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Superman II
The Richard Donner version
Scenes 317 - 328, "Unidentified flying villains", pt. 2
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317 EXT. ANOTHER SECTION OF MOON The "golf cart" is parked near a rock outcropping by a crater. Astronaut ROBBIE, in his bulky space suit and helmet, laboriously lifts some moon rocks, stands, begins loping back to his vehicle with them as URSA suddenly lands in front of him. ROBBIE recoils, his bug-eyes clearly visible through his mask. URSA You. ROBBIE Ah... ah... yes. Ma'am? (to himself) I don't believe I said that. URSA What sort of creature are you? ROBBIE Ma'am, I'm just a person... (pointing) From earth, you know? I'm just a man. URSA (widening smile) A man...
URSA suddenly reaches out, rips the space suit down the front, tearing a great gaping hole as easily as if she were ripping tissue paper. ROBBIE'S arms flail in the air. He quickly explodes (EFFECTS) from the pressure change. URSA grins. 318 EXT. OTHER PART OF THE MOON Another astronaut, BORIS, his suit bearing the insignia of the USSR, is attached by a long hose to his vehicle as he kneels a few yards away in a crater, scooping up samples of dust and putting them in containers. CAMERA PANS: GENERAL ZOD suddenly pops out of the crater, vaulting over the lip, lands near the astonished BORIS who turns, babbling in Russian. BORIS (in Russian) Who are you? Where did you... ZOD lifts BORIS' life-line in one hand and, using his fingers as a pair of scissors, simply snips it in two. Arms flailing, his screams echoing, BORIS rises like a balloon, his gravity pull destroyed as he floats up and away. ZOD watches him dispassionately. ZOD What a fragile sort of life form this is... 319 INT. LEM MODULE DAVE (into speaker - disturbed) I've lost contact with Robbie and Boris, Houston. Don't know what... His eyes widen in horror as he sees: 320 EXT. SPACE THROUGH PORTHOLE - DAVE'S POV The body of BORIS floats past the porthole into space. 321 BACK TO LEM DAVE Oh, my God! CONTROLLER VOICE What is it? What is it? The LEM suddenly begins to shake violently. DAVE is frozen in terror. CONTROLLER VOICE Dave? Dave! 322 EXT. MOON - ANGLE ON LEM 
2The LEM stands there like a grasshopper. ZOD watches approvingly as NON shakes it by the legs like an apple tree. NON looks to ZOD for further permission. ZOD nods. NON chops one supporting leg of the LEM with a vicious karate chop, knocking it off. The structure lurches violently down to one side. 323 INT. LEM MODULE The LEM lurches violently, flinging DAVE over backwards. Suddenly, wish a smash, the LEM lurches the other way at a forty-five degree tilt. 324 EXT. MOON SURFACE NON has broken off another leg. 325 INT. HOUSTON CONTROL CONTROLLER #2 Dave? Can you hear me? 326 EXT. MOON SURFACE NON smashes the two remaining struts. The LEM crashes to the surface. Instantly NON levitates and flies above it. With a roar he rears back, deals the module a mighty blow. It smashes into pieces. The screams of the trapped DAVE echo off through space. CAMERA PANS TO ZOD looking thoughtful. NON roars in triumph. 327 INT. HOUSTON CONTROL Everybody talking at once: "Artemis! Come in Robbie? Boris? Come in!", etc. 328 EXT. MOON SURFACE ZOD, URSA and NON sit amidst the debris. They have decorated themselves with the spoils: ZOD wears patches and NASA badges. URSA sports a NASA belt buckle, worn as a brooch. NON, rocking as he sits, makes frightening noises of pleasure, pleased with the mayhem he's caused. URSA (thoughtful) Strange. I tore those metal fibers like paper. And what he did... (points at NON) was amazing! (dawns on her) Something is happening... ZOD Yes. To all of us. The closer we come to an atmosphere with only one sun - a yellow sun - the more our molecular density gives us unlimited powers! URSA They come from... earth. (points) There... (examines NASA buckle) A place called... Houston... ZOD Then we must go there too. (rises) To rule. Finally - to rule! (to URSA) And then you shall have what you want. URSA (cold steel) Men. To destroy. ZOD And I will lead. ZOD takes a stance, posing Hitler-like in triumph. ZOD First we strike terror! Second, seize control! United as one, the three fly up and into black space, NON'S terrible roar trailing off into the darkness. Sources: 1, 2 - Superman 2 DVD, 2001 Warner Home Video; image courtesy of Superman in the Movies. |
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