Donner's Superman 2

Superman II
The Richard Donner version

"Reprise" from Superman the Movie

FADE IN:

FILM CLIP MONTAGE REPRISE:

A reprise of selected film clips from SUPERMAN with the exact content to be determined, but certainly establishing:

A. The trial of the VILLAINS, their condemnation by JOR-EL, and GENERAL ZOD'S vow of ultimate revenge.

B. Briefly, the characters of CLARK/SUPERMAN, LOIS, LUTHOR, EVE, AND OTIS.

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C. The hurling of the nuclear missile into space, and its ultimate explosion near the Phantom Zone.

AS SEEN IN SUPERMAN:

EXT. PHANTOM ZONE - SPACE

The intense shock waves caused by the nuclear explosion collide with the linear Phantom Zone, cracking it, and releasing THE THREE GREAT VILLAINS:

GENERAL ZOD: A pathological dictator with contempt for everyone but himself. Evil incarnate, his only goal is to command a world of inferiors.

URSA: A strikingly beautiful but cruel woman obsessed by an all-consuming hatred of the male sex.

NON: A man only to the extent that he is not an animal. A force of frightening destruction whose only sounds are terrifying guttural roars.

The VILLAINS rush to the crack in the Phantom Zone and their unexpected freedom. NON lets out this horrible roar of an animal suddenly uncaged.

ZOD
Free!

URSA
Free!

Their grotesque faces fill the SCREEN with howls of glee as they drift off into space.

END OF REPRISE.

Sources:
1 - Superman 2 DVD, 2001 Warner Home Video; image courtesy of Superman in the Movies.

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