Memorable Quotes from Terence Stamp
51 quotesThe Ineffectiveness of Punishment and Understanding
Billy Budd
What was his crime?
[after witnessing a flogging]
Dansker
God only knows young man.
Billy Budd
You mean you don't know what he did?
Dansker
Flogging. Its the only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know. It was just his turn.
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Conflicting Feelings About Claggert
Squeak
I hate Claggert, for what, you don't realize — I hate him.
Billy Budd
You hate him?
Squeak
Yes, I do. Don't you?
Billy Budd
No.
Squeak
You don't? You must do!
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Reflections on Fault and Expectations
Freddie Clegg
I kept thinking perhaps it was my fault, after all, that she did what she did and lost my respect. Then I thought, no. It was her fault. She asked for everything she got. My only mistake was aiming too high. I ought to have seen I'd never get what I wanted from someone like Miranda with all her la-di-da ideas and clever tricks. I ought to have got someone who would respect me more. Someone ordinary. Someone I could teach.
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Complications in Filmmaking and Blackmail Concerns
Kit
Hey, ]. It's not funny!
[with head covered by a paper bag; [w:Laker Girls|Laker Girls; partly opens coat to show his naked body; Laker Girls laugh; scampers off]
Terry Stricter
You realize all courts in the country would consider this blackmail!
Bobby Bowfinger
I don't know anything about blackmail. I'm just a guy with a great film. I need a shot of Kit saying, "Gotcha, suckers" and a couple of close-ups. Or we'll use a shot of Kit wagging his thing at the Laker Girls. Which is a great ending, though not such a good ending for Kit. It could sort of stop his money flow and possibly make that family film he's about to do, just go, pfft.
Stricter
We'll have to think about it. We'll have to think about it, for Kit.
Bowfinger
Now that you've had time to think about it, what do you and the other fellows here at MindF'ng Head think?
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Demand for Submission from Jor-El's Son
General Zod
Come to me, son of Jor-El! Kneel before Zod!
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Global Broadcast of General Zod's Message
General Zod
No! Who else is seeing this?
Reporter
Ah . . . well, with this satellite link up, uh . . . just about everybody. I mean, the whole planet!
General Zod
The whole planet Houston?
Reporter
Earth. The whole planet Earth.
General Zod
(satisfied with the man's answer) You may continue.
Reporter
As the extraordinary story continues . . . as this extraordinary st—
Ursa
(petulantly) Enough of this nonsense! If the whole planet is watching, can't we show them something more interesting?
Army Major
(via bullhorn) Throw down your arms and surrender! This is an order!
Ursa
General Zod does not take orders. He gives them.
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Truth and Fear on the Sea
Billy Budd
In my ignorance, I could not guess the reason. I only knew the truth, and told it.
Claggert
The sea is calm you said. Peaceful. Calm above, but below a world of gliding monsters preying on their fellows. Murderers, all of them. Only the strongest teeth survive. And who's to tell me it's any different here on board, or yonder — on dry land? You knew my reputation, and yet you dared to speak what you called the truth. Why?
Billy Budd
I know some of the men are fearful of you, hate you. But I told them — you can't be as they think you are.
Claggert
Why not, pray?
Billy Budd
No man can take pleasure in cruelty.
Claggert
No? Tell me, do you fear the lash?
Billy Budd
Aye.
[nods]
Claggert
And will you speak the truth again?
Billy Budd
I'm on my honor, sir. If the captain asks—
Claggert
Why are you laughing boy?
[laughs grimly — and Budd joins in laughing]
Billy Budd
Laughter's good, sir. And it's good to hear you laugh.
Claggert
Laughter's good? Even the laughter of fools aimed at nothing?
Billy Budd
No, sir, you wouldn't laugh at nothing.
Claggert
What was I laughing at then?
Billy Budd
I don't know sir, but I think you were laughing at yourself.
Claggert
Why would I laugh at myself?
[puzzled and disturbed]
Billy Budd
There's time when all men do — men as you would call men. They make mistakes and behave like fools.
Claggert
They do. Tell me in all ignorance do you dare understand me, then?
Billy Budd
I think so, sir.
[nods]
Claggert
Why did Jenkins die?
Billy Budd
You did not wish his death.
Claggert
No, I did not.
Billy Budd
You didn't even hate him. I think that sometimes you hate yourself. I was thinking, sir, the nights are lonely. Perhaps I could talk with you between watches when you've nothing else to do.
Claggert
Lonely. What do you know of loneliness?
Billy Budd
Them's alone that want to be.
Claggert
Nights are long — conversation helps pass the time.
Billy Budd
Can I talk to you again, then? It would mean a lot to me.
Claggert
Perhaps to me, too. Oh, no. You would charm me too, huh? Get away.
[his expression suddenly turns suspicious and sours]
Billy Budd
Sir?
Claggert
Get — away!
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Zod's Demand for Unanimous Submission
General Zod
The vote must be unanimous Jor-El. It has therefore now become your decision. You alone will condemn us if you wish... and you alone with be held responsible by me. You will bow down before me, Jor-El! I swear it! No matter that it takes an eternity! YOU WILL BOW DOWN BEFORE ME! BOTH YOU AND THEN ONE DAY... YOUR HEIRS!
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Conflict on the Road with Uninvited Guests
Deputy Dwayne
I dunno, from the look of them I'll bet ten dollars they're from Los Angeles.
Sheriff
Hey, ya hippies! Get your butts off the road!
General Zod
I like the glow that flashes red like our Krypton sun. But not this irritating noise. Make way.
Sheriff
Did I hear right? That son of a bitch give me an order?!
Sheriff
Dwayne, you take care of him.
Dwayne
But I...
Sheriff
Dwayne, you gotta learn to kick ass, you wanna be a peacemaker.
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Resilience Amidst Urban Struggles
Bernadette Bassenger
It's funny. We all sit around mindlessly slagging off that vile stink-hole of a city. But in its own strange way, it takes care of us. I don't know if that ugly wall of suburbia's been put there to stop them getting in, or us getting out. Come on. Don't let it drag you down. Let it toughen you up. I can only fight because I've learnt to. Being a man one day and a woman the next isn't an easy thing to do.
[to Felicia]
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Patience Leads to Clarity and Action
Wilson
Bide your time and everything becomes clear, and you can act accordingly.
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Caution in a Distrusting Environment
Wilson
Can't be too careful nowadays, y'know? Lot of "tea leaves" about, know what I mean?
Warehouse Foreman
Excuse me?
Wilson
Tea leaves... thieves.
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Loneliness and Isolation Drive Decisions
Freddie Clegg
I suppose it was the loneliness... and being far away from anyplace that made me decide to buy the house. And after I did, I told myself I'll never go through with the plan — even though I'd made all the preparations ... and knew where she was every minute of the day.
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Zod Demands Obedience from Earth's Leaders
Ursa
Come forward. Your General wishes to speak.
General Zod
I am General Zod. Your ruler. Yes, today begins a new order! Your lands, your possessions, your very lives will gladly be given in tribute to me, General Zod. In return for your obedience, you will enjoy my generous protection. In other words, you will be allowed to live.
General Zod
So you are a general too? And who is your superior?
Army General
I answer only to the President.
General Zod
And he will answer to me! Or all of his cities will end up like this one!
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The Illusion of Free Will Explained
David Norris
What ever happened to ]?
[[w:Free will|Free Will]
Thompson
We actually tried Free Will before. After taking you from hunting and gathering to the height of the ], we stepped back to see how you'd do on your own. You gave us the ] for five centuries... until finally we decided we should come back in. The Chairman thought maybe we just needed to do a better job of teaching you how to ride a bike before taking the training wheels off again. So we gave you the ], the ], the ]. For six hundred years, we taught you to control your impulses with reason, then in 1910, we stepped back. Within fifty years, you'd brought us ], the ], ], the ] and capped it off by bringing the entire planet to the brink of destruction in the ]. At that point, a decision was taken to step back in again before you did something that even we couldn't fix. You don't have free will, David. You have the appearance of free will...You have free will over which toothpaste you use or which beverage to order at lunch, but humanity just isn't mature enough to control the important things.
[[w:Roman Empire|Roman Empire; [w:Dark Ages (historiography)|Dark Ages; [w:Renaissance|Renaissance; [w:Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment; [w:Scientific revolution|Scientific Revolution; [w:World War I|World War I; [w:Great Depression|Depression; [w:Fascism|Fascism; [w:The Holocaust|Holocaust; [w:Cuban missile crisis|Cuban Missile Crisis]
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A Conversation About Affordability and Perspective
Wilson
Wow!
[looking at view]
Ed
Yeah, if you can afford a house like this, you buy a house like this, you know?
Wilson
What are we standing on?
[peering over railing]
Ed
Trust? You know, you could see the sea out there, if you could see it.
[pause]
Wilson
Could ya?
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General Zod's Declaration of Power
General Zod
Crude noisemaker.
[''after shooting himself, unharmed'']
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A Provocative Statement on Unfulfilled Expectations
Bernadette Bassenger
Now listen here, you mullet. Why don't you just light your tampon, and blow your box apart? Because it's the only bang you're ever gonna get, sweetheart!
[to Shirley]
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Accusations and Allegiances Among Shipmates
Squeak
Hey, you know when you kept finding yourself on report? That was my doing — but I was only obeying orders — his orders — Claggerts.
Billy Budd
Claggerts? I thought it was you — out of spite.
Squeak
Me? I got no spite in me!
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Determined Declaration of Intent
Wilson
You tell him, you tell him I'm coming. Tell him I'm fucking coming!
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Ramsley's Assertion of Rationality
Ramsley
No, Mr. Evers, I am a rational man.
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A Concern for the Master's Well-Being
Ramsley
(to Jim) May I confide in you? The master is not well. He must leave this house, Mr. Evers, he must move on.
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A Call for Loyalty to Zod
General Zod
And now, finally- take my hand, swear eternal loyalty... to Zod.
[''to Superman'']
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Struggling to Express Deep Convictions
Billy Budd
It's wrong to flog a man. I … d…d… … It's against his being a man.
[pauses to hold back from stuttering]
Jenkins
Aye! Aye, lad — it is that!
Dansker
Why do you stammer boy?
Billy Budd
Because I sometimes can't find the words … for what I feel.
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A Unique Perspective on National Identity
Bernadette Bassenger
That's just what this country needs: a cock in a frock on a rock.
[to Felicia]
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No Escape from the Mansion Tonight
Ramsley
The storm has flooded the road. There will be no leaving the mansion tonight!
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The Rarity of Gentlemen in Modern Times
Bernadette Bassenger
Believe me, Bob, these days gentlemen are an endangered species. Unlike bloody drag queens who just keep breeding like rabbits.
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A Mixed Review of a Meal
Jenkins
Like it Billy? Taste good?
[as Billy eats his first shipboard meal]
Billy Budd
It's hot and there's a lot of it. I like everything about it except the flavor.
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Reflections on Death and Friendship at Sea
William O'Daniel
Well, that's the end of Enoch Jenkins. Over the side he goes and his mates soon forget him.
[After Jenkins' burial at sea]
Alan Payne
They'll not forget him so soon, I'm thinking.
Dansker
Ah, whatever happened to Jenkins, he ain't worried now. He got a hundred fathoms between him and the troubles of his life.
Billy Budd
I'd rather be buried at sea than on the shore when I come to die. Will you stand by the plank, mates, so I can shake a friendly hand before I sink?
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Introduction of Ramsley
Ramsley
I am Ramsley.
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Paranoia and Copyright in Film Distribution
Terry Stricter
Well, it seems the paranoid are sometimes actually being followed.
[parts bushes and sees the film crew]
Robert
This film is only for Madagascar and Iran. Neither of which follow American copyright law.
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Betrayal and Sacrifice in the Haunted Mansion
Ramsley
(last words) YES!!! I tried to protect you. All these years, I've sacrificed for you. But what would you understand of sacrifice, duty, or honor? You "loved" her. Well, damn you! Damn you all to HELL!!!
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General Zod's Declaration of Victory
General Zod
I win! I always win. Is there no one on this planet to even challenge me?!
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The Balance of Control and Chaos
David Norris
So you handle the important things? The last time I checked, the world is a pretty screwed-up place.
Thompson
It's still here. If we had left things in your hands, it wouldn't be.
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Unreciprocated Friendship and Hidden Feelings
Wilson
They were together how long?
Ed
Five years, a long time.
Wilson
There you go. Jenny must have liked him.
Ed
Jenny would say, "Hey, here's my friend Eddie." He'd shake my hand and everything, but the guy wouldn't even see me, you know what I mean? Jenny told me she met him at a beach, got blinded by his smile. Can you believe that shit, man? That son of a bitch never smiled at me!
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General Zod's Ultimatum to Superman
General Zod
And he will answer to me! Or all of his cities shall end up like this one!
[''referring to the President'']
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The Nature of Truth and Deception
Billy Budd
There are many ways to lie, Mr. Claggert, but there is only one way to tell the ].
[[truth]
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Calm Waters and Impressions Aboard Ship
Billy Budd
Would it be alright if I stayed topside a little bit to watch the water?
Claggert
I suppose a handsome sailor may do many things forbidden to his mess-mates.
Billy Budd
Sea's calm tonight, i'nt it? Calm and peaceful.
Claggert
You've made a good impression on the captain, Billy Budd. You have a pleasant way with you.
Billy Budd
Oh, thank you sir.
Claggert
If you wish to make a good impression with me too however, you will need to curb your tongue.
Billy Budd
Now, sir?
Claggert
Not now. Can it be that you really don't understand my words? Is it ignorance or irony that makes you speak so simply?
Billy Budd
It must be ignorance, sir — because I don't understand the other word.
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Final Farewell from Ramsley
Ramsley
Now, for the last time, good night, Mr. Evers.
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General Zod's Observation of Earth
General Zod
So this is planet ]. A very strange surface!
[[Houston]
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Zod's Observation on Worship and Flight
General Zod
I see you are practiced in worshipping things that fly.
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General Zod's Triumph Over Earthly Challenges
Ursa
Look! They need machines to fly!
General Zod
What bravery! Be nice to them, my dear. Blow them a kiss.
General Zod
I win! (now realizing the lack of resistance he is receiving) I always win. Is there no one on this planet to even challenge me?
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The Importance of Choosing Your Battles
Wilson
How you doin then? All right, are you? Now look, squire, you're the guv'nor here, I can see that. I'm in your manor now. So there's no need to get your knickers in a twist. Whatever this bollocks is that's going down between you and that slag Valentine, it's got nothing to do with me. I couldn't care less. Alright, mate? Let me explain. When I was in prison - second time - uh, no, telling a lie, third stretch, yeah, third, third - there was this screw what really had it in for me, and that geezer was top of my list. Two years after I got sprung, I sees him in Holland Park. He's sittin on a bench feedin bloody pigeons. There was no-one about, I could've gone up behind him and snapped his fuckin neck, *wallop!* But I left it. I could've knobbled him, but I didn't. Cause what I thought I wanted wasn't what I wanted. What I thought I was thinkin about was something else. I didn't give a toss. It didn't matter, see? This berk on the bench wasn't worth my time. It meant sod-all in the end, cause you gotta make a choice: when to do something, and when to let it go. When it matters, and when it don't. Bide your time. That's what prison teaches you, if nothing else. Bide your time, and everything becomes clear, and you can act accordingly.
DEA Special Agent-In-Charge
There's one thing I don't understand. The thing I don't understand is every motherfuckin word you're saying.
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The Importance of Awareness in Combat
Stick
Don't look for your opponent. Know where he is. I'm ], and I see more than any of you, because I don't look.
[[blind]
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Farewell and Faith in God
Captain Nathaniel Graveling
] go with you, Billy Budd, for it's a fact that you go with God!
[[God]
Billy Budd
: Right you are! Good-bye to you too ol Rights of Man!
[being pressed into service aboard the H.M.S. Avenger]
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Last Messages and Sentencing in Conflict
General Friedrich Fromm
If you have any last messages to your wives and children, I will hear them now. Very well. A court martial convened by me in the Führer's absence will pronounce sentence. Beck, you're under arrest. Colonel Mertz von Quirnheim, General Olbricht, Lieutenant Haeften, and the Colonel whose name I will not mention, are condemned to death.
[Silence]
Major Otto Remer
General, my orders are to take these men alive.
Fromm
Noted, Major.
Ludwig Beck
I'd like a pistol please. For personal reasons.
[General Fromm and Haaefte looks at him suspiciously]
Fromm
Get on with it.
[Takes pistol to a nearby table]
Remer
With all respect sir-
Fromm
That will be all, Major!
General Friedrich Olbricht
Killing us won't hide your involvement.
Fromm
My involvement? I don't know what you're talking about.
Lieutenant Werner von Haeften
You knew and did nothing. You're as guilty as any of us.
Fromm
Spare me, Lieutenant.
[Scoffing]
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg
No one will be spared.
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General Zod's Preference for Kryptonian Light
General Zod
I like the glow. It flashes red, like the Krypton sun. But not this disturbing noise. Make way!
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The Essence of a Butler's Role
Ramsley
(about his job as a butler) Attending to every detail. Understanding priorities. And, above all, knowing one's place!
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Discussion on the Valkyrie Plan
Col. Claus von Stauffenberg
Valkyrie.
General Friedrich Olbricht
We've already considered Valkyrie, it isn't suitable.
Maj Gen Henning von Tresckow
Not as it's currently written, but the colonel has an idea I think we should consider.
Dr. Carl Goerdeler
Excuse me, what is Valkyrie?
Ludwig Beck
]. The Reserve Army has thousands of men all over Berlin. Valkyrie is Hitler's contingency plan to mobilize those men during a national emergency.
[[w:Operation Valkyrie|Operation Valkyrie]
Tresckow
The sole purpose of the order is to protect Hitler's government if he's cut off or killed.
Goerdeler
And what use is this to us?
Stauffenberg
Valkyrie is designed to contain civil unrest, but what if the SS was staging a coup? State Security is trying to overthrow Hitler; how would High Command respond?
Olbricht
We'd have no choice, we would declare a military state of emergency.
Tresckow
Exactly, and initiate Valkyrie.
Stauffenberg
Hitler's own Reserve Army, using Hitler's own plan, will have no choice but to seize power in Berlin to prevent the SS takeover. They'll think they're fighting for Hitler's government, not against it.
Tresckow
While we quietly put a new government in place.
Goerdeler
But only if he's dead. That's what you're saying, isn't it? How else are you going to convince people the SS are trying to seize power?
Stauffenberg
We have to kill Hitler.
Goerdeler
I'm disappointed in you, Colonel. I thought a man of your background would suggest a more honorable approach.
Olbricht
Your plan has a few minor obstacles, Colonel. Firstly, Valkyrie would have to be rewritten to exclude the SS.
Stauffenberg
And I'll need your help to get a copy.
Beck
Rewriting an order is one thing, distributing it is another. In this case, we'd be willfully circulating written evidence of high treason.
Olbricht
Evidence requiring Hitler's signature.
Stauffenberg
Well, we can all draw straws for that job.
Olbricht
And what about ]?
[[w:Friedrich Fromm|Fromm]
Goerdeler
Fromm, who is Fromm?
Beck
He's the commander of the Reserve Army.
Olbricht
I can put the Reserve troops on alert, but only Fromm can initiate Valkyrie.
Beck
Can you get to him?
Erwin von Witzleben
We're running out of time, can you get to Fromm?
Olbricht
He's a careerist pig.
Tresckow
But one who's gone as far as he can go in Hitler's army. It's no secret he's unhappy about it.
Beck
Offer him a key position in the new regime. Make him see the light.
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Identity Reveal in a Comedic Exchange
Siegfried
Who are you?
Max
My name is Nudnis Shpilkes. Who are you?
Siegfried
I am Siegfried.
Max
Did you say SIEGFRIEEEED?
Siegfried
Yes.
Max
I understand that you're the man to see if someone is interested in acquiring items of a nuclear nature.
Siegfried
How do I know you're not CONTROL?
Max
If I were CONTROL, you'd already be dead.
Siegfried
If you were CONTROL, you'd already be dead.
Max
Well, neither of us is dead, so I'm obviously not from CONTROL.
Shtarker
...That actually makes sense.
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Council Deliberates Charges Against General Zod
Jor-El
This is no fantasy, no careless product of wild imagination. No, my good friends. These indictments that I have brought you today, the specific charges listed herein against the individuals, their acts of treason, their ultimate aim of sedition, these are matters of undeniable fact. I ask you now to pronounce judgment on those accused. On this...this mindless aberration, whose only means of expression are wanton violence and destruction. On the woman Ursa, whose perversions and unreasoning hatred of all mankind have threatened even the children of the planet Krypton. Finally, General Zod. Once trusted by this Council, charged with maintaining the defense of the planet Krypton itself. Chief architect of this intended revolution and author of this insidious plot, to establish a "New Order" amongst us with himself as absolute ruler. You have heard the evidence. The decision of the Council will now be heard.
[referring to Non; referring to Ursa]
Council Member 1
Guilty!
Council Member 2
Guilty!
Council Member 3
Guilty!
Council Member 4
Guilty!
General Zod
The vote must be unanimous, Jor-El. It has therefore now become your decision. You alone will condemn us if you wish, and you alone will be held responsible by me. Join us. You have been known to disagree with the Council before. Yours could become an important voice in the new order, second only to my own! I offer you a chance for greatness, Jor-El! Take it! Join us! You will bow down before me, Jor-El! I swear it! No matter that it takes an eternity! YOU WILL BOW DOWN BEFORE ME!! BOTH YOU, AND THEN ONE DAY, YOUR HEIRS!!!
[Jor-El signals the Phantom Zone; screaming with rage]
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