“Superman II” quotes
(1980)
Title Superman II
Year 1980
Directors Richard Lester, Richard Donner
Genre Sci-Fi, Action
Year 1980
Directors Richard Lester, Richard Donner
Genre Sci-Fi, Action
Plot – Superman gives up his superpowers to live his love story with Lois Lane and start a family. However in Paris, a group of terrorists threatens to blow the Eiffel Tower up. Superman intervenes and throws the bomb in the space, but the explosion frees three dangerous criminals from planet Krypton. They descend to Earth, joining the mean Lex Luthor. Superman has to keep on fighting the enemies.
All actors – Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, Susannah York, Clifton James, E.G. Marshall, Marc McClure, Terence Stamp, Leueen Willoughby, Robin Pappas, Roger Kemp, Roger Brierley, Anthony Milner, Richard Griffiths, Melissa Wiltsie, Alain Dehay, Marc Boyle, Alan Stuart, John Ratzenberger, Shane Rimmer, John Morton, Jim Dowdall, Angus MacInnes, Antony Sher, Elva Mai Hoover, Hadley Kay, Todd Woodcroft, John Hollis, Gordon Rollings, Peter Whitman, Bill Bailey, Dinny Powell, Hal Galili, Marcus D'Amico, Jack Cooper, Richard LeParmentier, Don Fellows, Michael Shannon, Tony Sibbald, Tommy Duggan, Pamela Mandell, Pepper Martin, Eugene Lipinski, Cleon Spencer, Carl Parris, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Norman Chancer, Oz Clarke, Richard Donner, Jeff East, Harry Fielder, Glenn Ford, Steven Lezak, Derek Lyons, Ralph Morse, Beth Porter, Joe Praml, Eric Stine, Burnell Tucker, Joe Walsh, Terry Walsh
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- Perry White: These guys claim that if the French government doesn't meet their demands, they've got a hydrogen bomb ready to level Paris.
- Clark Kent: Well, jeepers Mr. White. That's terrible!
- Perry White: That's why they call them "terrorists", Kent.“- Clark Kent: I have to go back.
- Lois Lane: You can't go back, there's no way now.
- Clark Kent: I have to. I've gotta try dammit, I've got to try something. Anything!
- Lois Lane: It's not your fault. You didn't know this was going to happen.
- Clark Kent: They knew. They tried to tell me. But, I didn't listen.”“I didn't sleep a wink last night. Do you know what it's like to hear birds singing at dawn, after you've just spend the whole night crying...? Don't you know this is killing me? Have you any idea what it's like... to have you come in here every day, and not be able to talk normally to you, or show how I feel about you, or speak to anybody else...” (continue)(continue reading)
“I am General Zod. Your ruler. Yes, today begins a new order. Your lands, your possessions, your very lives, will gladly be given in tribute to me, General Zod! In return for your obedience you will enjoy my generous protection. In other words you will be allowed to live.”
“Once a girl's seen Superman in action, Niagara Falls kind of leaves you cold. You know what I mean?”
“I win. I always win. Is there no one on this planet to even challenge me?”
“- Clark Kent: General, would you care to step outside?
- General Zod: Come to me, son of Jor-El, kneel before Zod!”“- Clark Kent: Blood. It's my blood. I think... maybe we'd better hire a bodyguard from now on.
- Lois Lane: I don't want a bodyguard. I want the man I fell in love with.
- Clark Kent: I know, Lois. I wish he was here.”“- Eve Teschmacher: I like trees.
- Lex Luthor: So does your average cocker spaniel.”“- Lex Luthor: Kill me? Lex Luthor? Extinguish the greatest criminal flame of our age? Eradicate the only man on Earth with...
- Ursa: Kill him!
- Lex Luthor: ...Superman's address?
- General Zod: Come. The three of us will crush the son of our jailer!”“- Clark Kent: Excuse me sir, you're sitting in my seat.
- Rocky: Your seat's in there, four eyes.
- Clark Kent: Somebody ought to teach you some manners, sir.
- Rocky: Oh, yeah? Well, let me know when he comes in.”“If you intend to live your life with a mortal, you must live as a mortal.”
“- Army Major: Throw down your arms and surrender. This is an order!
- Ursa: General Zod does not take orders. He gives them.”“- Perry White: Get your head out of the clouds, Kent! Where've you been for the past twelve hours?
- Clark Kent: Uh, Home.
- Perry White: Well, don't you watch television?
- Clark Kent: Frankly, Mr. White, I really don't enjoy television. Too much violence. I was just reading Dickens.
- Jimmy Olsen: Mr. Kent! A gang of terrorists seized the...” (continue)(continue reading)“- Perry White: If Paris is going to go kablooey I want my best reporter right in the middle of it... No offense, Kent. You're good, but Lois Lane's better.
- Clark Kent: No, I mean... isn't that a bit dangerous, sir?
- Perry White: That goes with the territory, Kent. Don't worry; if I know Lois Lane, she'll not only come back with a Pulitzer...” (continue)(continue reading)“- Clark Kent: We'd better talk.
- Lois Lane: I'm in love with you.
- Clark Kent: We'd really better talk.”- General Zod: This "super-man" is nothing of the kind; I've discovered his weakness.
- Ursa: Yes?
- General Zod: He cares. He actually cares for these Earth people.
- Ursa: Like pets?
- General Zod: I suppose.
- Ursa: Sentimental idiot!- Lex Luthor: What am I gonna do with you people, huh? I held up my end, I delivered the blue boy. What do I get from my triple threat? "Bow! Yield! Kneel!". That kind of stuff closes out a town.
- General Zod: Why do you say this to me when you know I will kill you for it?“- General Zod: Son of Jor-El. We were beginning to think you were a coward.
- Superman: I'm not a coward, Zod.
- Ursa: Let him prove it!
- General Zod: Possibly not. It is extremely likely you are merely a fool. Like father, like son.
- Superman: Somehow, I just can't hear you, Zod.
- General Zod: Then die, as you deserve to!”
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