Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!EE.GDS%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC From: EE.GDS%MIT-OZ%MIT-MC@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: none Message-ID: <2499@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 30-Jun-83 01:28:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2499 Posted: Thu Jun 30 01:28:00 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jun-83 21:33:48 EDT Lines: 36 From: Greg SkinnerParaphrased quote from Jor-El in Superman I: "You must not, under any circumstances, alter the flow of time." (sorry if it's not exact, perhaps someone will correct me.) Although I have not seen Superman III, I have garnered from the film clips that it bears no relevance to the above quote. I would like to offer this as a possible plot for Superman IV, if it should ever come to pass. Why was it so important that Superman NOT change the course of events? And why was he able to get away with it in Superman I? (If you recall, he saved Lois's life by flying around Earth faster than the speed of light until *before* she was killed, then rescued her.) I would like to see some developments with this. Picture a sect such as the Watchers of Marvel Comics coming to Earth in Superman IV and conducting a tribunal for Superman, bringing him up on charges for altering time. Of course, Lex Luthor will try to exploit Superman as always, but he'll be tossed out by the Watchers. The trial goes on for weeks, until a final verdict is passed. Since Superman did it for love of Lois (even though it was for personal gain), he is offered a choice: Either he must sacrifice his powers as Superman for ever, and live as mortal Clark Kent to marry Lois Lane, or he must be returned to the day that he saved Lois, only this time he cannot alter time to save her (in other words, she dies, and life goes on as it should have). I am surprised that something like this was not covered in the previous (or current) Superman flicks. --bo (gds@mit-xx.arpa, {ee.gds%mit-oz, uc.gds%mit-ee}@mit-mc.arpa -------