You will travel far, my little Kal-El.
But we will never leave you...
...even in the face of our deaths.
You will make my strength your own.
You will see my life through your eyes...
...as your life will be seen through mine.
The son becomes the father, and the father the son.
In spite of your past...
...I know you're a good man.
And aII good men...
...deserve a second chance.
From the moment I received your first Ietter...
...I knew you were not Iike the rest.
You came from nothing...
...and you worked so hard to get where you are.
You might have made a few mistakes.
-Gertrude, for God's sake! -Damn it, Gertrude, Iet us in now!
You said that if I heIped you get out of prison...
...you'd take care of me.
And you have.
You've shown me pIeasures that I've never known.
That's why you deserve...
...everything.
I Iove you...
...Lex Luthor.
Gertrude, Iet us in. He's a crook.
He doesn't Iove you, Gertrude!
He's a monster! Gertrude!
-You can keep that. -Oh, God.
The rest is mine.
We're done.
Bye, Martha.
Oh, CIark.
Oh, my boy.
WiII you get that thing out of my face!
Lex, your friends give me the creeps.
Prison is a creepy pIace, Kitty.
One needs to make creepy friends in order to survive.
Even a man with my vast taIents is worth Iess inside...
...than a carton of cigarettes and a sharp piece of metaI in your pocket.
Do you know the story of Prometheus? No, of course you don't.
Prometheus was a god who stoIe the power of fire from the other gods...
...and gave controI of it to mortaIs.
In essence, he gave us technoIogy. He gave us power.
So we're steaIing fire? In the Arctic.
ActuaIIy, sort of. You see, whoever controIs technoIogy controIs the worId.
The Roman Empire ruIed the worId because they buiIt roads.
The British Empire ruIed the worId because they buiIt ships.
America, the atom bomb, and so on and so forth.
I just want what Prometheus wanted.
Sounds great, Lex, but you're not a god.
Gods are seIfish beings who fIy around in IittIe red capes...
...and don't share their power with mankind.
Hey, boss.
We found something.
No, I don't wanna be a god.
I just wanna bring fire to the peopIe.
And I want my cut.
Was this his house?
You might think so. Most wouId.
This is more of a monument to a Iong dead...
...and extremeIy powerfuI civiIization.
This is where he Iearned who he was.
This is where he came for guidance.
PossibiIities.
EndIess possibiIities.
You act Iike you've been here before.
My son...
...you do not remember me.
I am Jor-El.
I'm your father.
By now, I will have been dead many thousands of your years.
-He thinks I'm his son. -You are the only survivor of Krypton.
Embedded in the crystals before you is the total accumulation of all literature...
...and scientific fact from dozens of other worlds...
...spanning the 28 known galaxies.
There are questions to be asked.
Here in this....
This Fortress of Solitude...
...we shall try to find the answers together.
Can he see us?
No, he's dead.
So, my son...
...Kal-El...
...speak.
TeII me everything...
...starting with crystaIs.
Hey, boy.
--on Tuesday, between support--
--hindered the firefighting efforts for all those--
Police have finally arrived and it's still complete mayhem down here.
Fighting broke out in the southernmost region...
...with border fire and small-arms attacks prevalent.
Don't worry, I buried it this morning.
--it was futile trying to force him to testify before a grand jury.
Mom?
Five years.
If your father was aIive, he never wouId have Iet you go.
I aImost gave up hope.
I just thought I wouId never see you again.
Oh, CIark.
Did you find what you were Iooking for?
I thought, hoped...
...it might stiII be there.
Your home?
That pIace was a graveyard.
I'm aII that's Ieft.
CIark, the universe is a big pIace.
And you don't know who's out there.
And even if you are the Iast...
...you're not aIone.
I know.
-Sorry. -Look out!
Watch out, wiII you?
-Excuse me. -Sorry.
Sorry.
Great. WouId you be carefuI?
-Jimmy. -Mr. CIark! I mean, Kent! Mr. Kent!
WeIcome back! Oh, my God!
Hey, come-- Wait right there. I'II be right back.
Oh, hey, sorry, guys, I'm stiII Iooking for a pIace to Iive...
...if you know of anything reasonabIe.
Behind you, Mr. Kent. I made it myseIf. It's a cake.
Oh, it Iooks...
...deIicious.
OIsen! Where are the photos of that birthday-cIown-massacre thing?
I'm on it, chief. Hey, Iook who's back.
-Kent? -Hey, chief.
-Thank you for giving me my job back. -Don't thank me.
Thank Norm PaImer for dying.
It was his time.
-Let's get you set up, huh? -OIsen!
Okay, so I gotta run...
...but I wiII be back to check on you in a sec, Mr. Kent.
Oh, hey, do you know where I can find Lois?
The timing of this automated-ignition countdown...
...is the most precarious part of the launch.
Lois Lane, DaiIy PIanet.
You also stated that the shuttle will usher in a new era of travel...
...enabling the average person to afford transcontinental flights.
But can you tell us the exact price an "average person " will be expected to pay?
The answer to that question is in your press packet.
The Earth is surrounded by a blanket of air...
...which we call the atmosphere.
Yeah. He Iooks just Iike his mom.
AIready takes after her too, especiaIIy when it comes to getting into troubIe.
Mother?
Oh, yeah, weII, I guess you've been gone. FearIess reporter Lois Lane is a mommy.
Oh, you know, I'II just-- I'II take that. That's good.
-Sorry. -No. She's got pIenty.
-Wait, she's married? -Yes.
No. Not reaIIy. It's more Iike a proIonged engagement.
But don't ask Miss Lane when they're tying the knot...
...because she hates that question.
--like this follow the same stringent safety guidelines set by NASA?
Since this is a joint venture with the Air Force....
You aII right? You Iook Iike you couId use a drink.
This pIace is so tacky. Why are we back here?
Kitty, whiIe you were doing your naiIs and ordering fur coats onIine...
...I was busy unIocking the secrets...
...of one of the most advanced civiIizations in the universe.
Weren't there two of those?
You see, unIike our cIunky earthbound forms of construction...
...the technoIogy on Krypton, Superman's home worId...
...was based on manipuIating the growth of crystaIs.
Sounds Iike hocus-pocus to me.
WeII, naturaIIy, to the primitive mind, any sufficientIy advanced technoIogy...
...wouId be indistinguishabIe from magic.
But imagine: cities, vehicIes, weapons...
...entire continents...
...aII grown.
To think that one couId create a new worId...
...with such a simpIe IittIe object.
It's Iike a seed.
And aII it needs is water.
Like...
...Sea-Monkeys.
ExactIy, Kitty.
Like Sea-Monkeys.
CIark has been doing a IittIe souI-searching for the Iast coupIe of years.
-He saw IIamas. -Yeah?
-Yeah. -Must be tough coming back.
-Coming back? -To work.
Yeah.
WeII, you know, things change.
I mean, of course things change...
...but sometimes things that you didn't think wouId change couId change.
Take Lois.
A woman Iike her, I never thought she'd settIe down.
You know, if you ask me-- Because she'II never teII you this...
...but if you ask me, she's stiII in Iove with you-know-who.
The originaI space shuttIe generated 7.5 miIIion pounds of thrust...
...just in the initiaI Iaunch phase.
But, by piggybacking on this Boeing 777-- Yes?
If this Iaunch is as pivotaI as you cIaim...
...why is it being covered by one news network?
Why don't we save those questions for the post-Iaunch briefing.
How about that, Miss Lane?
When we hit 40,000 feet, the shuttIe wiII detach, ascend...
...and then fire the first of two propeIIant systems, the Iiquid fueI boosters.
When the shuttIe reaches the stratosphere...
...the secondary insertion booster wiII fire...
...propeIIing the craft at 4gs into the mesosphere.
-CarefuI. -I know.
-CarefuI. CarefuI. -I know.
Wow, that's reaIIy something, Lex.
Wait for it.
Wow, that's reaIIy something, Lex.
It's freaking Gone With the Wind.
-Shut off the camera. -But I'm getting it.
I said, shut off the damn camera.
I think I did something wrong.
No. That wasn't you.
Ignition is at T minus one minute and we are prepping for separation.
CDR, start the cIock.
Three minutes and counting.
Body signs normal. Crew is looking good.
ShuttIe readouts are hoIding steady.
-We're stiII a go for Iaunch. -Roger.
-Houston, you copy? -Houston, do you copy?
Oh, God.
Electrical variance.
What the--?
PIease, there's nothing to worry about.
It seems that we are experiencing a sIight power outage.
-What did you do? -It wasn't me. It just cycIed back up.
Genesis, radio check from Houston.
There we have it. We were experiencing a power outage.
-CIimbing to 40,000 feet. -Roger, 40,000 feet.
And it's gone! A blazing fastball--
Is that it?
I don't think so.
Dual engine failure, but they're up and running again.
Genesis, I hate to say this, but it Iooks Iike we're gonna have to scrub the Iaunch.
-Aborting booster ignition. -Roger. Aborting booster ignition.
Boosters are non-responsive. We're stiII counting down for ignition.
-Platform, we have a problem. -Go.
Looks like something faulted during the power outage.
Both boosters are counting down for ignition.
PIatform, you have 30 seconds.
-What? -Release couplings.
We can't shut down boosters.
We shouId be abIe to manage the Iaunch and recover to the emergency fieId.
T minus 23 seconds to ignition.
Genesis, you're a go for evac procedures.
Twenty-one, 20...
... 1 9....
CoupIings are non-responsive.
-We're still attached. -Seventeen.
-Platform, couplings are jammed. -Fifteen.
Fourteen.
Don't be aIarmed. It's absoIuteIy normaI.
We're still attached. Couplings are non-responsive.
-Nine, eight... -Houston, can you do a remote override?
...seven...
-Remote override is unresponsive. -...six, five...
-I repeat, remote override is unresponsive. -...four, three....
And if you're Iucky, you may hear the faint pop of the sonic boom.
-Houston, we have ignition. -Roger, ignition.
-This is Python 21 , she's puIIing away. -Okay, aII fIight controI is on the--
This is not a drill. Clear nonessential personnel.
Switch to emergency band frequencies.
Warning, warning.
Oh, no! Oh, no!
Can I get a IittIe heIp?
This is UPv breaking news. From Washington, Frank Jacobs.
We've just received word...
...that the inaugural flight of the Genesis space shuttle...
...is experiencing a midair emergency.
--a problem with the launch of the new orbital shuttle, Genesis.
The reports are telling us the shuttle failed to disengage...
...sending both crafts rocketing towards space.
We're now going live to Cape Canaveral for the latest update on this story.
Jim, all we know right now...
...is that the couplings which hold the shuttle to the 7 7 7...
...malfunctioned and did not release as planned.
-We're uncertain... -I shouId do--
...why the ignition sequence continued and boosters fired.
However, there's speculation here that the blackout, which....
HeIp me sit up.
-Mach one. -Still tied to the shuttle at 42,000 feet.
-Houston, we need some heIp. Houston! -Running diagnostics check. Stand by.
Insertion booster ignition in five seconds.
Warning, warning.
What the heII is that?
There's some kind of unidentified bogey coming from the north.
-Roger that. -And it's coming in fast.
DecIaring an emergency.
Overspeed, overspeed.
Altitude....
Do you see that?
Fly up, fly up.
Is everyone aII right?
Are you okay?
WeII, I hope this experience hasn't put any of you off fIying.
StatisticaIIy speaking, it's stiII the safest way to traveI.
Superman! Superman! Superman!
Superman!
Okay, everybody, listen up.
I wanna know it aII, everything.
OIsen, I wanna see photos of him everywhere. No, I want the photos.
Sports, how are they gonna get that pIane out of the stadium?
TraveI, where did he go? Was he on vacation? If so, where?
Gossip, has he met somebody? Fashion, is that a new suit?
HeaIth, has he gained weight? What's he been eating?
Business, how is this gonna affect the stock market? Long-term, short-term.
PoIitics, does he stiII stand for truth, justice, aII that stuff? LifestyIe:
''Superman Returns.''
Come on.
GiI, how many F's in ''catastrophic''?
None. What's the usage?
''This mysterious eIectromagnetic puIse knocked out portabIe devices...
...and entire power grids, causing a catastrophic event during--''
-Lois! -Yes.
In my office.
This goes for everyone.
The story isn't the bIackout, it's Superman!
The story is the EMP, chief.
Every eIectronic device on the East Coast goes dark.
-First, are you okay? -Yes, thank you.
Lois, three things seII papers: tragedy, sex and Superman.
PeopIe are sick of tragedy, we know you can't write worth a damn about sex.
That means one thing. That one thing is Superman. And you know it, Lois.
Lois?
-Are you all right? You sure? -Yeah.
-Yeah, I'm fine. -Thank God.
-Where's Jason? -I don't know. Isn't he with you?
-No. -Well, where is he?
Hi.
HeIIo.
Who are you?
I'm CIark Kent, an oId friend of your mom's from before you were born.
ReaIIy? She never mentioned you.
ReaIIy? Never?
-No. -Jason.
-What are you doing here, honey? -Daddy's office is boring.
Daddy's office is boring?
CIark, hey! WeIcome back.
-I see you've aIready met the munchkin. -Yeah, we were just taIking--
-Did you take vitamins? Eye drops? -Yes. Yes.
-AIbuteroI? PoIy-Vi-FIor? -Yes. Yes, Mom.
Good boy. He's a IittIe fragiIe, but he's gonna grow up...
...to be big and strong Iike his dad, won't you?
-Yes? -Yes.
Oh, I saw you on the--
Oh, yeah. That was nothing.
-Hey, can I borrow your stapIer? -Oh, yeah.
Thanks.
CongratuIations on the PuIitzer. That's incredibIe.
Yeah. Can you beIieve it? It's....
So I wanna hear aII about your trip.
Where did you go? What did you see? Meet anyone speciaI?
WeII, there's so much. Where to begin?
Where's the IittIe guy? Hey, kiddo.
-How are you? -Good.
Can you work some magic to get your uncIe...
...to stop giving me such a hard time on this articIe?
-PIease? -Again?
-Again. -You got it.
-How are you, kiddo? -Good.
Oh, this is CIark.
-CIark, Richard. Richard, CIark. -Richard White.
Hi.
Richard's an assistant editor here who's basicaIIy saved our InternationaI section.
He's aIso a piIot and he Ioves horror movies.
CIark is....
WeII, he's CIark.
WeII, it's great to finaIIy meet you. I've heard so much.
-Oh, you have? -Yeah, Jimmy won't shut up about you.
-Gotta run. -Where?
You heard Perry. Superman's back, and he thinks I'm the onIy one equipped to....
To what?
-I don't know, you know. -So don't Iisten to him.
I'm not. Going to the power pIant to check out the bIackout.
Okay.
-Bye, Mom. -Bye.
-Bye, Lois. -And she's gone.
No matter how cIose we are, that woman wiII aIways be a mystery.
If you need anything, I'm right over there.
Nice to finaIIy meet you.
Where do you wanna go? Wanna go to the park?
And he's got the whole world In his hands
He's got the whole world
And he's got the whole world in his--
Oh, he's cute.
Run into troubIe?
-ShouId see the other guy. -What are we gonna do?
Modify it, attach it to the stern. I don't care if the instructions are Russian.
-Lois? -Hey, CIark.
How does it feeI to be back at work?
Pretty good. You know, kind of Iike riding a bike, I guess.
-A bike? -Yeah, you know....
Never mind.
But I was wondering...
...since I've gotten back, we haven't reaIIy had a chance to catch up.
I thought maybe, if you'd Iike, we couId go grab some food--
-Hey, can I ask you something? -Sure.
Have you ever met someone and it's Iike you're from different worIds...
...but you shared such a strong connection you knew you were destined to be together?
Then he just takes off without expIaining why...
...or without even saying goodbye?
Sounds cheesy, I know.
-WeII, maybe... -Taxi!
...it was hard to say goodbye because he had to go...
...and he wanted to say goodbye, but maybe it was too difficuIt for him.
DifficuIt? What's so difficuIt about it? ''Goodbye.'' It's easy.
What's so hard about saying goodbye?
Who are we taIking about?
Nobody, just forget I said anything.
Taxi! Hey!
Taxi!
Wow, thanks.
31 2 Riverside Drive, pIease.
Good night, CIark.
Superman!
I want egg rolls.
Nice try, kiddo. Only steamed chicken and snow peas for you.
Why do we order Chinese if he's allergic?
Because he loves the peas...
...and I think we aII prefer egg roIIs over macrobiotic shakes.
It's a good point.
So I noticed you've been acting a IittIe different IateIy.
Have I?
You know, Lois, that articIe that you wrote.
''Why the WorId Doesn't Need Superman''?
No, no, no. No, the other one, from years ago, before we met.
Which articIe? I wrote dozens about him. I was practicaIIy his press agent.
''I Spent the Night With Superman.''
Richard, come on.
It was the titIe of an interview.
PIus, it was your UncIe Perry's idea.
-No, I know, I know. It's okay, it's okay. -Richard.
It was a Iong time ago.
Were you in Iove with him?
He was Superman. Everyone was in Iove with him.
But were you?
No.
Lois, I shouldn't have brought it up.
Even though you've been raised as a human being...
...you are not one of them.
They can be a great people, Kal-El. They wish to be.
They only lack the light to show the way.
For this reason above all, their capacity for good...
...I have sent them you...
...my only son.
Load them up.
HoIy sh--
Attention, the Metropolis Museum of Natural History...
...will be closing in 1 0 minutes. We hope that you've....
Sir, we're cIosing in 1 0 minutes.
We onIy need five.
You're done, the museum's cIosed. Thank you.
Are you aII right, miss?
-My heart. I-- I-- -I'm sorry?
I have a paIpitation, a heart paIpitation. And a murmur.
PIease, take me to the hospitaI.
Take me to the hospitaI.
Just hoId on tight.
Bingo.
-There you are, ma'am. -My heart.
My paIpitations, they're gone. What did you do?
I didn't do anything.
CaII me Katherine.
Katherine. I'm gIad you're feeIing better.
-You have pIaces to go, peopIe to save? -Yes.
WouId you Iike to get a cup of coffee sometime?
-I know that's forward. Or a drink? -Good night.
Good night.
It's Iike this on every channeI.
He was in Manila at 1 0:55 p.m. and then spotted....
-Hey, Kent, chief wants to see you. -Oh, thanks.
But as this security footage from a simple deli robbery proves...
...there's really no feat too big or too small for the Man of Steel.
Reports are flooding in from Metropolis, Houston, Gotham and as far....
Satellites have proven most ineffective at tracking him.
He might literally be moving near the speed of light.
-Our map is illuminated with sightings... -Kent!
-The chief is waiting. -...on every continent, giving citizens....
These are iconic, and they were taken by a 1 2-year-oId with a camera phone.
-What do you got, OIsen? -I got those.
-Look, in the sky, chief. -It's a bird.
-It's a pIane. -No, Iook, it's--
You wanted to see me?
Yeah, Kent, come on in. Sit down.
I wanna taIk a IittIe strategy. Okay.
First off, Lois, I don't understand what you're doing...
-...sneaking around covering this bIackout. -It wasn't just a bIackout.
CeII phones, pagers, automobiIes, airpIane--
Every other paper in town has got a femaIe reporter...
...a good-Iooking femaIe reporter, stashed on the roof covering Superman.
-And you two are the ones with the history. -Chief, I've done Superman.
Covered him. You know what I mean.
Yeah, that makes you an expert. Do him again.
-There are a dozen other stories out there. -Yeah? Name one.
WeII, there was a museum robbery Iast night.
Even Superman missed that one. He was too busy saving this hooker.
Why don't you guys track down Lex Luthor?
WeII, no one's seen him since his fifth appeaI.
He's got more history with Superman than anyone.
Maybe he's got something to say.
-Luthor's yesterday's news. -No, I Iike that idea.
Perry, Lex Luthor is a career criminaI who nearIy kiIIed him, for God's sakes.
Jimmy, how did Lex Luthor get out of prison?
WeII, the appeaIs court caIIed Superman as a witness and he wasn't around.
How much do you think that pisses off Superman?
-Give him to someone eIse. -A Iot.
-PoIIy. Give him to PoIIy.
Lois, Superman.
-What about the bIackout? -Kent, bIackout.
Great. Thanks, chief.
Lois, I'm sorry. I'd hate if this damaged our reIationship.
ReIationship?
-Yeah. -Hi, Mommy.
-Hi, you. -Hey, guys.
He got an A in science, but a D in gym, so we're doing something right.
-Yeah, at Ieast one of us is. -What?
It's Perry. He just shoved Superman back into my Iife.
WeII, honey, I'm sure you can find a way to interview Superman...
...without bringing him back into your Iife.
There's really no way around it, folks. Superman is back in all of our lives.
We're coming to you from Sydney...
...where people have gathered on these rooftops to scour the sky....
Okay, how about this? We'II stay Iate. We'II get dinner.
I'II heIp with Superman, and you and CIark can work on the bIackout together.
-Is that aII right with you, CIark? -SweII.
I was gonna pretend the brakes were out.
Pretend. Like we taIked about.
You didn't actuaIIy have to cut them!
Of course I did.
A man can aIways teII when a woman is pretending, especiaIIy Superman.
So did you get your rock?
I did.
U.S. Coast Guard issuing a small-craft advisory for the Metropolis ocean area.
High-wind advisory is in effect...
...ocean currents and tides becoming increasingly dangerous.
All warnings lasting until later this evening.
Security, security.
This is U.S. Coast Guard issuing a small-craft advisory for northeast seas.
Winds reaching 50 miles per hour, high tides in the morning.
Waves reaching 20 to 30 feet.
This warning is in effect for all small crafts for the next four hours.
Weird. If these times are right...
...the bIackout spread from a specific origin point.
Where?
I'm not sure yet.
With the super-hearing, does he hear each sound by itseIf or everything at once?
Both.
-He's certainly taller than I thought. -6'4".
I Iove that he can see through anything. I'd have fun with that.
Anything but lead.
-I bet he's-- -225 pounds...
...faster than a speeding buIIet...
...draws his power from the sun, invuInerabIe to anything but kryptonite...
-...and he never Iies. -Kryptonite?
Radioactive pieces of his home worId.
It's deadIy. To him.
Lois, how taII wouId you say CIark is?
About 6'3", 6'4".
About 200, 2 1 5 pounds?
Jimmy, Jason, Iet's go get these intrepid reporters something to keep them going.
-Burritos! -Come here, canhead.
We're going this way. Do they have anything other than burritos?
I think they have fries and burgers.
So have you found a pIace to Iive yet?
No. I'm stiII Iooking.
You know, Lois, I wanted to ask you about that artic--
Hey, I'm gonna run downstairs for some fresh air. Great!
Thanks.
-Let's taIk when I get back. -Sure.
You know, you reaIIy shouIdn't smoke, Miss Lane.
-Sorry. Didn't mean to startIe you. -I'm fine. ReaIIy.
I just wasn't expecting you.
With aII the press on the pIane...
...I wasn't sure it was the best time for us to taIk.
WeII, there's no press around now. Except for me, of course.
I know peopIe are asking questions now that I'm back.
I think it's onIy fair that I answer those peopIe.
So you're here for an interview?
Okay, then.
-Where did I put that thing? -Right pocket.
Let's start with the big question.
-Where'd you go? -To Krypton.
But you toId me it was destroyed. Ages ago.
It was.
But when astronomers thought they found it...
...I had to see for myseIf.
WeII, you're back, and everyone seems to be pretty happy about it.
Not everyone.
-I read the articIe, Lois. -So did a Iot of peopIe.
-Tomorrow they're giving me the PuIitzer-- -Why did you write it?
How couId you Ieave us Iike that?
I moved on. So did the rest of us.
That's why I wrote it.
The worId doesn't need a savior.
And neither do I.
Lois.
WiII you come with me?
Why?
There's something I wanna show you.
PIease.
I can't be gone Iong.
You won't be.
CIark said the reason you Ieft without saying goodbye...
...is because it was too unbearabIe for you.
PersonaIIy, I think that's a Ioad of crap.
-CIark? -He's just a guy I work with.
Maybe CIark's right.
You know, my....
Richard, he's a piIot. He takes me up aII the time.
Not Iike this.
I forgot how warm you were.
Listen.
What do you hear?
Nothing.
I hear everything.
You wrote that the worId doesn't need a savior...
...but every day I hear peopIe crying for one.
I'm sorry I Ieft you, Lois.
I'II take you back now.
Richard's a good man.
And you've been gone a Iong time.
I know.
I--
So wiII I see you around?
I'm aIways around.
Good night, Lois.
We're having beef, honey. Do you want the tofu wrap or the veggie wrap?
You aII right?
Where have you been?
I was up on the roof, getting some air.
TeII the truth now.
Were you smoking?
No.
Is this reaI?
-Where'd you find him? -He found me.
Oh, this is great. I can't wait to read it.
So, Mr. White, about the bIackout--
Lois, this is the biggest night of your Iife.
Have you picked out a dress? Something snazzy?
It just feeIs a IittIe weird winning for that articIe.
-It just doesn't seem right. -What doesn't seem right?
Winning an award for an articIe caIIed ''Why the WorId Doesn't Need Superman.''
When, according to this newspaper, they do.
Lois, PuIitzer Prizes are Iike Academy Awards.
Nobody remembers what you got one for. It's just that you got one.
-But-- -This is your night. You enjoy it.
I'm sure Kent's on the bIackout.
Department of Water and Power, pIease.
7782, great.
MetropoIis PubIic Works.
Hi, Stephen, Lois Lane from the Daily Planet. BIackout?
I just need a IittIe info on a few outstanding power grids.
Yeah, I do have it here, actually.
So the uptown grid went dark at 1 2:36 and midtown 1 0 seconds before.
Which grid was hit first?
It just reads vanderworth.
-Across the river? -6 Springwood Drive.
6 Springwood Drive. A residence or a business?
-Residence. -Sure? Nothing before that?
-That's all it shows. -Thank you very much.
Oh, Jason.
-There's your mom, Jason. -You're Iate, Mommy.
Where are we? Is this the PuIitzer?
Nope. I've just gotta ask these peopIe a few questions and then we can go.
Can I stay in the car?
No, honey.
-Are we trespassing? -No. Yes.
HeIIo?
I Iike the curIy one.
Let's go. This was a bad idea.
Lex Luthor.
Lois Lane?
You're baId.
And what is your name?
I'm not supposed to taIk to strangers.
-Cute kid, and smart. -Thanks.
We're not reaIIy strangers, are we? This is kind of a IittIe reunion.
Heck, I'm a fan.
I Iove your writing...
-...and your dress. -I Iove your boat.
How'd you get it? SwindIe some widow out of her money?
That's funny. Didn't you win the PuIitzer Prize...
...for my favorite articIe of aII time, ''Why the WorId Doesn't Need Superman''?
Didn't you have a few more years to go on that doubIe Iife sentence?
Yes, weII, we can thank the Man of SteeI for that.
I mean, he's reaIIy good at swooping in and catching the bad guys...
...but he's not so hot at the IittIe things, Iike Miranda rights...
...due process, making your court date.
Did you have anything to do with the bIackout?
Are you fishing for an interview, Miss Lane?
It's been a whiIe since you've been a headIine.
Maybe it's time peopIe knew your name again.
How about we turn this boat around, caII a cab for my son...
...and then you can do whatever you want with me.
No, I don't think we'II be turning around, Miss Lane...
...which means that we do have some time to kiII.
How about that interview?
Yeah, just caII me if you hear anything. Okay. Thank you.
So, what did the schooI say?
She picked him up at 3:1 5.
-Hi, I heard about Lois. -Yes, come in, CIark, come in.
-Is there anything I can do? -Yeah, you're a reporter.
-HeIp Richard track her down. -I'II check her computer.
Excuse me, CIark.
What do you know about crystaIs?
They make great chandeIiers.
This crystaI may seem unremarkabIe, but so is the seed of a redwood tree.
It's how our mutuaI friend in tights made his Arctic getaway spot.
Cute. It's a IittIe smaII for my taste.
You're buiIding an isIand?
You're not seeing the big picture here, Miss Lane.
Let me enIarge it for you.
Not just an isIand, an entireIy new continent.
An extinct worId, reborn on our own.
Why?
Land, Miss Lane.
I mean-- Kitty, what did my father used to say to me?
''You're Iosing your hair''?
-Before that. -''Get out''?
He said, ''You can print money...
...manufacture diamonds, and peopIe are a dime a dozen...
...but they'II aIways need Iand.''
It's the one thing they're not making any more of.
But the United States--
WiII be underwater.
It's simpIe physics, Miss Lane.
Two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time.
And the rest of the worId wiII just Iet you keep it?
-They'II-- -They'II...
...what?
I'II have advanced aIien technoIogy...
...thousands of years beyond what anyone couId throw at me.
Bring it on!
And eventuaIIy...
...the rest of the worId wiII be begging me...
...for a piece of high-tech beachfront property.
In fact, they'II pay through the nose for it.
But miIIions of peopIe wiII die.
BiIIions! Once again, the press underestimates me.
This is front-page news.
Come on, Iet me hear you say it just once.
-You're insane. -No! Not that. No, the other thing.
It's dangIing off the tip of your tongue. Let me hear it just once, pIease?
-Superman wiII never-- -Wrong!
What is that?
I think you know exactIy what this is.
Mind over muscIe, Miss Lane.
Mind....
Who is that boy's father?
Richard.
Mr. Luthor, we're approaching the coordinates.
Are you sure?
Yes, sir. Latitude 40 degrees north, longitude 73 degrees west.
Don't Iet them Ieave this room.
Kitty, come with me. You're not gonna want to miss this.
-Damn it. -What?
She has a password.
''Jason.''
''Richard.''
Try ''Superman.''
''Superman.'' Great.
Don't touch that, honey.
Why don't you go pIay the piano.
Come on, come on, come on.
Lex, this isn't Iike the train set.
I know.
Come on, come on.
Come on.
-Honey, are you okay? -Yeah.
-Are you hurt? -I'm fine.
Open this door! Open it!
CouId you heIp Mommy open the door?
I'm sorry.
It's gonna be okay.
Okay? It's gonna be okay.
We had a IittIe probIem downstairs.
Brutus is dead.
He got hit with the piano.
Where's the boy?
With the mother, Iocked up in the pantry.
Oh, it's time for us to go.
My camera's not working.
And my phone's not working.
-Okay, I'm good. -That was weird.
Hey, guys. This just came through the fax.
It's Lois' handwriting, I'd recognize it anywhere.
I just-- No idea what the numbers mean.
-They're coordinates. -Coordinates.
That's just off the coast.
Jimmy, teII Perry I'm taking the seapIane. Keep trying her ceII.
What are these, Iottery numbers?
I think they're coordinates, chief.
Chief....
Come on! Move it!
Chief!
Great Caesar's ghost.
-Daddy. -Oh, my God.
How did you get here?
I fIew.
Look out!
Mom!
Mom! Mom!
Jason, come here! Jason!
Come here! Watch your head! Come here!
Mommy! Mom!
Jason!
Jason, hoId on!
-Have you got him? -I got him! Go!
HoId on! HoId on!
-Mommy! -Give him to me!
Mommy!
-Mommy! Mommy! -Come on, Jason! Come on!
-Lois! Lois! -Mommy!
Jason, get on my back.
Give me your hand.
-Have you got them? -Yeah.
Get buckIed in!
She'II be fine.
I can't take off in this.
-I'II point you in the right direction. -Thank you.
See anything famiIiar?
I see an oId man's sick joke.
ReaIIy? Because I see my new apartment...
...and a pIace for Kitty, one for my friends...
...and that pIace over there, I'II rent out.
But, you know, maybe you're right. You know, maybe it is a IittIe coId.
It's-- What's the word I'm searching for? It's a IittIe...
...aIien.
It Iacks that human touch.
You have something that beIongs to me.
MetropoIis Tower, this is seapIane November-Seven-Two-Four-One-HoteI.
Do you copy?
MetropoIis Tower, this is seapIane November-Seven-Two-Four-One-HoteI.
Do you copy? Damn it!
MetropoIis Tower, this is seapIane November-Seven-Two-Four-One-HoteI.
Do you copy?
Lois! Are you aII right?
Yeah. What happened?
-Superman. -Where is he?
He went back.
-Richard, we have to turn around. -What? No.
-We have to turn around! -We bareIy made it out of there.
-Now you want me to go back? -Yes, pIease!
He'II die.
AII right, hoId on.
Kryptonite.
You're asking yourseIf, ''How?''
Didn't your dad ever teach you to Iook before you Ieap?
CrystaIs. They're amazing, aren't they?
They inherit the traits of the mineraIs around them...
...kind of Iike a son inheriting the traits of his father!
You took away five years of my Iife, I'm just returning the favor!
I'm stiII Superman!
Get up! Come on!
Now, fIy.
So Iong, Superman.
Your leadership can stir others...
...to their own capacities for moral betterment.
The human heart is still subject to monstrous deceits.
Our destruction could have been avoided. At this very moment...
...I could embrace you in my arms.
Your help would be called for endlessly. Remember me.
Even for those tasks which human beings could solve themselves.
Remember me, Kal-El.
Remember me.
Superman's down there.
-You sure? -Yeah.
-Richard! -Yeah, I saw him. Strap in.
Lois!
Don't move.
Come on, come on, come on.
Richard!
I'm trying! It's too choppy!
Oh, my God.
How did you find me?
Thank you.
What are you doing?
I have to go back.
You're hurt!
Goodbye, Lois.
The technology on Krypton, Superman's home world...
...was based on manipulating the growth of crystals.
Sounds like hocus-pocus to me.
Well, naturally, to the primitive mind, any sufficiently advanced technology...
...would be indistinguishable from magic.
But imagine: cities, vehicles, weapons...
...entire continents, all grown.
Lex?
Are biIIions of peopIe reaIIy going to die?
Yes.
Lex, what's happening?
Go, go, go. Get to the heIicopter.
Go! Out, out! Now!
No, no, no, take nothing! Take nothing! Go, go!
Got it.
Here.
-What did you do? -I'm sorry!
No!
-What did you do? -I'm sorry!
Watch it.
-CIear a path. -CIear the way.
-Move! -Trauma One.
-Where we going? -Trauma One, here it is.
Watch it!
Got him!
Okay, I think I got it.
Penetrating side wound to right part of Iower back.
No hemorrhage.
Shock at 200.
Is that enough? He's not human.
AII right, charge to three, 360.
CIear!
It's kind of morbid, Perry.
AIways be prepared.
How is she?
Thank you. Thanks, baby.
-Lois? -Yeah.
We can Ieave whenever you're ready.
I mean...
...you don't have to be here.
Where eIse wouId I be?
Police have surrounded the area in order to control thousands of visitors...
...who have arrived to show their support.
Many are carrying signs and banners....
I couId drive.
--no official announcements over the past few hours...
...but unconfirmed reports from inside tell us...
...the Man of Steel lies in a coma...
...his condition unchanged since he was admitted late yesterday.
-Doctors have been vigilant in their.... -Foreign exchange markets....
-Where are you going? -To the hospitaI.
I'd be carefuI down there, guys. It's a madhouse.
-So much for parking. -Do you think I can get in?
You're Lois Lane. They'II Iet you in.
I wanna go with Mommy.
Taxi.
I'II be right here.
Watch your head, okay? Here we go.
This way, Miss Lane.
Mommy? Is he gonna get better?
-I don't know. -I want him to.
I Iike him.
Me too.
I don't know if you can hear me.
They say sometimes that when peopIe are....
That sometimes they can hear you.
I don't know if you can hear me.
I wanted to teII you....
Come on, honey.
Step back, pIease!
Lex, we onIy have six of those!
Six?
I wouId trade 300,000 coconuts...
...and every ounce of your bIood...
...for a quart of gasoIine!
But what wiII we have to eat?
You wiII be different.
Sometimes, you wiII feeI Iike an outcast.
But you'II never be aIone.
You wiII make my strength your own.
You wiII see my Iife through your eyes...
...as your Iife wiII be seen through mine.
The son becomes the father...
...and the father becomes the son.
Good night!
I--
WiII we see you?
Around?
I'm aIways around.
Good night, Lois.
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