It was terrible to behold.
I bet. That’s a powerful and simplistic way to describe it.
Metropolis became a shadow of itself as people fled the city to escape Superman’s reign of terror.
Wow, imagine being terrified by Superman and having to run. I’m glad he’s a good guy (especially since in Shuster’s and Siegal’s first incarnation of him, he was not.)
“I loved you,” he managed to gasp as the window behind him shattered and high powered slugs entered his body.
“I know,” Lois said through her tears. “That’s why I had to be the one to stop you.”
Hmmm.... I think I would have liked to see their “little dance” carried on longer - maybe to the point that at the end, Lois has made Clark realize what he had been doing and how wrong he was.
Good short!
I wouldn’t want to see more. He’s dead or close enough that there is no saving him. And most SWAT teams aim for the head, don’t they?
I don't see an evil Superman so much as an insane one.
Yes, I think I agree, Bob. I think an evil Superman would be more insidious. If he wanted someone dead, I’d think, in Lex Luthor style, that he’d “keep his hands clean” and have someone else do the deed.
I wouldn't want to see a sequel where he is saved from the Kryptonite at the last moment only to become "good" again. Well, I have to admit that it would be interesting to see him become good and deal with his guilt and his horrible reputation. Could the public learn to trust a Superman who may have reformed, but who previously killed a hundred people?
Could the public ever trust Charlie Manson (who, as I understand it, never actually killed anyone). Could the public trust Jeffrey Daumer? John Wayne Gacey? The Green River Killer? The BTK (bind, torture, kill) killer? Jack the Ripper? Adolf Hitler? Pol Pot? Genghis Khan (while is reputation has been somewhat tempered in recent years, let’s face it, he was an evil man)? No, these people could never be trusted, and neither could a Superman who had killed so many. Even if he reformed, he’d likely get the death penalty. I’d think even countries who didn’t have the death penalty would want to see such an evil insane Superman die. He couldn’t just be put in an insane asylum. How would they keep him there? And I can assure you that at some point, he’d want out - even if he was “good” again.
And did Lois know about him being Clark?
She’d either figure it out when Clark didn’t show up at work, or someone from the government would have told her because I’m betting they would have already known.
Interesting story, Deborah, and interesting discussion.
