Donner's Superman 2

Superman II
The Richard Donner version

Scenes 309 - 316, "Unidentified flying villains", pt. 1

309 EXT. SPACE

UPWARD MOVEMENT OF CAMERA (EFFECTS) CONTINUES as Earth and sky become space and silence.

310 EXT. SURFACE OF THE MOON

WIDE SHOT: ASTRONAUTS have landed: there is a capsule that looks like the famous LEM, supported on four skinny, spider-like legs, with glowing metal ladders leading from its portal. In BG., two golf-cart vehicles are riding off into the pockmarked cratered surface.

311 INT. HOUSTON NASA CONTROL CENTER - DAY

The familiar setting: banks of computers, TECHNICIANS and CONTROLLERS who monitor the ASTRONAUTS.

312 CLOSE ON TWO CONTROLLERS

TWO CONTROLLERS stand by the monitoring device. CONTROLLER #1 flips the switch on his console mike.

CONTROLLER #1
Houston to Artemis, Houston to Artemis, come in please.

VOICE FROM CONSOLE
Howdy, Houston.

313 INT. LEM CAPSULE - MOON SURFACE

An Astronaut, DAVE, who has been up there for forty-five days and looks it (unshaven, haggard, etc.).

CONTROLLER VOICE
(over speaker)
Dave? How's it going up there?

DAVE
All systems normal, Houston. Robbie is out doing the geological survey, and Boris is headed for crater 215 to get some soil samples. Oh, by the way. Boris and I are getting engaged.
(deadly silence)
Ah... just a little detente-type humor there, Houston. I...

DAVE looks out of the porthole, suddenly sits straight up in his seat with a look of absolute astonishment.

314 EXT. SPACE - MOON SURFACE - DAVE'S POV

Through the LEM porthole WE SEE URSA, drifting like a languorous, undulating Rhine Maiden, floating down to the moon surface. A smiling siren. A magical apparition.

315 BACK TO LEM

DAVE stares open-mouthed, speechless.

CONTROLLER'S VOICE
Dave?

DAVE
(whisper - stunned)
That's it. Yeah, I'm dreaming.

CONTROLLER'S VOICE
Come in, Artemis!

DAVE
Yeah... well... uh, Houston... we seem to have an... an... unidentified flying...
(stares)
object.

CONTROLLER'S VOICE
(sharp surprise)
Unidentified flying object? What the hell do you mean? What does it look like?

DAVE
Well, sir... actually, what it looks like, I would have to say, it definitely looks like, like... a girl.

316 INT. HOUSTON GROUND CONTROL

Looks of worry and dismay.

CONTROLLER #2
A girl.
(to CONTROLLER #1)
Call Dr. Kramer. I told you they'd been up there too long.

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