OK, here it is. The first part of a multi-part look at "Superman vs Batman". I've been promising it for weeks (and months) and I hope it was worth the wait. Its going to be told as a story and read as a script, so hopefully it makes sense! Just remember that this movie was in the planning stages years ago. I would say late 90's, early 2000's. The movie was deemed too ambitious and abandoned. The following is based on one of the final drafts of the story. Alot might have changed, but the basic premise was still going to be the one you are going to read about. So sit back and enjoy and see what happens when two of the worlds greatest heroes join forces.
SUPERMAN VS BATMAN, Part I
Its a beautiful day in Metropolis. The sun is shining over a big bustling city. Below, residents of this city are going about their daily routines. Some are on their way to work, others simply walking and running errands. It is a day like any other.
Suddenly the monotony of the day is broken by police sirens!! Metropolis PD is in hot pursuit of a Big Rig truck. The truck is driven by a masked figure. He's literally tearing down the street and driving toward Metropolis' tallest sky scraper, "The Freedom Tower."
Outside the tower, two guards are chit chatting about their days when suddenly they spot the truck barreling towards them. The jump out of the way, the truck narrowly missing them. The truck plows past the barriers set up around the still under construction tower and rams into the side of the building. The masked man jumps out quickly and opens up the back of the truck as police begin to arrive on the scene. Before they can react however, they see that the masked man had a SUV stashed in the big rig. He jumps into the SUV and as he fires up the ignition a ramp drops down from the truck and he's off.
The police pick up the chase again while security surrounds the big rig that was left behind. They approach cautiously and jump into the back. There seems to be something in the cargo hold covered in sheets. Security Guard 1 lifts off the sheet to reveal 4 drums of explosives wired together and a timer! The timer reads "0:09, 0:08, 0:07,"
"FALL BACK!! GO!! GO!!" Security Guard 1 screams as he and his fellow guards run for their l, there's nothing they can do to prevent the bomb from exploding
"0:06, 0:05,0:04.." the clock continues to tick down
"Get those people out of here!!! " Security Guard 2 says as they radio for help, while the other guards try to move people away from the area...
"0:03, 0:02, 0:01..0:00"
KABOOM!!! There is a HUGE explosion knocking the people that were still close to the tower down. The entire north side of the tower is engulfed in flames and there is a huge gaping hole where the truck once stood. The building is beginning to sway.
"Dear God," security Guard 1 says, "she's gonna come down!! Clear the area!! NOW!!!"
In the distance the SUV with the masked driver continues to speed away from the scene. He looks in the rear view and sees that his work has been done. He flips a cover on the dash board and presses the button beneath. Suddenly, the rear tire of the SUV blows out, the driver tries to maintain control of the car, but its no use. The SUV rolls over and slams into a parked tow truck. The driver slumps over and passes out.
Miles away we zoom in on a mans ear. He's hearing the explosion, the sirens, the cries for help. We pan out to reveal CLARK KENT, star reporter for the Daily Planet. He looks in the direction of the explosion trying to see where the commotion is coming from when someone taps him on the shoulder. Its Tom, a fellow office employee.
"Hey Clark, a bunch of the guys are going down to the bar later. Seeing how Lois is out of town, we were wondering if you wanted to hang with us. You know what they say. 'While the cat is away..."
But Clark is only half listening. "Excuse me Tom..." he says and walks away quickly.
"Jerk" mutters Tom under his breath as he watches Clark walk away.
Clark searches for a private room. Seeing none he quickly walks over to the elevator shaft. After a quick glance around he pulls open the elevator doors and drops down the shaft he is quickly pulling apart his shirt revealing an "S". SUPERMAN flies through the elevator shaft and quickly towards the Freedom Tower
At the tower the building is starting to sway violently. Suddenly with a huge screech of twisted metal and broken glass the building starts to come down like a giant redwood.
"ITS COMING DOWN!!" security guard 1 screams as he's ushering people away from the building. Everyone seems to be just out of reach of the falling building when suddenly he spots a woman running pushing a stroller wtih a baby. The building is coming down fast and she's about to be killed. She instinctively covers her baby and braces for the impact. Security Guard 1 can only look away as this woman is about to be crushed.
Suddenly a roar is heard and something flies by the crowd incredibly fast. Its Superman, he's finally arrived on the scene. He catches the almost horizontal Freedom Tower just a mere feet away from the woman.
"GO!!" he yells as he strains holding the entire building in mid air, slowing its descent towards the ground. The woman scrambles away, baby in tow and Superman begins the enormous task of righting this building. He pushes with all his might, the building crumbling where his hands are. Finally we see the building begin to rise, slowly but surely its almost vertical again until finally he sets it back on its shattered foundation.
Superman flies down below the building and using his heat vision and super human strength goes to work repairing and welding together the support beams of this enormous structure.
His task complete he flies away the cheers of the crowd below him as he searches for the one responsible for this.
A few blocks away the masked man is still in totaled SUV. The driver of the tow truck he crashed into comes out of the truck and pulls a large wrench from his tool box.
"There he is!! There's the sonofab*tch responsible for all this!" yells a business man standing by.
The tow trucker driver pulls the masked man out of the car, pulls off his mask and throws him to the ground. The masked man tries to stand but is quickly hit with a rock by another bystander.
"MURDERER!!!" yells one man as he kicks the man in the chest
"TERRORIST!!!" yells another as he hits the man with another rock, knocking the man unconscious again
The tow truck driver is about to let the masked man have it with his wrench when suddenly the wrench becomes extremely hot in his hands. It begins to glow red and the tow truck driver yells out in pain as he drops the now smoldering wrench.
"STOP!!" yells a voice from above. Its Superman and he's slowly descending upon the crowd. "You have no right to do this!", Superman says.
"No right?! Do you think we care about this guys rights?! After what he just did!!!" yells the tow truck driver.
"You have a right to anger and that is all." Superman says, "I will take this man into custody and see that he never sees the light of day again."
"Custody?! CUSTODY?! I say we bash his brains in now." says the tow truck driver and he makes another move for the masked man
"I SAID STOP!!!!" bellows Superman. One thing these people dont seem to realize: When Superman is angry, he is a very intimidating figure. The tow truck driver backs off.
"I give you my word that this man will be punished. Justice WILL be served." Superman says as he looks over the angry mob.
They reluctantly part and allow Superman through. Superman picks up the unconscious man and flies away with him.
Superman is flying over the Metropolis River when suddenly the man wakes up and looks up at Superman.
"Thanks for saving my life Superman!! I'd love to stick around but you know the expression? Ashes to ashes.." and before Superman can register his shock the man flips open his wrist watch and blows a GREEN POWDER into Superman's eyes "dust to dust?"
Superman is instantly blinded!! Its KRYPTONITE dust!!! He drops the man into the river and drops in as well.
After a few agonizing seconds our hero emerges gasping for air. He flies up and scans the river for any sign of life, but there is none. Suddenly by the river bed he spots what looks like a face. He flies down and see's that it is indeed a face. The face of the bomber. It a hollow latex mask. Superman looks it over, a grim expresion on his face. On the inside of the mask there is freakish writing in red letters. He looks at it closely and it reads "THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINING!!!"
TO BE CONTINUED.....
DQ
NOTE: I want to know if this format is ok for the rest of the series. I'm thinking its going to be a long one so I want to know if you prefer this detailed version or do you just want MAJOR plot points? As always send feedback to:
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