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The Elusiveness of a Hidden Presence
Lois Lane
How do you find someone who has spent a lifetime covering his tracks? For some, he was a guardian angel. To others, a ghost who never quite fit in.
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Lois Lane Welcomes to the Planet
Lois Lane
Welcome to the Planet.
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General Zod's Ultimatum to Earth
General Zod
My name is General Zod. I come from a world far from yours. I have journeyed across an ocean of stars to reach you. For some time, your world has sheltered one of my citizens. I request that you return this individual to my custody. For reasons unknown, he has chosen to keep his existence a secret from you. He will have made efforts to blend in. He will look like you, but he is not one of you. To those of you who may know of his current location: the fate of your planet rests in your hands. To Kal-El, I say this: surrender within twenty-four hours, or watch this world suffer the consequences...
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Questions of Identity and Origin
Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman
I have so many questions. Where do I come from?
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A Call for a Better World
Lara Lor-Van
Make a better world than ours, Kal.
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Krypton's Impending Doom and Possible Escape
Jor-El
Will you not understand? Krypton's core is collapsing. We may only have a matter of weeks. I warned you, harvesting the core was suicide. It has accelerated the process of implosion.
Lor-Em
Our energy reserves were exhausted. What would you have us do, El?
Jor-El
Look to the stars, like our ancestors did. There are habitable worlds within reach. We can begin by using the old outposts.
Ro-Zar
Are you seriously suggesting that we evacuate the entire planet?
Jor-El
No, everybody here is already dead! Give me control of the Codex. I will ensure the survival of our race. There is still hope. I have held that hope in my hands.
General Zod
This council has been disbanded!
Ro-Zar
On whose authority?
General Zod
Mine.
General Zod
The rest of you will be tried and punished accordingly.
Jor-El
What are you doing, Zod? This is madness!
General Zod
What I should have done years ago. These lawmakers with their endless debates have led Krypton to ruin.
Jor-El
And if your forces prevail, you'll be the leader of nothing!
General Zod
Then join me. Help me save our race. We'll start anew. We'll sever the degenerative bloodlines that led us to this state.
Jor-El
And who will decide which bloodlines survive, Zod? You?
General Zod
Don't do this, El. The last thing I want is for us to be enemies.
Jor-El
You have abandoned the principles that bound us together. You've taken up the sword against your own people. I will honor the man you once were, Zod. Not this monster you have become.
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Embracing Destiny and Responsibility
Jonathan Kent
You're not just anyone, Clark, and I have to believe that you're–that you're sent here for a reason. All these changes you're going through, one day–one day, you're goin'a think of them as a blessing, and when that day comes, you're goin'a have to make a choice: a choice of whether to stand proud in front of the human race or not.
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Confrontation Between Zod and Kal El
General Zod
There is only one way this ends, Kal: either you die or I do.
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Krypton’s Future and the Fight for Destiny
General Zod
I know you stole the Codex, Jor-El. Surrender it and I'll let you live.
Jor-El
This is a second chance for all of Krypton, not just the bloodlines you deem worthy.
General Zod
What have you done?
Jor-El
We've had a child, Zod. A boy child. Krypton's first natural birth in centuries, and he will be free, free to forge his own destiny.
General Zod
Heresy! Destroy it!
General Zod
Lara, listen to me, the Codex is Krypton's future. Abort the launch!
General Zod
NOOOOOOO! Your son, Lara, where have you sent him?
[Zod stabs and kills Jor-El. Lara runs over to his fallen body and mourns him]
Lara
His name is Kal, son of El. And he is beyond your reach.
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A Father's Promise to His Son
Jor-El
Silencing me won't change anything. My son is twice the man you were, and he will finish what we started, I can promise you that.
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The Meaning Behind the "S" Symbol
Lois Lane
What's the "S" stands for? .....well, here it's an S. ...well, how about "Super...".
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The Value of a Good Death
Faora-Ul
A good death is its own reward.
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Kal, son of El, is unreachable.
Lara Lor-Van
His name is Kal, son of El, and he's beyond your reach.
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Zod's Defiance Against His Sentence
Lor-Em
General Zod, for the crimes of murder and high treason, the council has sentenced you and your fellow insurgents to 300 cycles of somatic reconditioning. Do you have any last words?
General Zod
You won't kill us yourself! You wouldn't sully your hands, but you'll damn us to a black hole for eternity! Jor-El was right! You're a pack of fools! Every last one of you! And you...You believe your son is safe? I will find him. I will reclaim what you have taken from us! I will find him. I will find him, Lara. I WILL FIND HIM!
[He spits at him in disgust; He approaches Lara but is held back by a guard]
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Warrior Training and Origins in Conflict
General Zod
I was bred to be a warrior, Kal-El, trained my entire life to master my senses. Where did you train? ON A FARM?
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A Father's Farewell and Hope for the Future
Jor-El
Goodbye, my son. Our hopes and dreams travel with you.
Lara Lor-Van
He will be an outcast. They'll kill him.
Jor-El
How? He'll be a god to them.
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Choosing the Man You Want to Be
Jonathan Kent
You'll just have to decide what kind of man you'll want to grow up to be, Clark, because whoever that man is, good character or bad, he's–he's gonna change the world.
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General Zod Asserts Authority Over Council
General Zod
This council has been disbanded! Mine.
['''Ro-Zar''': On whose authority?]
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Struggles of Identity and Trust in Isolation
Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman
My father ] that if the ] found out who I really was, they'd reject me…out of ]. I let my father die because I trusted him. Because he was convinced that I had to wait, that the world was not ready. What do you think?
[[believed; [world; [fear]
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General Zod's Vow of Retribution
General Zod
You won't kill us yourself! You wouldn't sully your hands, but you'll damn us to a black hole for eternity! Jor-El was right! You're a pack of fools! Every last one of you! And you... you believe your son is safe? I will find him. I will reclaim what you have taken from us! I will find him. I will find him, Lara. I WILL FIND HIM!
[to Lara]
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Understanding Fear of the Unknown
Jonathan Kent
People are afraid of what they don't understand.
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Power and Fear in Human-Alien Relations
Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman
Let's put our cards on the table, General. You're scared of me because you can't control me. You don't, and you never will. But that doesn't mean I'm your enemy.
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A Father's Hope for His Son
Jor-El
You can ] her Kal. You can save all of them.
[[save]
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Zod's Loyalty to Krypton and Loss
General Zod
Look at this. We could have built a new Krypton in this squalor, but you choose the humans over us. I exist only to protect Krypton. That is the sole purpose for which I was born, and every action I take, no matter how violent or how cruel, is for the greater good of my people. And now, I have no people. My soul... that is what you have taken from me!
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Zod's Threat to Rebuild Krypton
General Zod
Tell me, you have Jor-El's memories, his conscience, can you experience his pain? I will harvest the Codex from your son's corpse, and I will rebuild Krypton atop his bones.
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A Son's Defense of His Mother
Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman
YOU THINK YOU CAN THREATEN MY MOTHER?
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General Zod's Threat to Humanity
General Zod
I am going to make them suffer, Kal, these humans you've adopted. I will take them all from you, one by one!
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Empowerment and Potential in New Environments
Jor-El
]'s ] is younger and brighter than ours was. Your cells have drunk in its radiation, strengthening your muscles, your skin, your senses. Earth's gravity is weaker, yet its atmosphere is more nourishing. You've grown stronger here than I ever could've imagined. The only way to know how strong is to keep testing your limits. You will give the people an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you, they will stumble, they will fall. But in time, they will join you in the sun, Kal. In time, you will help them accomplish wonders.
[[Earth; [sun]
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Zod's Warning About Krypton's Destruction
General Zod
If you destroy this ship, YOU DESTROY KRYPTON!
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Aspiration Beyond Society's Expectations
Jor-El
What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended? What if a child aspired to something greater?
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