,396 --> 00:56:00,814 -So you like Mr. White. -I thought he was a nice guy. 425 00:56:00,982 --> 00:56:03,609 -Jimmy Olsen was fantastic. -Hey, come here. 426 00:56:03,777 --> 00:56:06,236 Come on, come on. Get in here. Hurry up. Come on. 427 00:56:06,404 --> 00:56:09,490 -We'd better get out of here. -I think we'd better do what he says. 428 00:56:09,657 --> 00:56:12,785 -Come on, come on. Get in here, quick. -Don't do anything. 429 00:56:12,952 --> 00:56:14,370 -That's it. -We're coming. 430 00:56:14,537 --> 00:56:16,622 -Come on. -We're coming. Excuse me. 431 00:56:16,790 --> 00:56:18,040 -Go on, back there. -Here? 432 00:56:18,208 --> 00:56:20,125 Please don't point that at me, sir. 433 00:56:20,293 --> 00:56:22,628 -You could hurt somebody with that. -Yeah, yeah. 434 00:56:22,796 --> 00:56:25,631 -Okay, okay, hold it there. -Just a minute, mister. 435 00:56:25,799 --> 00:56:28,842 I realize of course that times are tough for some these days... 436 00:56:29,010 --> 00:56:30,511 ...but this isn't the answer. 437 00:56:30,678 --> 00:56:34,807 You can't solve society's problems with a gun. 438 00:56:34,974 --> 00:56:39,103 You know something, buddy? You're right. I'm gonna turn over a new leaf. 439 00:56:39,270 --> 00:56:43,190 Good for you, sir. That's the spirit. He doesn't really want to hurt anybody. 440 00:56:43,733 --> 00:56:46,652 -Right after I rip off this lady's purse. -Of course. 441 00:56:46,820 --> 00:56:48,821 Now come on, lady, hand it over. 442 00:56:48,988 --> 00:56:51,615 Lois, I think maybe you better.... 443 00:56:55,703 --> 00:56:58,205 Lois, what are you doing? 444 00:57:12,178 --> 00:57:14,596 Clark ! Clark. 445 00:57:14,764 --> 00:57:17,975 Clark, are you all right? Clark ! 446 00:57:18,143 --> 00:57:19,977 What happened? 447 00:57:20,270 --> 00:57:22,354 Golly. I guess I must have fainted. 448 00:57:22,522 --> 00:57:24,231 Fainted? 449 00:57:24,399 --> 00:57:26,984 -You fainted? -Sorry. 450 00:57:38,663 --> 00:57:40,038 Swell. 451 00:57:40,206 --> 00:57:42,833 Really, Lois, supposing that man had shot you? 452 00:57:43,001 --> 00:57:47,212 ls it worth risking your life over $ 1 0, two credit cards, a hairbrush, and lipstick? 453 00:57:48,173 --> 00:57:50,716 -How did you know that? -Know what? 454 00:57:51,634 --> 00:57:54,845 You just described the exact contents of my purse. 455 00:57:58,433 --> 00:58:00,184 Wild guess. 456 00:58:03,229 --> 00:58:04,730 Taxi ! 457 00:58:09,068 --> 00:58:11,487 -Hey. -Hi, Otis. 458 00:58:21,748 --> 00:58:25,000 -So, what's happening, partner? -Look what we got. 459 00:58:25,168 --> 00:58:27,586 -Let's take him. -Wait a minute. 460 00:58:27,754 --> 00:58:30,589 Maybe he'll lead us to the big man himself. 461 00:58:30,757 --> 00:58:34,176 -Lex Luthor? -You got it, Armus. 462 00:58:34,761 --> 00:58:37,095 We'll make captain by midnight. 463 00:58:38,598 --> 00:58:40,307 Hey, what do you read? 464 00:58:40,475 --> 00:58:43,060 XK 1 0 1 rocket to be used. 465 00:58:43,228 --> 00:58:44,770 Hey, what do you read? 466 00:58:44,938 --> 00:58:46,522 -Hey, Matt. -Hey, hey, Otis. 467 00:58:46,689 --> 00:58:48,899 Just getting the Daily Planet here. 468 00:58:49,859 --> 00:58:53,070 Hey, what do you read? Down, down. 469 00:58:53,238 --> 00:58:54,988 Okay, okay. 470 00:58:55,156 --> 00:58:58,784 Okay. All right. See, I'm paying him. I got a pretzel too. 471 00:58:58,952 --> 00:59:02,538 Thanks, Otis. Okay. How many did he take, Shutzy? 472 00:59:05,375 --> 00:59:08,252 This is Metropolis 46. We're on foot. Over and out. 473 00:59:08,419 --> 00:59:09,962 Let's go. 474 00:59:14,259 --> 00:59:16,468 Your attention, please. 475 00:59:16,636 --> 00:59:18,345 Your attention, please. 476 00:59:18,513 --> 00:59:21,932 The Metropolis Flyer is now ready for departure... 477 00:59:22,100 --> 00:59:26,311 ...on the upper level, track six, stopping at New Rochelle. 478 00:59:26,479 --> 00:59:29,690 All right, he's going down to the train platform. I'm going after him. 479 00:59:29,857 --> 00:59:32,276 Okay, Harry. I'll call for backup. Be careful, now. 480 00:59:32,443 --> 00:59:34,861 -All right, Armus, all right. -All aboard, please. 481 00:59:36,656 --> 00:59:39,157 Now boarding on the lower level-- 482 00:59:39,325 --> 00:59:41,618 Ten minutes, folks. Come on, air-conditioned cars. 483 00:59:41,786 --> 00:59:44,204 Mount Vernon, Poughkeepsie, Glen Corners. 484 00:59:44,372 --> 00:59:46,873 Aboard now. All aboard. Metropolis Transportation. 485 00:59:47,041 --> 00:59:50,502 Metropolis Transportation. Buffalo, Syracuse. 486 00:59:50,670 --> 00:59:53,505 Smoking cars are forward. Move along, now. 487 00:59:53,673 --> 00:59:55,090 Put your luggage up the top. 488 00:59:55,258 --> 00:59:58,927 Smoking cars forward. All aboard. Boarding. 489 01:00:26,664 --> 01:00:29,333 Armus, Armus, make it track 22. 490 01:00:29,500 --> 01:00:33,670 I seen him, and I'm right on him. Lower level, track 22. 491 01:01:10,041 --> 01:01:11,083 So that's it. 492 01:01:27,266 --> 01:01:31,269 It's amazing that brain can generate enough power to keep those legs moving. 493 01:02:13,229 --> 01:02:14,771 Harry. 494 01:02:16,566 --> 01:02:19,651 Harry, where are you? Harry. 495 01:02:27,452 --> 01:02:28,994 Oh, no. 496 01:02:35,835 --> 01:02:37,377 Harry.... 497 01:02:39,505 --> 01:02:41,131 Sick. 498 01:02:49,056 --> 01:02:52,934 -Sick. You're really sick. -Sick, Miss Teschmacher? 499 01:02:53,102 --> 01:02:56,354 Sick, when I'm mere days from executing the crime of the century? 500 01:02:56,522 --> 01:02:59,483 No, no, no. Step away from that, please. 501 01:03:00,777 --> 01:03:04,529 How do you choose to congratulate the greatest criminal mind of our time? 502 01:03:05,156 --> 01:03:07,365 Do you tell me that I'm brilliant? Oh, no, no. 503 01:03:07,533 --> 01:03:09,868 That would be too obvious, I grant you. 504 01:03:10,036 --> 01:03:13,747 Charismatic. Fiendishly gifted. 505 01:03:14,373 --> 01:03:15,665 Try "twisted." 506 01:03:21,422 --> 01:03:24,049 Get away from there. Get away, get away, get away! 507 01:03:25,551 --> 01:03:27,052 Tell me something, Lex. 508 01:03:27,220 --> 01:03:30,138 Why do so many people have to die for the crime of the century? 509 01:03:30,306 --> 01:03:32,098 Why? You ask why? 510 01:03:32,266 --> 01:03:35,268 Why does the phone always ring when you're in the bathtub? 511 01:03:36,562 --> 01:03:40,482 Why is the most brilliantly diabolical leader of our time... 512 01:03:40,650 --> 01:03:42,776 ...surrounding himself with total nincompoops? 513 01:03:42,944 --> 01:03:44,820 I'm back, Mr. Luthor. 514 01:03:44,987 --> 01:03:47,572 Yes, I was just talking about you. 515 01:03:48,074 --> 01:03:49,741 You were followed again. 516 01:03:53,913 --> 01:03:56,748 In spite of those catlike reflexes. 517 01:03:59,293 --> 01:04:02,629 Mr. Luthor. Mr. Luthor, I'm sorry. 518 01:04:02,797 --> 01:04:04,256 Otis. 519 01:04:05,216 --> 01:04:07,384 ls that the newspaper I asked you to get me? 520 01:04:08,219 --> 01:04:09,427 Yeah. 521 01:04:10,096 --> 01:04:12,097 Why am I not reading it? 522 01:04:13,724 --> 01:04:15,684 Because I haven't given it to you yet? 523 01:04:15,852 --> 01:04:17,269 Right. 524 01:04:22,024 --> 01:04:23,942 At last, it's official. 525 01:04:26,153 --> 01:04:28,196 Thanks to the government, we will pull off... 526 01:04:28,364 --> 01:04:30,615 ...the greatest real-estate swindle of all time. 527 01:04:30,783 --> 01:04:33,201 Lex, what is this obsession with real estate? 528 01:04:33,369 --> 01:04:35,287 All the time, "land, land, land." 529 01:04:35,454 --> 01:04:38,456 Miss Teschmacher, when I was 6 years old, my father said to me-- 530 01:04:38,624 --> 01:04:39,875 "Get out." 531 01:04:41,168 --> 01:04:45,171 Before that. He said, "Son, stocks may rise and fall. 532 01:04:45,339 --> 01:04:47,632 Utilities and transportation systems may collapse. 533 01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:50,719 People are no damn good. But they will always need land... 534 01:04:50,887 --> 01:04:53,179 ...and they'll pay through the nose to get it." 535 01:04:53,347 --> 01:04:55,140 "Remember," my father said.... 536 01:04:55,308 --> 01:04:57,225 -Land. -Right. 537 01:04:58,853 --> 01:05:02,480 It's a pity that he didn't see from such humble beginnings... 538 01:05:02,648 --> 01:05:04,316 ...how I've created this empire. 539 01:05:04,483 --> 01:05:05,984 An empire? This? 540 01:05:06,819 --> 01:05:09,362 Miss Teschmacher, how many girls do you know... 541 01:05:09,530 --> 01:05:11,823 ...who have a Park Avenue address like this one? 542 01:05:11,991 --> 01:05:13,783 Park Avenue address? 543 01:05:13,951 --> 01:05:15,660 Two hundred feet below. 544 01:05:15,828 --> 01:05:18,496 Do you realize what people are shelling out up there... 545 01:05:18,664 --> 01:05:21,666 ...for a few miserable rooms off a common elevator? 546 01:05:21,834 --> 01:05:24,502 -What more could anyone ask? -What more could anyone ask? 547 01:05:30,301 --> 01:05:31,676 -Olsen ! -Yeah? 548 01:05:31,844 --> 01:05:34,888 Get this Loch Ness update right into Composing. 549 01:05:35,181 --> 01:05:38,934 Yeah? No, that's it, Roth. Put it to bed. Right. 550 01:05:39,101 --> 01:05:42,145 -What are you standing around here for? -I'm not-- 551 01:05:42,313 --> 01:05:44,898 -l wasn't gonna say it. -Go. 552 01:05:49,654 --> 01:05:51,529 -The sex maniac profile. -Right. 553 01:05:51,697 --> 01:05:54,366 Look, 9-5 it's a Pulitzer Prize winner. What do you bet? 554 01:05:54,533 --> 01:05:56,284 There's no Z in "brassiere." 555 01:05:56,452 --> 01:05:58,745 Hey, nice job on that union scandal, Kent. 556 01:05:58,913 --> 01:06:01,039 Well, gosh, thanks, Mr. White. 557 01:06:05,211 --> 01:06:06,711 Oh, hi, Clark. Good night. 558 01:06:06,879 --> 01:06:09,631 -Here, let me carry that for you. -Oh, thanks a lot. 559 01:06:09,799 --> 01:06:11,841 Lois, have you got a minute? 560 01:06:12,009 --> 01:06:14,219 Excuse me, please. Lois? 561 01:06:14,387 --> 01:06:17,764 And these two go to the addresses on the envelope, okay? 562 01:06:17,932 --> 01:06:20,850 Lois, I was wondering if you would like to have dinner with me? 563 01:06:21,018 --> 01:06:23,645 Gosh, Clark, I'm sorry. I'm booked. 564 01:06:23,813 --> 01:06:26,690 Air Force One's landing at the airport and this kid's there... 565 01:06:26,857 --> 01:06:30,527 ...to make sure you-know-who answers a few questions he'd rather duck. 566 01:06:30,695 --> 01:06:33,154 -My goodness, don't you ever let up? -What for? 567 01:06:33,322 --> 01:06:36,282 I've seen how the other half lives. My sister, for instance. 568 01:06:36,450 --> 01:06:39,452 Three kids, two cats, and one mortgage. 569 01:06:39,620 --> 01:06:41,121 I would go bananas in a week. 570 01:06:41,288 --> 01:06:42,914 Oh, can I take you to the airport? 571 01:06:43,082 --> 01:06:45,333 Not unless you can fly. 572 01:06:45,876 --> 01:06:48,420 -Clark? Ladies. -Sorry. 573 01:06:48,587 --> 01:06:52,507 -Change my clothes. Thank you. Bye. -Hey, Lois, maybe we could--? 574 01:06:57,805 --> 01:06:59,180 Lois? 575 01:06:59,432 --> 01:07:04,102 -Would you be a pet and mail that for me? -Oh, sure-- Good night. 576 01:07:09,191 --> 01:07:12,235 Going down, please. Going down. 577 01:07:15,114 --> 01:07:18,283 -Going down? -Going up, up, up. 578 01:07:19,618 --> 01:07:21,119 Good night. 579 01:07:32,798 --> 01:07:36,509 -daily Planet Copter One, this is ground. -Planet One, go ahead. 580 01:07:36,677 --> 01:07:40,889 We have Miss Lane here for a quick ride to Metropolis Airport to meet Air Force One. 581 01:07:41,057 --> 01:07:43,349 Roger, we're on our way and have you in sight. 582 01:07:43,517 --> 01:07:45,643 Have one aboard for transfer, over. 583 01:07:45,811 --> 01:07:48,813 Roger, Planet One. You're cleared. Wind, 0-2-0 at 1-5, gusting. 584 01:07:48,981 --> 01:07:52,817 -Altimeter 2-niner-8-niner. -Roger, over and out. 585 01:08:52,878 --> 01:08:54,796 A malfunction. Can't get liftoff. 586 01:08:54,964 --> 01:08:57,340 -You hooked the tail. -What's happening? 587 01:08:58,968 --> 01:09:00,301 -Set it down. -Oh, my God ! 588 01:09:00,469 --> 01:09:03,054 We've lost stabilizer rotor control, I can't hold it! 589 01:09:08,394 --> 01:09:10,520 I can't hold it! I can't hold it! 590 01:09:28,038 --> 01:09:29,581 Wake up! 591 01:09:33,002 --> 01:09:34,377 Help! 592 01:09:34,545 --> 01:09:37,422 Help! Help! 593 01:09:52,104 --> 01:09:54,272 Come on, step back. Step back, folks. 594 01:09:54,440 --> 01:09:57,609 All right, let's get back a little. Move over across the street. 595 01:10:00,613 --> 01:10:02,322 Bring the cameras over here. Okay. 596 01:10:02,489 --> 01:10:04,991 Okay, you see the helicopter up there? 597 01:10:11,457 --> 01:10:12,999 Help me! 598 01:10:20,883 --> 01:10:23,134 All right, move back. Let the ambulance through. 599 01:10:23,302 --> 01:10:25,178 There's somebody in there! 600 01:10:28,682 --> 01:10:30,141 Help me! 601 01:10:35,231 --> 01:10:36,940 Okay. Come on, hold it. Get back. 602 01:10:40,653 --> 01:10:43,488 Come on. Come on, get off the streets. Come on, get back. 603 01:10:43,656 --> 01:10:46,532 Move, let the firemen through. 604 01:10:46,700 --> 01:10:48,952 Boys, come on, now. Make a line. 605 01:10:54,458 --> 01:10:56,334 Move to the other side of the street. 606 01:10:57,670 --> 01:10:59,504 Come on. Get along. 607 01:10:59,672 --> 01:11:01,047 Get away from the building. 608 01:11:03,634 --> 01:11:05,802 Hold these crowds back. Move. Move. 609 01:11:08,180 --> 01:11:09,681 Help me! 610 01:11:25,364 --> 01:11:28,366 -Say, Jim, whoa ! -Excuse me. 611 01:11:28,534 --> 01:11:30,326 That's a bad outfit. 612 01:11:31,537 --> 01:11:33,496 Okay, Bresslaw, move these people out. 613 01:11:42,923 --> 01:11:44,966 Oh, God, look up there. 614 01:11:46,385 --> 01:11:47,635 What the hell's that? 615 01:11:49,471 --> 01:11:51,180 Easy, miss. I've got you. 616 01:11:51,348 --> 01:11:53,057 You-- You've got me? 617 01:11:53,225 --> 01:11:55,268 Who's got you? 618 01:11:55,936 --> 01:12:00,064 I can't believe it. I just cannot believe it. He got her. 619 01:12:44,777 --> 01:12:46,819 Gentlemen, this man needs help. 620 01:12:48,655 --> 01:12:52,658 Well, I certainly hope this little incident hasn't put you off flying, miss. 621 01:12:53,577 --> 01:12:57,997 Statistically speaking, of course, it's still the safest way to travel. 622 01:12:58,290 --> 01:13:00,708 Right. Wait. 623 01:13:05,672 --> 01:13:06,964 Who are you? 624 01:13:07,841 --> 01:13:09,175 A friend. 625 01:13:14,139 --> 01:13:16,015 Bye. 626 01:14:27,838 --> 01:14:30,423 Hi there. Something wrong with the elevator? 627 01:14:37,890 --> 01:14:39,307 Going down. 628 01:14:46,064 --> 01:14:47,773 Nah.... 629 01:14:51,403 --> 01:14:52,653 Officer. 630 01:14:56,158 --> 01:14:58,743 Good evening, Officer Mooney. 631 01:14:58,911 --> 01:15:01,746 Well, they say confession is good for the soul. 632 01:15:03,040 --> 01:15:05,124 I'd listen to this man. 633 01:15:05,292 --> 01:15:07,084 Take him away. 634 01:15:52,047 --> 01:15:53,589 Come on. Let's get out of here. 635 01:16:03,892 --> 01:16:06,018 Move your ass. Come on. Come on. 636 01:16:06,645 --> 01:16:08,646 Okay, let's go. Let's go. 637 01:16:08,814 --> 01:16:12,817 Drop your weapons. Drop your weapons. 638 01:16:12,985 --> 01:16:14,777 Come on, let's get out of here. 639 01:16:14,945 --> 01:16:16,654 Okay, hold it. Hold it right there. 640 01:16:17,155 --> 01:16:18,823 -Freeze, you turkeys. -Don't shoot. 641 01:16:18,991 --> 01:16:20,616 Be cool. You got us. 642 01:16:45,267 --> 01:16:47,018 Bad vibrations? 643 01:16:47,185 --> 01:16:50,354 Sergeant, you don't believe me. I swear, flying. 644 01:16:50,522 --> 01:16:52,815 With a big red cape and bright red boots, as well. 645 01:16:52,983 --> 01:16:55,151 -Watch the desk. -Quick as a wink, he was gone. 646 01:16:55,319 --> 01:16:58,195 Flew up in the air again, he did, like a big blue bird. 647 01:16:58,363 --> 01:17:00,114 -A blue bird... -You don't believe me. 648 01:17:00,282 --> 01:17:02,033 -...with bright red boots. -Flying. 649 01:17:02,200 --> 01:17:03,784 Take off, go back to Murphy's bar. 650 01:17:03,952 --> 01:17:06,037 -Continue what you started. -Don't believe me. 651 01:17:06,204 --> 01:17:09,874 I'll be off in a few minutes and I'll meet you there myself. 652 01:17:18,216 --> 01:17:21,719 Mooney, the first bottle's on me. 653 01:17:21,887 --> 01:17:23,346 Let me get my hat. 654 01:17:33,732 --> 01:17:35,983 Hey, Frisky, will you come down from there. 655 01:17:38,487 --> 01:17:40,237 Hi. I'll get him. 656 01:17:44,826 --> 01:17:46,827 Come on. It's all right. 657 01:17:47,913 --> 01:17:49,580 Here you go, miss. 658 01:17:49,748 --> 01:17:52,416 -Gee, thanks, mister. -Well... 659 01:17:53,418 --> 01:17:55,503 ...goodbye, Frisky. So long, now. 660 01:17:59,132 --> 01:18:02,635 -Bye. -Bye. 661 01:18:03,428 --> 01:18:06,138 Mommy, Mommy, Frisky was stuck in the tree. 662 01:18:06,306 --> 01:18:09,266 This man swooped out of the sky and gave him to me. 663 01:18:09,434 --> 01:18:12,645 Haven't I told you to stop telling lies? 664 01:18:17,275 --> 01:18:19,568 Metropolis Airport, this is Air Force One. 665 01:18:19,736 --> 01:18:22,321 -Could we have the weather report? -Roger, Air Force One. 666 01:18:22,489 --> 01:18:24,699 Metropolis, currently ceiling 500 overcast. 667 01:18:24,866 --> 01:18:29,578 700 broken, visibility one half and showers. Wind 2-4-0 at 2-5, altimeter niner-niner-eight. 668 01:18:29,746 --> 01:18:31,288 Roger. 669 01:18:31,456 --> 01:18:33,833 Well, it doesn't look too good. What do you think? 670 01:18:35,794 --> 01:18:37,586 -What the hell was that? -What happened? 671 01:18:37,838 --> 01:18:39,130 We lost power in number one. 672 01:18:39,297 --> 01:18:41,132 Lost power? We lost the whole engine. 673 01:18:41,925 --> 01:18:43,926 -Shut down one. -Pull one throttle closed. 674 01:18:44,094 --> 01:18:46,637 -Bring up 2 and 3. -There's not enough pressure.... 675 01:18:49,015 --> 01:18:52,309 Mayday, mayday, Metropolis tower. Air Force One. 676 01:18:52,477 --> 01:18:55,771 We have lost port outboard engine and part of wing. 677 01:18:55,939 --> 01:18:58,649 Request emergency landing. What's the position? 678 01:18:58,817 --> 01:19:00,735 Ten miles southwest of Metropolis Airport. 679 01:19:00,902 --> 01:19:03,320 -Notify them the president's onboard. -Position... 680 01:19:03,488 --> 01:19:06,365 ...1 0 miles southwest Metropolis Airport. 681 01:19:06,533 --> 01:19:10,286 Heading 3-0-5. Height, 6000 feet. 682 01:19:29,514 --> 01:19:32,183 What the hell happened? We got our engine back? 683 01:19:32,350 --> 01:19:34,351 What the hell's going on out there? 684 01:19:34,519 --> 01:19:37,772 Fly. Don't look. Just fly. 685 01:19:37,939 --> 01:19:39,899 We got something. 686 01:19:40,066 --> 01:19:44,904 I ain't saying what it is. Just trust me. 687 01:19:55,957 --> 01:19:58,959 You enjoyed it. 688 01:20:01,546 --> 01:20:03,464 I don't know what to say, Father. 689 01:20:03,632 --> 01:20:05,549 I'm afraid I just got carried away. 690 01:20:06,593 --> 01:20:10,387 -I anticipated this, my son. -You couldn't have. 691 01:20:10,555 --> 01:20:13,224 You couldn't have imagined.... 692 01:20:13,683 --> 01:20:15,184 How good it felt? 693 01:20:17,729 --> 01:20:20,356 You are revealed to the world. 694 01:20:21,775 --> 01:20:24,193 Very well. So be it. 695 01:20:25,570 --> 01:20:28,864 But you still must keep your secret identity. 696 01:20:29,032 --> 01:20:30,074 Why? 697 01:20:30,492 --> 01:20:32,493 The reasons are two. 698 01:20:32,661 --> 01:20:35,871 First: You cannot serve humanity 28 hours a day. 699 01:20:37,249 --> 01:20:39,750 -24. -Or 24... 700 01:20:39,918 --> 01:20:43,212 ...as it is in Earth time. 701 01:20:43,380 --> 01:20:45,881 Your help would be called for endlessly. 702 01:20:46,049 --> 01:20:50,094 Even for those tasks which human beings could solve themselves. 703 01:20:50,262 --> 01:20:53,973 It is their habit to abuse their resources in such a way. 704 01:20:54,140 --> 01:20:55,266 And secondly? 705 01:20:55,433 --> 01:20:56,600 Second: 706 01:20:56,768 --> 01:20:59,270 Your enemies will discover... 707 01:20:59,437 --> 01:21:01,605 ...their only way to hurt you : 708 01:21:01,773 --> 01:21:04,066 By hurting the people you care for. 709 01:21:05,318 --> 01:21:06,610 Thank you, Father. 710 01:21:06,778 --> 01:21:08,696 Lastly: 711 01:21:10,365 --> 01:21:13,450 do not punish yourself for your feelings of vanity. 712 01:21:13,618 --> 01:21:15,452 Simply learn to control them. 713 01:21:15,871 --> 01:21:19,540 It is an affliction common to all, even on Krypton. 714 01:21:19,708 --> 01:21:22,918 Our destruction could have been avoided but for the vanity of some... 715 01:21:23,086 --> 01:21:26,297 ...who consider us indestructible. 716 01:21:26,464 --> 01:21:29,300 Were it not for vanity, why... 717 01:21:29,676 --> 01:21:32,177 ...at this very moment... 718 01:21:35,682 --> 01:21:38,642 ...I could embrace you in my arms... 719 01:21:42,689 --> 01:21:44,148 ...my son. 720 01:22:15,096 --> 01:22:16,013 Reports are coming in of... 721 01:22:16,181 --> 01:22:19,558 -...a miraculous saving of Air Force One.... -A burglar was apprehended... 722 01:22:19,726 --> 01:22:23,270 -...by a man in a blue suit and red cape. -...rescuing Miss Lois Lane... 723 01:22:23,438 --> 01:22:26,357 ...writer on the Daily Planet, with one hand, and a.... 724 01:22:31,780 --> 01:22:34,782 Yeah, that'll be the day, huh? 725 01:22:34,950 --> 01:22:37,868 I said, that'll be the day when a guy could fly, huh? 726 01:22:38,036 --> 01:22:41,163 Oh, I don't know. You'd be surprised. 727 01:22:44,292 --> 01:22:46,710 --fantastic hoax. Your guess is as good as anybody's. 728 01:22:46,878 --> 01:22:49,171 True or false, miracle or fraud? 729 01:22:49,339 --> 01:22:51,507 -The answer to that.... -Miss Teschmacher! 730 01:22:52,300 --> 01:22:54,051 Turn it off. 731 01:23:00,934 --> 01:23:04,853 Lex, what's the story on this guy? 732 01:23:05,021 --> 01:23:06,897 Do you think he's the genuine article? 733 01:23:07,065 --> 01:23:10,275 -If he is, he's not from this world. -Why? 734 01:23:10,443 --> 01:23:13,570 If any human being were gonna perpetrate such a fantastic hoax... 735 01:23:13,738 --> 01:23:15,614 ...it would have been me. 736 01:23:24,457 --> 01:23:27,459 Otis! My robe! 737 01:23:29,546 --> 01:23:32,089 Right away, Mr. Luthor. 738 01:23:32,424 --> 01:23:36,593 It all fits somehow, his coming here to Metropolis... 739 01:23:36,761 --> 01:23:39,138 ...and at this particular time. 740 01:23:42,392 --> 01:23:44,893 There's kind of a cruel justice about it. 741 01:23:45,103 --> 01:23:46,979 To commit the crime of the century... 742 01:23:47,147 --> 01:23:50,566 ...a man would just naturally want to face the challenge of the century. 743 01:23:52,444 --> 01:23:56,405 Listen, Mr. Luthor, maybe this guy that flies is just sort of passing through. 744 01:23:56,573 --> 01:23:58,991 -You know? -Passing through? 745 01:23:59,159 --> 01:24:00,951 Not on your life, Otis... 746 01:24:01,119 --> 01:24:03,620 ...which I would gladly sacrifice, by the way... 747 01:24:03,788 --> 01:24:07,958 ...for the opportunity of destroying everything that he represents. 748 01:24:09,002 --> 01:24:10,836 And, Otis, by the way... 749 01:24:11,004 --> 01:24:14,465 ...the next time, put my robe on after I'm out of the pool. 750 01:24:16,509 --> 01:24:18,844 Now look. The Post: "It flies." 751 01:24:19,012 --> 01:24:21,305 The News: "Look, Ma, no wires." 752 01:24:21,473 --> 01:24:23,474 The Times: "Blue bomb buzzes Metropolis." 753 01:24:23,641 --> 01:24:24,641 The Planet: 754 01:24:26,061 --> 01:24:27,853 We have the story of the century here. 755 01:24:28,021 --> 01:24:29,938 I want the name of this whatchamacallit... 756 01:24:30,106 --> 01:24:32,274 ...to go with the Planet like bacon and eggs... 757 01:24:32,442 --> 01:24:35,402 ...franks and beans, death and taxes, politics and corruption. 758 01:24:35,570 --> 01:24:39,698 I don't think that he would lend himself to any cheap promotion schemes, Mr. White. 759 01:24:39,866 --> 01:24:42,242 Exactly how would you know that, Kent? 760 01:24:44,370 --> 01:24:46,163 Just a first impression. 761 01:24:46,331 --> 01:24:48,916 Who's talking cheap? I'll make him partner if I have to. 762 01:24:49,084 --> 01:24:50,626 -Right? -Right, chief. 763 01:24:52,212 --> 01:24:53,670 I want the real story. 764 01:24:53,838 --> 01:24:56,215 I want the inside dope on this guy. 765 01:24:56,382 --> 01:25:00,052 Has he got a family? Where does he live? What does the S stand for.... 766 01:25:02,722 --> 01:25:03,847 How does he fly? 767 01:25:04,015 --> 01:25:05,516 "A friend. " 768 01:25:08,812 --> 01:25:11,313 Tony, who is he? Mike, what's his name? 769 01:25:11,481 --> 01:25:13,816 What's he got hidden under that cape? Batteries? 770 01:25:13,983 --> 01:25:15,359 Why did he show up last night? 771 01:25:15,527 --> 01:25:17,736 Dick, where does he come from? 772 01:25:17,904 --> 01:25:19,154 Does he have a girlfriend? 773 01:25:21,699 --> 01:25:23,367 What's his favorite ball team, Kent? 774 01:25:23,535 --> 01:25:26,370 Now, listen to me. I tell you, boys and girls... 775 01:25:26,538 --> 01:25:28,539 ...whichever one of you gets it out of him... 776 01:25:28,706 --> 01:25:31,625 ...is gonna wind up with the single most important interview... 777 01:25:31,793 --> 01:25:35,546 ...since God talked to Moses. 778 01:25:38,383 --> 01:25:40,217 What are you standing around about for? 779 01:25:40,385 --> 01:25:43,720 Move. Get on that story. 780 01:26:01,656 --> 01:26:04,074 "Eight o'clock," he says. 8: 00, 8: 00. 781 01:26:04,242 --> 01:26:05,742 Some friend. 782 01:26:06,536 --> 01:26:09,746 The story of my life. Cinderella bites the dust. 783 01:26:22,135 --> 01:26:23,427 Good evening, Miss Lane. 784 01:26:26,931 --> 01:26:28,390 Hi. 785 01:26:28,558 --> 01:26:30,934 Oh, I'm sorry, did you have plans this evening? 786 01:26:31,561 --> 01:26:33,103 Oh, this old thing-- No. 787 01:26:33,271 --> 01:26:34,521 -It's no trouble... -No. 788 01:26:34,689 --> 01:26:36,106 -...to come later. -Don't move! 789 01:26:40,403 --> 01:26:42,237 Sure, you can move. 790 01:26:42,780 --> 01:26:44,573 Just don't fly away, all right? 791 01:26:45,450 --> 01:26:47,618 Sorry to drop in on you like this, Miss Lane... 792 01:26:47,785 --> 01:26:50,204 ...but there must be a lot of questions about me... 793 01:26:50,371 --> 01:26:53,749 -...that people would like the answers to. -Of course, yes. 794 01:26:59,339 --> 01:27:01,506 You really shouldn't smoke, you know, Miss Lane. 795 01:27:02,675 --> 01:27:05,302 Don't tell me. Lung cancer, right? 796 01:27:07,513 --> 01:27:09,473 Well, not yet, thank goodness. 797 01:27:12,894 --> 01:27:14,311 Would you like a glass of wine? 798 01:27:14,479 --> 01:27:16,647 No, thanks. I never drink when I fly. 799 01:27:17,982 --> 01:27:19,316 Nice place. 800 01:27:19,484 --> 01:27:22,653 Oh, thank you. Thank you. 801 01:27:22,946 --> 01:27:25,739 Should we get started with the interview? 802 01:27:28,493 --> 01:27:29,868 Thank you. 803 01:27:30,578 --> 01:27:33,789 Well, let's start with your vital statistics. 804 01:27:33,957 --> 01:27:35,749 Are you married? 805 01:27:36,334 --> 01:27:37,501 No. No, I'm not. 806 01:27:38,378 --> 01:27:40,170 Do you have a girlfriend? 807 01:27:40,338 --> 01:27:44,341 No, I don't, but if I did, Miss Lane, you'd be the first to know about it. 808 01:27:50,723 --> 01:27:52,099 How old are you? 809 01:27:52,267 --> 01:27:54,309 -Over 21. -Oh, I get it. 810 01:27:54,477 --> 01:27:56,645 You don't want anyone to know how old-- Okay. 811 01:27:56,813 --> 01:27:59,564 How big are you? How tall are you? 812 01:27:59,732 --> 01:28:02,109 -About six-four. -Six-foot-four. 813 01:28:02,277 --> 01:28:06,196 -And how much do you weigh? -Around 2, 225. 814 01:28:06,781 --> 01:28:09,199 Two-- 225? 815 01:28:14,205 --> 01:28:18,500 Well, I assume, then, that... 816 01:28:18,876 --> 01:28:22,879 ...the rest of your bodily functions are normal? 817 01:28:23,589 --> 01:28:24,881 Sorry. I beg your pardon? 818 01:28:26,050 --> 01:28:28,218 Well, putting it delicately... 819 01:28:32,265 --> 01:28:34,141 ...do you... 820 01:28:36,686 --> 01:28:41,565 -...eat? -Yes. Yes, I do. When I'm hungry. 821 01:28:42,108 --> 01:28:45,235 You do. Of course you do. 822 01:28:45,403 --> 01:28:48,447 Well. Well, then, is it true... 823 01:28:48,614 --> 01:28:52,826 ...that you can see through anything? 824 01:28:52,994 --> 01:28:55,495 Yes, I can. Well, pretty much. 825 01:28:55,663 --> 01:28:59,249 And that you're totally impervious to pain? 826 01:28:59,417 --> 01:29:01,293 Well, so far. 827 01:29:02,211 --> 01:29:04,755 What color underwear am I wearing? 828 01:29:08,551 --> 01:29:10,635 -I'm sorry. I embarrassed you, didn't l? -No. 829 01:29:10,803 --> 01:29:12,387 -I did. -No, no. Not at all. 830 01:29:12,555 --> 01:29:15,766 It's just that this planter must be made of lead. 831 01:29:15,933 --> 01:29:18,185 -Yes, it is. So? -Oh, you see, l... 832 01:29:18,353 --> 01:29:20,562 ...I sort of have a problem seeing through lead. 833 01:29:21,272 --> 01:29:23,190 Oh, that's interesting. 834 01:29:23,358 --> 01:29:25,275 "Problems seeing through lead." 835 01:29:26,277 --> 01:29:29,071 -Do you have a first name? -What, like "Ralph" or something? 836 01:29:29,238 --> 01:29:31,490 -No. I mean like-- -Pink. 837 01:29:32,241 --> 01:29:33,450 Pink. 838 01:29:35,661 --> 01:29:38,080 I'm sorry, Miss Lane. I didn't mean to embarrass you. 839 01:29:38,581 --> 01:29:40,916 You didn't embarrass me. 840 01:29:43,294 --> 01:29:45,462 What's your background? Where do you hail from? 841 01:29:46,798 --> 01:29:49,174 Well, that's kind of hard to explain, actually. 842 01:29:49,342 --> 01:29:52,928 You see, I'm from.... Well, pretty far away. 843 01:29:53,096 --> 01:29:54,846 Another galaxy, as a matter of fact. 844 01:29:55,014 --> 01:29:57,474 I come from a planet called Krypton. 845 01:29:57,975 --> 01:29:59,309 Krypton. 846 01:30:00,353 --> 01:30:04,815 Oh, Cripton. With a C-R-l...? No. 847 01:30:04,982 --> 01:30:08,610 No, actually, it's Krypton, with a K-R-Y-P-T-O-N. 848 01:30:08,778 --> 01:30:13,657 K-R-Y....Do you like pink? 849 01:30:18,871 --> 01:30:21,248 I like pink very much, Lois. 850 01:30:25,169 --> 01:30:27,712 -Why are you--? -I'm sorry? 851 01:30:28,172 --> 01:30:32,008 I mean, why are you here? There must be a reason for you to be here. 852 01:30:32,176 --> 01:30:36,179 Yes. I'm here to fight for truth and justice and the American way. 853 01:30:37,056 --> 01:30:40,183 You're gonna end up fighting every elected official in this country. 854 01:30:40,351 --> 01:30:42,352 I'm sure you don't really mean that, Lois. 855 01:30:42,520 --> 01:30:44,855 -I don't believe this. -Lois? 856 01:30:45,356 --> 01:30:47,190 I never lie. 857 01:30:55,241 --> 01:30:58,535 -Just how fast do you fly, by the way? -I don't know, really. 858 01:30:58,703 --> 01:31:01,288 You know, I never actually bothered to time myself. 859 01:31:01,456 --> 01:31:03,623 -No? -Say... 860 01:31:04,709 --> 01:31:06,543 ...why don't we find out? 861 01:31:06,711 --> 01:31:09,129 And how do you propose we do that? 862 01:31:09,297 --> 01:31:10,881 Take a ride with me? 863 01:31:11,048 --> 01:31:12,466 You mean I can fly? 864 01:31:12,633 --> 01:31:15,051 Actually, I'd be handling the flying, if that's okay. 865 01:31:15,219 --> 01:31:18,388 -This is utterly fantastic. -Wait a minute. Where are you going? 866 01:31:18,556 --> 01:31:20,724 -Are you serious? -Sure. 867 01:31:21,517 --> 01:31:23,185 What's the matter, don't want to go? 868 01:31:23,352 --> 01:31:25,479 Okay. You don't need these. 869 01:31:25,646 --> 01:31:27,814 I need a sweater. It must be kind of cold. 870 01:31:27,982 --> 01:31:29,816 You'll be warm enough. 871 01:31:35,907 --> 01:31:38,283 -Ready? -Clark... 872 01:31:38,451 --> 01:31:42,746 ...said that you're just a figment of somebody's imagination... 873 01:31:42,914 --> 01:31:44,414 ...like Peter Pan. 874 01:31:44,582 --> 01:31:47,167 Clark. Who's that, your boyfriend? 875 01:31:47,335 --> 01:31:49,419 Clark? Oh, Clark. No, he's nothing. 876 01:31:49,587 --> 01:31:51,713 -He's just a-- -Peter Pan, huh? 877 01:31:53,257 --> 01:31:57,469 Peter Pan flew with children, Lois. In a fairy tale. 878 01:35:13,624 --> 01:35:16,459 Can you read my mind? 879 01:35:20,673 --> 01:35:23,717 do you know what it is that you do to me? 880 01:35:26,303 --> 01:35:28,805 I don't know who you are. 881 01:35:33,811 --> 01:35:36,813 Just a friend from another star. 882 01:35:40,317 --> 01:35:43,737 Here I am, like a kid out of school... 883 01:35:44,613 --> 01:35:47,323 ...holding hands with a god. 884 01:35:48,242 --> 01:35:50,034 I'm a fool. 885 01:35:51,328 --> 01:35:55,165 Will you look at me, quivering. 886 01:35:55,332 --> 01:35:58,168 Like a little girl, shivering. 887 01:35:58,502 --> 01:36:01,004 You can see right through me. 888 01:36:05,593 --> 01:36:08,303 Can you read my mind? 889 01:36:10,931 --> 01:36:13,683 Can you picture the things I'm thinking of? 890 01:36:18,230 --> 01:36:20,273 Wondering why you are... 891 01:36:21,984 --> 01:36:24,235 ...all the wonderful things you are. 892 01:36:27,364 --> 01:36:29,032 You can fly. 893 01:36:30,367 --> 01:36:32,035 You belong in the sky. 894 01:36:34,205 --> 01:36:35,580 You and l... 895 01:36:37,333 --> 01:36:39,709 ...could belong to each other. 896 01:36:42,213 --> 01:36:44,339 If you need a friend... 897 01:36:47,384 --> 01:36:49,844 ...I'm the one to fly to. 898 01:36:53,808 --> 01:36:56,059 If you need to be loved... 899 01:36:57,603 --> 01:36:59,604 ...here I am. 900 01:37:00,523 --> 01:37:02,607 Read my mind. 901 01:37:24,004 --> 01:37:26,589 Oh, we forgot to time ourselves. 902 01:37:27,508 --> 01:37:29,884 Oh, well, maybe next time. 903 01:37:39,019 --> 01:37:40,353 You okay? 904 01:37:42,940 --> 01:37:45,400 Well, good night. 905 01:37:45,818 --> 01:37:48,069 Oh, good night. 906 01:37:52,700 --> 01:37:55,285 What a super man. 907 01:38:00,791 --> 01:38:03,042 "Superman." 908 01:38:03,794 --> 01:38:07,213 Lois? Lois? 909 01:38:07,381 --> 01:38:12,010 Anybody home? Hello? Lois? 910 01:38:17,224 --> 01:38:20,268 -Hi. Can I come in? -Oh, yeah. 911 01:38:20,936 --> 01:38:24,564 Lois, for goodness' sake, did you even hear me knocking? 912 01:38:25,316 --> 01:38:29,027 Lois, we did have a date tonight, remember? 913 01:38:30,321 --> 01:38:34,616 -Lois? You haven't been: -Oh, no, no. 914 01:38:34,783 --> 01:38:39,329 Well, I should certainly hope not. Well, let's push off, shall we? 915 01:38:39,496 --> 01:38:40,830 -I'd better get a coat. -Okay. 916 01:38:40,998 --> 01:38:43,958 It might be kind of cold out. No, I mean... 917 01:38:44,126 --> 01:38:47,754 ...I need a purse, and I have to fix my hair, and... 918 01:38:47,922 --> 01:38:49,923 ...put some blush on.... 919 01:39:05,773 --> 01:39:07,357 Lois... 920 01:39:07,691 --> 01:39:11,027 ...there's something I have to tell you. I'm really-- 921 01:39:13,447 --> 01:39:18,284 I mean, I was, at first, really nervous about tonight. 922 01:39:19,036 --> 01:39:22,664 But then I decided, well, darn it, I was gonna show you the time of your life. 923 01:39:22,831 --> 01:39:24,874 That's Clark, nice. 924 01:39:27,419 --> 01:39:30,046 I was thinking maybe we could go for a hamburger, or.... 925 01:39:36,804 --> 01:39:38,388 Now, then... 926 01:39:39,390 --> 01:39:42,976 ...given the exact location of the galaxy that he mentions... 927 01:39:43,143 --> 01:39:47,230 ...and the proximity to our own solar system... 928 01:39:49,066 --> 01:39:50,984 ...it's amazing. 929 01:39:51,151 --> 01:39:53,903 Amazing. Too good to be true. 930 01:39:54,071 --> 01:39:56,864 It's too good to be true. He's 6'4", has black hair... 931 01:39:57,032 --> 01:40:00,201 ...blue eyes, doesn't drink, doesn't smoke and tells the truth. 932 01:40:00,369 --> 01:40:02,870 Miss Teschmacher, some people read War and Peace... 933 01:40:03,038 --> 01:40:05,915 ...and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. 934 01:40:06,083 --> 01:40:08,876 Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper... 935 01:40:09,044 --> 01:40:11,629 ...and unlock the secrets of the universe. 936 01:40:12,381 --> 01:40:16,300 Lex, what has chewing gum got to do with the secrets of the universe? 937 01:40:19,430 --> 01:40:21,472 Right. Right, Miss Teschmacher. 938 01:40:24,560 --> 01:40:26,561 N, N, N.... 939 01:40:26,729 --> 01:40:29,439 M. You want M, Mr. Luthor? Coming right up. 940 01:40:30,858 --> 01:40:32,567 So there you go. M. 941 01:40:32,735 --> 01:40:35,445 M, as in "moron," Otis? No, no, no. It's N! 942 01:40:35,612 --> 01:40:38,906 N, as in "Neanderthal," "nincompoop," "nitwit." 943 01:40:39,074 --> 01:40:41,951 -And L, as in "ladder" ! -Ladder, Mr. Luthor. Coming right up. 944 01:40:42,119 --> 01:40:44,537 I didn't see, because I.... 945 01:40:44,705 --> 01:40:47,582 I'm sorry, Mr. Luthor. I-- 946 01:40:47,750 --> 01:40:51,961 In the interview, he says that the planet Krypton... 947 01:40:52,838 --> 01:40:55,631 ...exploded in 1948. 948 01:40:55,799 --> 01:41:00,803 Ridiculous little freak took three years in a rocket ship to get to Earth. 949 01:41:00,971 --> 01:41:06,434 -Ergo.... -Ergo. Ergo, 1948, three years.... 950 01:41:06,602 --> 01:41:07,977 He's 6'4", you know that? 951 01:41:08,145 --> 01:41:11,814 Do you know why the number 200 is so vitally descriptive... 952 01:41:11,982 --> 01:41:14,776 ...to both you and me? It's your weight and my lQ. 953 01:41:14,943 --> 01:41:17,153 Now, think, people, think. 954 01:41:18,072 --> 01:41:20,823 Deductive reasoning, that's the name of the game. 955 01:41:22,993 --> 01:41:27,455 Fragments from the planet Krypton exploded and went into outer space. 956 01:41:27,623 --> 01:41:31,667 It is reasonable to assume that some of those particles of debris... 957 01:41:31,835 --> 01:41:33,669 ...drifted to Earth. 958 01:41:35,631 --> 01:41:39,008 Meteorites. 959 01:41:39,843 --> 01:41:41,844 Voilá ! 960 01:41:46,850 --> 01:41:48,017 Voilá. 961 01:41:48,185 --> 01:41:50,353 Voilá. 962 01:41:52,064 --> 01:41:54,857 A meteorite found in Addis Ababa? 963 01:41:55,984 --> 01:42:00,029 I know l'm gonna get rapped in the mouth for this, but so what? 964 01:42:00,197 --> 01:42:03,950 So what? You mean, to us they are just meteorites. 965 01:42:04,118 --> 01:42:09,038 Fair enough. But the level of specific radioactivity is so high... 966 01:42:09,206 --> 01:42:12,792 ...to anyone from the planet Krypton, this substance is lethal. 967 01:42:13,627 --> 01:42:15,419 Wait a minute, Mr. Luthor. 968 01:42:15,587 --> 01:42:19,715 You mean fire and bullets can't hurt this guy, but this stuff here... 969 01:42:19,883 --> 01:42:23,052 -...will kill him. -Will kill him. 970 01:42:23,971 --> 01:42:25,429 Yeah, wow.... 971 01:42:25,597 --> 01:42:27,390 Doesn't it give you kind of a... 972 01:42:27,558 --> 01:42:31,602 ...a shudder of electricity through you to be in the same room with me? 973 01:42:32,771 --> 01:42:35,898 Not like the one you'll get when you try to lay that rock on him. 974 01:42:36,066 --> 01:42:39,277 He can see you coming from miles with those super peepers of his. 975 01:42:39,444 --> 01:42:43,364 Oh, Lord, you gave them eyes, but they cannot see. 976 01:42:43,532 --> 01:42:45,867 Nor can Superman, through lead. 977 01:42:47,661 --> 01:42:50,329 He can't see through lead. 978 01:42:50,497 --> 01:42:52,665 And kryptonite will destroy him. 979 01:42:56,044 --> 01:42:57,920 Any questions, class? 980 01:42:59,006 --> 01:43:01,507 Wonder what they're wearing in Addis Ababa. 981 01:43:01,675 --> 01:43:05,303 -Looks like a burnoose, just a wraparound. -There's gold. It's 24 karat... 982 01:43:05,470 --> 01:43:08,806 -Are we going to Addis Ababa, Mr. Luthor? -...not 1 8 karat gold. 983 01:43:09,308 --> 01:43:11,684 Mother Bird to missile convoy. Over. 984 01:43:11,852 --> 01:43:14,312 Missile convoy to Mother Bird, go ahead. 985 01:43:14,479 --> 01:43:17,273 Everything looks good. See you at base. 986 01:43:17,441 --> 01:43:21,611 -Over and out. -Roger, Mother Bird. Over and out. 987 01:44:04,738 --> 01:44:08,449 -Man, look at this. -Looks pretty bad. 988 01:44:10,827 --> 01:44:14,205 -Think she's dead? -Better check her pulse. 989 01:44:24,091 --> 01:44:25,883 All right, get an ambulance down here. 990 01:44:26,051 --> 01:44:28,719 I don't wanna hold this convoy up more than I have to. 991 01:44:29,263 --> 01:44:31,973 She's having trouble breathing, sir. What do you think? 992 01:44:32,140 --> 01:44:34,600 Well, I suggest vigorous chest massage. 993 01:44:34,768 --> 01:44:37,395 If that doesn't work, mouth-to-mouth. 994 01:44:37,562 --> 01:44:39,021 Yes, sir. 995 01:44:39,189 --> 01:44:42,733 Sergeant, I won't have one of my men doing anything I wouldn't do myself. 996 01:44:42,901 --> 01:44:45,027 -Yeah, but, sir-- -Get an ambulance. 997 01:44:45,195 --> 01:44:47,196 All right, men. Gather around. 998 01:44:47,948 --> 01:44:49,991 About face! 999 01:45:17,227 --> 01:45:18,644 Hi. 1000 01:45:18,854 --> 01:45:20,187 Somebody hurt? 1001 01:45:36,246 --> 01:45:40,624 I did it. I did it, Mr. Luthor, Miss Teschmacher. 1002 01:45:40,792 --> 01:45:44,086 -I did it, just like you told me. -All right, Otis. All right. 1003 01:45:44,254 --> 01:45:48,090 All right, Otis. Listen, it isn't that I don't trust you, but.... 1004 01:45:48,258 --> 01:45:50,676 I don't trust you, Otis. What did you do? 1005 01:45:50,844 --> 01:45:54,096 Well, I-- I set the first... 1006 01:45:54,264 --> 01:45:57,266 ...directional vector to 38... 1007 01:45:57,434 --> 01:46:01,479 ...the second one to 67, and the third one to 1 1 7. 1008 01:46:01,646 --> 01:46:04,774 -What about the fourth one? -What fourth one? 1009 01:46:04,941 --> 01:46:08,152 Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute. The third one to 1 1 7? 1010 01:46:08,320 --> 01:46:10,738 Yes. See? I wrote it down, Mr. Luthor. I wrote it-- 1011 01:46:10,906 --> 01:46:13,115 Otis. Otis! 1012 01:46:13,283 --> 01:46:18,245 The third one was supposed to be 1 1, and the fourth one, seven. 1013 01:46:18,413 --> 01:46:20,790 Well, gee, Mr. Luthor. 1014 01:46:20,957 --> 01:46:23,501 Oh, I see. I guess my arm wasn't long enough, see? 1015 01:46:23,668 --> 01:46:26,253 Otis, would you like to see a long arm? 1016 01:46:26,421 --> 01:46:29,298 Otis, would you like to see a very, very long arm? 1017 01:46:29,466 --> 01:46:33,427 -Oh, no, Mr. Luthor. -Otis. Otis! 1018 01:46:45,065 --> 01:46:48,818 -All right, get it right, will you? -Yes, Mr. Luthor. 1019 01:46:51,321 --> 01:46:53,989 McDonald, I thought you told me this road was blocked off. 1020 01:46:54,157 --> 01:46:57,493 -Jablonski, you said it was blocked. -I didn't ask him, I asked you. 1021 01:46:58,703 --> 01:47:01,330 All right, follow me. Follow me, men. 1022 01:47:02,040 --> 01:47:05,418 -Back that thing off the road. -Back that thing up out of here. 1023 01:47:08,797 --> 01:47:11,632 You fellas get back into that thing and back it off the road. 1024 01:47:11,800 --> 01:47:14,009 We got a convoy coming through here. 1025 01:47:15,554 --> 01:47:18,764 Listen, you're gonna have to circle back. I don't have time to argue. 1026 01:47:18,932 --> 01:47:20,516 Heck of a day, isn't it? 1027 01:47:23,562 --> 01:47:27,773 We took the wrong turn. We were looking for Route 12. 1028 01:47:27,941 --> 01:47:31,402 -Route 12? That's back there, isn't it? -No, sir. It's up there. 1029 01:47:33,321 --> 01:47:37,074 -Sergeant, we took the wrong route. -I'm a lieutenant, a naval officer. 1030 01:47:44,374 --> 01:47:46,041 Shut up! 1031 01:47:46,209 --> 01:47:47,918 Route 12 is back that way. 1032 01:47:55,343 --> 01:47:56,343 He's a diabetic.... 1033 01:48:06,938 --> 01:48:09,523 As you know, my newspaper, the daily Planet... 1034 01:48:09,691 --> 01:48:13,152 ...is very interested in that dam, but what I don't understand... 1035 01:48:13,320 --> 01:48:15,905 ...is why you'd sell out to a person you've never met. 1036 01:48:16,072 --> 01:48:18,324 I mean, you don't even know his name. Oh, yeah. 1037 01:48:21,203 --> 01:48:23,954 At the stupid-high price he offered... 1038 01:48:24,122 --> 01:48:28,834 ...for this worthless piece of desert, I hope it's Custer. 1039 01:48:30,462 --> 01:48:33,172 Perfect. That's just what I need, thank you. 1040 01:48:33,340 --> 01:48:37,718 Reporting live from the launch site, ground zero. 1041 01:48:38,094 --> 01:48:41,222 Well, today marks an historic occasion. 1042 01:48:41,389 --> 01:48:46,519 Two XK 101 rockets will be launched simultaneously... 1043 01:48:46,686 --> 01:48:49,355 ...one by the Army and by the Navy. 1044 01:48:49,523 --> 01:48:51,857 Hi, everybody. Has anybody seen Lois around today? 1045 01:48:52,025 --> 01:48:54,193 No, I haven't, but the chief wants to see you. 1046 01:48:54,361 --> 01:48:56,779 You're blocking the set, Clark. 1047 01:48:56,947 --> 01:49:00,866 Sorry, Gil. How's Judy today, okay? Good? Great. 1048 01:49:01,034 --> 01:49:02,785 -Excuse me, Mr. White? -Come in, Kent. 1049 01:49:02,953 --> 01:49:05,871 You wanted to see me? Sir, have you seen Lois anywhere today? 1050 01:49:06,706 --> 01:49:09,041 She's out west looking into a land fraud deal. 1051 01:49:09,251 --> 01:49:11,835 Sent young Olsen with her on his first assignment. 1052 01:49:12,003 --> 01:49:15,214 Some unidentified clown out there is buying up thousands of acres... 1053 01:49:15,382 --> 01:49:17,716 ...of worthless desert at incredible prices. 1054 01:49:17,884 --> 01:49:19,385 That doesn't seem to make sense. 1055 01:49:19,553 --> 01:49:22,471 The world doesn't make sense. You ought to know that by now. 1056 01:49:22,639 --> 01:49:24,932 Look at this dispatch from Addis Ababa. 1057 01:49:25,100 --> 01:49:28,143 People break into a museum at night, kill two people... 1058 01:49:28,311 --> 01:49:30,938 ...and what do they take? A worthless piece of meteorite. 1059 01:49:31,106 --> 01:49:32,648 -How do you figure that? -Well... 1060 01:49:32,816 --> 01:49:36,068 ...frankly, I've never been able to understand violence in any form. 1061 01:49:36,236 --> 01:49:40,322 I know that about you, Kent. That's one of the reasons I wanted to talk to you. 1062 01:49:40,699 --> 01:49:44,118 I've been in this news game 40 years, man and boy. 1063 01:49:44,286 --> 01:49:47,663 And I got where I am with guts, compassion... 1064 01:49:47,831 --> 01:49:51,584 ...elbow grease and something you're sadly lacking in, son. 1065 01:49:52,085 --> 01:49:53,919 -Humility? -No, not humility. 1066 01:49:54,087 --> 01:49:55,838 You got bags of humility. 1067 01:49:56,006 --> 01:49:58,465 Aggression, confidence, that's the ticket. 1068 01:49:58,633 --> 01:50:00,593 Take charge. Let people know who you are. 1069 01:50:00,760 --> 01:50:02,261 Why, I wasn't a boy 1 0 years.... 1070 01:50:09,144 --> 01:50:11,270 -This is Lex Luthor. -Let people know who I am. 1071 01:50:11,438 --> 01:50:16,191 Only one thing alive with less than four legs can hear this frequency, Superman : You. 1072 01:50:16,568 --> 01:50:19,028 In approximately five minutes, a poison gas pellet... 1073 01:50:19,195 --> 01:50:21,864 ...containing propane-lithium compound... 1074 01:50:22,032 --> 01:50:24,867 ...will be released through the city's air ducts... 1075 01:50:25,035 --> 01:50:28,329 ...effectively annihilating half the population of Metropolis. 1076 01:50:28,496 --> 01:50:31,874 I was a reporter before most of my friends were copy boys. 1077 01:50:32,042 --> 01:50:34,877 I want you to do that. Get Lois to introduce you to Superman. 1078 01:50:35,045 --> 01:50:38,255 Find out who he is. What's he like? Where'd he get that blue suit? 1079 01:50:38,423 --> 01:50:41,634 Did he have it made? ls it silk? ls it plastic? 1080 01:50:41,801 --> 01:50:45,429 I know it all seems a bit much, but how else was I going to meet you? 1081 01:50:45,597 --> 01:50:50,100 I knew you'd never accept an invitation to tea. 1082 01:50:50,810 --> 01:50:56,398 But a disaster, with people in danger, people who need help... 1083 01:50:56,566 --> 01:51:01,362 ...well, I just knew you couldn't resist the chance to sort of pitch in. 1084 01:51:01,529 --> 01:51:03,280 Know what I mean? 1085 01:51:20,924 --> 01:51:22,299 It's Superman. 1086 01:51:32,310 --> 01:51:34,061 -Look. -Oh, my God ! 1087 01:51:36,189 --> 01:51:40,192 There's a strong streak of good in you, Superman... 1088 01:51:40,485 --> 01:51:43,153 ...but then, nobody's perfect. 1089 01:51:45,448 --> 01:51:47,449 Almost nobody. 1090 01:51:55,166 --> 01:51:57,000 -What the--? -Oh, Superman. 1091 01:51:57,168 --> 01:51:59,461 -Gee. -Stand back, please. Stand back. 1092 01:51:59,629 --> 01:52:01,380 Nothing to get worried about. 1093 01:52:07,178 --> 01:52:08,887 Well, don't just sit there. Get out. 1094 01:52:22,819 --> 01:52:26,029 Look at that overgrown boy scout, Miss Teschmacher. 1095 01:52:26,197 --> 01:52:27,322 Tell me what you see. 1096 01:52:28,491 --> 01:52:30,659 Cuteness, dimples. 1097 01:52:31,119 --> 01:52:33,328 You like cuteness, huh? 1098 01:52:33,496 --> 01:52:35,080 Dimples. 1099 01:52:35,248 --> 01:52:37,166 I'll give you dimples. 1100 01:53:11,326 --> 01:53:14,995 The pressure is still on you, Superman. You know what they say: 1101 01:53:15,163 --> 01:53:18,207 "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the tunnel." 1102 01:53:41,356 --> 01:53:43,774 This is your last chance, Superman. 1103 01:53:44,192 --> 01:53:47,569 Why don't you do yourself a flavor and freeze. 1104 01:54:48,673 --> 01:54:50,090 I think he's coming, Mr. Luthor. 1105 01:55:00,852 --> 01:55:03,145 He's definitely coming, Mr. Luthor. 1106 01:55:14,699 --> 01:55:16,533 It's open. Come in. 1107 01:55:18,536 --> 01:55:21,830 My attorney will be in touch with you about the damage to the door. 1108 01:55:21,998 --> 01:55:23,874 Otis, take the gentleman's cape. 1109 01:55:29,505 --> 01:55:33,050 -I don't think he wants me to, Mr. Luthor. -Luthor' where's the gas pellet? 1110 01:55:33,593 --> 01:55:35,010 Somewhere... 1111 01:55:36,721 --> 01:55:41,642 ...in the back of my mind, actually. It's a little idea I was toying with. 1112 01:55:41,809 --> 01:55:46,021 ls that how your warped brain gets its kicks? Planning the death of innocent people? 1113 01:55:46,773 --> 01:55:49,942 No, by causing the death of innocent people. 1114 01:55:50,109 --> 01:55:51,652 Fire. 1115 01:55:53,613 --> 01:55:56,740 Navy Bird, we have a launch. 1116 01:55:56,908 --> 01:56:00,327 Navy missile, XK 1 01. 1117 01:56:00,495 --> 01:56:01,912 Angle of attack is perfect. 1118 01:56:02,914 --> 01:56:06,291 -Climbing fast. -Hydraulics, general function. 1119 01:56:06,459 --> 01:56:10,504 Now, as you may or may not know, I am, as they say... 1120 01:56:10,672 --> 01:56:13,090 ...very heavy into real estate. 1121 01:56:13,257 --> 01:56:17,719 To make money in that game, you have to buy for a little and sell for a lot, right? 1122 01:56:17,887 --> 01:56:20,180 -Right. -Right. 1123 01:56:20,348 --> 01:56:23,141 So the problem: 1124 01:56:23,309 --> 01:56:26,103 How to make land more valuable between the time you buy it... 1125 01:56:26,270 --> 01:56:28,313 ...and the time you sell it. 1126 01:56:28,690 --> 01:56:33,402 Now, this is California, the richest, most populous state in the union. 1127 01:56:33,569 --> 01:56:36,613 I don't need a geography lesson from you, Luthor. 1128 01:56:36,781 --> 01:56:41,076 Oh, yes, of course, you've been there. I do forget, you get around, don't you? 1129 01:56:41,244 --> 01:56:43,370 -Where was l? -California. 1130 01:56:43,538 --> 01:56:47,082 California, right. The San Andreas Fault. Maybe you've heard of it? 1131 01:56:47,250 --> 01:56:50,961 Yes. It's the joining of two land masses. The fault line is unstable... 1132 01:56:51,129 --> 01:56:53,755 ...which is why you get earthquakes in California. 1133 01:56:53,923 --> 01:56:56,883 Wonderful. Couldn't have said it better myself. 1134 01:56:58,219 --> 01:57:01,430 Everything west of this line is the richest real estate in the world. 1135 01:57:01,597 --> 01:57:04,266 San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco. 1136 01:57:04,434 --> 01:57:09,187 Everything on this side is just hundreds of miles of worthless desert land... 1137 01:57:09,355 --> 01:57:11,898 ...which happens to be owned by.... 1138 01:57:12,066 --> 01:57:14,943 Lex Luthor, Incorporated. 1139 01:57:15,111 --> 01:57:19,489 Now, call me foolish, call me irresponsible.... 1140 01:57:19,657 --> 01:57:22,951 It occurs to me that a 500-megaton bomb... 1141 01:57:23,119 --> 01:57:25,954 ...planted at just the proper point, would.... 1142 01:57:26,122 --> 01:57:28,540 Would destroy most of California. 1143 01:57:29,625 --> 01:57:33,128 Millions of innocent people would die. The West Coast as we know it would-- 1144 01:57:33,296 --> 01:57:37,632 Fall into the sea. Bye-bye, California. 1145 01:57:37,800 --> 01:57:40,969 Hello, new West Coast. My West Coast. 1146 01:57:43,347 --> 01:57:46,892 Costa del Lex, Luthorville, Marina del Lex, Otisburg-- 1147 01:57:49,812 --> 01:57:52,230 -Otisburg? -Miss Teschmacher... 1148 01:57:52,398 --> 01:57:54,733 -...she's got her own place, Mr. -- -Otisburg? 1149 01:57:54,901 --> 01:57:57,861 -It's a little-bitty place. -Otisburg? 1150 01:57:58,029 --> 01:58:01,073 Okay. I'll just wipe it off, that's all. It's a little town. 1151 01:58:01,240 --> 01:58:04,451 You're a dreamer, Lex Luthor. A sick, twisted dreamer. 1152 01:58:04,619 --> 01:58:06,870 Your plan couldn't possibly work. 1153 01:58:07,038 --> 01:58:12,167 I'll admit there were a few problems. Adjusting the trajectory of the missile... 1154 01:58:12,335 --> 01:58:16,004 ...finding the optimum stress point for the fault line itself. 1155 01:58:16,172 --> 01:58:19,883 Which, by the way, is target zero, right... 1156 01:58:20,551 --> 01:58:21,551 ...here. 1157 01:58:51,207 --> 01:58:54,126 -What's happening, lieutenant? -Trajectory malfunction, sir. 1158 01:58:56,379 --> 01:58:59,089 -Then abort. -Yes, sir. 1159 01:59:04,720 --> 01:59:05,929 Function negative, sir. 1160 01:59:06,097 --> 01:59:08,974 -Can't you knock them down? -Absolutely impossible, sir. 1161 01:59:09,142 --> 01:59:11,810 They have the new B-20 low-level avoidance systems. 1162 01:59:11,978 --> 01:59:13,687 Get me the Pentagon. 1163 01:59:20,069 --> 01:59:23,655 Well, what do you think, Supe baby? Interesting? 1164 01:59:23,823 --> 01:59:28,410 -Your theory's quite impressive, Luthor. -Otis, would you go to the viewing room? 1165 01:59:29,036 --> 01:59:31,997 But as for the rest, it's nothing but a sick fantasy. 1166 01:59:32,165 --> 01:59:35,125 Fantasy? No. No. 1167 01:59:35,293 --> 01:59:38,336 It's history. It's happening, Superman. 1168 01:59:38,504 --> 01:59:40,172 Miss Teschmacher! 1169 01:59:44,844 --> 01:59:47,929 -Yes, Lex? -Where's the rocket now? 1170 01:59:48,097 --> 01:59:51,850 It's going like a bat over the Grand Canyon. So is the other one. 1171 01:59:52,018 --> 01:59:55,020 The other one? There's two of them? 1172 01:59:57,523 --> 02:00:00,483 Yeah, Superman. Double jeopardy. 1173 02:00:00,651 --> 02:00:03,612 Even you, with your great speed, couldn't stop both of them. 1174 02:00:03,779 --> 02:00:07,282 While l, on the other hand, could stop them with my detonator. 1175 02:00:07,450 --> 02:00:10,994 All right, Luthor. Where is it? Where's the detonator? 1176 02:00:24,842 --> 02:00:26,468 You diseased maniac. 1177 02:00:26,636 --> 02:00:29,804 Did you really think you could hide it from me by encasing it in lead? 1178 02:00:31,891 --> 02:00:35,894 -I'll mold this box into your prison bars. -Don't touch that. 1179 02:00:42,443 --> 02:00:47,697 I told you. It's kryptonite, Superman. A little souvenir from the old hometown. 1180 02:00:48,115 --> 02:00:51,201 I've spared no expense to make you feel right at home. 1181 02:00:58,167 --> 02:01:02,796 You were great in your day, Superman. But it just stands to reason... 1182 02:01:02,964 --> 02:01:05,173 ...when it came time to cash in your chips... 1183 02:01:05,341 --> 02:01:09,010 ...this old, diseased maniac... 1184 02:01:09,178 --> 02:01:11,346 ...would be your banker. 1185 02:01:14,475 --> 02:01:16,685 Mind over muscle. 1186 02:01:24,193 --> 02:01:28,822 You don't even care where the other missile's headed, do you? 1187 02:01:28,990 --> 02:01:33,410 Certainly, I do. I know exactly where it's headed. 1188 02:01:33,577 --> 02:01:35,245 Hackensack, New Jersey. 1189 02:01:41,085 --> 02:01:43,837 I have to leave you now. No hard feelings. 1190 02:01:44,005 --> 02:01:48,049 We all have our little faults. Mine's in California. 1191 02:02:02,315 --> 02:02:06,318 Lex, my mother lives in Hackensack. 1192 02:02:16,120 --> 02:02:18,663 Miss Teschmacher! 1193 02:02:36,807 --> 02:02:39,434 Both birds uncontrolled. lmpossible to reset. 1194 02:02:46,108 --> 02:02:47,609 Otis. 1195 02:03:06,128 --> 02:03:08,129 Miss Teschmacher. 1196 02:03:08,297 --> 02:03:10,215 Miss Teschmacher. 1197 02:03:11,884 --> 02:03:14,469 Please, you can't.... 1198 02:03:14,637 --> 02:03:15,929 You can't just stand there. 1199 02:03:19,475 --> 02:03:20,975 You can't just stand there... 1200 02:03:21,143 --> 02:03:23,978 ...and let innocent people, millions of innocent people, die. 1201 02:03:24,980 --> 02:03:26,689 Maybe. 1202 02:03:27,650 --> 02:03:30,151 Please. Please help me to save them. 1203 02:03:32,238 --> 02:03:34,739 If I help you, do you promise to save my mother first? 1204 02:03:35,950 --> 02:03:37,992 But Lois and Jimmy.... 1205 02:03:38,160 --> 02:03:39,536 Oh, but my mother comes first. 1206 02:03:39,703 --> 02:03:43,248 If you promise me, I'll believe you, because you always tell the truth. 1207 02:03:45,543 --> 02:03:48,211 I promise. I promise. 1208 02:04:42,641 --> 02:04:45,185 Why did you kiss me first? 1209 02:04:46,312 --> 02:04:49,564 It-- I didn't think you'd let me later. 1210 02:04:50,566 --> 02:04:52,525 Thank you, Miss Teschmacher. 1211 02:04:52,693 --> 02:04:56,738 Why is it I can't get it on with the good guys? 1212 02:05:01,702 --> 02:05:03,077 Stand aside, now. 1213 02:05:03,245 --> 02:05:04,913 I wouldn't stay here, either. 1214 02:05:23,516 --> 02:05:25,141 Army bird still heading due east. 1215 02:05:25,309 --> 02:05:28,770 -Navy bird still heading due west. -Losing radar contact. 1216 02:05:28,938 --> 02:05:31,022 Next radar contact in 3 seconds. 1217 02:05:31,190 --> 02:05:32,941 --intercept both birds. 1218 02:05:52,503 --> 02:05:54,629 Army bird still headed east, sir. 1219 02:06:49,518 --> 02:06:51,853 -Army bird gaining altitude. -Miss Teschmacher. 1220 02:06:52,021 --> 02:06:55,106 -Radar contact strong. -We have straight climb. 1221 02:06:55,274 --> 02:06:57,233 Miss Teschmacher! 1222 02:06:57,401 --> 02:06:59,777 Radar report, Navy bird, San Andreas area. 1223 02:06:59,945 --> 02:07:02,322 Heading down. Fifteen seconds to impact. 1224 02:07:02,489 --> 02:07:04,949 Navy bird heading down, 15 seconds to impact. 1225 02:07:05,492 --> 02:07:07,035 Fifteen seconds and counting. 1226 02:07:24,637 --> 02:07:26,679 -lmpact: San Andreas. -God ! 1227 02:08:03,509 --> 02:08:05,426 We interrupt the program for a newsflash. 1228 02:08:05,594 --> 02:08:08,930 A military missile has exploded in the Southern California desert. 1229 02:08:09,098 --> 02:08:12,517 The force of the explosion has activated the San Andreas Fault. 1230 02:08:12,685 --> 02:08:15,353 California is suffering a major earthquake. 1231 02:09:01,150 --> 02:09:02,984 What's going on? 1232 02:09:04,820 --> 02:09:05,862 It's a quake. Look ! 1233 02:09:19,960 --> 02:09:21,169 Look out! 1234 02:09:32,139 --> 02:09:33,765 Get to the back of the bus! 1235 02:10:14,389 --> 02:10:15,890 Okay, kids. It's all right now. 1236 02:10:16,058 --> 02:10:18,810 -Thank God, we're back on the bridge. -Hey, it's Superman. 1237 02:10:18,977 --> 02:10:20,311 It's Superman ! 1238 02:10:27,236 --> 02:10:29,403 Holy mackerel ! 1239 02:10:30,322 --> 02:10:31,405 Going off the tracks! 1240 02:10:34,076 --> 02:10:35,409 Hang on ! 1241 02:10:39,164 --> 02:10:40,248 I can't hold her! 1242 02:11:07,818 --> 02:11:09,652 All personnel, evacuate the dam. 1243 02:11:09,820 --> 02:11:11,612 All personnel, evacuate the dam. 1244 02:11:21,540 --> 02:11:23,291 Watch that cable! 1245 02:11:23,458 --> 02:11:24,959 My eyes! I can't see! 1246 02:11:30,632 --> 02:11:32,300 Someone try and pull the main ! 1247 02:11:32,467 --> 02:11:34,677 It's impossible, it's red-hot! 1248 02:11:43,145 --> 02:11:45,563 -Gentlemen, is that man all right? -Yeah. 1249 02:12:09,212 --> 02:12:11,547 Hang on, Jim. 1250 02:12:21,391 --> 02:12:22,558 The dam burst! 1251 02:12:22,976 --> 02:12:26,020 Forget the car! Come on, come on ! 1252 02:12:30,317 --> 02:12:32,276 You're safe here, son. 1253 02:12:33,403 --> 02:12:35,571 That's okay! Miss Lane will be driving by soon. 1254 02:12:45,457 --> 02:12:47,500 -Come on, George. -Make for the hill. 1255 02:12:54,466 --> 02:12:57,718 There has been major quake damage to Southern California. 1256 02:12:57,886 --> 02:13:00,429 The San Andreas Fault has miraculously sealed itself... 1257 02:13:00,597 --> 02:13:05,142 ...yet Southern California is suffering major aftershocks of a major earthquake. 1258 02:13:05,310 --> 02:13:07,269 The population is warned to be aware of.... 1259 02:13:09,564 --> 02:13:10,815 Please, come on, turn over. 1260 02:13:10,983 --> 02:13:12,900 -...which in some areas has-- -Come on ! 1261 02:13:40,470 --> 02:13:42,304 Help me. Help me. 1262 02:15:36,753 --> 02:15:37,878 Lois. 1263 02:18:33,847 --> 02:18:36,849 No, no, no.... 1264 02:18:37,851 --> 02:18:40,686 No....No.... 1265 02:18:53,491 --> 02:18:55,409 My son. 1266 02:18:55,660 --> 02:18:58,620 It is forbidden for you to interfere in human history. 1267 02:18:58,788 --> 02:19:04,084 One thing I do know, son, and that is you are here for a reason. 1268 02:19:04,252 --> 02:19:07,296 -It is forbidden for you to interfere.... -Those things I can do... 1269 02:19:07,464 --> 02:19:10,841 ...all those powers, and I couldn't even save him. 1270 02:19:11,009 --> 02:19:12,634 It is forbidden. 1271 02:19:15,096 --> 02:19:17,264 It is forbidden. 1272 02:20:42,225 --> 02:20:43,684 Hi. 1273 02:20:45,061 --> 02:20:46,520 Don't bother, I think it's dead. 1274 02:20:48,481 --> 02:20:50,524 Sure it's dead. 1275 02:20:51,651 --> 02:20:55,028 The problem with Men of Steel, there's never one around when you want one. 1276 02:20:55,196 --> 02:20:57,531 Know what happened to me while you were off flying? 1277 02:20:57,699 --> 02:20:59,283 I was almost in an earthquake... 1278 02:20:59,451 --> 02:21:01,410 ...I had this gas station blow up... 1279 02:21:01,578 --> 02:21:03,996 ...there's telephone poles falling all over... 1280 02:21:04,164 --> 02:21:06,957 ...I'm almost killed, and to top the whole thing off... 1281 02:21:07,125 --> 02:21:08,709 ...this stupid car runs out of gas! 1282 02:21:08,877 --> 02:21:10,752 I'm sorry about that, Lois... 1283 02:21:10,920 --> 02:21:13,088 ...but I've been kind of busy for a while. 1284 02:21:15,717 --> 02:21:18,177 I'm sorry. That's all right. 1285 02:21:27,896 --> 02:21:29,396 Hey! 1286 02:21:30,023 --> 02:21:31,231 Thanks a lot, Superman. 1287 02:21:31,649 --> 02:21:34,234 You put me in the middle of nowhere during an earthquake. 1288 02:21:34,402 --> 02:21:36,487 No food, no water, snakes everywhere. 1289 02:21:36,654 --> 02:21:39,281 -I had no idea if you were coming back-- -Jimmy. 1290 02:21:40,241 --> 02:21:42,075 Listen, there's something I have to do. 1291 02:21:42,243 --> 02:21:43,994 I'll see you later. 1292 02:21:46,289 --> 02:21:48,749 He can't stay still for a second. 1293 02:21:50,668 --> 02:21:51,960 Golly, Miss Lane... 1294 02:21:52,128 --> 02:21:54,254 ...it's too bad Mr. Kent didn't see all this. 1295 02:21:54,422 --> 02:21:55,923 Yeah, poor Clark. 1296 02:21:56,090 --> 02:21:58,091 He's never around when S-- 1297 02:21:58,426 --> 02:21:59,843 Clark-- Wait a minute. 1298 02:22:00,011 --> 02:22:01,762 -Wait a minute. -What? 1299 02:22:03,306 --> 02:22:05,599 Lois Lane, that is the silliest idea ever. 1300 02:22:05,767 --> 02:22:09,478 Let me tell you something, Miss Lane, I think he really cares about you. 1301 02:22:09,646 --> 02:22:11,772 -Clark? Of course he does. -No, not Clark. 1302 02:22:14,359 --> 02:22:18,946 Oh, well, Superman cares about everybody, Jimmy. 1303 02:22:19,322 --> 02:22:23,700 But, who knows, someday, you know, if he's lucky.... 1304 02:22:35,964 --> 02:22:37,631 You're messing up my suit. 1305 02:22:37,799 --> 02:22:39,550 You big lummox, you. 1306 02:22:39,717 --> 02:22:41,802 Come on, stop it, will you. 1307 02:22:41,970 --> 02:22:44,513 Otis, it's your fault. Watch the ground ! 1308 02:22:45,306 --> 02:22:46,640 Good evening, warden. 1309 02:22:46,808 --> 02:22:48,600 These two men should be safe here... 1310 02:22:48,768 --> 02:22:51,144 -...until they can get a fair trial. -Who is it? 1311 02:22:53,606 --> 02:22:55,148 Lex Luthor! 1312 02:22:55,316 --> 02:22:58,068 -The greatest criminal mind of our time! -Of our time! 1313 02:22:58,236 --> 02:23:01,655 -I hereby serve notice, that these walls-- -That these walls here.... 1314 02:23:01,823 --> 02:23:03,073 Will you shut up, please. 1315 02:23:03,241 --> 02:23:04,700 All right, take them away, boys. 1316 02:23:04,867 --> 02:23:07,327 -You nitwit. Nincompoop! -Guard, guard.... 1317 02:23:07,495 --> 02:23:11,540 This country is safe again, Superman, thanks to you. 1318 02:23:11,708 --> 02:23:13,792 No, sir. Don't thank me, warden. 1319 02:23:14,460 --> 02:23:16,628 We're all part of the same team. 1320 02:23:16,796 --> 02:23:18,297 Night. 1321 02:31:21,655 --> 02:31:23,656 [ENGLlSH]