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TIGHT ON a v ideo image o f a news t e l e c a s t .
no o ne t h e r e - - j u s t t h e empty newsdesk.

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S uddenly a NEWSCASTER a ppears behind the d esk
r ushed and u nkempt. Fumbles w ith h i s clip m ic
t rembling. I t ' su n s e t t l i n g ; be l ooks up a t u s ,
d e s p e r a t e l y t o sound confident. But h i s v o i c e
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L adies and g e n t l e n . I f you are
w atching this, and a r e
taking
s h e l t e r u nderground, w e s t r o n g l y u r g
you - - a l l of vou - - t o do so
i mmediately. Anywhere-- anywhere
a r e , anywhere you can find.
(beat)
A t t h i s hour, a l l w k now is t h a t
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t h e r e a r e v i s i t o r s on t h i s p l a n e t - and that t here's a c o n f l i c t between
them-- t h e Giza Pyramids have been
d estroyed-- s e c t i o n s of P a r i s .
M assive f i r e s are r aging from
Venezuela t o C hile-- a g r e a t d e a l of
Seoul, Korea . .. no l onger e xists . ..

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All t h i s m a n w a n t s t o-do i s cry. But he's a
r e al i z e now t h a t w e r i t e been SLOWLY P USHING IN
NEWSCASTER ( con t 'd )
Only weeks ago t h i s r e p o r t would've
seemed..
ludicrous. A liens..
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E a r t h as a b attleground. . .
( then, w ith growing
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I t turns o u t t hat our f a i t h was
n aive.
Premature. Perhaps, g i v e n
t h e s t a t e p f the w orld. . -simply
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Something u rgent i s YELLED ' from behind t h e c
N ewscaster looks o f f ,
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b u t i t ' s masked b y a SHATT!L'RING - - F LYING GLASS
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A T ERRIBLE WHI.STLE, then an EXPIX)SION

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WHIPPED OUT OF FRAME in the same horrible i n s t
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EXT. GOTHAM CITY

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the network skyscraper i~ being BLOWN APAR
by one of the aforementioned V I S I M R S : dre
. armor and a sort of NIXJA'S CLOAK (along with
containing a WEAPON we'll learnabout later),
the middle af a central, now-abandoned city s
strewn everywhere. He's BLOWING - - EXHALING
A THOUSAND H URRICANES.-- and flattening five c
the process.
After the buildings have fallen, a distant, es
WHOOSH can be HEAR1). This Viaitor turns to
and we QUICKLY PUSH I N on his f ace--

-- this Kryptonian's name is TY-ZOR. A handso
old, looking into the distance as the WHOOSHGR
w-Zor's mouth curls into a slight smile - - t re
radical conviction lurking behind those dark
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that conviction is, exactly, we'll learn soon
ugh.
Suffice to say, this destruction has gotten
attention he wanted.

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Suddenly we PULL BACK r b two blocks away, ANGLE
Zor - - a s two RED BOOTS hit the pavement in t
like an NBA MVP coming down from a slam dunk;coming to a satisfying halt.

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. W e can f eel his presence.
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And the CAMERA STARTS TO MOVE -boots - - S m X RISING, DRAMATICALLY
29 year-old warrior. A warrior i brilliant
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And for this one moment, i tis dreadfully silen
middle of this gothic American city - - two extra-terrestrial
soldiers facing...