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[♪♪♪]
MAN: Like all things on this hurtling sphere,
I emerged from the molten center of creation.
But mine has been a unique path.
Isolated, I developed attributes
beyond those of lesser beings.
Then the sphere was struck by a vast celestial stone.
Black chunks of death filled the skies...
and the world became a chaotic garden of doom.
Soon the sphere began to nurture new kinds of life.
And there was one that stood above all the rest.
Its fragile shell belied its vicious nature.
And in what seemed like a heartbeat,
these things proliferated in both number
and destructive means.
Now they have harnessed the most destructive force.
And I, The Centre,
have concluded that the sphere
must be cleansed of them.
[GUN ***]
[GUNSHOT]
[♪♪♪]
LOIS: This is Lois Lane on Armed Forces Radio.
Well, boys, it looks like the party's over.
They signed the cease-fire.
So have a drink, and smoke 'em if you got 'em.
We're going home.
Some way to end a war, huh, kid?
Nobody wins, nobody loses.
Long as it's over, Ace. I got plans.
Right, I forgot. You're gonna be a space ranger.
[CHUCKLES]
The proper term is "test pilot," funny man.
I'm gonna see the stars, close up.
Hey.
Sons of *** must not have heard about the cease-fire.
[GRUNTS]
I'm coming back for you.
Try using your gun for a change.
Can you make it back now, Ace?
Roger that. Got to get me a new pair of skivvies.
Got another bogey.
ACE: Hal, your engine.
Punch out. Punch out!
[ALARM BUZZING]
[♪♪♪]
[GRUNTS]
[YELLS]
[BOTH GRUNTING]
Listen to me.
War over.
Finished.
[♪♪♪]
It's over.
War...over.
[MAN GROANS]
MAN [WEAKLY]: I'm so sorry. Uh.
All I wanted
was to send a signal to Mars.
Uh-- How could I have known it would...
teleport you here?
[COUGHING]
I suppose we both got the shock of our lives.
But your heart must be...
stronger than mine.
Whoever you are...
[GASPS]
...forgive me.
[GASPS]
[♪♪♪]
[WIND HOWLING]
[WOMEN CHEERING, LAUGHING IN DISTANCE]
[WOMEN CHEERING]
[WOMEN SPEAKING IN FOREIGN DIALECT]
Come on in, Kal.
Join the celebration.
Diana, what's going on here?
[GUNS ***]
Tell them they'd be wasting their bullets.
Don't judge them, Kal.
They get a little nervous around men now.
What are you talking about?
I was heading upriver when I passed this village
about four days ago. The people here helped the French,
and the rebels didn't like that.
They murdered the men and children,
and threw them in the river.
These women were beaten
and penned in tiger cages for the rebels to...
use.
SUPERMAN: The rebels. How did they die?
WONDER WOMAN: I only disarmed them.
I left their guns in a clearing,
and then I let the women out of their cages.
[GUNS COCKING]
They did this?
And you just stood by and watched?
I gave them freedom and a chance for justice.
You know...
the American way.
This is what the government's afraid of, Diana.
Us acting like vigilantes.
I have to do what I think is right.
That's what a lot of the others said at first, remember?
And now Batman's a fugitive,
the whole Justice Society's retired,
and Hourman's dead.
No matter how much good we do,
deep down, people are always going to be scared of us.
Isn't that why you and I
signed those loyalty oaths?
Take a look around, Kal.
Oaths don't mean much here.
All I see is suffering and madness.
There's the door, spaceman.
[WOMEN CHEERING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[BUS PASSES BY]
[♪♪♪]
NEWSCASTER: The downed pilot insisted
the island was teeming with dinosaurs,
but Navy sources claim a search revealed
that not only were there no dinosaurs,
there wasn't even an island.
In other news--
MAN: Well, I don't know, Groucho,
that's not really what I meant.
Uh, we keep our farm animals in the farm,
not in the house.
Not in the bedroom, certainly.
[UPBEAT CARTOON MUSIC PLAYING]
BUGS BUNNY: Ah, what's up, doc?
[SLAP]
ANNOUNCER: This now concludes our broadcasting day.
[♪♪♪]
SUPERMAN: The last I heard, she went back to Paradise Island.
LOIS: It sounds like she's lost her mind.
I don't think it's that simple.
Diana's an Amazon who's become an American.
She's trying to make sense of her convictions.
Between her and that Batman character...
I thought these people were your friends.
They are.
But neither of them would
sacrifice their principles for a friend.
Ever since McCarthy came to--
McCarthy. He's no excuse.
Whatever party, whatever administration,
there'll always be boogeymen like him.
We need our heroes to stand up
and show us what this country
is supposed to mean.
We need a leader.
[WIND BLOWING]
[♪♪♪]
[HORN HONKING]
MAN: Come on, roll it. Come on, eight. Come on, eight.
WOMAN: Yes. Ha-ha!
STICKMAN: Ten's the number to win.
Now, why don't you tell me what we're doing here, Ace?
Told you, Hal, it's a surprise.
You'll find out tomorrow.
Now, roll those dice before they cool off.
[INHALES, BLOWS]
Come on, 10.
STICKMAN: Ten. It's a winner.
[ALL CHEERING]
And you have the loveliest light in your eyes, dig?
Can we get back to the interview, please?
Oh, yeah. My philosophy of life.
Tell your readers they got to do what I do:
live for the moment.
Because it might be our last.
You dig, Miss West?
Very profound.
That's me.
I've always been, you know,
deep like that.
[PIANO PLAYING IN BACKGROUND]
MAN: Time for the sound check, boss.
Back in a moment.
I'll try to live for it.
ANNOUNCER: I tell you, these two heavyweights
are giving quite a show tonight. [GRUNTS]
Oh, it looks like it'll have to wait
for the next round, folks.
Meantime, we've got the champ,
[PHONE RINGS]
...solidly ahead on points.
WOMAN: Hello, Barry?
Iris. I thought you had to work tonight.
IRIS: I do.
But I wanted to tell you how much I miss you.
You have no idea.
Come on, how could you miss me?
I mean, you're in Las Vegas
interviewing those singers and movie stars.
It's the fast lane.
There are lots of potholes in that lane, let me tell you.
[ALL SHOUTING]
Iris? Iris.
[WOMAN SOBS, COUGHS]
Sorry to interrupt your festivities...
but if you all stay calm,
we'll be gone as soon as my friends here
come back from the cashiers' booths.
[♪♪♪]
[WHIMPERING]
The key phrase was...
"stay calm."
[GROANS]
BARRY: Iris. What's happening?
You there.
The naughty girl on the phone.
[YELLS]
Iris!
[♪♪♪]
Just a few more seconds, everyone.
Ah, my ride is here.
[GROANS]
Wait!
Make it quick.
Hot damn, Ace.
It's that super-fast guy from Central City.
The Flash. He'll take care of this clown.
I took precautions in case you dropped by.
If you so much as touch me,
you'll trigger six cryogenic bombs
I've hidden around the city.
And they'll go off in 90 seconds anyway,
unless you find them.
[BEEP]
Me or the city...
and everyone in it.
Eighty-nine, 88...
[♪♪♪]
One...
two, three, four...
five.
Where's six?
[BEEPING]
[GRUNTS]
[SPUTTERS]
[GRUNTS]
[♪♪♪]
It took me a second or two,
but I finally figured out the sixth bomb
was just a wild-goose chase.
[VOICE OF THE CENTRE] You are different from the other lesser beings.
Faster.
Why?
Lesser beings?
What are you talking about?
[IN NORMAL VOICE] Huh? Wha--?
[GRUNTS]
Ahh! What did you do?
I rewired it on the way down.
[SCREAMS]
[CROWD CHEERING]
Don't ever mess with my Iris.
[EXPLOSION]
[♪♪♪]
[CAR APPROACHES QUICKLY]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[LAUGHING]
ACE: Whoa!
Well, this little trip's been fun,
but are you ever gonna tell me where we're headed, big daddy?
To hell, if you don't slow down.
What's wrong with you?
Ever since you got out of the hospital...
It was Korea.
Changed everything.
Wars have a tendency to do that.
HAL: Look, Ace, you know that ever since I was a kid
watching my old man fly,
I wanted to see the stars.
But the war and then the hospital...
It's like I'm damaged goods.
I can't get a first-class outfit to take me on.
And without a ride...
I sure can't climb the pyramid.
Slow down.
Why bother?
You have to, kid. 'Cause we're here.
[♪♪♪]
[TIRES SCREECH]
It's where you get your second chance.
WOMAN [ON TV]: How did you know he was the ***?
MAN: He came back for the formula.
That's what nailed it.
WOMAN: He could've killed you.
MAN: Like I always say,
when you know you're right,
it's worth taking a chance.
Now, come here.
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
[SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE]
WOMAN: Ace Morgan's recommendation
carries a lot of weight at Ferris Aircraft.
I assume he spoke as well of us to you.
He did.
And I can't imagine anywhere else
I'd rather be right now, Miss Ferris.
Do you...
have any questions?
I'm surprised your father isn't interviewing me.
Not that I mind. It's just that you're a--
A woman?
My father trusts me with
the day-to-day operation of the company.
If that's good enough for him, it ought to-- Whoa. Wait.
I was only saying that you're...
a little young
to be running a major corporation.
Oh-ho. Oh, you're good, flyboy.
But save it for the girls in the typing pool.
One last question.
In your résumé,
there's a gap between July and December of '53.
I was in a VA hospital.
Psych ward.
[PIANO PLAYING SOFTLY]
Most people wouldn't talk about this kind of thing...
but I learned a lot about myself there.
I came out knowing who I really am
and what I really want.
You report for training and security clearance
in two weeks.
All right. Let's celebrate.
Waiter... some champagne.
Look, Hal,
I don't get involved with my employees.
I understand, Carol.
But I don't start work for two more weeks.
Two glasses.
So...
where did this hot tip come from, John?
A source.
Well, I think I know your secret.
You do?
Hmm.
The tips you get from out of the blue,
those hunches of yours
that always turn out to be right.
[♪♪♪]
You are dating a fortuneteller.
No, I-- I--
[CHUCKLES]
Something like that.
[CAR DOORS CLOSE]
[THUD, MAN SCREAMS]
Try the back.
I'll see if I can pick this lock.
[MEN GRUNTING, BLOWS HITTING]
[♪♪♪]
[SCREAMS]
[GRUNTING]
[GROWLS]
[GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
[WHIMPERS, MUFFLED SPEECH]
You are the tribute.
Yours is the glory of nourishing the strength
of The Centre.
[YELLS, GRUNTING]
You okay, John?
[GROANS]
Uh-huh.
[♪♪♪]
No. Stay away!
Stay away!
Back off. You're scaring the boy.
You'll be all right now that--
MAN [WITH VOICE OF THE CENTRE]: You will be judged too.
You will all be judged.
Without The Centre, there is no holding.
The Centre? What's The Centre?
[MAN LAUGHING]
[♪♪♪]
[BIRD CAWS]
MAN [OVER RADIO]: Jordan, do you copy?
HAL [OVER RADIO]: Negative, Colonel Flagg. No Jordan here.
just Spam in a can.
FLAGG: Cut the comedy.
Are you go for 72?
Heh. Yes, Captain Personality.
Jordan is go for exercise 72.
Hit it.
My pleasure.
Spam Jordan is now go for exercise 73.
How's he doing?
He's tough enough, that's for sure.
But I'm getting sick of his attitude.
He's a pilot, Colonel Flagg.
He's used to making decisions and being in control.
This kind of training goes against his nature.
Can't be helped. It's all part of the big picture.
Which he hasn't seen yet.
Carol.
I mean, Miss Ferris. Afternoon.
Afternoon, Mr. Jordan.
I trust Colonel Flagg is keeping you busy.
This stuff? Child's play, Miss Ferris.
FLAGG: Jordan.
Exercise 73, remember?
Yeah, they tell me 73's the charm.
Good day, Miss Ferris.
[♪♪♪]
What are his numbers, Harry?
Uh. Excellent.
Responses in the 99th percentile.
Hmm.
[♪♪♪]
[CAR ENGINE RUNNING]
Not that I'm complaining,
but where exactly are you taking me?
Where have you always wanted to go?
That's a leading question.
No, I mean, since you were a kid.
Your big goal?
The stars.
But at the rate we're going,
the Russians are gonna beat us into orbit by months.
Who said anything about orbit?
Whoa!
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[♪♪♪]
A hole in the ground.
Isn't that the wrong direction?
Sometimes you have to go through hell to get to heaven.
What is all this?
Welcome to the real Ferris Aircraft.
[♪♪♪]
See that sour-looking man down there?
He'll explain everything.
His name's Faraday.
Works for the government.
And if you like Rick Flagg,
you'll love him.
FARADAY: You're weak, erratic, emotional,
and for my money, at least a little pink.
But I'm told you're the best we've got.
You keep your mouth shut
and your ears open.
I'm about to share some of this nation's secrets with you.
[BEEPS]
FARADAY: Couple of years ago,
we found the body of a radical scientist named Erdel
in a small observatory near Gotham.
Somehow, he'd been able to contact Mars.
Mars?
You're joking, right?
Yes, Jordan.
I'm a real kidder.
We found this footprint at the observatory.
Did you find what made that print?
No.
Whatever it is, it's eluded us for two years.
There's life on Mars, Jordan.
And it's come to Earth.
Look, I-- I'm just a pilot.
I mean, what does this have to do with me?
[♪♪♪]
FLAGG: You haven't figured it out yet?
We've got to know what these Martians want from us.
And since we can't find them here on Earth...
we're going to Mars.
Outstanding.
MAN: Welcome home, Mr. Jones.
JONES: Why didn't I--?
Why didn't you sense me as you seem to do others?
That's my secret.
Why are you here?
Because of The Centre?
The cult's spreading...
all over the world.
At first I thought it might be the communists.
But they're having trouble with the cults too.
It's not ideological.
There's some kind of psychic force involved.
It's affecting people with high susceptibility.
Getting into their minds.
I felt it.
Yes, your...
feelings.
Let's just say that's my secret.
You came here because you wanna work together.
True? True.
Then we'll share our information.
I've already collected some.
[♪♪♪]
Newspaper clippings.
You'll have to do better than that.
And one other thing.
I'm not sure what you are or where you come from,
but my instincts tell me you are to be trusted.
Make no mistake, though.
I have a $70,000 sliver of radioactive meteor
to stop the one from Metropolis.
With you...
all I need is a penny for a book of matches.
[♪♪♪]
[ROARING]
What's the matter, Grodd?
Feeling starved for attention?
[ROARS]
Ahh!
Ugh!
[TIRES SQUEALING]
[GUNS COCKING]
[GRUNTS]
You're government property now, swifty.
We're gonna find out what makes you tick.
[CLATTERS]
COP 2: Did you see that?
COP 3: He's not there.
MAN: What you got there, John?
Kids' book?
Not exactly.
The author committed suicide a while back.
He thought the world was about to end.
Hm, you like this weird stuff, don't you?
Well, you should see what they got
in the interrogation room.
He shot a cop on the parkway.
Then we found his mother...
in his trunk.
Hmm.
Not your typical one.
This guy's a scientist.
You're here to kill me, aren't you?
You're part of it.
I'm not going to kill you.
And what do you think I'm part of?
The Centre. It's everywhere.
What do you know about The Centre?
It's gonna kill everyone.
I was trying to get away from it.
How do you know all this?
I just do.
I can feel it.
I tried to get in on the Mars mission...
but they wouldn't take me.
The Mars mission?
Yes. They're going to Mars.
It's safe there.
Who's going to Mars?
The government.
They-- They won't let us normal people go.
Normal people.
Hello, Harry.
I've been very worried about you.
No! Don't let him near me.
Special Agent Faraday.
Harry used to be a hell of a scientist.
Did lots of classified stuff.
We can't leave him in a regular institution
because of what he might spill.
You're referring to the Mars mission?
The what?
He told me about a mission to Mars.
[CHUCKLES]
He's even farther gone than I thought.
If that's possible.
Now, come on, Harry.
HARRY: No. Please don't let him take me.
Please. No, please.
Mr. Faraday...
if there's anything else I can do for you,
please let me know.
Sure.
FARADAY: He'd been able to contact Mars. Life on Mars.
FLAGG: We're going to Mars.
See you around, Jones.
JONES: It's all true.
MAN [ON TV]: Wilson's vigilante activities
kept the local white supremacists
at bay for years.
But his luck ran out yesterday,
when he was caught by a mob and killed.
Police say they have no suspects.
In other news-- Hey.
Sorry, but there's something I have to get off my chest.
I've always used my power to help people,
but the government's on my tail,
hunting me like a criminal.
You just saw what happened to John Wilson.
America needs more people like him.
But where are they going to come from
if our government keeps acting this way?
As for me, I am quitting.
Giving it up.
Breaks my heart, but there are people I love,
and I don't want anything to happen to them.
So good night, everybody,
and good luck.
Who needed him anyway?
Probably some kind of crook.
Definitely.
And what was with that red costume?
Red's for commies.
Hey, where you going?
Home.
Mr. Jones.
How did you locate me?
I may not be the world's greatest detective,
but I have my methods.
This is all the information
I've been able to collect.
It's the last of it.
I thought I could make a life for myself
here among you humans.
I didn't think I had a choice.
But there is one now.
There's just too much hatred here,
too much ignorance...
too much mindless conformity.
I'm leaving.
Have a nice trip.
Some of us don't have that luxury.
CAROL [OVER RADIO]: Flying Cloud, status report.
Flying Cloud is go. Secure for launch.
Jordan? Go.
Good luck, Flying Cloud.
God be with you.
[♪♪♪]
Go for launch on all points.
FLAGG [OVER RADIO]: Roger. We are go for launch.
Ignition sequence start.
MAN [OVER RADIO]: Primary engines engaged.
HAL [OVER RADIO]: All engines running.
[GUN ***]
Don't move, Martian.
[ALARM SOUNDING]
WOMAN [OVER RADIO]: Ten, nine,
eight, seven,
six, five, four,
three, two, one.
[♪♪♪]
[MOANS]
Almost there.
[BOTH GROAN]
We're losing pressure.
We're gonna have to take her back.
Too risky.
Jordan, listen to me.
We have weapons on board.
What?
In case the Martians turned out to be hostile.
Nerve gas, germ bombs.
Even nuclear.
Doesn't make a difference.
I can still land this thing.
It's a destruct switch.
I'm sorry, Jordan, but you knew the risks.
[GRUNTING]
You just relax, colonel.
I'll have you on the ground in no time.
What's going up there? Come in, Flying Cloud.
HAL [OVER RADIO]: Had an engine failure. I'll glide back.
Negative, it's too dangerous. Where's Flagg?
Don't worry about him...
or your weapons.
They'll both be okay.
Weapons?
You son of a ***.
Jordan, put Flagg back on.
No can do, Faraday.
He's indisposed.
Call in the big guy.
[♪♪♪]
[MOANING]
[BEEPING]
[GRUNTING]
Flagg, don't. I can land it.
I can't bet the world on that, Jordan.
[GRUNTING]
[GRUNTING]
Ugh!
[GROANING]
[SCREAMS]
[GRUNTING]
[♪♪♪]
[SCREAMS]
[SIGHS]
[DOOR CLOSING]
Nuclear weapons? Nerve gas? What were you thinking?
We didn't know.
We're still not sure.
Of what, exactly?
If we can trust him.
SUPERMAN: You trust me. I'm an alien. FARADAY: Yeah, but--
SUPERMAN: It's because he looks so different, isn't it?
Well, you have to admit--
Listen, you've seen the power he has.
He could leave this place any time he wants.
But he hasn't.
That should tell you something.
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]
Tell me about this America, Diana.
It's changed since the war.
Back then, we were in the right.
It was simple.
They still say they're in the right,
but they don't always act that way.
Men.
[GRUNTING]
Things have changed here too, Diana.
A lot of us are beginning to think we need a leader
who sticks closer to home.
And who would such a leader be?
You?
Whoa!
[♪♪♪]
[GRUNTING]
You might need a little more seasoning.
[RUMBLING]
[RUMBLING] [GRUNTS, GASPS]
[METAL CLATTERING]
[OBJECTS CLATTERING]
[♪♪♪]
Ugh!
[DOOR OPENS]
[♪♪♪]
Hal Jordan.
You know me?
Who are you?
I am...
[COUGHS]
...Abin Sur.
You need a doctor.
Let me...
Uh. Listen to me.
What I have to tell you
will seem unbelievable, but...
I am the Green Lantern of Sector 2814.
I was on my way here to help.
Help? How?
In the coming battle with...
The Centre.
Center of what?
It is a monstrous creature
that fears you humans so much...
it intends to eradicate
every living soul on the planet.
When I was entering your atmosphere a few days ago,
there was a huge explosion.
There was too much yellow energy for me.
I ordered my ring to find you.
I had to find a deserving one.
A man entirely without fear.
A lot of people...
think I'm a coward
because of what happened in the war.
Did your ring tell you about that?
You are no coward, Hal Jordan.
To you, all life is precious.
And this ring is far too powerful
to fall into the hands of someone
who doesn't understand that.
[♪♪♪]
How does this thing work?
The Guardians...
They will...
Wow. You really do know him.
And you must be Robin.
I hear you're quite a detective.
Well, I try not to brag, but--
Have you finished your homework yet?
Uh...right.
Hmm.
New look, a sidekick.
Do you mind if I ask you--
As a matter of fact, I do.
Let's just say I set out to scare criminals,
not children.
Fair enough.
This all lines up with dozens of stories
we've run in the Planet this year.
The children's book is particularly...
ominous.
As if someone...
something else
were speaking through the author.
MAN: [OVER RADIO]: --in its wake.
We have a live report coming from Cape Canaveral.
WOMAN [OVER RADIO]: The creature is hovering over the large fuel tanks,
making it impossible for the Army
Lois.
Its wingspan is easily the length
of a football field,
and it looks a lot like a prehistoric pterodactyl.
But much, much bigger.
[GASPING]
[ROARS]
I'm not sure of what it's trying to do. [GUNFIRE]
[ROARING]
[♪♪♪]
Ugh!
[SCREAMS]
[GRUNTS]
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
Diana.
Haven't flown this thing in years.
[GROANS]
Easy. Easy.
We fought it...
hard as we could, but...
[MOANING]
It's coming, Kal.
It's coming here.
[GROANING]
Medic!
FARADAY: We both know this place could never
hold someone with your powers.
Why do you stay?
I'm determined to beat you at this game.
Without reading your mind.
Come on. Level with me.
Very well.
I have looked into your mind,
and by extension, your heart.
You honestly believe that there will be a better day
when all of this won't be necessary.
To find that within you, Mr. Faraday...
has filled my heart with hope.
[♪♪♪]
And...
I have no place else to go.
[DOOR OPEN, CLOSES]
[WHISPERING] This just came in from Washington.
Urgent.
It's The Centre, isn't it?
I can feel its presence very strongly now.
You're looking for a place to go?
I got one hell of a destination for you.
But we might not come back.
I'm ready.
The last time I appeared without warning in this form,
someone died of fright.
Perhaps I should take a friendlier appearance.
Suit yourself.
Well...?
It's okay.
But real men wear pants.
MAN [ON TV]: --this unprecedented situation
off the coast of Florida.
The combined might of the U.S. Armed Forces
Bourbon, please.
I hardly know what to call it.
One moment. It appears we've re-established contact
with our reporter at the scene.
The only word I can find
to describe the scale of this is "biblical."
It's a living island,
at least 25 miles across.
[GRUNTS]
It has large ports
which discharge intense blasts of energy,
but which can also draw things
into the creature.
Not two minutes ago,
we watched it inhale
an entire aircraft carrier.
[♪♪♪]
The loss of life out here
is incalculable and--
Wait. We're turning around.
We've been ordered back.
[TURNS TV OFF]
I have to tell you something.
IRIS: I already know.
You what?
I'm a reporter, remember?
I always suspected, and then I heard your voice
on the news the other night.
I-- I was only trying to protect you.
They think I'm some kind of criminal.
But we know better, don't we?
So, what are you waiting for?
You know who's going to be there?
Superman, Wonder Woman. People like that.
I'm just a guy who runs after jewelry thieves
and talking gorillas.
You're more than that.
And you're going to prove it.
[MACHINE HUMMING]
CAROL: What are you doing?
Where have you been?
And what happened to the simulator?
Long story.
Have you seen the news?
Do you have any idea what's--
Oh, God.
You're going down there, aren't you?
Hal the pacifist is going down there
to get killed by that thing.
What would you have me do?
Or do you think I'm a coward too?
I looked up your war record.
You never fired at those North Korean planes.
Maybe I just didn't believe
that what we were doing there was worth killing for.
But in that trench,
I found out what would make me kill.
Survival.
I would kill to survive.
[ENGINE FIRES UP]
Aren't you going to at least say goodbye?
Don't you--?
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
[GUNS ***]
Whoa. We're just here to help.
[GUNS ***]
[GUNS ***]
We don't need help.
Especially not from you.
You think you can hit me?
It's been tried before.
Don't push us, mister.
[ALL YELLING]
I see I have your attention.
We face a threat big enough
to wipe us off the Earth,
and still we bicker
about a mask or a uniform.
My best friend
is lying upstairs right now.
She would have given her life for this country.
And I could hardly look her in the eye.
America was founded on the notion
that a person should be free
to follow his or her destiny.
But we can't do that if we're living in fear
of our own government.
We need to reclaim this country
for free men and women everywhere.
What about your government friends?
That's a fair question.
Superman's right.
The persecution and paranoia have to stop.
From here on,
we work together as free Americans.
[♪♪♪]
I'm gonna fly out now and recon this thing.
When I get back,
we'll work out a strategy.
Are you with me?
[ALL CHEERING]
[♪♪♪]
[SNAPS PICTURE]
[♪♪♪]
[GRUNTS, ROARS]
[GRUNTING]
[CREATURES CRYING OUT]
[♪♪♪]
LOIS: America's champion, Superman...
went down in defeat several hours ago.
An exhaustive search has...
found no sign of him.
Here at the Cape,
the greatest minds in the free world
are now working on a plan
to stop this...monster...
before it reaches the coast.
We cannot panic.
We cannot let our...
sense of loss--
[SOBBING]
[SOBBING]
SCIENTIST 1: If this book's right,
it's a whole new life form
we've never even imagined.
SCIENTIST 2: Or it could be nothing more than the ravings
of some demented cartoonist.
BATMAN: It's not. I assure you.
And there's only one way to stop this thing now.
I want you all to listen to this man.
Gentlemen, I'm Ray Palmer
from Ivy University.
I've heard of you, Palmer, and your invention.
Matter reduction, right?
Right. I--
SCIENTIST 2: It won't work.
Everything it shrinks becomes unstable.
Exactly.
FARADAY: We start with an all-out aerial assault.
We hit the thing from every direction.
That's just a distraction. While it's fighting off
the Air Corps, we use this baby on it.
This gizmo uses light to shrink things.
Wait.
Everything the ray shrinks becomes unstable.
Meaning...
it explodes.
Still have a question?
That thing out there is one hell of a lot bigger
than an orange. How are you gonna--?
It is big.
And that's why we have to expose its surface
to the ray piece by piece.
All in the blink of an eye?
That's impossible without Superman.
No. It's not impossible.
Is it?
Piece of cake.
Any other questions?
FARADAY: Jordan.
About time.
Attacking the surface
won't be enough to distract this thing.
You need someone to go inside with bombs.
You volunteering?
He'd better,
because I'm not going in there alone.
Outstanding.
[♪♪♪]
FARADAY: All of you remember...
today, there are no Democrats,
no Republicans.
No hawks, no doves.
Just the naked simplicity of an absolute:
mankind's survival.
Good luck to us all.
[♪♪♪]
All right, men.
Our job is to protect Flash
until Morgan and Jordan light it up.
Hey! Look out!
[♪♪♪]
[GRUNTING, YELLING]
[ROARING]
[ROARS]
[BEASTS GRUNTING]
[LOUD RINGING, GRUNTING]
[ROARS]
[♪♪♪]
[ROAR]
[CREATURES ROARING]
[♪♪♪]
[ROARS]
[CRIES OUT]
[CREATURES SCREECHING]
[SCREECHING]
[YELLS]
[SCREAMS]
[CREATURES SCREECHING]
[SCREAMS] [GRUNTS]
[YELLS]
Are you all right?!
It's...
attacking my mind.
[GRUNTING]
[YELLS] [SCREAMS]
[SCREAMING]
[GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
[♪♪♪]
[YELLS]
[GRUNTS]
[YELLS]
[GROWLS]
[GRUNTS]
All of you. Fight on!
To the last breath, fight on!
All weapon systems hot.
ACE [OVER RADIO]: Like they say, it ain't when you go,
it's how you go.
[INDISTINCT VOICE SPEAKING]
Uh, Hal?
HAL [OVER RADIO]: What's wrong?
Whatever you see, ignore it.
[VOICE CHANGING] Just keep going. Acknowledge.
[VOICE CHANGING] Just keep going. No problem.
[NORMAL VOICE] What now?
This stuff is no hallucination,
I'll tell you that.
And whatever it is,
I think it's trying to get inside.
Drop the bombs. Then we'll burn our way out.
Roger that.
[HYDRAULICS SPUTTERING]
My rockets are dead.
Can't open bomb-bay doors.
HAL: I'm here.
We've had our ride, and it's time to punch our ticket.
Initiate manual detonation.
Roger.
[GRUNTING]
MAN'S VOICE: Hal Jordan, you are the key.
Your will drives the ring.
Clear your mind
and focus on what matters.
[♪♪♪]
[GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
[♪♪♪]
Hal? What--?
Later.
You're afraid.
It's all on me.
The whole thing.
We'll be there for you.
We all will.
Godspeed.
[♪♪♪]
[CRIES OUT]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[GRUNTING]
He did it. Son of a ***.
[MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS]
[GASPS]
I was afraid...
I'd be late for the victory party.
[EXPLOSION]
Spoke too soon.
[GRUNTS]
[♪♪♪]
That thing's gonna do a lot of damage.
Guess it's time to see what this ring can really do.
Hey.
Sorry.
That guy with the ring, he wasn't part of the plan.
Or wasn't I listening?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
THE CENTRE: You won't be able to do it.
It is The Centre that holds,
not you.
I can. I can.
You do not have the will.
No?
Watch.
[♪♪♪]
[GRUNTS]
[YELLS]
[YELLING]
[♪♪♪]
Whoo-hoo!
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey, Ace. What happened to that buddy of yours?
Hal Jordan?
Well, if I know him,
he's up there somewhere tear-assing around.
[♪♪♪]
[WATER BUBBLING]
[♪♪♪]
I am Arthur of Atlantis.
This one has been asking
for a woman named Lois.
[CHEERING]
[CHUCKLES]
[♪♪♪]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[CAMERA CLICKS]
JOHN KENNEDY: The pioneers gave up their safety,
their comfort and sometimes their lives
to build our new West.
They were determined
to make the new world strong and free,
an example to the world.
Some would say that those struggles are all over.
That all the horizons have been explored.
That all the battles have been won.
That there is no longer an American frontier.
[APPLAUSE]
And we stand today
on the edge of a new frontier.
The frontier of unknown opportunities and perils.
Beyond that frontier
are uncharted areas
of science and space.
Unsolved problems of peace and war.
Unconquered pockets
of ignorance and prejudice.
I'm asking each of you
to be pioneers towards that new frontier.
My call is to the young in heart,
regardless of age.
Can we carry through in an age
where we will witness not only new breakthroughs
in weapons of destruction,
but also a race for mastery
of the sky and the rain,
the ocean and the tides,
the far side of space,
and the inside of men's minds?
All mankind waits upon our decision.
A whole world looks
to see what we shall do.
And we cannot fail that trust.
And we cannot fail to try.
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]