Most scenes together: General Zod & Ursa (9), Clark Kent & Lois Lane (8), Lex Luthor & General Zod (7)
See you at work in the morning.
Bright and early, huh? The same old Clark and the same old Lois.
Yep.
Except, maybe I won't be quite so mean to you from now on. You don't have to worry. Your secret's safe with me.
I know. I know that, Lois.
Scruffy. So morbid! A sentimental replica of a planet long since vanished! No style at all!
I expect better manners from my guests, Zod.
[Zod demands that the President kneel before him. The man complies)
You are not the President. No one who leads so many could possibly kneel so quickly.
I am the man they're protecting. I'm the President. I'll kneel before you if it will save lives.
It will. Starting with your own.
What I do now, I do for the sake of the people of the world. But there is one man here on Earth who will never kneel before you.
Who is this imbecile? Where is he?
I wish I knew.
The President kneels before Zod)
Oh, God...
Zod.
[Zod literally blows off a flamethrower attack from soldiers)
He was right in the line of that fire and nothing seemed to happen to him. I haven't seen the likes of this since Superman.
Look, Lois -
No regrets, okay? I did it. I got the man I loved to love me. Didn't I?
Oh, yeah.
Well, okay then. Those people need you. Do you think I don't understand that?
We can still see each other, you know. I mean, all the time. But it just can't be -
[Lex accesses Superman's power crystals, and one summons the "spirit" of a Kryptonian professor)
Literature Lesson #35: "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer of Earth. I think I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree . . .
He's not here, it's a voice from the past. Now that's cute, it's very cute.
I like trees!
So does your average cocker spaniel.
I think... think maybe we oughta hire a bodyguard from now on.
I don't want a bodyguard. I want the man I fell in love with.
I know that, Lois. I wish he were here.
Wrong Lex? Miss Teschmacher, those are two words we don't use in the same sentence.
Never thought this thing would go the distance.
Come to me, son of Jor-El! Kneel before Zod!
Father? If you can hear me, I failed. I failed you, I failed myself, and... and all humanity. I traded my birthright for a life submission in a world that's ruled by your enemies. There's nobody left to help them now... the people of the world... not since I... FATHER!!
General Zod does not take orders! He gives them.
General, haven't you ever heard of freedom of the press? [alternate line of "General, would you care to step outside?"]
I have powers beyond reason here!
I like the glow. It flashes red, like the Krypton sun. But not this disturbing noise. Make way!
