Donner's Superman 2

Superman II
The Richard Donner version

Scene 389 - 391, "Terror in Texas"

389 EXT. TEXAS HIGHWAY - DAY

A speeding car roars down an empty Texas highway, past a desolate desert vista. It races by at 100 m.p.h., CAMERA PANNING, revealing a large billboard with a smiling Cowboy, in a western hat painted on it, reading: NO MATTER WHAT SWELLS UP - YOU CAN KEEP IT UNDER YOUR HAT - IF IT'S TEXAS-SIZE.

389A ANGLE BEHIND THE BILLBOARD

A Texas Ranger patrol car sits hidden behind the billboard, ignores the flagrant speeder.

390 INT. RANGER CAR - DAY

TWO TEXAS RANGERS are busily involved in a sloppy, take- out lunch: giant cheeseburgers, french fries, milkshakes, etc. Seen through the window past them: A quick flash of color, as ZOD, URSA, and NON land near the car. The RANGERS munch away, the silence punctured by squawks from their radio transmitter. RANGER #1 looks up into the rear-view mirror, suddenly stops eating, his eyes narrow curiously.

RANGER #1
Hey. J.J. ... what the hell day is Halloween...

RANGER #2
I dunno. Sometime in October, ain't it?

RANGER #1
That's what I thought.

391 EXT. RANGER CAR - DAY

RANGER #1 gets out of the car as CAMERA PANS: coming toward him are ZOD, URSA and NON. RANGER #1 stares in disbelief.

RANGER #1
Hey, boy!
(ZOD stops)
You haul your ass over here! And bring That jailbait and that monkey with you!

The VILLAINS approach the car. RANGER #1 turns to face ZOD who stares coldly at him.

ZOD
What is your name?

RANGER #1
You got things kinda ass-backwards, dontcha, son? 'Cause that's exactly what I aim to find out from you...

ZOD
I am your new ruler. You will kneel in my presence. My name is General Zod.

RANGER #1
Yeah, well General, your name's gonna be diddleyshit around here unless I see some I.D. ...

ZOD
Kneel!

NON growls viciously. RANGER #1 steps back, draws his gun.

RANGER #1
(to NON)
You! Get your hands on the car. Now!
(to RANGER #2)
J.J. - Call for another unit.
(to NON)
Move your ass!

RANGER #2 reaches for the transmitter. NON looks at ZOD, who nods. NON swings around, puts his hands on top of the car, pushes down softly. He flattens it like a pancake, with RANGER #2 still inside. RANGER #1 backs up in terror holding his gun, as URSA advances on him with a cruel smile.

URSA
You will not die yet. I will keep you alive to play with...

RANGER #1
Listen, lady, I never shot a woman in my life, but so help me...

URSA reaches out for the gun. RANGER #1 fires, pumping three bullets into her harmlessly. URSA smiles, closes her hand around the gun as RANGER #1 squeezes off two more shots into her palm. She crushes the gun like a wad of paper. RANGER #1 takes a roundhouse swing at her. URSA catches his wrist in mid-air, breaks it with a "snap" dropping him to his knees. ZOD smiles thinly, advances, as URSA reaches for RANGER #1'S belt buckle.

ZOD
Wait!
(to RANGER #1)
Where was he calling? Who is your superior?

RANGER #1
(terrified)
Cap'n... Cap'n Moss of the Texas Rangers...

ZOD
And who is his superior?

RANGER #1
Attorney-General Frieson of the State of Texas...

ZOD
(to himself)
Another General... and who is his superior?

RANGER #1
The Governor...

ZOD
And his superior?

RANGER #1
He don't rightly have one, but... well, the President of the United States, I guess. In Washington, D.C. and then there's nobody, General. I swear. I mean that's about as high as a man can get.

ZOD
Then that is the man I want to see.

ZOD smiles, nods to URSA. She advances on the screaming RANGER with sadistic enthusiasm as NON roars in triumph.

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