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Transcript
00:00 [Music]
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01:10 [Music]
01:28 For five long years, the world has stared into the sky, waiting, hoping, and praying for his return.
01:36 [Music]
01:39 We have spent our days asking where he went, debated why he left, and wondered if he's even alive.
01:45 We had become so accustomed to looking into the sky for help, that we had forgotten how to save ourselves.
01:52 Yet disasters have come and gone since he left us.
01:55 Mankind has learned how to survive without him, and perhaps we no longer even need Superman.
02:01 But on the anniversary of his disappearance, one question remains.
02:06 Where is Superman?
02:09 I believed reports that my homeworld Krypton still existed, and I traveled half a universe only to discover...
02:15 I was wrong. It was nothing but a graveyard.
02:19 I'm all that's left.
02:22 [Music]
02:26 Ah, the reports were true. He was on a foolish quest to Krypton.
02:33 Take him to Warworld.
02:37 Get up, Superman. It's time to die.
02:44 Mongo has brought the galaxy's greatest warriors to Warworld.
02:49 Mongo?
02:50 Today, I bring you Superman of the late planet Krypton.
02:56 I'm not playing your ridiculous games.
03:00 [Music]
03:04 [Laughter]
03:08 Meet your first opponent.
03:10 Matoos!
03:12 [Music]
03:17 Is that the best you can do?
03:19 Oh no, Superman. That was just the beginning.
03:24 Undefeated in eight galaxies, I give you Overcast!
03:31 [Applause]
03:34 Now, prepare to battle the ultimate destroyer, Mongo!
03:42 [Applause]
03:46 [Applause]
03:53 Go on, Superman. You know you want to.
03:59 This fight is over.
04:03 [Music]
04:10 Flee, coward. You haven't seen the last of me.
04:16 [Music]
04:21 Relax. It's cold here. What is this place?
04:25 It's Superman's fortress. It's where he learned who he was and where he came for guidance.
04:33 Ah. Just what I came for.
04:43 My son, you do not remember me. I am Jor-El, your father.
04:49 Hidden in the crystals before you is the total information of all literature and scientific fact from the 28 known galaxies.
04:58 There are questions to be asked.
05:00 Tell me everything, father. Starting with crystals.
05:07 During the five years of my absence, much has changed.
05:10 My mother is selling the farm and leaving Smallville. There's nothing left for me there.
05:15 But even if Lois's article is right and the world doesn't need Superman anymore,
05:20 at least there's still a place for Clark Kent at the Daily Planet.
05:24 [Siren]
05:29 Hey, blue boy. You know, this place is a real dump.
05:33 Bet you wish you were still on creep time, don't ya?
05:37 You?
05:39 Up here, pal. The one and only Mr. Mixis-Pitlick, straight from the fifth dimension.
05:46 What mayhem are you up to now, Mixis-Pitlick?
05:48 Mayhem? Me? I'm hurt.
05:51 Speaking of which, while you were checking out the home planet, the old me misplaced some of your goodies.
05:58 You mean you stole them?
05:59 Tomatoes, tomatoes. But you can have them back if you can complete just a few little challenges.
06:06 I'm not playing any of your games.
06:09 Well, you can always try to trick me into saying my name backwards and sending me back to my home dimension.
06:14 All right. Where are these so-called "challenges"?
06:17 Telling you would be too easy.
06:20 But if you fly high enough, something tells me you'll find everything you're searching for. So have fun.
06:26 Toodles!
06:27 For now.
06:31 Metallo, stand down. Now.
06:36 When I heard you were back in town, I got here as soon as I could.
06:40 Presto change-o!
06:45 Me destroy city, because me am hero.
06:49 He's back. Just as I'm about to achieve my greatest triumph, that boy scout in blue tights decides to come back?
06:57 Then again, as I've always said, to pull off the greatest crime of the century, one would want the greatest challenge of the century.
07:06 Well, Superman, you're going to wish you'd never returned.
07:11 Laxvin, you duped old Lady Vanderworth out of all her possessions. You sure did it with class.
07:17 I do everything with class, Miss Kowalski.
07:20 You're going to conquer the world with this?
07:23 You see, the technology of Krypton, Superman's home world, was based on manipulating the growth of crystals.
07:31 Cities, vehicles, weapons, entire continents all grown!
07:37 To think one could create a new world with such a simple little object.
07:44 (Splashing)
07:48 Give up now, Metallo!
07:59 There's something I've got to get off my chest.
08:02 A Kryptonite.
08:05 (Screaming)
08:08 (Screaming)
08:11 (Screaming)
08:13 (Screaming)
08:17 (Screaming)
08:22 (Music)
08:29 (Music)
08:31 I can't risk any more destruction. I've got to take him out.
08:51 (Music)
08:53 (Music)
08:55 (Music)
09:01 (Explosion)
09:15 (Music)
09:20 (Music)
09:22 So the uptown grid went dark at 1236 and midtown 10 seconds before.
09:31 Which grid was hit first?
09:33 Looks like J12 across the river. The Vanderworth property.
09:37 You're sure? Nothing before that?
09:39 Yeah, that's it. We were able to restore the power to the rest of the city, except for the Cadmus Labs.
09:45 I don't know if you heard, Miss Lee, but Bizarro and some of the other clone experiments ended up escaping during the power outage.
09:51 Some of the guys around here said they saw flying monsters. Sounds like a real problem down there.
09:56 Anyway, just thought you should know.
09:58 Thank you very much.
09:59 Me be hero. Me destroy everything.
10:04 That could help, gentlemen. Don't worry, I'll get to the bottom of this.
10:13 (Music)
10:15 (Music)
10:24 Good intentions or not, Bizarro has to be stopped.
10:39 (Music)
10:41 (Grunts)
10:56 Me be hero. Me destroy everything.
11:02 (Music)
11:06 (Music)
11:08 This was a bad idea.
11:30 Are you fishing for an interview, Miss Lane?
11:34 Lex Luthor. I should have known you were behind the blackouts.
11:38 How about I give you that interview? Here's your first question.
11:41 Lex Luthor, what do you know about crystals?
11:45 They make great chandeliers.
11:48 Well, this crystal may seem unremarkable to you, but then so is the seed of a redwood tree.
11:54 It's how our mutual friend in tights made his arctic getaway spot. Cute. A little small for my taste.
12:01 You're building an island?
12:03 Oh, it's not just an island. It's an entirely new continent. For lack of a better name, it's Krypton.
12:14 And you think that the rest of the world...
12:16 They'll what? I'll have Kryptonian technology. Thousands of years beyond what anyone else can throw at me.
12:24 But millions of people will die.
12:26 Billions! Once again, the press underestimates me.
12:31 Come on, come on, say it.
12:33 Luthor, you're insane.
12:34 No, not that. Superman will never let... Wrong!
12:39 What is that?
12:42 I think you know exactly what this is. Mind over muscle, Miss Lane. Mind over muscle.
12:52 Commander, this is Unit 14. Grid 67 is reporting a cell wall breach.
12:58 The EMP triggered a voltage overrun in our transformers and the explosion tore right through the cell wall.
13:03 The Terminites have escaped. We've also got a complete malfunction in inmate Riot's containment unit.
13:08 Send all available backup.
13:10 (Explosion)
13:11 Are we there yet?
13:35 Close, Kitty. Close.
13:39 Mr. Luthor, we're approaching the coordinates. Latitude 40 degrees north and longitude 73 degrees west.
13:46 Where did you get this?
13:56 From the fax machine. It's Lois' handwriting.
13:59 The coordinates. Go check the map.
14:02 I'm on it. It's 20 miles off the coast. Should I call the Coast Guard?
14:07 This is the exact moment when Lex Luthor at long last realizes his manifest destiny.
14:15 Lex, this isn't like the train set.
14:23 I know.
14:25 (Explosion)
14:26 It's heading straight for Metropolis.
14:44 Lois!
14:47 (Explosion)
14:48 One last try. I have to break the part.
15:06 Get to the helicopter. The yacht's going to be ripped to shreds.
15:15 What about the reporter?
15:17 She's not coming.
15:19 Lois!
15:30 Lois, you're going to be all right. I'm going to get you to the Coast Guard. You'll be safe there.
15:41 (Explosion)
15:42 See anything familiar?
15:50 I see an old man's sick joke.
15:53 Really? Because I see my new apartment. And a place for Kitty and one for my friends.
15:57 And that one over there I'm going to rent out. It's a nice loft kind of look.
16:00 But you know, you're right. It is a little cold. It's a little... what's the word? Alien.
16:06 (Thunder)
16:07 It needs the human touch.
16:10 I don't have time for this, Luther. You have something that belongs to me.
16:14 (Thud)
16:15 You're asking yourself, "How?"
16:20 Kryptonite!
16:22 Amazing, isn't it?
16:24 When crystals grow, they take on the traits of the minerals in the environment around them.
16:32 Look, buddy, we didn't whip up all the hoopla about Krypton if we thought you were going to come back!
16:39 Krypton? You sent me there?
16:44 Can't go back home. And soon you won't be able to live here either.
16:49 There's no place for you anymore, Superman.
16:52 Now fly!
16:55 (Thunder)
17:00 So long, Superman.
17:03 Miss Lane, Superman told us to get out of here. And we're running low on fuel.
17:09 No! We have to find Superman. We're almost there.
17:13 (Thunder)
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17:51 Max, what's happening?
17:53 Get to the helicopter now!
17:55 But our stuff!
17:56 Leave it! Leave everything!
17:58 (Thunder)
17:59 (Thunder)
18:00 (Thunder)
18:04 (Thunder)
18:24 In the past days, we have seen our beloved city attacked by dark, sinister forces.
18:29 Metropolis was nearly destroyed by tornadoes, earthquakes, and a rampage of notorious villains.
18:36 Finally, we survived one maniac's twisted dream that would have destroyed all we hold dear.
18:43 The Man of Steel would have given his life, and nearly did, to save us.
18:49 We live, every man, woman, and child, because a strange visitor from another planet with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men had long ago decided to walk among us.
19:01 I ask the question, does the world still need Superman?
19:06 The answer is... yes.
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