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"The Man of Steel, guión del cómic de 1998".
11:48 horas. 05 de Junio de 2012
Publicado por Alberto Angulo Morales
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Smallvillechronicles-spain os presenta el guión original del cómic "The Man of Steel" publicado en 1998. Aquí os dejo la tercera y última parte del guión.
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Historia: Alex Ford y J. Ellison
Guión: Alex Ford
Basado sobre Superman, creado por Jerry Siegel y Joe Shuster y publicado en DC Comics el 09 de Abril de 1998.
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FADE TO BLACK:
INT. METALLO'S PENTHOUSE
TIME LAPSE: METALLO paces the room pondering his situation.
METALLO exits.
CUT TO:
INT. HALLWAY
METALLO walks the halls with a mission. People cross to get out of his way.
CUT TO:
INT. LEXCORP COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
The door slides open and METALLO enters. The room is covered with wall-to-wall state-of-the-art technology. There are several TECHS wandering about manning their stations. One sees METALLO and approaches him.
TECH #1
Sir, this area is authorized personnel only.
(Recognizes him)
You're Metallo.
METALLO
(Polite)
Yes, I am.
TECH #1
I didn't know you were in the building.
METALLO
I'm a guest of Mister Luthor.
TECH #1
Well it sure is pleasure to meet you, sir. I saw what you did with the chemical fire on the East Side. My brother lives there and it's appreciated.
METALLO
No problem. I was bored so I've been wandering the building. I just wanted to look around. Is that okay?
TECH #1
Sure. We aren't accustomed to having guests but I can give you the nickel tour.
METALLO
What is all this?
TECH #1
This is the Communication Center for LexCorp. From here we keep in contact with the affiliates in Atlanta, New York, Tokyo, Coast City, Sydney, London and another three dozen cities worldwide. Mister Luthor can control information from his own private network as well as the sixty-eight satellites he has in orbit around the planet and on reconnaissance missions through space.
METALLO
Pretty impressive.
TECH #1
State-of-the-art. When NASA and NORAD upgraded they came to Mister Luthor. There isn't another system close to this on Earth.
METALLO
I guess all this is pretty expensive.
TECH #2
Most of it is prototype. Some of it designed by Mister Luthor himself and only he knows the specs.
(Whispering)
He's something of a paranoid and doesn't like to depend on others for designs.
(Beat)
Most of it is irreplaceable.
METALLO
Good.
METALLO pushes a TECH out of the way, RIPS A 25" MONITOR FROM THE WALL and lifts it over his head showering him in sparks. All the TECHS scramble for safety.
METALLO
Excuse me.
Some TECHS in his way run for cover. METALLO throws the monitor and destroys a panel of computer banks.
TECH #2
Somebody call Mister Luthor!
He begins to trash the room ripping components from the walls and flipping work stations over. Fires flare and components explode.
A TECH, cowering behind some equipment, reaches out and presses a button.
CUT TO:
INT. LEXCORP SECURITY
A SIREN wails accompanied by FLASHING RED LIGHTS. SECURITY MEN scramble for the COMMUNICATION CENTER.
INT. HALLWAY
The SECURITY TEAM passes several intersecting hallways. MERCY GRAVES comes out of one and joins them.
METALLO rounds a corner to find MERCY and her men waiting for him. She is in the forefront. The TEAM is kneeling with rifles. MERCY is holding out his remote.
He pauses.
She presses the button.
METALLO is still standing. She presses the button again. Nothing. A look of fear sweeps over her face as METALLO gently takes the box from her hands and crushes it in his fist.
MERCY
(Quiet)
Shit.
He lifts MERCY and tosses her.
The SECURITY TEAM opens fire riddling METALLO with bullets. METALLO charges them.
SNAP CUT TO:
INT. LUTHOR'S PENTHOUSE
LUTHOR is in bed with another anonymous BIMBO when the videophone rings. Annoyed, he sits and answers it.
LUTHOR
What?
SECURITY
Mister Luthor, there's been a problem.
LUTHOR
What kind of problem?
SECURITY
You better just come down here.
CUT TO:
INT. LEXCORP LOBBY
LUTHOR enters what looks like a battlezone. The walls are on fire and riddled with bulletholes. There is a LEXCORP MEDICAL TEAM attending to the wounded.
Furiously, LUTHOR looks for someone to blame.
SECURITY
We did the best we could. We barricaded the exits to contain him.
LUTHOR
Then where is he?
SECURITY GUARD points OFF CAMERA and LUTHOR turns as the CAMERA pans revealing a door-sized hole in the wall.
CUT TO:
EXT. JUMPERS BRIDGE - NIGHT
JUMPERS BRIDGE is the entrance to SUICIDE SLUM. METALLO walks across the desolate bridge, occasionally being passed by vehicles.
EXT. SUICIDE SLUM MAIN STREET –NIGHT
Despite the hour, there are people, drug dealers, gangs and hookers wandering the streets. He walks into the center of the main strip. Traffic stops around him and comes screeching to a halt. Horns start to blare and people become irate that he refuses to move. A crowd starts to gather.
A car screeches to a halt barely missing him.
DRIVER
WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?!
METALLO reaches under the front end of the car and flips it over landing it on its top.
People are too frightened to move but the noise stops.
His voice, which starts as a low roar and escalates without effort.
METALLO
(Bellowing and building)
GET OUT!
CUT TO:
EXT. SMALLVILLE GENERAL MARKET(6AM)
CLARK is getting groceries. The market owner, METCALF, spots CLARK behind the shelves.
METCALF
Clark? Is that Clark Kent?
CLARK
Hi, Mister Metcalf.
Excitedly, he comes around the counter and shakes his hand.
MERCALF
I don't think I've seen you since you went off to the big city to be reporter.
CLARK
That's not true. You saw me last Christmas.
METCALF
Then it just feels like forever. You know, I bet we're the only store in all of Kansas that gets the Daily Planet sent in everyday. Granted, it gets here two days late but it's the effort that counts.
CLARK
I appreciate that.
METCALF
Where are your folks?
CLARK
They're probably at home. They don't know I'm here. It's kind of a surprise.
CLARK hands him some money and METCALF gives him change.
METCALF
I get it. Mums the word. You take care.
CLARK
I will.
EXT. GENERAL STORE - DAWN
CLARK exits and LANA is in her truck listening to the radio, singing and tapping the steering wheel like drums. He gets in the passenger side.
CUT TO:
EXT. APPROACHING LANA'S HOUSE -MORNING
On the radio are SONNY & CHER. LANA is singing along. CLARKmuch more shy.
LANA
(Singing)
…before it's earned our money's all been spent.
(To CLARK)
Come on, Clark.
(Coaching)
"Put your little hand in mine."
CLARK
(Singing badly)
Put your little hand in mine. Ain't no hill or mountain, we can't climb.
CLARK & LANA
(Singing)
Babe, I got you, babe. I got you, babe.
CLARK
(Loosening up)
I got you, babe.
LANA
(Singing)
I got you, babe.
CLARK
If you've got me, who's got you?
LANA laughs.
LANA
(Singing)
I got you, babe.
The car pulls into her driveway. CLARK carries the groceries inside as LANA is still humming the song.
CUT TO:
INT. LANA'S KITCHEN
CLARK puts the groceries up while LANA turns on the television. Her humming stops. Without being called, CLARK comes out of the kitchen.
On the television is a LIVE broadcast of Metropolis where a city block has been devastated. Behind the reporter are barricades and what looks like hundreds of POLICE in riot gear swarming into the area. In the center of it all is METALLO.
REPORTER (VO)
…don't understand. We're a safe distance but that's uncertain since Metallo has been seen to toss various debris, some the size of cars, several blocks…
LANA changes the channel and the same scene is shown from a helicopter POV.
REPORTER (VO)
…just tuning in, Metallo, who only days ago prevented a meltdown and saved hundreds of thousands of lives in Metropolis' Suicide Slum, came in this morning and ordered, repeat ordered, it's citizens to evacuate as he then took over the fifteen square mile project…
She changes the channel again.
REPORTER (VO)
…declared Suicide Slum his property and said, and we quote, "whoever wants it can come and get it," and then forced its inhabitants out of their homes…
Another channel.
reporter (VO)
…luckily, most of the people in the area have not returned since the nuclear scare days ago…
Another channel.
reporter (VO)
…Berkowicz has called in the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit and is in contact with the Governor requesting National Guard assistance in the absence of Superman…
The CAMERA is close on CLARK's stunned face and then pans forward revealing LANA looking at him.
CLARK
I have to go.
LANA
Why does it always have to be you, Clark?
CLARK
Because I'm the only one who can.
CLARK leans in, LANA closes her eyes and he gives her a long passionate kiss.
While her eyes are closed, there is a burst of wind through the house that rattles the walls. She opens her eyes to see pictures shifting on their nails and the front door flung wide open flapping on its hinges.
She runs to the front lawn and looks skyward and he's gone. CLARK's POV: On her lawn, she looks tiny.
LANA
(Shouting)
BE CAREFUL, CLARK!
CUT TO:
INT. LEXCORP COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
The center is in shambles after the METALLO incident. LUTHOR enters and a TECH is immediately at his side.
LUTHOR
Damage report.
TECH
Metallo destroyed the majority of the Communication nerve center. We've lost contact with seventy-two percent of our affiliates.
LUTHOR
Why wasn't he shut down?
TECH
He managed to destroy enough hardware including our links to LexSats eight, six, fifty-one, forty-seven, five, fifteen and ninety-one including the—
LUTHOR
--Satellite that monitors activity in Metropolis. He broke his leash.
(Beat)
I need this online now.
TECH
There's a space shuttle preparing for launch from a site in Corto Maltese to regrid the satellites signals to operating stations. They should be ready in fifteen minutes. NASA has been trying to block it as an unauthorized launch.
LUTHOR
NASA can go to hell.
TECH
Fifty percent of the hardware should be back online within five hours.
LUTHOR
If that's your best, your best won't do.
TECH
Sir, we've already doubled our staff.
LUTHOR
(Angry)
Metallo is tearing up a city block and every COP in the state is about to take a shot at him. I'm not about to have my investment taken out by a bunch of grunts with cheap metal badges! Either this system is online within the hour or you answer to me!
LUTHOR walks away.
TECH
We will triple our efforts, sir.
CUT TO:
EXT. SUICIDE SLUM STREET –DAWN
Concrete chunks have been torn out of the street. Cars are over turned on their sides and on fire along with various other debris. Holes have been punched through buildings leaving their insides visible from the street. Scattered along the streets are the bodies of fallen POLICE OFFICERS and CITIZENS who got in the way.
Among it all is METALLO. Barely worn and in a frenzy.
INT. SUBWAY BENEATH SUICIDE SLUM
PEOPLE crush into the subway trying to escape the escalating damage above them. Fighting their way through the mass of PEOPLE are LOIS LANE with JIMMY OLSEN in tow. They are the only people fighting to get in SUICIDE SLUM.
LOIS
Come on, Jimmy!
JIMMY
I don't think this is a good idea, Miss Lane.
LOIS
Front seat at the fight of the century is always a good idea!
JIMMY
But nobody's seen Superman in days.
LOIS
What does that have to do with anything?
JIMMY
If nobody's seen Superman then who's gonna save us if something goes wrong?
LOIS
What are you talking about? Superman doesn't always save us.
JIMMY
Yes, he does. Especially you.
LOIS pauses. She's never considered that.
LOIS
Let's go.
They force their way through the masses.
EXT. STREETSIDE
LOIS and JIMMY emerge onto the street and find themselves in the middle of a firefight.
LOIS ducks while JIMMY's starts clicking away.
The METROPOLIS SPECIAL CRIMES UNIT (SCU) arrives.
Six HUMVEE-like RIOT VEHICLES roll onto the site. They have thick armor plates that extend the length of the vehicle attached their sides with hydraulic arms. Three barricade one side of the block and the other three the opposing side. The hydraulic arms lower the armored plates to the ground with a thud. A back door drops open forming a ramp and simultaneously SCU TROOPERS hustle from the transports and take cover behind the plates. The TROOPERS are dressed in SWAT/Military black uniforms with a large white "SCU" insignia and various technical modifications (radios, helmets, goggles).
Leading them is SCU Commander CAPTAIN MAGGIE SAWYER along with DAN TURPIN (her second in command). They are also dressed in black fatigues. SAWYER has short brown hair and a lack of femininity. TURPIN is a gruff, seasoned veteran of the force in his late 40s.
TROOPER #1
(To SAWYER over the noise)
Sir, ground force is in place and air support is standing by!
SAWYER
Drop 'em!
OVERHEAD, BLACK METROPOLIS SCU HELICOPTERS fly overhead and hover above the tenements as SCU TROOPERS repel to the rooftops. With their weapons strapped to their backs, they scurry into positions overlooking the street.
TROOPER #1
The eye in the sky is armed and ready, sir!
SAWYER
(In MEGAPHONE)
METALLO! You’re surrounded! Throw down your weapons and step into the open!
METALLO looks around him and holds his arms out.
METALLO
You see any weapons?!
TURPIN
Jesus, he did all that by himself?
SAWYER
(To METALLO)
Surrender, Metallo! You don’t have a chance!
METALLO
Then come and get me.
SAWYER
(To METALLO)
This is your last chance! I am counting to three!
(Beat)
ONE!
(Beat)
TWO!
METALLO picks up a motorcycle and hurls it through the air at SAWYER.
TURPIN
INCOMING!
TROOPERS scatter for their lives. The cycle crashes into a RIOT VEHICLE and EXPLODES.
METALLO
(To himself)
Three.
SAWYER
(In radio)
GROUND TROOPS! OPEN FIRE!
TROOPERS pop up from behind their cover and begin a nonstop barrage of bullet fire that doesn't phase him. He starts smiling.
TURPIN
He ain’t droppin’.
Several grenades are thrown and explode around him. He catches one and it explodes in his fist. METALLO walks to the barricade. TROOPERS fire furiously at him as he grabs one and lifts him over the four foot barricade, tossing the TROOPER into the middle of the street. METALLO pushes the barricade over and several TROOPERS run but one is caught under its falling weight.
FIRE TROOPER comes with a flame thrower.
FIRE TROOPER
CLEAR!
METALLO turns as the fire blast engulfs him. The sixty foot blast makes visibility almost zero. METALLO appears through the flames and crimps the flame thrower nozzle causing the fire to draw inside. The fuel tank on FIRE TROOPER’s back explodes, killing him.
When METALLO emerges from the fire his flesh is burned but is causing him no pain. Parts of it don't even look attached to his face.
TURPIN
Maggie we are getting our butts handed to us!
SAWYER
(In radio)
ALL UNITS! EXERCISE DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION! I REPEAT: TAKE THIS PUNK DOWN!
WEAPONS ERUPT from all directions. METALLO picks up a rifle and starts shooting TROOOPERS. When his clip is empty, he starts tossing MEN with reckless abandon.
Rooftop SNIPERS, frustrated, toss their guns to the side and open their ROCKET LAUNCHERS. ROCKETS whistle through the air exploding near METALLO knocking him off balance. When he falls, the TROOPERS are given hope and suddenly what seems like dozens of rockets are exploding around him.
A rocket zooms directly at the back of his head and he turns and CATCHES IT. The end is hot and there's a long exhaust trail. He holds it over his head and screams. The exhaust flame stops. METALLO hurls the rocket back to the rooftop it came from and it explodes at the top of the building front causing it to break off. Huge chunks of concrete. TROOPERS at the building edge fall several stories to their deaths.
LOIS and JIMMY are hiding and taking pictures when JIMMY is hit with a stray bullet. He hits a wall and is knocked unconscious.
LOIS
JIMMY!
Frantically, LOIS tries to wake him but can’t.
She calls out on her cell phone.
CUT TO:
INT. DAILY PLANET
PERRY WHITE is huddled around a television watching the destruction. A phone rings and RON TROUPE answers it.
RON
Hello?
(To PERRY)
Perry, you have a call.
PERRY
What! Ron, I got the biggest story of the year here. Tell my wife I’ll call her back.
RON
It’s not your wife.
CUT TO:
EXT. SUICIDE SLUM - DAY
SAWYER gets a transmission on her radio.
SAWYER
Sawyer.
(Beat)
What? You gotta be kiddin’ me!
(To TURPIN)
Dan, we got a problem. There are civilians trapped in the area.
TURPIN
These ten blocks were supposed to be evacuated. Who the hell's here?
SAWYER
Lois Lane and some kid from The Planet.
TURPIN
Oh, for Pete’s sake.
TROOPER
She ain’t even worth saving. She figured a way in here, she can figure a way out.
SAWYER
We have to get her.
TROOPER #1
Captain, that thing out there has already killed a half-dozen men and you want us to risk our lives for a reporter who can’t follow directions?
SAWYER
(Into radio)
If there are any snipers available, we have civilians in the area and need a visual.
(To TROOPER #1)
She’s coming out with us.
TROOPER #1
I’m not going in there.
SAWYER
What?
SNIPER (VO)
(On radio)
There is a woman and a boy about three hundred yards in from the East Side. The boy is unconscious.
TURPIN
No problem. I’ll go.
TURPIN gets his gear.
TURPIN
(To TROOPER)
It’s my job.
SAWYER
(On radio)
Rescue underway. I need as much distraction as possible.
TROOPERS pop up and start firing at METALLO as TURPIN runs into the block. Distracted, TURPIN finds LOIS and JIMMY.
TURPIN
Lois Lane?
LOIS
No, I’m some other idiot caught in a warzone.
TURPIN
Nobody likes a smart ass.
TURPIN tosses JIMMY across his shoulder.
TURPIN
Hold this.
He gives LOIS his rifle and takes his handgun out.
TURPIN
It’s like a camera. Just point and click.
LOIS
Nine millimeter German Glock with a modified grip.
TURPIN gives her a surprised look.
LOIS
I was an Army brat. I think I’ll be okay.
LOIS takes the handgun and gives him his rifle back.
TURPIN
Okay then, let’s go.
They charge out into the open running for the barricade. TURPIN's in the lead when METALLO turns. LOIS stops and starts firing.
TURPIN makes it to safety. METALLO closes in on LOIS and lifts her into the air and disarms her.
METALLO
I know you. You’re that reporter from The Daily Planet.
LOIS
And here I didn't think you could read.
METALLO
Oh, you’re funny, too.
He lowers her so they're face to face. Her feet are still dangling over a foot off the ground.
METALLO
How about we dance?
LOIS spits in his face.
LOIS
My dance card's full.
METALLO
That’s gonna cost you.
There is a tapping on METALLO’s shoulder.
SUPERMAN (OS)
Excuse me.
Surprised, he turns.
Behind him is SUPERMAN.
SUPERMAN
If the lady says she doesn’t want to dance, then she doesn’t want to dance.
SUPERMAN belts METALLO in the face and he drops LOIS to the street. METALLO is first shocked and then angry.
SUPERMAN
(Very serious)
You need to get to safety, Miss Lane. This looks like a job for Superman.
LOIS runs to the TROOPERS who are standing by.
METALLO
So… you finally decided to come out and play.
METALLO charges and grabs SUPERMAN. SUPERMAN spins and using his own momentum tosses METALLO across the street into a wall. METALLO pushes himself out leaving an indentation.
SUPERMAN
Do I look like I'm playing?
METALLO
Fine. It’s about time this got interesting.
METALLO rips a lightpole from the pavement and swings at SUPERMAN's whose irises turn from blue to red and a thin beam of light sears the end of the pole off. It falls to the ground with a thud.
METALLO jabs the shortened pole at SUPERMAN and hits him in the stomach doubling him over. SUPERMAN, angry, straightens and grabs METALLO and begins punching him about the face. He lifts him over his head and throws him through a building leaving a gaping hole.
In the background, the SCU UNIT cheers. Only SUPERMAN hears the punch through brick in the distance.
He turns and with his telescopic vision he zooms in on the building corner and again until he sees where an arm is extended through the brick wall. The fist starts to move horizontally very quickly tearing brick from the building. The building begins to creak as the front, without lower support, starts to shift.
THE BUILDING SIDE collapses on superman exposing the interior of the tenement. Clouds of dust are thrown into the air. The SCU UNIT takes cover coughing. SUPERMAN is buried beneath the rubble.
The dust clears and METALLO steps from inside over the rubble. He leers at the SCU UNIT.
METALLO
Who's next?
A HUM THAT SOUNDS LIKE MASSIVE DRILLING NOISE ERUPTS FROM BENEATH THE PAVEMENT.
SUPERMAN bursts UPWARD IN A WHIRLWIND OF MOTION sending bricks and rubble airborne. He picks METALLO up with one hand on his shoulder, the other on his leg and lifts him over his head and slams him to the ground.
METALLO gets up and charges SUPERMAN tackling him to the ground, through the pavement and into the sewer.
INT. SEWER
Waist high in water, METALLO stands. SUPERMAN, hovering above the water, blows with his freezing breath turning the sewer water to ice with the moisture on the walls.
SUPERMAN begins to look visibly weak. METALLO laughs.
METALLO
Is that the best you got? It’s starting to get to you. You can't beat me. You're a dead man and you don’t even know it.
METALLO punches and shatters the ice freeing himself. SUPERMAN flies upward out of the sewer. METALLO climbs out after him.
CUT TO:
INT. STAR LABS
PROFESSOR EMIL HAMILTON is processing data of a computer. In the background are several monitors tuned to broadcasts of the battle.
The computer stops and HAMILTON has his answer. He prints the results, grabs his coat and cell phone and rushes out the door.
CUT TO:
EXT. SUICIDE SLUM
MAGGIE SAWYER is on her radio.
SAWYER
(On radio)
Are you sure? Yes, sir.
(To TURPIN)
Dan, Federal Emergency Management wants us to get Superman out of there and evacuate the area.
TURPIN
What?!
SAWYER
You heard me. HAMILTON at STAR says if we don't get him out of there in the next five minutes he'll be dead.
TURPIN
But why are we leaving?
SAWYER
We have orders to get him and rendezvous with HAMILTON at Swan and 143rd.
TURPIN
Dandy. So who's going to go in there and get him?
In the background, SUPERMAN is getting the hell beat out of him.
SUPERMAN moves from METALLO's path and fires his HEAT VISION at him. METALLO blocks the beam with his hand causing it to burn bright red.
His hand starts to smoke and his "skin" burns off.
The flames die exposing METALLO's forearm and hand As a highly advanced metal skeleton hand with gears and joints. VARIOUS PARTS OF HIM HAVE BEEN EXPOSED REVEALING A MECHANICAL ROBOT INTERIOR.
METALLO
Let's get this over with and call it a day.
METALLO opens his tattered shirt exposing his metallic chest. A series of layers opens and SUPERMAN is basked in a bright green light. Inside METALLO's chest cavity is a jagged softball-sized chunk of KRYPTONITE, SUPERMAN's only weakness. The KRYPTONITE is surrounded by small solar cells absorbing it's energy and powering METALLO.
METALLO
A lot of losers have tried to kill you but in the end I'm the only guy with the stones to do it.
(Beat)
How does it feel to be The Man Of Yesterday?
A HORN BLARES.
METALLO turns to get hit by an SCU RIOT VEHICLE and pushed into building pinning him. A SECOND RIOT VEHICLE drives over SUPERMAN.
INT. RIOT VEHICLE
Inside, SAWYER and TURPIN open a hatch in the floor while TROOPERS stand by with pointed rifles. They pull SUPERMAN up through the hatch and TURPIN slams it shut.
SAWYER
Let's move.
The VEHICLE speeds off. In the background, METALLO can be seen pushing the other RIOT VEHICLE on its side.
CUT TO:
INT. MAYOR'S OFFICE
MAYOR BERKOWICZ is with his EMERGENCY COUNCIL when the telephone rings. DEPUTY MAYOR WALKER answers it.
WALKER
Sir.
BERKOWICZ
I'm busy.
WALKER
It's the President, sir.
BERKOWICZ has brief, unintelligible conversation.
BERKOWICZ
(Grief-stricken)
The President has declared Metropolis a disaster area. We've been denied National Guard assistance.
WALKER
What are we going to do?
BERKOWICZ
He's sending someone else.
NEWSCAST
An ANCHOR is reporting from a circling NEWS COPTER.
ANCHOR
It seems in a diversionary tactic, the SCU has distracted Metallo and rescued Superman who was not faring well in the battle after a Metallo emitted a beam from—
(Listing to a radio headset)
--We have instructions we must evacuate the area. We will have reports for you as soon as information is available.
CUT TO:
EXT. SIDEWALK
Dozens of people are standing in the streets watching the newscast from a massive TIME SQUARE-LIKE JUMBOVISION.
PERSON #1
The big one is just as strong as Superman.
PERSON #2
Man, I wonder what they're gonna do next?
It starts like a distant hum and quickly grows into a patterned thumping.
Three APACHE HELICOPTERS thunder overhead speeding to the battle. PEOPLE in the street point overhead as the copters fly past.
CUT TO:
INT. HELICOPTER COCKPIT
HELICOPTERS maneuver between buildings.
APACHE PILOT #1
(Screaming)
I been wantin' to do this since I was ten!
APACHE PILOT #2
Five by five, we are in the pipe.
APACHE PILOT #3
This is Romeo Sierra Foxtrot. We have a targeted course of three seven nine one mark eleven twelve. Target is live. Exercise is hostile. ETA six minutes. We have been authorized to use unnecessary physical force.
CUT TO:
INT. LEXCORP COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
LUTHOR is observing the TECHS scrambling to get the system online.
LUTHOR
I don't see anything.
A series of monitors comes online.
TECH
LexSats fifty-one, forty-seven, five and ninety-one are online including the Metropolis unit.
LUTHOR
And the Metallo system?
TECH
We're working on it, sir.
TECH #2
Mister Luthor, systems have picked up three Apache heliCOPters converging on Metallo.
LUTHOR
ETA?
TECH #2
Six minutes.
LUTHOR
Mercy.
MERCY steps forward wearing a neck brace.
MERCY
Yes, Mister Luthor?
LUTHOR
Do we have a combat ready LexFlight Unit on the premises?
MERCY
Yes, Mister Luthor.
LUTHOR
Scramble the unit and have them in the drop zone in three minutes.
CUT TO:
EXT. LEXCORP ROOFTOP
A large hangar-like door opens and twelve silhouettes of the LEXFLIGHT TEAM are visible.
CONTROL (VO)
This is control. LexFlight Unit you have clearance for takeoff.
LEXFLIGHT #1
Roger that. It's a go.
Four men run into the light wearing PURPLE and GREEN ARMOR (armed with large rifles magnetically attached to their backs). They clear the building and JETS on their backs and feet IGNITE as they lift off into the air. As the first four, another two waves follow flying past the CAMERA stationed high above the LEXCORP building.
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EXT. STREETSIDE (SWAN & 143RD)- DAY
Two RIOT VEHICLES stop at a curb where PROFESSOR HAMILTON is waiting in a STAR LAB van. He immediately opens the back door, drops a ramp and rolls out a large metal box.
The RIOT VEHICLES door drops and several TROOPERS, SAWYER, TURPIN and SUPERMAN exit. SUPERMAN is already looking better than he was moments ago, although visibly irritated.
SUPERMAN
HAMILTON! There are people in danger-
HAMILTON
I know.
HAMILTON takes a map of Metropolis and spreads it out over the box.
HAMILTON
STAR Labs has satellites that monitor environmental anomalies. There have been surges of radiation exceeding acceptable levels in various locales in the metropolitan area within the last few weeks. None lasts longer than fifteen or twenty minutes.
SAWYER
Are you following this, Dan?
TURPIN
I was lost after "STAR Labs has satellites."
SUPERMAN
(Examining the map)
There is nothing radioactive in these areas.
HAMILTON
You mean, "there should be nothing radioactive in these areas." But there is.
(Beat)
Every area on irradiated area on this map was a location where Metallo has made an appearance. Metallo isn't human. I'm assuming he’s a machine with a human brain and enough natural elements to keep it functioning. Everything else is machine powered by nuclear radiation, which could be why he's chose Suicide Slum to make his stand.
SAWYER
The Metropolis Nuclear plant is the biggest in the northeast.
HAMILTON
Normally, I doubt he would have been able to challenge Superman but since he's using radiation from Kryptonite as his source, Superman doesn't stand a chance.
TURPIN
Krypto-what?
HAMILTON
It's a mineral with radioactive properties that siphon Superman's abilities. Eventually his nervous system will seize and shut down his involuntary functions one at a time in rapid succession.
TURPIN
In English, Doc.
SAWYER
Metallo has a radioactive rock that kills Superman.
TURPIN
Then why didn't he just say so.
SUPERMAN
I'm assuming you have a plan?
HAMILTON
Flips the latches on the box and opens it but the contents cannot be seen)
I designed this suit for when Superman assists in deep space research. Since it's my theory that his powers are derived from our sun on a solar level, the suit is designed to keep his acquired energy in and foreign energy out. The suit is destructible. If Metallo manages to get close enough to get you out of it he can kill you.
(Beat)
Are you ready?
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EXT. SUICIDE SLUM - DAY
LEXFLIGHT TEAM swoops in over METALLO.
METALLO
What the hell?
The twelve land forming a circle.
LEXFLIGHT ONE
Metallo! You are surrounded—
METALLO
(To himself)
No shit.
LEXFLIGHT ONE
Surrender now and we will leave without incident. This is your last chance, Metallo.
Nothing.
LEXFLIGHT ONE
Open fire.
The LEXFLIGHT SQUAD opens firing. Their rifle shells create huge explosions, trapping METALLO in the center.
EXTREME CLOSE ON METALLO EYES TURNING GREEN.
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INT. LEXCORP COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
The monitors telecasting METALLO destroying the LEXFLIGHT team. Bodies are hurled through the air.
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EXT. SUICIDE SLUM - DAY
METALLO walks through the LEXFLIGHT TEAM’s wasted efforts and tears them out of their suits and disarms them.
APACHE HELICOPTERS arrive.
METALLO picks up a fallen LEXFLIGHT MEMBER and tears the rifle from his back and drops his limp body.
APACHE PILOT (VO)
(Through speaker)
METALLO! THROW DOWN YOUR WEA—
METALLO
Whatever.
He fires at the HELICOPTER and it EXPLODES.
APACHE PILOT #2
JESUS CHRIST! He just took Scala and Wahl out!
He aims the rifle at another APACHE. Anticipating the blast they swerve and APACHE #2 collideS with APACHE #3 and they crash into a rooftop.
METALLO
(Yelling at the burning APACHES)
Anybody else want a piece of me? Come get some.
EXTREME CLOSE on METALLO’s face as his body jerks and he screams in pain and his expression goes dead. CAMERA PULLS BACK revealing a gloved hand that has punched through his CHEST and wrapped around his exposed KRYPTONITE HEART tearing it from his body.
SUPERMAN, wearing a gray and white containment suit, leans over his shoulder and whispers in his ear.
SUPERMAN
(Quietly)
If you insist.
SUPERMAN draws back and tears the kryptonite from his chest, hurling it several blocks into the river beneath JUMPERS BRIDGE.
METALLO is terrified.
SUPERMAN tosses him and he rolls along the street. METALLO stands and leaps over a car, catching the side of the roof with his hand and flipping it over on its side using it for cover.
SUPERMAN marches toward the car. Using his heat vision he sears off both sides of the car leaving METALLO with little cover.
His heat vision has melted the mask of his containment uniform. He tears the uniform from his body exposing the familiar "S" shield and uniform.
SUPERMAN
Come out from behind the car, Metallo!
METALLO
Give me one good reason!
SUPERMAN
Gas tank.
METALLO realizes he’s backed himself in a corner. SUPERMAN fires his heat vision piercing the fuel tank causing the car to EXPLODE. FLAMES ENGULF METALLO.
SUPERMAN reaches into the flames and grabs METALLO and flies skyward, punching him in the face. METALLO can't defend himself. He struggles until he breaks free and falls back to Earth.
He crashes through the roof of the power plant.
SUPERMAN lands and starts to walk towards the plant. The front door of the plant is kicked off its hinges and standing in the doorway is METALLO looking very insane.
SUPERMAN zooms in with his telescopic vision and punctured through METALLO’s chest are SEVERAL URANIUM RODS from the reactor core.
METALLO
(Crazy)
Let's try that again.
METALLO and SUPERMAN both let loose an ear-splitting battle cry and charge each other. They collide with the sound of thunder.
METALLO picks SUPERMAN up and slams him into the ground repeatedly cracking the pavement.
SUPERMAN makes contact with METALLO who catches him, slamming him into the pavement. METALLO picks SUPERMAN up and tosses him across the parking lot. SUPERMAN stands and is hit by a car flung at him, knocking him down again.
METALLO picks up the dazed SUPERMAN and tosses him into the back of a trash truck, walks around the side and throws the switch. As the compactor closes, the truck ROCKS BACK AND FORTH and topples over on METALLO pinning him underneath.
SUPERMAN tears through the roof of the truck, lifts the corner where METALLO is pinned and slams it down on him repeatedly.
SUPERMAN pulls METALLO from under the truck, stands him upright and kicks him across the street into the remains of the LEXFLIGHT battle. METALLO grabs a LEXFLIGHT rifle and fires on SUPERMAN.
METALLO’s face is filled with a wicked satisfaction and perverse pleasure as he fires on SUPERMAN.
SUPERMAN is knocked down from his feet. Somewhere in the background LOIS witnesses it and screams.
LOIS
NO!
She tries to charge past the SCU to help him but is restricted.
Slowly, SUPERMAN gets to his feet.
METALLO fires again. SUPERMAN is slowed down but doesn't fall.
He fires again. SUPERMAN keeps moving toward him. METALLO fires in a frenzy OF gunfire. His face begins to lose its look of confidence and is quickly replaced with fear.
A quiet mechanical voice can barely be heard coming from the LEXGUN.
LEXGUN (VO)
Warning. Energy… low.
A level on the LEXGUN shows the weapon's energy waning.
Blast after blast, SUPERMAN won't stop until METALLO squeezes the trigger and there’s nothing.
LEXGUN (VO)
Energy… depleted.
METALLO squeezes the trigger in disbelief and it clicks.
LEXGUN (VO)
Charging.
METALLO SCREAMS a war cry, SWINGS the LEXGUN at SUPERMAN clocking him square in the jaw.
SUPERMAN doesn't flinch.
METALLO hits him repeatedly with no effect. He swings again and SUPERMAN catches his fist and they lock. METALLO lifts his other hand to strike him as SUPERMAN's HEAT VISION creates a wide beam that METALLO’s fist crosses and incinerates up to the elbow.
SHOCKED, METALLO stares at what used to be his arm. SUPERMAN TEARS his other arm, still gripping the LEXGUN, off at the shoulder and strikes him across the face repeatedly.
The more SUPERMAN hits him, the more METALLO's loses his artificial skin revealing the chrome metal cyborg beneath it. Furious, SUPERMAN appears to be losing control with the madman.
LEXGUN (VO)
Charge complete. Energy levels at maximum.
They both look at the gun and SUPERMAN points it (with METALLO's arm still attached) and FIRES blasting him through the air, dropping his charred smoking carcass to the ground.
His body is a complex chrome robot with a transparent shielding in the skull showing a human brain.
SUPERMAN stops. METALLO's eyes, a bright luminescent green, fade to black. SUPERMAN is out of breath and wobbles away from the chrome cyborg left among the rubble.
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INT. LEXCORP COMMUNICATION CENTER
LUTHOR is standing proud among the nervous TECHS. The monitors are all lit and the system is operational.
LUTHOR
Timing is everything.
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EXT. SUICIDE SLUM - DAY
HAMILTON, SAWYER and TURPIN to come SUPERMAN's aid.
SUPERMAN
(Remorseful)
I murdered him.
TURPIN
He was gonna do you in.
HAMILTON checks the cyborg with some equipment.
HAMILTON
He's still alive. I'm detecting brain waves. His mechanical body isn't functioning but his brain is operating. You didn't kill him.
TURPIN
(To SUPERMAN)
You hear that? You broke him.
SAWYER gets a call on her radio.
SAWYER
(To SUPERMAN)
Superman, the MAYOR wants to speak to you.
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EXT. LEXCORP - DAY
MAYOR BERKOWICZ is waiting in his car. SUPERMAN lands carrying an empty LEXFLIGHT SUIT.
Neither says a word as they enter the building.
INT. LEXCORP
SECURITY sees them coming.
SECURITY
Sir, I'm sorry there are no—
SUPERMAN, his clothes torn and him beaten, gives a look. The GUARD backs down.
They get into the elevator.
INT. LUTHOR'S OFFICE
SUPERMAN and the MAYOR exit the elevator and pass a SECRETARY on the telephone.
SECRETARY
I'm sorry your Honor, Mister Luthor isn't—
They walk past her and SUPERMAN throws the massive doors open.
Inside, LUTHOR is seated behind his giant desk in a virtually empty room.
LUTHOR
I believe the girl outside said I wasn’t in.
BERKOWICZ
(Angry)
You've gone too far this time, Lex. There are six dead pilots and I don't even know how many other wounded because of you.
LUTHOR
Well Frank, I'm sorry.
BERKOWICZ
Sorry?
BERKOWICZ charges LUTHOR and SUPERMAN stops him.
BERKOWICZ
Tell their families you're sorry! Those men wouldn't be dead if your incompetent men didn't hand Metallo those weapons!
For Christ's sake, Lex, you gave him a gun.
LUTHOR
What can I say?
(Looking directly at SUPERMAN)
I underestimated my enemy.
BERKOWICZ
Mark my words, Lex: You are not going to get away with this. I swear you'll see justice or—
LUTHOR
(Annoyed)
Or what? What, Frank? You're going to shut me down? Sue me? Send me to jail. Can't you see I'm not playing a game here? I picked up the ball when you and your boys dropped it and I did what needed to be done! Who was going to save us, Frank? Your toy soldiers? The military? You see what he did to them. Where was your precious Superman? He had abandoned you, Frank? Ask him where he was. I did what I had to to protect what was in my best interest and that is to make sure this city is under control and guarantee I'm the man behind those controls.
(Beat)
So I made a bad call. It happens.
BERKOWICZ
This isn't your city, Luthor.
LUTHOR
What?! I am worth one hundred and sixteen billion dollars! I buy and sell people and their ideals the way most people order lunch! Governors, attorneys, police and MAYORs! Everyone in this city works for me directly or indirectly whether they know it or not! This city is Metropolis because I made it Metropolis. Without me it's nothing! Just another decaying urban wasteland and you know it! You even think about crossing me I'll have my lawyers wrap you in red tape from here to Kingdom Come!
(Calmer)
You remember this: You aren't the first MAYOR this city has ever had and God knows you aren't the first idealist. There will be another election in November and you might be sitting in your quaint little office in City Hall and you might not be. I, however, know exactly where I'll be sitting.
LUTHOR goes behind his desk and comfortably eases into his chair.
LUTHOR
Now gentlemen, if you'll excuse me, I have an empire to run.
There is a very long silence.
BERKOWICZ
Superman…
SUPERMAN
Yes, your honor.
BERKOWICZ
Under the power granted to me by the city of Metropolis I am deputizing you.
(Beat)
Arrest this man.
LUTHOR has an expression few people see.
Shock.
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BLACK SCREEN
VOICE
Look up.
FADE IN
IMAGE OF LUTHOR STANDING AGAINSTA WALL.
LUTHOR looks up. LUTHOR's tie is undone and he’s fuming with anger. In front of him is a plate with: "LUTHOR, ALEXANDER L 1591418017."
A CAMERA FLASHES.
VOICE
Turn to the left.
LUTHOR turns and the CAMERA FLASHES again.
INT. POLICE STATION
LUTHOR is getting fingerprinted.
COP
(Trying not to laugh)
Name?
COPS in the background start snickering.
INT. HOLDING CELL
LUTHOR is placed into the holding tank with the other riff raff.
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EXT. POLICE STATION - EVENING
LUTHOR is met by MERCY. They exit the station swarmed by reporters. LOIS LANE is among them.
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INT. LEXCORP - LUTHOR'S OFFICE
LUTHOR enters and gets himself a drink. As he walks past the window, SUPERMAN is floating outside waiting for him with his arms folded.
LUTHOR takes a remote control from the desk and opens the window.
LUTHOR
I'd invite you in for a drink but you don't seem like the drinking type… even though a stiff drink would probably do you some good.
SUPERMAN says nothing.
LUTHOR
You're a pretty smart fellow so you probably know your recent failings were no fault of your own. It's really simple: For enough money you can get anyone to sabotage a monorail or school bus and push it on some train tracks.
Then you plant your man in a the site of the predetermined disaster he averts. He smiles for the cameras and looks fantastic. On the other hand, it doesn't exactly make you look like the spit and polish hero everybody loves so much.
The whole reason I created Metallo was to falter the public's faith in its power source. Make them feel unsafe and then I would come along and sell them something safer. Something more advanced. Something more, how should I say,expensive and I make a few billion dollars in the process and replace you with my own "Man Of Steel." One that I hold the strings to and take you out of my misery at the same time.
Absolutely brilliant.
I don't know who you are or where you come from or why you're here but what I do know is I don't like to be shown up my city. Don't think you can come in here with your fancy pants, good looks and that truth, justice, blah blah blah and that from me. I can live with the heroics and I can even live knowing there may be one person in Metropolis I can't influence but you embarrassed me in front of my town and that will not be forgotten.
When your number is up, I’ll be the one holding the ticket. That I promise you.
(Beat)
Now, you tell me… am I telling the truth?
Arms folded, SUPERMAN's expression is stern blankness.
SUPERMAN
I'm watching you, Luthor.
SUPERMAN flies straight up. LUTHOR looks out the window and he’s gone.
When he's gone, LUTHOR reaches inside his jacket and beneath his shirt and retrieves a small pager size box. On the front is a pulsing light. He presses the intercom.
LUTHOR
Miss Teshmacher.
secretary (VO)
Yes, sir?
LUTHOR
Tell the boys in R and D it works. They'll see my appreciation for the efforts in next week's check.
SECRETARY (VO)
Right away, Mister Luthor.
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EXT. LOIS' APARTMENT - NIGHT
SUPERMAN flies by her apartment window. Inside, she's on the telephone with her sister LUCY. Her arm is in a sling.
He notices an envelope pinned under the window with his name on it. He opens it and it reads:
THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME… AGAIN.
He smiles, folds the letter neatly and takes off. LOIS sees something in the corner of her eye and runs to the window. Like a schoolgirl with a crush, she smiles.
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INT. UNKNOWN COMPUTER CENTER
The redheaded WOMAN seen very briefly earlier is behind her computer data center. On the monitors are images of METALLO/JOHN CORBEN with reports and articles with CIA/INTERPOL markings.
The REDHEAD's face is barely seen although we can tell she's wearing glasses and seated in a wheelchair. She typesACHEN@WGBSNET.COM and presses ENTER. Her mail has been sent.
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EXT. KANSAS COUNTRYSIDE - DUSK
CAMERA passes slowly overhead of the beautiful farmland with newscaster ANGELA CHEN's following voice-over.
ANGELA (VO)
This morning, sources at Interpol and the Central Intelligence Agency have confirmed internet speculation that Metallo's true identity is that of John Corben, a known mercenary and thief wanted worldwide for crimes neither agency would elaborate on. How the human Corben became the superhuman Metallo, is still a mystery. MAYOR Berkowicz has this to say:
BERKOWICZ (VO)
It has been a difficult few days for us all. The loss of life cannot be replaced. We have suffered many tragedies and avoided more but today we are safe. Wherever you are, thank you Superman.
ANGELA (VO)
This is Angela Chen. Goodnight.
EXT. SMALLVILLE KS, KENT FARM -SUNSET
JONATHAN and MARTHA KENT are standing in a field overlooking their farm. In the distance is an incredibly vibrant sunset. In the background is their house.
JONATHAN's arm is around MARTHA. CLARK walks up from behind them. Silent, he enjoys the view.
CLARK
(Beat)
You never get tired of this do you?
They aren't startled. They were expecting him.
JONATHAN
Never.
MARTHA
I'm glad your home, Clark.
CLARK
Of course, Ma. It's Sunday.
CLARK puts his arm around them.
CAMERA PANS OUT ENDING ON THEIR SILHOUETTES AND THE SUNSET AND THEN A SLOW FADE TO BLACK.
CREDITS ROLL.
CREDITS END.
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AFTER CREDIT SEQUENCE.
INT. LEXCORP RESEARCH LAB
Several SCIENTISTS are working on various projects. LUTHOR enters and approaches the lead scientist, DR WENG.
LUTHOR
My time is valuable, Doctor Weng.
WENG
Then I will not abuse it. I thought you'd be interested in our progress.
LUTHOR
I'm always interested in progress.
WENG leads LUTHOR to a glass tube filled with liquid. Inside is what's left of METALLO being kept alive.
WENG
Since the Metallo body was a prototype, we were able to salvage the main processors and reflex circuitry. The brain still functions well… surprisingly.
LUTHOR
Keep the equipment. That costs money. You can toss the brain. I'll find another one.
(Beat)
And the Police…?
WENG
Will have the useless replica we designed to replace this one and will be none the wiser.
(Beat)
It still puzzles me how you managed to retrieve this one from a secured Police facility.
LUTHOR
Gotham has some of the best thieves in the world if you can find them. Pay them enough money and they can get you anything.
WENG
We have also made great strides with the cloning.
LUTHOR
What have you got.
WENG
The last was orangutan. Fully mobile and intelligent. She lived for three days. Seventeen hours longer than the previous one. It was quite marvelous.
LUTHOR
You do fantastic work, Weng.
WENG
I am glad you're satisfied.
LUTHOR shakes his hand and leaves. As he is leaving he turns:
LUTHOR
Weng…
WENG
Yes, Mister Luthor?
LUTHOR
On second thought, keep the brain. I'll find some use for it.
WENG
Of course, Mister Luthor.
LUTHOR leaves.
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TITLES ON BLACK:
THE MAN OF STEEL will return in
SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF TOMORROW
Featuring BIZARRO.
THE END
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