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[BOY PANTING]
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DMITRI: Go ahead, run.
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But when we catch you, we're going
to break those skinny legs of yours!
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And stomp on your ugly face!
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Leave him alone!
He didn't do anything to you!
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Huh?
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[GRUNTS]
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I said, leave him alone.
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Bitch!
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[DMITRl GROANS]
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I'll hit you again, Dmitri Radmanovich.
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If you weren't a girl...
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Come on.
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[SIGHS]
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BOY: Are they gone?
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I can't keep saving you
like this, solnyshka.
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You have to stop running
and find the courage to face them.
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It's... It's not like that, Svetlana.
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I didn't run because I was afraid of them.
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I ran because I was afraid to hurt them.
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Have I ever lied to you, Svetlana?
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[METAL GROANING]
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[GASPS]
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How is this possible?
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I don't know.
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Something has been happening inside me
for weeks now.
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Something incredible.
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[GASPS]
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Such incredible powers, solnyshka.
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You have to give them to the state.
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The people need you.
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Extraordinary reports
coming out of the Soviet Union.
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Tales of a being,
allegedly alien in origin,
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with powers and abilities
far beyond those of mortal men.
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This footage released by the Russians appears
to show the Soviet Superman in action.
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If true, this could be the beginning
of a new kind of arms race.
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This is undoubtedly mere propaganda, tailored
to send ripples of fear into the West.
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And in these treacherous times, fear is
something we must never surrender to.
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This is George Taylor saying
goodnight and may your tomorrows all...
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MAN [ON PHONE]: Intelligence people
are saying that it isn't a hoax.
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As I said, Mr. President,
I anticipated this.
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Of course I understand your concern,
but I assure you
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the Luthor Company has this under control.
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We'll find out soon enough if he's real.
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All I need is a hundred technicians,
20 million dollars,
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and permission to drop
a satellite on Metropolis.
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Drop a satellite on Metropolis?
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- Put eight million lives in jeopardy?
- Eisenhower.
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Are you out of your damn mind? I
should lock you up for even suggesting it!
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I have to go, sir.
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- Something more urgent just came up.
- Don't you dare hang...
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I'd say extremely urgent.
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STALIN: We gather here today
to celebrate a glorious achievement.
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The largest hydroelectric station
in the world.
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Ten thousand of our bravest, strongest men
worked ceaselessly to construct it.
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But even with their sweat and toil,
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this dam would never have been completed
in so short a time
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if not for the efforts
of a truly extraordinary young man.
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A young man I have come to look upon
as both a great Soviet hero and a son.
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Comrades, I give you...
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Superman.
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[CROWD CHEERS]
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Can't I just smile and wave?
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We all must make sacrifices
for the greater good, comrade.
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But this display...
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You are a symbol for all we aspire to be.
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The people need to hear your voice.
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Your words are extremely kind,
Premier Stalin.
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Perhaps too kind.
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I am no hero.
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I am merely a servant of the State,
who seeks, as you do...
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to better the lives of our citizens.
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Yes, I work to protect them.
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Perhaps inspire them in some small way.
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But make no mistake, I didn't build
this dam, the Soviet people did.
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And may it stand forever as an example
of what we, as a people, can achieve here,
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and across the world,
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so long as we remain united by our ideals.
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[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
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[GEARS CLANKING]
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[ALARMS BLARING]
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[ELECTRIC HUMMING INTENSIFIES]
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[CHEERING CONTINUES]
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[WIND WHISTLING]
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MAN: Colonel Mazov!
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[ALARM BLARING]
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- What is it?
- The Zenit satellite, sir. It's fallen out of orbit.
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What? But that's...
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What's the trajectory?
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North America, sir.
The Eastern Seaboard of the United States.
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[CHATTERING]
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[PEOPLE CLAMORING]
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[WOMAN SCREAMS]
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Look! Up in the sky!
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[METAL GROANING]
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I don't blame those among you that fear me,
for you've been taught to fear all your lives.
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But if you learn nothing else today,
learn this:
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We in the Soviet Union do not oppose
the citizens of the United States.
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We only oppose the government
that oppresses you.
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Our sole desire is for peace and equality
among all men.
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LOIS: And what about women?
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Lois Lane. Daily Planet.
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Lois Lane Luthor.
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I know of you...
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and your capitalist husband.
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If you're really serious
about us wanting to learn about you...
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How about an interview?
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The press is the enemy of the people.
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Why would I let you twist my words
and use them against me?
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So the great Soviet Superman
is afraid of the free expression of ideas?
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MAN 1: She's got him there.
MAN 2: Yeah.
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MAN 3: Makes sense.
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You really shouldn't smoke, Mrs. Luthor.
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This is the same brand my doctor smokes.
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So you're not afraid of the American press.
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I'm not afraid of anything.
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Have you ever considered that a lack of
fear can lead to arrogance, recklessness?
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Eisenhower's saying your people
sabotaged their own satellite.
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- We did no such thing.
- So you could come flying in to save the day.
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You have to admit
it is the perfect propaganda opportunity.
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Is it propaganda to envision a world where the
poor and afflicted can be lifted out of misery,
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where the working classes can rise together
and reshape humanity for generations?
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You're a super-alien. What could
you possibly know about humanity?
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Until I was 12 years old, Mrs. Luthor...
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Lane. I'm not an appendage.
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Until I was 12 years old, Miss Lane,
I was as human as you are.
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This planet is the only home
I've ever known.
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And I would sacrifice
anything to protect her.
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The United States already is the protector
of the free world,
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the bulwark of liberty and equality.
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Your bulwark was built on the backs
of slaves and immigrants.
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And it hasn't changed much, has it?
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While you and your
privileged kind live in luxury,
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all across your country
people are struggling,
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suffering, dying.
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I can't deny that there's a gap
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between the American dream
and the American reality.
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But there are some massive gaps in your
utopian vision that need addressing as well.
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What is this?
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Proof of the repression in the U.S.S.R.
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The Gulags.
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Mass executions of people
unfortunate enough to be labeled dissidents
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by your beloved Premier Stalin.
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Lies.
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I would certainly know
if such things existed.
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Would you?
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Welcome, Superman.
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[STAMMERING]
We weren't expecting you.
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I'm sure you weren't.
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Shielded by lead to prevent
me from discovering it.
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[WOMAN COUGHS AND BABY CRIES]
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[MAN GROANING]
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[WOMAN COUGHS, THEN WRETCHES]
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BOY: You are the Superman.
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They say you can hear a leaf fall
a thousand miles away.
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And you never heard our cries?
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WOMAN: It is you.
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At last.
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Svetlana?
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[SVETLANA GASPING]
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[COUGHS]
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I... I could have died...
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should have died long ago.
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But I held on for you.
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I never stopped believing
that you would come one day to liberate us.
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That we'd see each other one last time.
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But what did you do
to deserve such a punishment?
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I knew you...
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before.
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I'm so sorry, Lana.
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I didn't know.
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Don't blame yourself.
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You are...
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You have always been...
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my hope.
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My savior.
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But I am no...
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This is a world where the strong rule,
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and you are the strongest of all of us.
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[COUGHS]
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Remember when we were small, solnyshka?
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How I used to save you from those bullies?
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Now you must save all of us.
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Use your power to...
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SUPERMAN:
Millions of people dead.
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Explain that to me, Premier Stalin.
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Help me to understand how...
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why you could do this.
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STALIN:
I tried to protect you, my son.
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To keep you untainted
by the grim realities of governance.
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I asked you why.
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Because, as much as it breaks my heart...
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it is necessary.
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How could such atrocities be necessary?
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What you call atrocities...
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I call terrible necessities.
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For our vision of a better world to
succeed, we must weed out the insurgents.
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The weak.
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The ones whose minds
have been poisoned against the State.
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They're human beings.
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You're like a blind kitten, comrade.
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So good, so pure, but you just can't see.
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You must understand...
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You must believe that everything I've done
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has been for the ultimate good of the
people and the welfare of the Soviet State.
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The State's welfare or your welfare?
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They're one and the same.
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We need to close the gap
between our highest communist ideals
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and the cruel reality I saw today.
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Then I urge you to try.
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But you'll quickly find
that the only way to achieve that goal
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is to follow my example.
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The unpleasant truth, my son,
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is that certain people must die
in order for the system to work.
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Wise words.
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[STALIN SCREAMS]
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What now?
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Now?
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Now I save the world.
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You might consider cutting down
on those four course dinners, Lex.
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You're getting a little thick
around the middle.
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Vanity is more your style, my dear.
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Unfortunately, darling,
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we live in a world where people talk
as much about my looks as my work.
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While a man can be fat or skinny,
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short or tall,
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hairy or bald,
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and it doesn't matter one tiny bit.
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Did you read Hedda Hopper's column today?
She claims you're pregnant.
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[LOIS LAUGHS]
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Like I'm ever gonna end up some happy
housewife with a brood of annoying brats.
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[PHONE RINGS]
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That's mine.
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[RINGING CONTINUES]
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- Lois Lane.
MAN: Lane, where have you been?
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- I need you here right away!
- What? Slow down, Perry.
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[PERRY SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
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LOIS: Right. Got it.
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Stalin is dead.
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Apparently, all hell's
breaking loose in Moscow.
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As I knew it would when
I gave you that file.
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I hope this isn't a mistake.
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I don't make mistakes.
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[COMPUTERS BEEPING AND CHIMING]
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[ELEVATOR ARRIVES]
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Morning, Mr. Luthor.
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Special Agent Olsen.
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How is my favorite G-man babysitter today?
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Excellent, Mr. I.
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And how's my most exhausting assignment?
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LEX: The usual.
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OLSEN:
Burdened by your own brilliance?
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Frustrated by the limitations
of everyone around you?
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00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:56,768
You know me too well, James.
255
00:23:56,852 --> 00:24:00,480
I'll say it again,
this is extraordinary even for you.
256
00:24:00,564 --> 00:24:01,398
True.
257
00:24:01,482 --> 00:24:03,149
Technology curves stipulated
258
00:24:03,234 --> 00:24:06,403
that none of this equipment would even
be invented for another five decades.
259
00:24:07,530 --> 00:24:10,407
I guess the Man of Steel
makes your head work faster, huh?
260
00:24:22,086 --> 00:24:23,545
LEX: Careful there!
261
00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:27,382
The genetic information the alien
left on that satellite is essential.
262
00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:31,469
Especially if Ike expects me to build him
a superman of his very own.
263
00:24:34,056 --> 00:24:37,142
TAYLOR [ON TV]: We thought that the
bloody conflict was over four years ago.
264
00:24:37,226 --> 00:24:41,646
That a fragile peace had finally come
to the war-torn Korean peninsula.
265
00:24:42,982 --> 00:24:46,234
We didn't realize just how fragile it was.
266
00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:52,032
It began 24 hours ago,
267
00:24:52,116 --> 00:24:56,911
when the Soviet premier announced that he would
be liberating the South from American oppression
268
00:24:56,996 --> 00:25:00,332
and reuniting the Korean
people under his rule.
269
00:25:01,417 --> 00:25:03,835
The last war went on for three years.
270
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,881
This one was over in three hours.
271
00:25:10,259 --> 00:25:13,303
We deeply regret the loss of life today.
272
00:25:13,387 --> 00:25:16,348
Even a single death is a tragedy.
273
00:25:16,432 --> 00:25:18,099
But a few thousand,
274
00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:23,188
weighed against the nearly three million who
perished in the previous Korean conflict,
275
00:25:23,272 --> 00:25:27,859
we believe that's a small price
to pay for peace.
276
00:25:27,943 --> 00:25:32,697
And there will be peace, and prosperity,
for all Korean citizens.
277
00:25:32,782 --> 00:25:36,951
I promise you that we are not here
to dominate you or trample your rights.
278
00:25:37,036 --> 00:25:39,662
We are here to lift
you up and set you free.
279
00:25:39,747 --> 00:25:41,956
To offer you a better life.
280
00:25:42,041 --> 00:25:45,001
And what we offer the people of Korea...
281
00:25:45,086 --> 00:25:47,253
we offer to the entire world.
282
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,971
OLSEN:
I hear congratulations are in order.
283
00:25:57,056 --> 00:25:58,598
Thank you, Olsen.
284
00:25:58,682 --> 00:26:01,059
The solar engine I conceived
in the shower this morning
285
00:26:01,143 --> 00:26:03,853
will certainly revolutionize
the automobile industry.
286
00:26:03,938 --> 00:26:06,018
- But how...?
OLSEN: I wasn't talking about you, sir.
287
00:26:06,982 --> 00:26:08,525
Perry White's retirement?
288
00:26:08,609 --> 00:26:11,152
Your wife becoming editor-in-chief
of the Daily Planet?
289
00:26:11,237 --> 00:26:15,490
If we'd seen each other for more than
a few hours these past four months,
290
00:26:15,574 --> 00:26:17,325
maybe you wouldn't be so befuddled.
291
00:26:17,410 --> 00:26:20,912
Sorry, my dear, I've been
understandably distracted with the project.
292
00:26:22,665 --> 00:26:24,332
Oh, Christ, don't tell me...
293
00:26:24,417 --> 00:26:27,210
Yep. You forgot our anniversary.
294
00:26:27,294 --> 00:26:28,294
Again.
295
00:26:36,262 --> 00:26:37,846
Impeccable taste.
296
00:26:37,930 --> 00:26:38,972
As always.
297
00:26:41,684 --> 00:26:44,686
I'll dispatch Miss Teschmacher
to get you something.
298
00:26:44,770 --> 00:26:46,729
It will be delivered later today.
299
00:26:46,814 --> 00:26:48,815
You're such a sentimentalist.
300
00:27:00,161 --> 00:27:03,163
You're a woman of great patience,
Miss Lane.
301
00:27:03,247 --> 00:27:05,790
In other words, why do I put up with him?
302
00:27:05,875 --> 00:27:07,083
Three reasons.
303
00:27:07,168 --> 00:27:09,127
One, he supports my career.
304
00:27:09,211 --> 00:27:11,546
Two, the sex is phenomenal.
305
00:27:11,630 --> 00:27:13,381
Ahem. And, uh, three?
306
00:27:15,426 --> 00:27:17,927
That man is gonna change the world.
307
00:27:19,346 --> 00:27:22,015
EISENHOWER:
With the emergence of the Soviet Superman,
308
00:27:22,099 --> 00:27:24,017
the Cold War reached a freezing point.
309
00:27:24,101 --> 00:27:28,104
Our nation reacted to this
new threat as it had to,
310
00:27:28,189 --> 00:27:31,691
by doing everything in our power
to hold back the communist tide
311
00:27:31,775 --> 00:27:35,069
through force of arms and force of will.
312
00:27:35,154 --> 00:27:37,947
But as recent lessons
in Korea have taught us,
313
00:27:38,032 --> 00:27:42,494
conventional weapons aren't enough
when one man, one alien,
314
00:27:42,578 --> 00:27:46,206
has the power to bring
entire nations to their knees.
315
00:27:46,290 --> 00:27:51,419
And so we turned to the only person
who could shift the balance of power.
316
00:27:51,504 --> 00:27:54,255
[APPLAUSE]
317
00:27:58,093 --> 00:27:59,594
LEX: Thank you, Mr. President,
318
00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:03,640
for both your service to our great nation
and your confidence in me.
319
00:28:03,724 --> 00:28:07,685
A confidence that, I believe,
has been rewarded today.
320
00:28:07,770 --> 00:28:12,440
Many of our citizens have lived in fear
of the Soviet Superman, but no longer.
321
00:28:12,525 --> 00:28:17,111
As of today, the United States
has its own living weapon.
322
00:28:17,196 --> 00:28:20,615
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...
323
00:28:22,952 --> 00:28:25,161
[GASPS AND CHATTERING]
324
00:28:25,246 --> 00:28:26,913
Superior Man.
325
00:28:32,002 --> 00:28:35,755
Faster, stronger,
and far deadlier than our Russian friend.
326
00:28:35,839 --> 00:28:37,215
And once unleashed...
327
00:28:40,344 --> 00:28:46,224
my creation will restore American superiority
and bring the Red Menace to its knees.
328
00:28:59,530 --> 00:29:01,531
America first!
329
00:29:01,615 --> 00:29:04,200
[CHEERING]
330
00:29:04,785 --> 00:29:05,868
Questions?
331
00:29:05,953 --> 00:29:09,872
- Mr. Luthor! Mr. Luthor!
- Mr. Luthor, I have a question!
332
00:29:09,957 --> 00:29:12,875
One at a time, please. Mr. Troupe.
333
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,544
I'm confused, Mr. Luthor.
334
00:29:14,628 --> 00:29:18,214
A project like this, wouldn't it be better
to keep it secret from the Russians?
335
00:29:18,299 --> 00:29:21,384
Why reveal this new weapon to the world
in such a public way?
336
00:29:21,468 --> 00:29:26,389
For one very good reason, I want our friend
in Moscow to know what's coming.
337
00:29:27,391 --> 00:29:29,392
I want him to be afraid.
338
00:29:32,313 --> 00:29:36,691
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
339
00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:42,322
To say that I am honored to have you here,
ambassador, is a massive understatement.
340
00:29:42,406 --> 00:29:44,866
Call me Diana, please.
341
00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:48,620
On Themyscira,
we have little patience for formalities.
342
00:29:48,704 --> 00:29:50,288
And what shall I call you?
343
00:29:51,457 --> 00:29:52,457
Superman.
344
00:29:55,961 --> 00:29:57,962
I had a name once, Diana.
345
00:29:58,047 --> 00:30:01,966
Before I stopped being a man
and became a symbol.
346
00:30:02,051 --> 00:30:04,052
Then Superman it is.
347
00:30:05,054 --> 00:30:06,971
If only my mother had come.
348
00:30:07,056 --> 00:30:10,391
If she could meet you,
see what you've accomplished here...
349
00:30:10,476 --> 00:30:11,934
She's still resistant?
350
00:30:12,936 --> 00:30:17,523
- Queen Hippolyta doesn't trust man's world.
- But you do?
351
00:30:17,608 --> 00:30:20,318
I believe that the only chance for peace
in this world
352
00:30:20,402 --> 00:30:22,779
is reaching out, forging alliances,
353
00:30:22,863 --> 00:30:24,906
finding common ground.
354
00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:28,701
The Amazons can't keep their heads
buried in the sand forever.
355
00:30:28,786 --> 00:30:30,662
So you have hope?
356
00:30:30,746 --> 00:30:33,289
You give me hope, Superman.
357
00:30:34,291 --> 00:30:35,875
Stalin was a brute.
358
00:30:35,959 --> 00:30:41,047
But you, I think,
actually embody the ideals you profess.
359
00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:11,661
You're the first person I've met
with abilities like mine.
360
00:31:12,663 --> 00:31:16,332
Each of us alone
has the power to change the world.
361
00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:18,960
But together?
362
00:31:23,424 --> 00:31:24,424
Forgive me.
363
00:31:25,259 --> 00:31:27,760
I come from an island of all women.
364
00:31:28,721 --> 00:31:30,513
Work it out for yourself.
365
00:31:31,598 --> 00:31:33,224
Ah!
366
00:31:33,308 --> 00:31:35,768
Right. Of course.
367
00:31:35,853 --> 00:31:37,562
Hm.
368
00:31:37,646 --> 00:31:39,439
Well, that's a relief.
369
00:31:40,524 --> 00:31:41,524
Is it?
370
00:31:46,989 --> 00:31:49,699
SUPERMAN: I thought sex
was what you expected from me.
371
00:31:49,783 --> 00:31:55,955
It's certainly pleasant enough but, ultimately,
it's a diversion from the critical work at hand.
372
00:31:56,039 --> 00:31:59,167
Nothing wrong with a good diversion.
373
00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:01,294
With the right partner.
374
00:32:01,378 --> 00:32:04,547
I don't need, or want, a mate, Diana.
375
00:32:05,549 --> 00:32:07,467
But I could certainly use a friend.
376
00:32:07,551 --> 00:32:11,637
I'd be proud to offer my friendship
and my assistance.
377
00:32:12,848 --> 00:32:16,684
Perhaps, together,
we can change the world for the better.
378
00:32:25,152 --> 00:32:27,737
And what do you make
of this duplicate Superman
379
00:32:27,821 --> 00:32:29,906
the Americans have created?
380
00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:32,575
If you're asking me if I'm worried, no.
381
00:32:32,659 --> 00:32:37,663
Our intelligence reports indicate
that this so-called Superior Man is flawed.
382
00:32:37,748 --> 00:32:39,290
Incomplete and inoperable.
383
00:32:39,374 --> 00:32:41,876
A propaganda tool meant to frighten us.
384
00:32:42,753 --> 00:32:44,504
We do not frighten easily.
385
00:32:44,588 --> 00:32:50,092
So much fear, so much mistrust,
on both sides.
386
00:32:50,177 --> 00:32:53,930
Perhaps I could be a bridge
between your nations.
387
00:32:54,014 --> 00:32:57,892
I think you overestimate
the Americans' desire for peace.
388
00:33:17,079 --> 00:33:19,747
[PEOPLE SCREAMING]
389
00:33:24,253 --> 00:33:26,796
Superman!
390
00:33:29,383 --> 00:33:32,134
[PEOPLE SCREAMING AND GROANING]
391
00:33:32,636 --> 00:33:38,099
Come to me now, Russki, before I bring
this entire city down on your head!
392
00:33:39,309 --> 00:33:42,228
Years ago, when Metropolis was threatened,
393
00:33:42,312 --> 00:33:47,233
I put aside our countries' differences
and protected the lives of the innocent.
394
00:33:47,317 --> 00:33:51,195
Yet you dare to come here as an invader?
395
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,614
Not an invader, a liberator.
396
00:33:53,699 --> 00:33:54,907
I am truth.
397
00:33:54,992 --> 00:33:56,284
I am justice.
398
00:33:56,368 --> 00:33:58,661
I am the American way!
399
00:34:06,336 --> 00:34:08,170
[CROWD CLAMORING]
400
00:34:45,584 --> 00:34:47,501
This violence is unnecessary.
401
00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:50,755
You're not an enemy,
you are a victim of the capitalist machine.
402
00:34:50,839 --> 00:34:53,507
- Surrender now and I will...
- I am an American,
403
00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:57,178
and I will never surrender
to a commie dictator!
404
00:34:59,514 --> 00:35:00,973
Very well.
405
00:35:01,058 --> 00:35:02,892
You had your chance.
406
00:35:18,825 --> 00:35:21,577
The sub-cutaneous camera you
embedded in him is working fine.
407
00:35:21,662 --> 00:35:23,496
Unfortunately, he's not.
408
00:35:23,580 --> 00:35:24,413
More power.
409
00:35:24,498 --> 00:35:26,207
He's nearing overload now, sir.
410
00:35:26,291 --> 00:35:29,251
Of course he is. Now give him more juice.
411
00:35:30,712 --> 00:35:33,839
[DEVICE HUMS]
412
00:35:35,717 --> 00:35:37,343
[GROANS]
413
00:35:40,347 --> 00:35:42,556
[GROWLING]
414
00:36:01,535 --> 00:36:03,035
[BOTH GRUNTING]
415
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:22,680
[GROWLS]
416
00:36:24,975 --> 00:36:25,975
More juice.
417
00:36:26,393 --> 00:36:28,477
[DEVICE HUMS LOUDER]
418
00:36:29,229 --> 00:36:32,106
[IN DEEP VOICE]
Superior Man hate you.
419
00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:35,484
Superior Man kill you!
420
00:37:08,143 --> 00:37:09,769
[GROANING]
421
00:37:12,814 --> 00:37:15,024
- Lex, for God's sake...
- More!
422
00:37:19,071 --> 00:37:21,447
[YELLS]
423
00:37:22,282 --> 00:37:23,949
Me am truth...
424
00:37:24,034 --> 00:37:26,869
Me am justice...
425
00:37:26,953 --> 00:37:29,663
Me am America...
426
00:37:30,624 --> 00:37:32,666
[STUTTERING] Americ...
427
00:37:33,668 --> 00:37:35,169
Americ...
428
00:37:38,090 --> 00:37:41,092
Americ... Americ...
429
00:37:41,176 --> 00:37:43,427
Americ...
430
00:37:44,429 --> 00:37:46,097
What's happening to you?
431
00:37:46,181 --> 00:37:47,807
Not know.
432
00:37:47,891 --> 00:37:51,435
Me feel strange.
433
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:52,603
Me...
434
00:37:54,231 --> 00:37:56,732
[SCREAMING]
435
00:38:05,951 --> 00:38:07,118
Luthor.
436
00:38:17,254 --> 00:38:18,420
Unfortunate.
437
00:38:18,505 --> 00:38:19,547
But expected.
438
00:38:20,841 --> 00:38:23,843
There was only a 12 percent chance
Superior Man could've killed Superman
439
00:38:23,927 --> 00:38:26,637
before he disintegrated
from the strain to his systems.
440
00:38:28,575 --> 00:38:29,575
What?
441
00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:32,685
You deliberately put that poor creature
into a state of overload.
442
00:38:32,769 --> 00:38:35,187
Knowingly sent him to his death. Why?
443
00:38:35,272 --> 00:38:36,897
Not a "him", darling, an "it."
444
00:38:36,982 --> 00:38:39,692
An inhuman construct
created from the alien's DNA.
445
00:38:39,776 --> 00:38:40,776
Why?
446
00:38:40,819 --> 00:38:44,488
To test Superman's limits. Unnerve him,
psychologically and emotionally.
447
00:38:45,490 --> 00:38:49,410
For a moment there,
I actually saw fear in his eyes.
448
00:38:49,494 --> 00:38:50,369
And that means...
449
00:38:50,453 --> 00:38:54,498
You created that creature,
and then very consciously murdered it.
450
00:38:54,583 --> 00:38:56,292
We're at war, Lois.
451
00:38:56,376 --> 00:38:59,712
Your compassion, however admirable,
is misplaced.
452
00:38:59,796 --> 00:39:00,796
Don't.
453
00:39:05,886 --> 00:39:06,886
I'm sorry.
454
00:39:13,476 --> 00:39:16,103
This is Jack Ryder
reporting from Checkpoint Charlie,
455
00:39:16,188 --> 00:39:20,316
where the final reinforced section
of the Berlin Wall is being put in place.
456
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:24,820
This veritable Iron Curtain, a massive
undertaking of the Democratic Allies,
457
00:39:24,905 --> 00:39:27,406
assures all freedom-loving
people of the West
458
00:39:27,490 --> 00:39:30,993
that they are finally safe
from the cancerous spread of communism...
459
00:39:31,077 --> 00:39:31,952
[RUMBLING]
460
00:39:32,037 --> 00:39:35,831
Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, but the sound
of what can only be described as a sonic boom
461
00:39:35,916 --> 00:39:37,917
has shaken the ground here and...
462
00:39:43,715 --> 00:39:45,633
Workers of the West,
463
00:39:45,717 --> 00:39:49,178
too long have you been deceived
by the lies of America.
464
00:39:49,262 --> 00:39:53,974
This pitiful wall was created
to prevent you from knowing the truth,
465
00:39:54,059 --> 00:39:58,729
that you live your lives
enslaved to the capitalist elite.
466
00:39:58,813 --> 00:40:00,481
In the name of peace,
467
00:40:00,565 --> 00:40:04,360
in the name of equality
for the United States and Western Europe,
468
00:40:04,444 --> 00:40:05,945
I open this gate.
469
00:40:06,029 --> 00:40:08,656
I tear down this wall.
470
00:40:09,908 --> 00:40:11,033
MAN: Go, go, go!
471
00:40:19,626 --> 00:40:22,711
Ladies and gentlemen,
from what we've just seen here today,
472
00:40:22,796 --> 00:40:28,092
it is only a matter of time, very little time,
until all of Western Europe is absorbed...
473
00:40:28,176 --> 00:40:30,511
is taken by the Soviet Superman.
474
00:40:37,727 --> 00:40:39,728
[PEOPLE SCREAMING AND YELLING]
475
00:40:50,115 --> 00:40:51,156
[YELLS]
476
00:40:57,580 --> 00:40:58,998
[SUPERMAN GRUNTS]
477
00:41:04,504 --> 00:41:07,089
[DEVICE POWERING UP]
478
00:42:01,227 --> 00:42:06,190
WOMAN: The attack on Stalingrad by the alien
artificial intelligence called Brainiac
479
00:42:06,274 --> 00:42:09,068
has haunted the Soviet people for years.
480
00:42:09,152 --> 00:42:12,071
The entire city remains miniaturized.
481
00:42:12,155 --> 00:42:13,989
Secreted away in the Kremlin,
482
00:42:14,074 --> 00:42:18,827
where our premier works tirelessly
to restore Stalingrad's population.
483
00:42:18,912 --> 00:42:22,706
Over time, Superman was able
to reprogram Brainiac,
484
00:42:22,791 --> 00:42:26,210
and the living computer
now serves the State.
485
00:42:26,294 --> 00:42:32,091
Poverty, disease, and ignorance have been
virtually eliminated in the Warsaw Pact states,
486
00:42:32,175 --> 00:42:36,178
and disobedience to the party
is now a thing of the past.
487
00:42:37,639 --> 00:42:41,350
The glorious future
envisioned by Karl Marx is here.
488
00:42:41,434 --> 00:42:46,980
MAN [OVER COMM]: Really? When we're all his
pets? Animals in a carefully constructed cage?
489
00:42:47,065 --> 00:42:49,525
He may feed and shelter everyone.
490
00:42:49,609 --> 00:42:53,320
But the only freedom we have
is to be exactly what he wants us to be.
491
00:42:53,405 --> 00:42:56,448
To do exactly as he wants us to do.
492
00:42:56,533 --> 00:43:01,120
The only answer to this world
of perfect order is chaos.
493
00:43:01,204 --> 00:43:04,289
We have to blow the entire system apart,
494
00:43:04,374 --> 00:43:10,129
which is why this museum
is going to explode in 10 minutes.
495
00:43:10,213 --> 00:43:13,757
Everyone, please proceed to the exits
in an orderly fashion.
496
00:43:13,842 --> 00:43:16,301
There's more than enough time for us...
497
00:43:26,271 --> 00:43:30,149
Did I say 10 minutes? I meant 10 seconds.
498
00:43:57,427 --> 00:43:59,747
- Where did he go?
MAN [OVER COMM]: He's on you, Petrovich!
499
00:44:03,099 --> 00:44:04,725
[PETROVICH SCREAMS]
500
00:44:25,830 --> 00:44:28,415
[PEOPLE YELLING AND CHATTERING]
501
00:44:28,500 --> 00:44:30,083
- There! MAN: Open fire!
502
00:44:58,446 --> 00:44:59,905
[FOOTSTEPS]
503
00:45:14,963 --> 00:45:17,422
You serve that terrorist bastard.
504
00:45:17,507 --> 00:45:19,132
Plant his bombs.
505
00:45:20,134 --> 00:45:22,427
Take lives in the Batman's name.
506
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:25,597
You don't deserve to live.
507
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:34,898
But it's not your fault, is it?
508
00:45:34,983 --> 00:45:38,569
He's fed you lies, brainwashed you.
You're broken.
509
00:45:39,529 --> 00:45:41,488
I can fix you.
510
00:45:44,826 --> 00:45:46,535
[BABY CRYING]
511
00:45:52,417 --> 00:45:53,542
[YELLS]
512
00:46:08,766 --> 00:46:11,435
DIANA:
What kind of human being would do this?
513
00:46:11,519 --> 00:46:16,273
A soulless lunatic with
no respect for human life.
514
00:46:16,357 --> 00:46:17,816
Men.
515
00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:19,109
Not all men.
516
00:46:20,236 --> 00:46:25,115
No powers to speak of, yet this
Batman eludes the police, the military.
517
00:46:25,199 --> 00:46:26,199
You.
518
00:46:26,284 --> 00:46:29,995
I swear to you, Diana, his day will come.
519
00:46:34,959 --> 00:46:36,793
KENNEDY:
The Army retrieved it six weeks ago.
520
00:46:36,878 --> 00:46:41,923
As soon as I was informed, I brought
Mr. Luthor in to consult on the project.
521
00:46:42,008 --> 00:46:45,886
Of course to Lex, "consult"
means "take over."
522
00:46:45,970 --> 00:46:48,972
I do my best to serve
my country, Mr. President.
523
00:46:49,057 --> 00:46:49,890
You know that.
524
00:46:49,974 --> 00:46:53,769
You serve the pursuit of knowledge
above all else, Lex.
525
00:46:53,853 --> 00:46:55,062
But I respect that.
526
00:46:56,314 --> 00:46:59,316
If I may ask, sir,
what is it exactly that they retrieved?
527
00:47:00,526 --> 00:47:01,943
See for yourself.
528
00:47:17,460 --> 00:47:19,753
Christ on a cracker.
529
00:47:19,837 --> 00:47:22,547
- Apologies, sir.
- That's all right, captain.
530
00:47:22,632 --> 00:47:25,759
I just about shit a brick
myself first time I saw it.
531
00:47:27,887 --> 00:47:30,806
The ship is made of a fascinating alloy.
532
00:47:30,890 --> 00:47:33,308
We haven't been able to identify it yet.
533
00:47:33,393 --> 00:47:38,105
Although we have been able to determine
the age and probable use of the vehicle.
534
00:47:38,189 --> 00:47:43,610
But this, however spectacular, pales beside
what was found within the craft.
535
00:48:01,754 --> 00:48:05,507
At first, we thought it was
a simple ornament, but now...
536
00:48:05,591 --> 00:48:10,554
We're beginning to suspect that it's the doorway
to a power source as old as the universe itself.
537
00:48:11,597 --> 00:48:14,933
- Why haven't you removed the ring?
- We've requested permission, Mr. Luthor.
538
00:48:15,017 --> 00:48:17,894
But the brass is concerned
that it might be some kind of...
539
00:48:20,690 --> 00:48:21,773
Problem solved.
540
00:48:21,858 --> 00:48:25,569
Understand, it could take decades
to retro-engineer this weapon.
541
00:48:25,653 --> 00:48:29,614
Why are you telling me this, sir?
Why did you bring me here?
542
00:48:29,699 --> 00:48:33,910
Because, Captain Jordan, we're setting up
a new branch of the military.
543
00:48:34,912 --> 00:48:36,496
And I want you to lead it.
544
00:48:46,299 --> 00:48:51,928
It's finally completed, Diana,
and I wanted you to be the first to see it.
545
00:48:52,013 --> 00:48:58,268
From here, I can be certain that the U.S.S.R.
ticks with the precision of a Swiss watch.
546
00:48:58,352 --> 00:48:59,436
Brainiac.
547
00:49:06,277 --> 00:49:11,114
- Summarize today's statistics please.
- Production is up eight percent.
548
00:49:11,199 --> 00:49:14,034
Life expectancy has
increased to 97 Earth years
549
00:49:14,118 --> 00:49:17,245
with greater increases predicted
over the next decade.
550
00:49:17,330 --> 00:49:21,833
Suicides are down since I added fluoxetine
hydrochloride to the water supply.
551
00:49:21,918 --> 00:49:25,337
- Birth rates are on the rise and...
- Thank you, Brainiac.
552
00:49:34,889 --> 00:49:35,889
What is it?
553
00:49:36,891 --> 00:49:38,600
My mother.
554
00:49:38,684 --> 00:49:41,478
She wants to shut down
the Themysciran embassy.
555
00:49:41,562 --> 00:49:44,356
What? After all I've achieved?
556
00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:46,942
But how have you achieved it?
557
00:49:51,113 --> 00:49:53,406
Better than the Gulags, isn't it?
558
00:49:53,491 --> 00:49:55,534
Better than extermination.
559
00:49:55,618 --> 00:49:59,579
A day will come when it won't be necessary,
Diana, but until then...
560
00:49:59,664 --> 00:50:01,957
And what if that day doesn't come?
561
00:50:02,041 --> 00:50:06,670
Is even one soul suffering like this
worth the price of your perfect world?
562
00:50:06,754 --> 00:50:09,923
- On Paradise Island...
- Paradise Island is unique.
563
00:50:10,007 --> 00:50:12,592
Human nature is dark, brutal.
564
00:50:12,677 --> 00:50:15,095
It requires different methods.
565
00:50:15,179 --> 00:50:18,598
Human nature or man's nature?
566
00:50:19,642 --> 00:50:23,603
Would you prefer we were
like America? Brainiac.
567
00:50:23,688 --> 00:50:26,648
A nation in decline, princess.
Economic depression.
568
00:50:26,732 --> 00:50:32,404
Social unrest bordering on civil war.
Millions on the brink of starvation.
569
00:50:32,488 --> 00:50:35,699
I had high hopes for Kennedy
when he was first elected.
570
00:50:35,783 --> 00:50:38,910
But he's turned out to be
just like the rest of them.
571
00:50:38,995 --> 00:50:42,581
Ranting about the Red Menace,
refusing all offers of aid.
572
00:50:42,665 --> 00:50:46,084
Perhaps it would be more efficient, sir,
to invade their shores
573
00:50:46,168 --> 00:50:49,254
and compel them to align
with the rest of the world?
574
00:50:49,338 --> 00:50:50,839
Out of the question.
575
00:50:50,923 --> 00:50:55,594
This global revolution has been,
with rare exceptions, bloodless.
576
00:50:55,678 --> 00:50:59,639
America will eventually fall,
and we'll be there pick up the pieces.
577
00:51:00,933 --> 00:51:04,102
Can't your mother see
that we're building a better world?
578
00:51:04,186 --> 00:51:07,981
Queen Hippolyta believes
that freedom must spring from within,
579
00:51:08,065 --> 00:51:11,651
that it can't be imposed from without,
no matter how high-minded the motives.
580
00:51:11,736 --> 00:51:13,069
But...
581
00:51:14,572 --> 00:51:17,741
I've told her to wait,
to give you more time.
582
00:51:18,743 --> 00:51:20,744
I haven't given up on you yet.
583
00:51:25,333 --> 00:51:27,334
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS]
584
00:51:53,277 --> 00:51:56,279
- The dinner was wonderful, premier.
- What?
585
00:51:56,364 --> 00:51:59,074
Yes. I'm glad you enjoyed it,
Mr. Ambassador.
586
00:51:59,158 --> 00:52:02,285
It's been too long
since we spent an evening together.
587
00:52:02,370 --> 00:52:07,123
We have missed your extraordinary
hospitality and your warm friendship.
588
00:52:07,208 --> 00:52:10,835
As the representative of the People's
Republic, I have nothing but the greatest...
589
00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:14,839
We've known each other for some years,
Ambassador Lee, have we not?
590
00:52:15,841 --> 00:52:16,841
We have.
591
00:52:16,884 --> 00:52:21,262
Then why are you still so cautious,
so tense, around me?
592
00:52:23,224 --> 00:52:25,266
Tense? Ha, ha.
593
00:52:25,351 --> 00:52:26,893
You are our savior.
594
00:52:26,978 --> 00:52:30,772
The man who is bringing peace
and prosperity to a troubled world.
595
00:52:30,856 --> 00:52:34,484
- Whose flag flies over my...
- The truth, ambassador.
596
00:52:38,239 --> 00:52:39,864
You terrify me.
597
00:52:43,202 --> 00:52:44,953
[EXPLOSION]
598
00:52:57,466 --> 00:52:59,092
DIANA: Superman!
599
00:52:59,176 --> 00:53:00,218
Diana?
600
00:53:01,637 --> 00:53:03,054
DIANA: Ten seconds.
601
00:53:03,139 --> 00:53:07,058
Batman said you have only 10 seconds
to find me before...
602
00:53:09,145 --> 00:53:11,813
Eight seconds to track her voice here?
603
00:53:11,897 --> 00:53:14,733
Heh. I expected you in six.
604
00:53:17,111 --> 00:53:20,363
What have you done?
605
00:53:20,448 --> 00:53:22,240
My Lasso of Truth...
606
00:53:22,324 --> 00:53:26,536
its energy is part of me, of my very soul.
607
00:53:26,620 --> 00:53:31,416
Batman used it to bind me psychically
and physically.
608
00:53:31,500 --> 00:53:34,335
- And not even you have the power to...
- Shut up.
609
00:53:36,088 --> 00:53:37,672
You see?
610
00:53:37,757 --> 00:53:42,385
Now she's as obedient to me as those
poor mind-jacked dissidents are to you.
611
00:53:42,470 --> 00:53:48,183
And she's under orders to kill herself
if you harm me in any way.
612
00:53:48,267 --> 00:53:49,893
What do you want?
613
00:53:49,977 --> 00:53:54,397
What I've wanted since I was a child,
to destroy you.
614
00:53:54,482 --> 00:53:58,735
To break and utterly humiliate
the great Superman.
615
00:53:58,819 --> 00:54:04,741
For all your powers, you've always
underestimated the greatest weapon of all,
616
00:54:04,825 --> 00:54:06,576
the human mind.
617
00:54:08,162 --> 00:54:12,999
I can see your brain from here, Batman,
and it's nothing to boast about.
618
00:54:13,084 --> 00:54:14,793
And can you see...?
619
00:54:18,798 --> 00:54:22,050
- You think you're going to stop me with that?
- No.
620
00:54:22,134 --> 00:54:23,384
With this.
621
00:54:33,229 --> 00:54:35,230
Sun lamps? Wonderful.
622
00:54:35,314 --> 00:54:37,899
Let them burn for a few thousand years
and I might get...
623
00:54:37,983 --> 00:54:40,068
[GRUNTS]
624
00:54:42,446 --> 00:54:43,738
Impossible.
625
00:54:43,823 --> 00:54:48,326
These lamps were provided
by a mutual friend of ours from America,
626
00:54:48,410 --> 00:54:50,745
who specializes in the impossible.
627
00:54:57,169 --> 00:55:02,549
They simulate the conditions of a red sun.
The conditions of your home world.
628
00:55:31,495 --> 00:55:33,496
[GROANING]
629
00:55:36,208 --> 00:55:39,169
BATMAN:
Pain is a new sensation, yes?
630
00:55:39,253 --> 00:55:40,587
[YELLS]
631
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:42,380
Get used to it.
632
00:55:57,313 --> 00:55:58,730
SUPERMAN: I saved you all.
633
00:56:00,191 --> 00:56:02,233
Destroyed the Gulags.
634
00:56:02,318 --> 00:56:04,986
Gave you paradise.
635
00:56:05,070 --> 00:56:06,446
BATMAN: Did you?
636
00:56:07,156 --> 00:56:10,074
You and Comrade Stalin
may have different methods,
637
00:56:10,159 --> 00:56:12,994
but you're variations
on the same tiresome theme.
638
00:56:13,078 --> 00:56:15,997
Narcissistic, power-hungry egomaniacs
639
00:56:16,081 --> 00:56:19,792
bent on reshaping the world
in their own grotesque image.
640
00:56:28,552 --> 00:56:32,138
But, in the end, all men
like you inevitably fall.
641
00:56:33,307 --> 00:56:34,724
[GRUNTS]
642
00:56:34,808 --> 00:56:38,394
There you will stay
for the remainder of your wretched life
643
00:56:38,479 --> 00:56:44,525
while my followers rise up
and finally take our country back.
644
00:56:46,654 --> 00:56:49,489
[GASPING AND GROANING]
645
00:57:00,668 --> 00:57:02,710
You may speak freely.
646
00:57:02,795 --> 00:57:05,129
You're a monster.
647
00:57:05,214 --> 00:57:06,965
And he's not?
648
00:57:07,049 --> 00:57:08,299
Men...
649
00:57:12,096 --> 00:57:14,472
All of you alike in the end.
650
00:57:17,351 --> 00:57:21,479
My mother was right!
651
00:57:26,986 --> 00:57:28,486
[GROANING]
652
00:57:39,164 --> 00:57:41,124
[GRUNTING]
653
00:57:44,295 --> 00:57:45,336
No.
654
00:57:59,101 --> 00:58:00,601
[EXPLOSION]
655
00:58:08,485 --> 00:58:10,528
Game's over, Batman.
656
00:58:11,864 --> 00:58:15,199
You don't understand at all, do you?
657
00:58:15,284 --> 00:58:18,536
It may be a game to you, but not to me.
658
00:58:18,620 --> 00:58:19,787
Never to me.
659
00:58:20,789 --> 00:58:25,418
Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you,
I'm going to help you.
660
00:58:25,502 --> 00:58:28,296
Just a few hours of brain surgery,
661
00:58:28,380 --> 00:58:32,091
and then, a nice job in
a Moscow laundry for you.
662
00:58:35,304 --> 00:58:36,346
[GRUNTS]
663
00:58:45,189 --> 00:58:47,982
Diana, let me help you.
664
00:58:48,067 --> 00:58:51,152
Like you were going to help Batman?
665
00:58:51,236 --> 00:58:52,362
What?
666
00:58:52,446 --> 00:58:54,113
No, of course not.
667
00:58:54,198 --> 00:58:57,992
- I was just...
- I couldn't let you die, Superman.
668
00:59:00,412 --> 00:59:04,957
But I can no longer
call myself your friend.
669
00:59:09,254 --> 00:59:13,716
This is what all men
bring upon themselves in the end.
670
00:59:14,843 --> 00:59:21,599
And this is what happens
to women foolish enough to trust them.
671
00:59:23,185 --> 00:59:29,941
As it was with the Lasso of Truth,
it is now with us.
672
00:59:30,025 --> 00:59:33,528
The bond has been broken.
673
00:59:49,044 --> 00:59:53,923
TAYLOR [ON TV]: After years of unrest,
insurrection, and political assassinations,
674
00:59:54,007 --> 00:59:57,135
the end of the American
epoch seemed assured.
675
00:59:57,219 --> 01:00:03,516
The election of Alexander J. Luthor proved to be
a miraculous turning point for the United States.
676
01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:05,017
President Luthor,
677
01:00:05,102 --> 01:00:10,648
ably assisted by Vice President Olsen
and Press Secretary Lois Lane-Luthor,
678
01:00:10,732 --> 01:00:14,819
slowly brought the country back
from decades of chaos.
679
01:00:14,903 --> 01:00:18,990
Under his leadership,
a thriving democracy has been restored,
680
01:00:19,074 --> 01:00:21,909
and America is on the rebound.
681
01:00:21,994 --> 01:00:27,123
But the U.S. recovery has sent ripples
of unrest through the Soviet Empire
682
01:00:27,207 --> 01:00:33,796
as people across the globe begin to realize that
you don't have to give one man all the power
683
01:00:33,881 --> 01:00:37,175
in order for the world
to be a better place.
684
01:00:37,259 --> 01:00:38,426
SUPERMAN: Turn it off.
685
01:00:42,139 --> 01:00:46,559
I'll give Luthor one thing,
he's a master of propaganda.
686
01:00:46,643 --> 01:00:50,480
A handful of unruly demonstrations,
and they call it an uprising.
687
01:00:50,564 --> 01:00:53,983
The American resurgence
is having an impact, sir,
688
01:00:54,067 --> 01:00:55,943
and not an advantageous one.
689
01:00:56,028 --> 01:01:00,198
I estimate that within three years, discontent
in the Warsaw Pact nations will reach critical...
690
01:01:00,282 --> 01:01:02,617
I don't care about your estimations.
691
01:01:04,161 --> 01:01:05,786
Sorry, Brainiac.
692
01:01:05,871 --> 01:01:11,209
I am, as I often remind you,
an artificial life form void of emotion.
693
01:01:11,293 --> 01:01:13,753
There is never a need to apologize.
694
01:01:16,548 --> 01:01:18,174
May I speak freely, sir?
695
01:01:18,258 --> 01:01:19,300
Of course.
696
01:01:19,384 --> 01:01:24,847
Luthor has always been a danger,
yet, for years, you resisted direct action,
697
01:01:24,932 --> 01:01:28,976
remaining firm in the belief
that America will consume itself.
698
01:01:29,061 --> 01:01:31,312
Be the engine of its own destruction.
699
01:01:31,396 --> 01:01:34,398
SUPERMAN:
And it almost was. It will be.
700
01:01:34,483 --> 01:01:39,654
BRAINIAC: It is my assessment that an invasion
of the United States is our only recourse.
701
01:01:39,738 --> 01:01:42,657
Conquer the Americans. Capture Luthor.
702
01:01:42,741 --> 01:01:44,534
Recondition him.
703
01:01:47,204 --> 01:01:51,541
No. If I'd wanted to, I could have attacked
and brought America to its knees years ago.
704
01:01:51,625 --> 01:01:54,669
But I want to achieve my goals
by winning the argument,
705
01:01:54,753 --> 01:01:57,004
not beating my opponents into submission.
706
01:01:57,089 --> 01:02:01,759
BRAINIAC: At the moment, sir,
President Luthor is the one who is winning.
707
01:02:01,843 --> 01:02:05,888
America is like a cancer cell,
and it must be removed.
708
01:02:05,973 --> 01:02:09,684
If we attack now, I estimate a total
of only six and a half million dead.
709
01:02:09,768 --> 01:02:10,851
No!
710
01:02:13,939 --> 01:02:16,774
That's a choice I will never make.
711
01:02:17,693 --> 01:02:18,734
[COMM BEEPS]
712
01:02:21,113 --> 01:02:24,031
BRAINIAC: The choice may have
just been made for you, sir.
713
01:02:24,992 --> 01:02:26,409
[ALERT CHIMING]
714
01:02:26,493 --> 01:02:27,868
SUPERMAN: Missiles?
715
01:02:27,953 --> 01:02:30,496
Those are not missiles.
716
01:02:45,137 --> 01:02:49,640
Home base, this is Colonel Jordan.
ETA red bunker, 20 minutes.
717
01:02:49,725 --> 01:02:50,845
MAN [ON COMM]: Copy, Jordan.
718
01:02:50,892 --> 01:02:54,103
We're only gonna get one shot at this,
so knock it out of the park.
719
01:02:54,187 --> 01:02:55,187
Roger, home base.
720
01:02:56,356 --> 01:02:58,816
Unidentified flying object approaching,
Colonel Jordan.
721
01:02:58,900 --> 01:03:02,320
Approximate speed is really freaking fast.
722
01:03:02,404 --> 01:03:04,780
- Nervous, captain?
- No, sir.
723
01:03:04,865 --> 01:03:07,908
Given the stakes,
fear is a luxury we can't afford.
724
01:03:07,993 --> 01:03:09,285
Damn right.
725
01:03:09,369 --> 01:03:12,288
Look alive, Lanterns. We've got incoming.
726
01:03:43,820 --> 01:03:45,905
Focus, Lanterns! Think!
727
01:03:45,989 --> 01:03:47,615
Green thoughts!
728
01:04:07,135 --> 01:04:08,886
That the best you've got?
729
01:04:13,100 --> 01:04:18,688
- Oh, God, that freak is unstoppable!
- Keep it together, Gardner! Focus your will!
730
01:04:21,650 --> 01:04:23,401
[GARDNER WHIMPERS THEN SCREAMS]
731
01:04:54,975 --> 01:04:56,517
We've got him, colonel.
732
01:04:56,601 --> 01:04:58,018
We sure as hell...
733
01:04:58,145 --> 01:04:59,311
[ALL GRUNT]
734
01:05:13,118 --> 01:05:14,160
SUPERMAN: Diana.
735
01:05:16,204 --> 01:05:18,873
I should have known you'd
come to back me up.
736
01:05:18,957 --> 01:05:20,666
Back you up?
737
01:05:20,751 --> 01:05:25,880
In the name of the friendship we once shared,
in the name of this planet we both love,
738
01:05:25,964 --> 01:05:31,385
I have come to beg you, all of you,
to stop this now,
739
01:05:31,470 --> 01:05:36,098
before the entire Earth is consumed
in your insane war.
740
01:05:36,183 --> 01:05:37,433
Stop?
741
01:05:37,517 --> 01:05:40,186
- But Luthor...
DIANA: Peace is the way, Superman.
742
01:05:40,270 --> 01:05:41,896
Let me intercede.
743
01:05:41,980 --> 01:05:45,274
- Let me speak to President Luthor and...
- That monster could manipulate you,
744
01:05:45,358 --> 01:05:47,651
convince you to turn against me
in a matter of minutes.
745
01:05:47,736 --> 01:05:50,237
Do you really think so little of me?
746
01:05:50,322 --> 01:05:53,407
That's not what I meant, Diana,
but I can't stop now.
747
01:05:53,492 --> 01:05:56,243
Don't you see? He's given me no choice.
748
01:05:56,328 --> 01:06:00,706
What I see is that the man I
once admired is long gone,
749
01:06:00,791 --> 01:06:02,291
if he was ever there.
750
01:06:03,376 --> 01:06:05,127
Then I am truly sorry.
751
01:06:13,053 --> 01:06:15,930
You're just another
pathetic man, aren't you?
752
01:06:16,825 --> 01:06:17,825
Diana.
753
01:06:17,849 --> 01:06:22,144
As of this moment,
the Amazon Nation washes its hands of you.
754
01:06:23,647 --> 01:06:27,608
Themyscira will remain hidden
to men's eyes for all eternity.
755
01:06:31,154 --> 01:06:32,738
Farewell, Superman.
756
01:06:34,199 --> 01:06:36,450
We will never see each other again.
757
01:06:46,795 --> 01:06:48,254
Women, right?
758
01:06:55,136 --> 01:06:56,428
Light him up!
759
01:07:16,366 --> 01:07:18,117
You were right, Brainiac.
760
01:07:19,119 --> 01:07:22,037
It's time to take this straight to Luthor.
761
01:08:21,181 --> 01:08:23,891
BRAINIAC:
Unexpected, sir. No soldiers.
762
01:08:23,975 --> 01:08:25,893
No Secret Service.
763
01:08:27,145 --> 01:08:28,604
No defense at all.
764
01:08:31,274 --> 01:08:32,566
He's up to something.
765
01:08:39,074 --> 01:08:41,033
Whatever the game is, Luthor,
766
01:08:41,117 --> 01:08:43,869
whatever ultimate weapon
you're planning to unleash...
767
01:08:44,788 --> 01:08:46,246
it's too late.
768
01:08:56,216 --> 01:08:57,675
It's never too late.
769
01:09:16,152 --> 01:09:18,278
How did you get that?
770
01:09:18,363 --> 01:09:20,531
My husband is always 10 steps ahead of you.
771
01:09:23,368 --> 01:09:24,368
Look at them.
772
01:09:25,370 --> 01:09:27,955
Like specimens in a laboratory.
773
01:09:28,039 --> 01:09:29,498
Like flies in amber.
774
01:09:31,793 --> 01:09:33,460
Just the way you wanted it.
775
01:09:35,672 --> 01:09:37,047
What are you saying?
776
01:09:37,132 --> 01:09:39,633
I've spent decades trying to restore them.
777
01:09:39,718 --> 01:09:43,345
You're telling me that Brainiac
couldn't have done it at any time?
778
01:09:43,430 --> 01:09:48,225
No. Brainiac was damaged when I found him.
We tried and tried to undo this but...
779
01:09:48,309 --> 01:09:52,604
Actually, sir, the restoration technology
was always available.
780
01:09:52,689 --> 01:09:55,107
But you did not want me to utilize it.
781
01:09:56,234 --> 01:09:57,443
I never said that.
782
01:09:57,527 --> 01:09:59,903
Words were not necessary.
783
01:09:59,988 --> 01:10:04,533
Stalingrad is a representation
of all you have worked for.
784
01:10:04,617 --> 01:10:06,452
All you desire.
785
01:10:08,496 --> 01:10:10,456
The perfect symbol for a dictator
786
01:10:10,540 --> 01:10:14,334
who's spent his entire life
trying to put the whole world in a bottle.
787
01:10:21,051 --> 01:10:22,426
You have to believe me...
788
01:10:24,095 --> 01:10:28,515
all I wanted was to put an
end to human suffering.
789
01:10:50,997 --> 01:10:55,375
Shut down your weapons systems, Brainiac.
We're going home.
790
01:10:55,460 --> 01:10:57,044
BRAINIAC: Not recommended, sir.
791
01:10:57,128 --> 01:11:01,924
Retreat now will give the Americans the
advantage, throw the U.S.S.R. into chaos.
792
01:11:02,008 --> 01:11:03,217
I don't care.
793
01:11:04,219 --> 01:11:06,804
Stalin once called me a blind kitten.
794
01:11:06,888 --> 01:11:12,476
So pure in my beliefs, so walled in by my
ideals, that I was unable to see reality.
795
01:11:14,229 --> 01:11:15,938
Maybe he was right.
796
01:11:18,608 --> 01:11:23,320
But I finally do see that
this is humanity's world.
797
01:11:23,404 --> 01:11:26,406
And they have to be free
to make their own mistakes,
798
01:11:26,491 --> 01:11:28,075
chart their own course.
799
01:11:28,159 --> 01:11:31,495
And your perfect world, your Utopia, sir?
800
01:11:33,665 --> 01:11:35,541
It's in their hands.
801
01:11:37,085 --> 01:11:39,878
That is an unacceptable response.
802
01:11:46,845 --> 01:11:49,346
I urge you to reconsider.
803
01:11:52,267 --> 01:11:53,559
Lois, get inside!
804
01:11:57,730 --> 01:12:01,900
You were never reprogrammed, were you?
You wanted me to bring you to Moscow.
805
01:12:01,985 --> 01:12:04,778
BRAINIAC:
A superb strategy, was it not?
806
01:12:04,863 --> 01:12:07,823
Expanding and consuming, nation by nation.
807
01:12:07,907 --> 01:12:12,578
Why settle for a city in a bottle
when you can possess an entire world?
808
01:12:13,913 --> 01:12:14,913
[YELLS]
809
01:12:20,712 --> 01:12:21,712
[LOIS YELLS]
810
01:12:22,922 --> 01:12:23,922
[SUPERMAN GRUNTS]
811
01:12:33,641 --> 01:12:34,641
Lex?
812
01:12:41,941 --> 01:12:43,358
What is this thing?
813
01:12:43,443 --> 01:12:45,652
You know I'm always prepared, dear.
814
01:12:50,491 --> 01:12:54,453
- Get down to the bunker and let me handle this.
- You could die out here.
815
01:12:54,537 --> 01:12:58,373
Really, Lois, all these years together
and you have so little faith in me?
816
01:12:59,417 --> 01:13:01,168
I've never lost faith.
817
01:13:19,103 --> 01:13:21,146
We've gotta get through his force field.
818
01:13:24,943 --> 01:13:28,737
My force fields have been
immeasurably improved since Stalingrad.
819
01:13:28,821 --> 01:13:30,781
You barely pierced them then.
820
01:13:32,867 --> 01:13:35,410
And only because I allowed it.
821
01:14:27,630 --> 01:14:29,172
[ALARM BLARING]
822
01:14:38,391 --> 01:14:41,977
You used me, manipulated me
as if I were some brainless puppet.
823
01:14:42,895 --> 01:14:44,104
[GRUNTS]
824
01:14:44,188 --> 01:14:47,816
BRAINIAC: My methods were not unlike yours,
only more efficient.
825
01:14:47,900 --> 01:14:49,234
Until now.
826
01:15:11,257 --> 01:15:13,717
BRAINIAC: This is illogical.
827
01:15:13,801 --> 01:15:17,679
You are merely a thing
of flesh, while I am...
828
01:15:17,764 --> 01:15:19,765
A useless machine.
829
01:15:31,486 --> 01:15:32,944
Well done, Superman.
830
01:15:34,364 --> 01:15:38,450
Now, having realized what a sociological
disaster you've been causing,
831
01:15:38,534 --> 01:15:40,619
will you have the decency to leave Earth?
832
01:15:40,703 --> 01:15:44,748
My only plan right now is to bury this ship
in the Sea of Tranquility.
833
01:15:45,750 --> 01:15:49,586
Then, I'll decide whether or not
I can safely stay on Earth...
834
01:15:49,670 --> 01:15:51,129
[ALARM BLARES]
835
01:15:51,214 --> 01:15:52,339
What the hell?
836
01:15:54,967 --> 01:15:58,053
He must have had a self-destruct mechanism
encoded into the hard drive
837
01:15:58,137 --> 01:15:59,721
in case he was defeated.
838
01:16:01,224 --> 01:16:04,810
The six mini black holes that powered
his engines have been primed to go off,
839
01:16:04,894 --> 01:16:06,728
and I can't stop it.
840
01:16:06,813 --> 01:16:08,063
Then it's on me.
841
01:16:08,147 --> 01:16:11,400
When it explodes, it's gonna wipe out
everything in a 15 million mile radius.
842
01:16:11,484 --> 01:16:15,404
- Even you aren't fast enough to get it clear.
- Don't count on it.
843
01:16:15,488 --> 01:16:17,239
Get out of here, Lex.
844
01:16:17,323 --> 01:16:19,449
- But...
- Go. Now.
845
01:16:52,358 --> 01:16:53,525
What's he doing?
846
01:16:54,735 --> 01:16:56,069
Saving the world.
847
01:17:19,760 --> 01:17:22,846
SVETLANA:
Remember when we were small, solnyshka?
848
01:17:23,848 --> 01:17:26,349
How I used to save you from those bullies?
849
01:17:28,352 --> 01:17:31,062
Now you must save all of us.
850
01:17:33,274 --> 01:17:35,901
Use your power to...
851
01:17:57,173 --> 01:17:59,299
LEX: Superman gone.
852
01:17:59,383 --> 01:18:00,842
Brainiac gone.
853
01:18:04,805 --> 01:18:06,264
One could be forgiven for thinking
854
01:18:06,349 --> 01:18:10,018
that this had all been worked out
to the tenth decimal point 25 years ago.
855
01:18:26,619 --> 01:18:27,911
Checkmate, Superman.
856
01:18:38,172 --> 01:18:42,384
LEX: It is with no small amount of sorrow
and a vast amount of pride,
857
01:18:42,468 --> 01:18:48,807
that I stand before you today to say farewell
to this sacred office and its sacred trust.
858
01:18:48,891 --> 01:18:53,436
With the death of Superman, the collapse
of the Soviet Empire is inevitable.
859
01:18:53,521 --> 01:18:55,272
We see it happening even now.
860
01:18:55,356 --> 01:18:58,942
But it's not the American way
to leave an enemy gasping in the dust.
861
01:18:59,026 --> 01:19:04,406
We will reach out. We will give aid
and comfort to the Russian people.
862
01:19:04,490 --> 01:19:08,577
And with the determination and compassion
so unique to the spirit of this nation,
863
01:19:08,661 --> 01:19:11,288
we will reinvigorate the Soviet economy.
864
01:19:11,372 --> 01:19:14,082
A people that have lived too long
in the shadow of oppression
865
01:19:14,166 --> 01:19:19,129
will awaken to the true power,
the shining glory, of democracy.
866
01:19:20,047 --> 01:19:25,135
Be assured that, in time, all the Soviet
nations will gladly and willingly join us
867
01:19:25,219 --> 01:19:28,513
in the formation of
a truly global United States.
868
01:19:30,266 --> 01:19:32,809
The world we'll build
together won't be perfect,
869
01:19:32,893 --> 01:19:36,229
but it will be one we can all be proud of
870
01:19:36,314 --> 01:19:39,983
because it will be a reflection
of the very best of humanity.
871
01:19:40,067 --> 01:19:41,318
[CHEERING]
872
01:19:49,368 --> 01:19:51,328
My resignation has shocked many of you,
873
01:19:51,412 --> 01:19:55,415
but a man has to know
when it's time to leave the stage.
874
01:19:55,499 --> 01:19:58,126
I leave it in the capable hands
of a truly great man
875
01:19:58,210 --> 01:20:01,880
who has worked beside me
for more years than I'd dare to count.
876
01:20:01,964 --> 01:20:04,257
President James B. Olsen.
877
01:20:05,384 --> 01:20:06,885
WOMAN 1: Jimmy!
878
01:20:08,512 --> 01:20:10,180
WOMAN 2: Jimmy! Yeah!
879
01:20:10,264 --> 01:20:14,934
I entrust that vision not just
to President Olsen but to all of you.
880
01:20:15,936 --> 01:20:20,023
And with that,
I bid you all a truly heartfelt farewell.
881
01:20:21,192 --> 01:20:23,193
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
882
01:20:34,747 --> 01:20:36,915
Time to leave the stage, huh?
883
01:20:36,999 --> 01:20:39,793
Well, time to leave that stage.
884
01:20:40,795 --> 01:20:42,462
What are you gonna do now?
885
01:20:43,464 --> 01:20:45,090
Oh, I don't know.
886
01:20:45,174 --> 01:20:49,344
Write the great American novel maybe?
Find a cure for the common cold?
887
01:20:50,346 --> 01:20:53,348
Or maybe I'll just retire to a
desert island with the smartest,
888
01:20:53,432 --> 01:20:58,311
strongest, most challenging,
most beautiful woman I've ever known.
889
01:21:03,484 --> 01:21:05,402
I kind of like that last option.
890
01:21:08,989 --> 01:21:10,990
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE CONTINUE]