Superman V - Part 6 Written by Fred Walker, Edited
by Fred Walker and Marvelite |
SUPERMAN V DOOMSDAY
A screenplay by Fred Walker
September, 2000
Based on a novel by Roger Stern
"You'll Believe a Man has Died!"
(Author's note: The basic concept here is to do a "Death and Life" storyline within the continuity of the previous Superman movies. The title is a Latin pun. It can be read either as "Superman 5: Doomsday!" or "Superman versus Doomsday.")
Continued from Superman V Doomsday Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5
INT. PERRY WHITE'S OFFICE -- DAY.
BATGIRL
Hey, where did Jimmy and Superboy go?
MATRIX
They went to the washroom.
BATGIRL
Together?
MATRIX
Boys always go the washroom in pairs. It's a guy thing.
PERRY
I would say the #1 priority is to find Superman.
LOIS
I can double-check the Fortress of Solitude up north.
ERADICATOR
I will check my own Fortress down south.
BATMAN
I'll ask my Bativac computer, and Batgirl
can organize a search party from the JLA.
Jimmy and Superboy ENTER.
JIMMY
Um, guys, me and my new sidekick just had
a little chat, and we have a theory.
Between my office gossip and his overactive
sex drive, we may have figured it out.
Perry makes pooh-poohing gestures, but Lois is willing to listen.
LOIS
We have to treat the kids as equals.
It's their time now. Go ahead guys. Jimmy?
JIMMY
Have you considered that maybe we're looking for
the wrong person? I mean, nobody can find Superman
... so, um, maybe we should be looking for Clark?
PERRY
Yes, where is Clark Kent? He's always disappearing
whenever Superman is out of town, and frankly --
I'm starting to get suspicious!
LOIS
(sighs)
What's your idea?
JIMMY
Um, you're not going to like this Lois, but has
anyone seen Lana Lang since Clark Kent disappeared?
LOIS
(coldly)
Perry?
PERRY
She, um, she took sick leave. That's why she
couldn't make the funeral.
LOIS
How much sick leave?
PERRY
Just ten days. She should be back soon.
LOIS
When did she take this leave?
PERRY
Come to think of it, it was right after she took
that personal phone call, the day after Superman died.
LOIS
I see. And did she look very sick?
PERRY
She looked fine to me, so I mentioned it,
and then she had a coughing fit. She went home
to Smallville to recuperate.
LOIS
That scheming cat!
Superboy starts grooving and singing.
SUPERBOY
Love shack! Baby love shack! Love shack bay-ay-bee!
ERADICATOR
I will fly you to Smallville, Miss Lane.
SUPERBOY
Funny little shack! Funky little shack!
LOIS
Titian-haired beauty my eye! I'll rip out those
titian tresses and make her eat them!
SUPERBOY
(singsong voice)
Catfight! Catfight!
Eradicator picks up Lois and flies her out of the window. Superboy follows.
SUPERBOY
Wait up! No way I'm missing this!
CUT TO:
EXT. ESTABLISHING SHOT OF LANA LANG'S SMALLVILLE HOME -- DAY.
TITLE: "Smallville, Kansas."
CUT TO:
INT. LANA LANG'S SMALLVILLE HOME -- DAY.
LANA LANG is practising her boxercize to the THUMPING DISCO STRAINS of "Do It To Me, Superman."
The doorbell RINGS. She turns off the cd, hides the BOXING GLOVES, puts on a BATHROBE, sticks a THERMOMETER in her mouth, sprays water on her forehead. Doorbell RINGS AGAIN.
At the last moment she remembers to take out the thermometer and warm it up next to the LAMP BULB. Then she checks a MIRROR, practises a forlorn expression and staggers wearily to the door.
ENTER Lois, Superboy and The Eradicator.
LOIS
Lana you poor dear, I heard you were sick.
LANA
Lois, my dearest friend! What's that smell?
I asked myself. And suddenly I knew that
unique combination of printer's ink,
hairspray and knock-off perfume could only mean
that Lois Lane is back in town!
Superboy makes gag-me-with-a-spoon gestures as the ladies kiss each other on both cheeks and Lois helps her to a chair.
LOIS
What a lovely titian colour your hair is!
You'll have to lend me a bottle some time.
LANA
You're such a role model for young girls,
Lois! Not every woman can honestly say
she's well over 40, and still a virgin!
LOIS
Sad to say, some girls don't keep it past 14!
They AD LIB a bit. It gets cattier and cattier.
PAN to 2 SHOT of Superboy and The Eradicator.
SUPERBOY
(whispers to The Eradicator)
These 2 could give lessons to Selena Kyle!
BACK TO SCENE.
They get around to Clark's whereabouts.
LANA
Clark's been such a dear! As soon as I
got home I called him, and he flew all the way
to be at my side. I mean, he caught a plane.
LOIS
How fortunate for you to have such a good friend.
Some women would have to call a doctor,
or a relative, or someone who lives in the same state.
LANA
Clark is so attentive! He fusses over me,
and holds my hand, and mops my fevered brow ...
LOIS
I hope it's not catching, your temperature of
200 degrees! Oh, and her lamp is missing
it's shade. Eradicator, help the dear woman.
He puts it back.
LANA
And he runs errands for me. Since I'm bedridden.
Yes, I've been in bed all week, while dear,
sweet Clark goes to the drugstore for me and
gets the groceries. He's in and out all day.
In and out and in and out and in and out,
all day every day, while I lie in bed.
Why, the poor man must be exhausted!
LOIS
And where is he now?
LANA
Business up north, he said. He had to go.
I mean, he's been super, but a man has his limits!
LOIS
That's all I needed to know. Guys, Lana and I
need to have a little girl talk.
SUPERBOY
Yes! Catfight! Male demographic rulz! We get to watch!
LOIS and LANA
Oh no you don't!
CUT TO:
EXT. LANA LANG'S HOUSE -- DAY.
Door opens and Superboy and the Eradicator EXIT, at the end of Lois' foot!
Door SLAMS behind them.
THUMPS AND CRASHES from inside.
Superboy turns to camera.
SUPERBOY
Not us! Keep the camera on them, you idiot!
Not us, them! them! ... THEM!
CUT TO:
EXT. OPEN SKY -- DAY.
AERIAL SHOT of The Eradicator flying north with Lois in his arms, Superboy tagging along.
CLOSE-UP on Lois' black eye. Then PULL BACK.
LOIS
Isn't she great? You know guys, scrapping with
Lana is some of the best exercise I get!
SUPERBOY
One catfight this whole stupid movie,
and it happens offscreen. What a rip off!
CUT TO:
EXT. THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE -- DAY.
LOIS
Could one of you big, strong he-men fly over
to that Giant Key and open the door for me?
I can't lift it ... I'm only a girl!
Eradicator takes a few steps, Superboy shoulders him aside.
SUPERBOY
This looks like a job for Superboy!
He opens the door.
CLOSE-UP on Superboy.
SUPERBOY
I am definitely makin' some progress!
CUT TO:
EXT. THE NORTH ATLANTIC -- DAY.
UNDERWATER CAMERA shows a distortion in the water. The invisible submarine is also makin' some progress.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. SUBMARINE BRIDGE -- DAY.
Humanite in his Doomsday form is captain, and various henchmen run errands saying things like "Aye, aye, cap'n!"
REYNOLDS
I do not understand, Master, why must we
wear these yellow uniforms? They are so ugly!
HUMANITE
For the same reason I make you each carry
in your pockets a common wooden pencil.
To avoid outside interference! Green Lantern's
power ring is useless against anything yellow.
And the magic of Dr. Fate is equally ineffective
in the presence of wood. This time,
there will be no mistakes. Nothing will be
left to chance. There is no ally who can help him;
there is no combination of opponents that might
prove effective; there is no potential strategy
that has any chance of success!
REYNOLDS
(sycophantic)
How will my Master kill Superman? He is invulnerable,
and beating him up didn't work last time.
HUMANITE
I have 2 ray-guns, one on each power-glove.
Doomsday was designed to be ambidextrous.
The one mounted on my left hand artificially
simulates red-star radiation; it will rob
Superman of his powers. The one on my right hand
is the death-ray. All I have to do is
cross the beams -- and no more Superman!
Would you like me to demonstrate, Reynolds?
REYNOLDS
I'll, um, I'll take it as read.
REYNOLDS EXITS to another part of the submarine.
HUMANITE
This is the end, Man of Steel -- this is the end!
You may posses unbelievable strength,
but you are pitting yourself against a mental giant!
No-one can beat me! No man can defeat me!
The legend of Superman is over, and the day
of the Humanite has only begun!
CUT TO:
INT. THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE -- DAY.
Lois, Superboy and The Eradicator creep along quietly, looking for evidence of Superman's recent presence. During which we PAN such famous features as the TROPHY ROOM, with SOUVENIRS of past cases, the SCIENCE LAB where he tries to find a cure for Kryptonite poisoning, and the ART STUDIO where he paints landscapes of alien planets he's been to. They find ambiguous clues, i.e. a BOOK missing from a bookshelf, an OPEN DOOR she's sure she left closed, etc. The director can milk this with SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC and POV shots.
Superboy and The Eradicator find The Clark Kent Room.
SUPERBOY
Wow! A whole roomful of memorabilia dedicated
"to my best friend -- Clark Kent." Hey,
that proves they must be different people!
Lois sticks her head in the door.
LOIS
Shh! Do you hear that?
She beckons them outside. They EXIT The Clark Kent Room.
LOIS
It sounds like running water.
SOUND EFFECT as we hear it too.
LOIS
We'd better proceed with caution.
It could be Patrick Ewing in that shower.
SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC. She starts to creep along.
SUPERBOY
(tapping her shoulder)
Lois, you blew your line.
LOIS
I beg your pardon. I did not blow my line.
SUPERBOY
Yes, you did. You screwed up the reference.
Patrick Ewing is a basketball player.
LOIS
(conspiratorially)
Yes, and I've often suspected him of being Steel.
Think about it. He's 7 feet tall, he's black,
he's handsome and he knows New York like
the back of his hand. And have you ever seen
a picture of the two of them together?
Well, have you? ... Marked out!
You were buyin' it flyboy, you were buyin' it
big time! Start printing the t-shirts:
Superboy marks out for Lois Lane!
SUPERBOY
You kinda like me, don't you Lois?
She musses his hair.
LOIS
Yeah, Superboy, I kinda like you.
Stick with me, kid, you'll be okay.
CUT TO:
INT. THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE BATHROOM -- DAY.
CLOSE-UP on a fogged-up SHOWER STALL, in which a MALE FORM can be seen taking a shower. He is singing "Woke up this morning, what did I see?/ A big black cloud hanging over me ..." ("Fly Like Superman" by The Kinks.)
PAN OVER to the doorway. Lois, Superboy and Eradicator peek in.
CLOSE-UP on their puzzled expressions. Lois shrugs.
LOIS
(whispers)
Kal always sings in the shower! It's him!
ERADICATOR
(restraining her)
That or a clever trap, baited with a hologram
and a recording of his voice.
LOIS
Well, there's only one way to find out.
She barges in.
LOIS
Hi Honey, I'm home!
WAIST-UP SHOT as Superman turns off the water and EXITS the shower naked.
SUPERMAN
Lois, you're picking up strays again --
I warned you about that.
She hands him a JLA LOGO TOWEL, and he wraps it around himself.
SUPERMAN
Sorry guys, but I thought I was alone.
LOIS
You know, Kal, if you didn't have super-hearing,
that line might actually work on women!
SUPERMAN
Hey, nice shiner.
LOIS
You should see the other woman.
SUPERMAN
(to Superboy)
Not that I'm not glad to see you, Superboy,
but I think you should spin like a top again and
break through the time-barrier. If we spend too much
time together, it could create paradoxes.
SUPERBOY
I'm not you as a kid. I'm the new Superboy.
Don't you watch TV?
SUPERMAN
Huh?
Lois takes him in her arms.
SUPERBOY
(looking down)
Uh, Rad, from the way that towel is hanging,
I think we should leave 'em alone for a couple of minutes!
SUPERMAN
(grins)
Make it 5 minutes, guys! They don't call me
"super" for nothing!
To be continued.
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