>>6029651>Actor: Christopher Reeves. Director: Sidney J. Furie. Costume: John Bloomfield, based on an original design by Yvonne Blake.>Alt-text: Image from Superman IV showing Superman as played by Christopher Reevse, standing before a podium.Batman: And I know exactly what the world needs to hear.
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The skullship floats above the ruins of the airport. An unnatural violet storm radiates from its tendrils
Brainiac: Estimated completion of download in 52 minutes. Far longer than estimated.
Riddler: It’s the puny brains of this planet! The Box doesn't have enough mind power to absorb the entire internet in an hour!
Brainiac: This form possessed less computation power than was promised.
Batman: BAT-SMOKE!
Smog surrounds the hybrid. You echo a mocking laughter through the darkness.
Batman: Guess you aren’t as smart as you say, Riddler.
Riddler: INSECT!
The cybernetic tentacles cut through the smoke and grab you.
Brainiac: I improved this primate’s optics to see the whole of the electromagnetic spectrum. Your theatrics cannot hide you from me.
SFX: WHOOSHMASH!
Clark slams into Riddliac from above.
Superman: He’s not hiding. He’s baiting.
Your ally uses his heat vision to burn Brainiac’s didoes away from Riddler’s skull.
Brainiac: ENOUGH.
Green light explodes from Riddliac’s chest.
Superman: ARGH!!
Clark falls back. You can hear his skin sizzling through his clothes.
Brainiac: You have learned nothing Kryptonian. Against my intellect, your strength is meaningless. You are powerless.
Batman: His strength isn’t what makes him powerful. Bat-Remote Hacking Device!
You download your message into the opening Clark cut in Riddliac’s skin.
The alien machine is connected to every device on the planet and now so is the world’s greatest hero.
Superman: Hi everyone, I’m Kal. Some people call me Superman. Earlier today, an agent of the US Government hijacked the world’s nuclear arsenal and framed me for it. I bet the Daily Star will have a story soon. But this isn’t about me. That same agent has bonded with, Brainiac, a hostile computer intelligence. He wants to absorb all Human culture from the internet, abduct a city, and leave us to die. He wants this because he believes we are doomed, that the only thing left to do is to collect the leftovers of the past and wait to die. But I don't believe that. I don't believe every dream worth having has already been dreamt. I don’t believe this is a planet of monsters doomed to tear itself apart. If Brainaic gets our data we’ll lose millions of people. Millions of hopes, dreams, and ideas will be left bottled up on a spaceship. Countless lives ruined to satisfy a colonial ego. Brainiac doesn't believe in you. But I do. If you believe, turn off your devices. Shut down your phones. Unplug your modems. Brainiac thinks this is a dead world. A world with no future. Let’s show him Tomorrow Lives!
