Superman 2 - Zod & Lex in White House

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  • @phantommercenary8650
    @phantommercenary8650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1405

    I love how Luthor enters the room very meek and apologetic. By the time the scene ends, he's sitting in the President's chair with his feet up on the desk. Masterful.

    • @NotShowingOff
      @NotShowingOff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I find it hard to believe that Luthor can manipulate these ppl. They probably realize they can kill him at any time, but still.

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Comedic direction was also great for that scene.
      After getting his hand nearly destroyed by, correction, *Ursa,* he tries avoiding her while still doing his sales pitch, while she is silently hunting him.
      Waiting for a nod from Zod to crush him like the puny insect he is.

    • @zt1053
      @zt1053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@NotShowingOff they wanted to kill Jor El's son more

    • @charlesjwin
      @charlesjwin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@AudieHolland "Ursa" is her name.

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@charlesjwin Thanks!
      You just know while watching the entire movie, that Zod was never going to keep his promise to Luthor.

  • @56postoffice
    @56postoffice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +986

    *"Lex Luther, ruler of Australia."* Still love this sequel.

    • @Adino1
      @Adino1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Dark Alternate timeline

    • @luthermcgee432
      @luthermcgee432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yep! Good 'ol Lex Luthor.

    • @skipper4126
      @skipper4126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      My country is where all the criminals from civilisation were sent at one time or another.. might as well have the best of them run the place, can't do a worse job than the current lot.

    • @drixg555
      @drixg555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      a.k.a. Why Captain Boomerang Emigrated to the States in That One Universe.

    • @thegadflygang5381
      @thegadflygang5381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The man does love beachfront property. It is his one true passion

  •  7 ปีที่แล้ว +487

    Lex expecting people from another planet to know who he is lol

    • @xxlCortez
      @xxlCortez 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      MP R he was always known to be humble.

    • @THEREALGULLYTV
      @THEREALGULLYTV 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LOL

    • @souryabanik
      @souryabanik 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      well he's the greatest criminal mastermind after all!

    • @mikecronis
      @mikecronis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Could be testing the amount of their current knowledge of Earth (Houston).

    • @dougmaclennan8654
      @dougmaclennan8654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Gene Hackman incredible in this scene.

  • @samuelholmes3696
    @samuelholmes3696 5 ปีที่แล้ว +908

    Gene Hackman was an EXCELLENT choice for Lex Luthor!

    • @blakehammerpack4710
      @blakehammerpack4710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Zooman X so dies John lithgow.

    • @jackhamilton9604
      @jackhamilton9604 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Telly Savalas would have been better

    • @kencummings953
      @kencummings953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Gene Wilder was the only other contemporary who could have played Lex as well as Hackman.

    • @logant44
      @logant44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hackman was highly celebrated in his day. Don’t worry

    • @MattKearneyFan1
      @MattKearneyFan1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jackhamilton9604 a good equal but no better

  • @HadoukenSpammer
    @HadoukenSpammer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +621

    LUTHOR: I can give you the son of Jor-El.
    Zod: Jor-El?
    Luthor: I've said that, didn't I?
    Zod: Jor-El, our jailer?
    Luthor: No, Jor-El, the baseball player.

    • @thebandit0256
      @thebandit0256 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Luthor: You

    • @simonster-9094
      @simonster-9094 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I used to know someone named Jarrell.

    • @daustin8888
      @daustin8888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LOL

    • @THEREALGULLYTV
      @THEREALGULLYTV 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LOL

    • @runetide
      @runetide 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Dowhat Iwant Memes? Those were direct quotes from the video. Did you not watch it?

  • @mrripley867
    @mrripley867 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1871

    I always thought Ursa was a smoking hot,,, who agrees with me>?

    • @coryferguson8234
      @coryferguson8234 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Mr Ripley totally agree

    • @reemthinrichs4263
      @reemthinrichs4263 7 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      She is trinity of the 80s

    • @zoso73
      @zoso73 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      70s (these scenes were shot in the late 70s).

    • @wo3701
      @wo3701 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Her legs

    • @HarshPTHESNAKEFIST
      @HarshPTHESNAKEFIST 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Will K So totally right 😍😊

  • @bengrimm1222
    @bengrimm1222 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Gene Hackman is a GOAT. To transition from drama/action to comedy like he did, and keep going back and forth. Just a masterful actor.

    • @jumahbrady670
      @jumahbrady670 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Facts 💯

  • @christopherthorne8133
    @christopherthorne8133 6 ปีที่แล้ว +897

    The role reversal here is amazing. Lex starts the scene at the door, waving the white flag so to speak and Zod and co at the Presidents desk. Fast forward a coupla minutes and Lex is smoking a stogie and is in the 'drivers seat' with Zod and co right where Lex started. Luthor is one of the most intelligent villains ever!

    • @lynnwalker3503
      @lynnwalker3503 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Agreed lol.

    • @srb9
      @srb9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Exactly why Lex is a super villain !

    • @xxlCortez
      @xxlCortez 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not really, because he kept betraying superman despite zod repeatedly broke their agreement.

    • @summer20105707
      @summer20105707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@xxlCortez But at the end Zod called him ruler of Australia. Lex is a genius. And even if Zod defeats superman. Ole Lexxy will likely find Kryptonite or come up with some way to defeat those 3 himself. Lex is more dangerous than all of them.

    • @xxlCortez
      @xxlCortez 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      summer20105707 not really. He called him ruler of Australia while he needed him to depower superman. They agreed that Lex leads them to the land of solitude for that and zod immediately betrayed him.
      As for "finding kryptonite", it doesnt grow every corner. He wouldnt have time to do so if they kill him as soon as they beaten superman. They also lack any restraint, if Lex somehow has them in one place with a kryptonite, they can eyebeam him to death or snap his neck.

  • @luctran1540
    @luctran1540 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Just when I came to America from Vietnam, Superman 2 was in theater. Our family went to see this film, I was only 10yrs old then. I loved this scene so much. Gene Hackman and Reeve were the best.

  • @johnusher7628
    @johnusher7628 6 ปีที่แล้ว +443

    Love the scene when he tries to hold ursas hand

    • @Stephen10528
      @Stephen10528 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      john usher Why did he try to do that?!

    • @johnusher7628
      @johnusher7628 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@Stephen10528 Well he probably thought he could charm her BIG MISTAKE !!

    • @WinslowLeach1974
      @WinslowLeach1974 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      And four decades later, just released from prison sans powers but newly 'empowered,' Ursa "#metoo's" Lex Luthor.

    • @lynnwalker3503
      @lynnwalker3503 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Me too, and how she slowly starts to crush it! LOL

    • @vladskiobi
      @vladskiobi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@WinslowLeach1974 I mean Lois killed her, can't really #metoo when you're dead.

  • @AnthonyD-sf9jf
    @AnthonyD-sf9jf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    Luthor's thumb getting crushed always gets me even till now.. Plus his sarcastic voice "no JorEl the baseball player." 😂😂😂

    • @scottwalker6947
      @scottwalker6947 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I always wondered if that was an ad lib between Hackman, and Douglas.

  • @carsondyle6116
    @carsondyle6116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    At the very end of this clip (2:44-2:46) Gene Hackman as Lex Luther sitting in the President's Chair in the Oval Office with his feet propped up on the desk, smoking a cigar, and giving Richard Nixon's famous Victory Salute with both hands is absolutely priceless.

    • @MoneyMan28
      @MoneyMan28 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Don't waste your time playing chess, even a 5-year-old can beat you or Magnus using a 4,000 free engine, all openings memorized by comp

    • @spkanava
      @spkanava ปีที่แล้ว +2

      1979

    • @MMAfighter38113
      @MMAfighter38113 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@spkanava 1977

    • @miguelthealpaca8971
      @miguelthealpaca8971 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh is that what that is? I never knew that was a famous victory pose.

    • @eujrvision2296
      @eujrvision2296 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nixon put his feet up on the desk often

  • @tommym321
    @tommym321 5 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    Nobody has presence like Gene Hackman

    • @garrchristopher3950
      @garrchristopher3950 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I agree

    • @cameron1975williams
      @cameron1975williams 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Except for Brando. Shame they never shared the screen together.

    • @starwarsroo2448
      @starwarsroo2448 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@sportinlife1 Hackman is regarded as one of the best actors of all time , never been underrated, even in my top 5

    • @nihilistcentraluk442
      @nihilistcentraluk442 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sportinlife1 he has been given his due.He was great

    • @DartLuke
      @DartLuke 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He is good. But my favorite Lex Luthor is Michael Rosenbaum

  • @Diozark
    @Diozark 6 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    Ursa and those cut pants and arm outfit,, Rawrrrr.

  • @adventuressurvivalinthailand
    @adventuressurvivalinthailand 5 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    I like how the three of them March out the door, "we shall kill him". They don't even know where he is. Lol

    • @SirCraigius
      @SirCraigius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Its a small planet, they'll just keep knocking down cities till they find him.

    • @jameshildreth8992
      @jameshildreth8992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @The Other Point Of View True. But I think the point was to have Lex ironically switch places with them.

    • @frankgates6663
      @frankgates6663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SirCraigius That comment is really underrated.

    • @TallSilentGuy
      @TallSilentGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm guessing they were planning to draw him out rather than seek him out.

    • @paulpeter4291
      @paulpeter4291 ปีที่แล้ว

      Freakin funny!!!

  • @lizmorganjake
    @lizmorganjake 6 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    Lex's ego certainly knows no bounds. The way he says his name, then repeats it, as if everyone should know who he is. And later in the movie, when he seems stunned that they would want to kill him. "Kill me? Lex Luthor?"

    • @jakerojas4942
      @jakerojas4942 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That's how villains are powerful. They snake their way into everybody's life/ brain in order to get you to give some of your attention to them.

    • @DarthVader1977
      @DarthVader1977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jakerojas4942 They wear little hats.

    • @stevensenator4804
      @stevensenator4804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And later in the movie, when he seems stunned that they would want to kill him. "Kill me? Lex Luthor?"
      ==================================================================
      I agree. That was a great line.

  • @ucanquoteme7404
    @ucanquoteme7404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    "Lex Luthor's keen mind, Lex Luthor's saavy!" And both are on full display. He walks in like a sneaking little rat. Two minutes later, he's barking orders at them with a cigar in his mouth and his feet propped up. And the best part? Zod and crew are following them, without question or hesitation!
    I love this scene! It perfectly shows just how smart, cunning, and manipulative Lex Luthor really should be.

    • @sandal_thong8631
      @sandal_thong8631 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He's interesting, but do we need him in _every_ Superman movie, (including the corporate substitute in _Superman III)?_ They should have called the 2006 movie, _Lex Luthor Returns._ For the next installment, he'll be coming back again.

  • @manolokonosko2868
    @manolokonosko2868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    The acting and sharp dialogue on the first 2 films is worth gold. Never been matched by any of the remakes even with the tens of millions thrown at it on special effects .

    • @VinnieBoombatz374
      @VinnieBoombatz374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yeah, just a different time and place. Quality in film has gone to pot.

    • @Cukito4
      @Cukito4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No relation between dialogue and special effects. Tomatoes and oranges.

    • @lamueldagon7618
      @lamueldagon7618 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@VinnieBoombatz374 Agreed

    • @lamueldagon7618
      @lamueldagon7618 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely

    • @monetenglish68
      @monetenglish68 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Absolutely....I mean he special effects were just a bonus attraction. The acting was superb. The way they used their bodies and voices to draw you in. Now we have special effects over load 🤣.

  • @seanwood8883
    @seanwood8883 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Ursa though, whoa, what a woman. I fancied her like mad when I was younger 😍😍😍

    • @chrishague8759
      @chrishague8759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      She was very strong and sexy don't know what she meant by puny planet though

  • @tabibnialawfirm
    @tabibnialawfirm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    Gene Hackman is just a brilliant actor. Terrific in every role.

  • @rmglover3191
    @rmglover3191 7 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    my childhood says "thank you" . thoroughly enjoyed this!
    ...."australia"....!

  • @obliviousmode575
    @obliviousmode575 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I loved it when Ursa crushed Lex’s hand when he tried to hold her hand. Lol!

    • @drumking241
      @drumking241 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yep, she wasn't having none of it lol and that shove too, she was not a fan of Lex

  • @WarhawkBeyond2040
    @WarhawkBeyond2040 5 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    All due respect to Sarah Douglas and Jack O' Halloran who were great but Terence Stamp and especially Gene Hackman owned this scene, their characters are the complete opposites in terms of the type of villain they are but yet they worked so well together. Fantastic performance from two of the best actors in movie history

    • @HoustonSoto
      @HoustonSoto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      The first true big screen supervillain team up (not counting Batman ‘66). The irony is that they have a lot in common; they both love the sound of their own name, repeatedly speaking in the third person. They have beautiful right hand women, and buffoonish but useful henchmen. One hates the father the other hates the son. So similar but SO different.

    • @WarhawkBeyond2040
      @WarhawkBeyond2040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@HoustonSoto another thing they have in common is they both like to be in control but the one difference between Zod and Lex is, Zod knows exactly what he wants and very rarely ever bragged about himself but Lex was always constantly reminding anyone who was willing to listen who he was at any given opportunity

    • @lessermook7608
      @lessermook7608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They were like troublesome siblings Krypton couldn't take anymore.

    • @LordTalax
      @LordTalax ปีที่แล้ว +2

      All Jack did was growl sometimes. Any tall, tough looking actor could have done that role.

    • @sandal_thong8631
      @sandal_thong8631 ปีที่แล้ว

      No sign of Lex Luthor in _The Flash._ Could he have beaten Zod?

  • @beav1962
    @beav1962 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Love this scene. Just enough lightness for fun and enough sinister to move the story along

  • @davedrabczyk2773
    @davedrabczyk2773 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I always loved when Ursa crushes his thumb lol.

  • @Migz2682
    @Migz2682 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    The exchange between Luthor and zod it's just awesome it's so fun and entertaining that lex can be scared but confident, zod could be curious yet authoritarian

  • @EdwardGarcia-ig4kk
    @EdwardGarcia-ig4kk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    “Plus, Lex Luthors keen mind, Lex Luthors savvy, Lex Luthors career guidance, Lex Luthors school of…”. LOVE that!

  • @Martvandelay
    @Martvandelay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This is true filmmaking: The way the camera moves, the shots, the editing and the acting. Flawless.

  • @RCaIabraro
    @RCaIabraro 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Zod is so utterly bored by the time Lex shows up. He just sits there and allows Lex to monologue because at least it's something different.

  • @jamesfeldman4234
    @jamesfeldman4234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Zod: "Jor-El our jailer?" Lex: "No, Jor-El the baseball player." LOL!

    • @chrishague8759
      @chrishague8759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What did ursa mean by puny planet

    • @RichardX1
      @RichardX1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chrishague8759 she was responding to Lex's claim to be "the greatest criminal mind on Earth."

    • @chrishague8759
      @chrishague8759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RichardX1 I was disappointed that the military didn't use missiles, fighter jets and tanks and maybe warships against the alien trio surely the military gave up far too easily

    • @theily1724
      @theily1724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chrishague8759 What indicated to you that the trio weren’t impervious to those attacks as well? Why waste the resources if it’s clear it won’t produce results?

    • @chrishague8759
      @chrishague8759 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@theily1724 it just seemed poor how the military gave up easily they should have deployed tanks outside the white house or intercepted them with jets

  • @savagestan2543
    @savagestan2543 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    "My Fullness" and "Australia". Words burned into my mind by Gene Hackman. From Popeye Doyle, to the comedy of Lex Luthor and the blind man in Young Frankenstein, to tough guy sheriff in Unforgiven. Hackman had range.

  • @HarPlayer
    @HarPlayer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    notice those legs

  • @matthewdunham1689
    @matthewdunham1689 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Lex putting the move on Ursa. LOL

  • @wotdoesthisbuttondo
    @wotdoesthisbuttondo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Lex was always hilarious, "Otisburg!??"

    • @maccafan1974
      @maccafan1974 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      It’s a little bitty place.

    • @wwb16
      @wwb16 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@maccafan1974 Otisburg?!

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      it's a little itty bitty place...

    • @SirCraigius
      @SirCraigius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @ Ms. Teschmacher has a place of her own!

    •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SirCraigius Promises were made; Gifts were exchanged.

  • @angelopetrozzi44
    @angelopetrozzi44 7 ปีที่แล้ว +299

    Gene Hackman best Lex Luther of all time

    • @Choices2aa
      @Choices2aa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Lex Luthor wait a minute I can give you anything you want! I can give you the son of Jor-EL! Lex Luthor had me laughing and I love Superman 2 Superman 3 stupid and so was Superman 4 was even worse. I love Gene Hackman as a bad guy!

    • @shadowdramon01
      @shadowdramon01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      *Cough* Clancy Brown *Cough*

    • @pushalusha5281
      @pushalusha5281 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      YEEES! Kevin Spacey didnt do it for me. He never yelled for Ms. Teshmacher.

    • @Rlotpir1972
      @Rlotpir1972 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      MISS TESCHMACHER!!!!!

    • @veets207
      @veets207 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Totally agree. Gene Hackman is one of the best actors ever. Putts Brad Pitt in his back pocket.

  • @lessermook7608
    @lessermook7608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Ursa following him around is so funny, Lex on the verge of life & death. But he still chewing the scene.

  • @dannydinosaur73
    @dannydinosaur73 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    "No, Jor-el-ah baseball player! Yes, Jor-el your jailer." LMAO 😂😆

  • @adrianross8383
    @adrianross8383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    As an Australian he was absolutely right about investing here. Sydney is right up there among the most expensive real estate on the planet, as are most waterfront properties here. Would have picked them up for a bargain in 1980.

    • @YD-uq5fi
      @YD-uq5fi ปีที่แล้ว

      The property prices would plunge if it became a dictatorship under Luthor's rule.

    • @robertmorris8997
      @robertmorris8997 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Especially by edict from Zod.

    • @martinalarcon3108
      @martinalarcon3108 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He can rule Australia 🇦🇺 along with raygun the greatest breakdancer from Australia? Wink 😉 wink 😜

    • @ESP351
      @ESP351 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Couldnt do any worse than the twits running the joint at the moment.​@martinalarcon3108

  • @booboolips6053
    @booboolips6053 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Still, the funniest moment is when Lex tried to slide his hand onto Ursa’s.😂

  • @MrSpuzzz
    @MrSpuzzz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “Well my fullness, as I explained to you before, I’m about the best there is”. Hilarious dialog and indeed Hackman delivers it better than anyone could.

  • @lorraineridout5727
    @lorraineridout5727 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Sarah douglas gives the best evils ...love it ! Fabulous

    • @JnEricsonx
      @JnEricsonx ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Glad I met her.

  • @vectorm4
    @vectorm4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    How rapidly Lex takes control. Genius.

    • @GizmoMaltese
      @GizmoMaltese ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They could have threatened him and given up nothing.

  • @The-Wolf-with-no-name
    @The-Wolf-with-no-name 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Gene Hackman is such a Brilliant actor...good guy, villain and comic genius. He did all types of roles....sad he doesn't act anymore. His lex Luthor is still the best

    • @JMBluecoat8289
      @JMBluecoat8289 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It’s his choice I suppose, but I think there is something amiss when a person with that much talent decides to call it a day. There are few movies that Mr Hackman has been in that weren’t classics or at least very good. The Conversation, The French Connection, even The Firm - all great performances from him. Christopher Plummer kept going. Why couldn’t he?

    • @alliwishis_2
      @alliwishis_2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@JMBluecoat8289 For what I heard he was supposed to have gotten nominated for 2 different oscars at two different times but both of them went to two different actors

  • @itsintheword230
    @itsintheword230 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lol.....Lex was the man....could swindle his way out of anything. When that lady crushed his hand and when he said " Gerell the baseball player"!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @rustykuntz94
    @rustykuntz94 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I wish you kept it going for when Zod says "Lex Luther, ruler of Australia." I just loved the way Terence Stamp said it.

    • @YouLoveMrFriendly
      @YouLoveMrFriendly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That was in the fortress, at the end.

    • @spkanava
      @spkanava ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1979

  • @ReinoldFZ
    @ReinoldFZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I love how there is a subtle flirting from Lex to Ursa, and she acts playfully toward it :3

    • @likestallwomen
      @likestallwomen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Actually I think after she almost destroyed his hand she was wanting to do more damage to him the way she kept following him

    • @andysahs1599
      @andysahs1599 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@likestallwomen She hated men except General Zod and Non .

    • @crazedvole
      @crazedvole ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@andysahs1599 I think I heard somewhere that when Ursa was accused of "endangering even the children of the planet Krypton" it was only boys. And you saw the look on her face when Non killed the boy. "Who will never become a man!"

  • @Xylarxcode
    @Xylarxcode 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Ursa following Lex around like a cat, lol. Always silent, always watching and you never know why they're doing that or when they're gonna jump you.

    • @NotShowingOff
      @NotShowingOff 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      But I never understood why. Would you follow around a person when you’ve x-rayed them and are far superior to them physically? It’s like they gave Kryptonians human behaviors despite them being far beyond human.

  • @FreakyTeeth
    @FreakyTeeth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    "I told you this was a puny planet." Oh my god what an underrated gem this movie is.

    • @chrishague8759
      @chrishague8759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why did ursa think it was a puny planet

    • @ai6894
      @ai6894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chrishague8759 the planet was run by mortal, human *men* . She always despised men (except for Zod) and threatened children on Krypton.

    • @alansmithee183
      @alansmithee183 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@chrishague8759 Ursa likes her planets a little more...well-endowed

  • @davidkaneda3317
    @davidkaneda3317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Zod looking bored being the ruler of the world. Priceless!

  • @andyroseby4539
    @andyroseby4539 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "What do you want?" (quietly)
    "Australia!!!" (with aplomb)
    Still makes me laugh-hurt now.....

  • @maldicientin
    @maldicientin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    0:45 I lost it when he was going to say Lex Luthor's School of Better Real Estate

    • @austinpearce5442
      @austinpearce5442 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      maldicientin Lex University

    • @johnnyfavorite1194
      @johnnyfavorite1194 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Austin Pearce I’m pretty sure he was going to say Lex Luther’s School of Better Reasoning. Better Real Estate makes no sense in terms of the Super Villains.

    • @lambert2332
      @lambert2332 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      But this Luthor is obsessed with real state

    • @ChrisWooten85
      @ChrisWooten85 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I like to imagine he was going to say "school of better reunions"

    • @scottyclayton5604
      @scottyclayton5604 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It always sounded like "School of Bettering" to me.

  • @stevenguy4057
    @stevenguy4057 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Best portrayal of Lex Luthor ever

    • @vernonherb
      @vernonherb ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rosenbaum was a better classic luthor
      And Supeman TAS Lex is perfect
      But Gene's version can not be duplicated... hes different but so smart and funny... and boy did he take command of this scene

  • @Lawlietftw30
    @Lawlietftw30 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Ursa in the whole scene, yes, but also... 0:08 Ursa's LEG.

    • @chrishague8759
      @chrishague8759 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What did ursa mean when she called earth a puny planet

    • @breezy3392
      @breezy3392 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chrishague8759 She means if Lex is the greatest mind, then that's pretty pathetic

    • @chrishague8759
      @chrishague8759 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@breezy3392 i would have thought the military would have not surrendered so easily i thought they would have used tanks,missiles and fighter jets

  • @mikeysuzefour
    @mikeysuzefour ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is STILL one of the best scenes in the film--TY Richard Donner Director's Cut!

  • @Wowmusicable
    @Wowmusicable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is so far the best Superman movie of them all!

  • @bradlafferty6076
    @bradlafferty6076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This scene is still classic, holds up great. Funny writing!

  • @threea1061
    @threea1061 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love the way Ursa keeps pushing Luthor!

  • @q.t.gamingfamily
    @q.t.gamingfamily 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I've been using "why do you say this to me when you know I'll kill you for it" line ever since I first heard it in 1978. 😆

    • @generalzod7959
      @generalzod7959 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, I still use it too!

    • @q.t.gamingfamily
      @q.t.gamingfamily ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @generalzod7959 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 now THAT'S awesome, General!

    • @j_m_b_1914
      @j_m_b_1914 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL! I say this line all the time. Unfortunately the older I get, the more Millenials and Gen-Zers just think they're hearing a mad-man talk to them. I've tried quoting Blazing Saddle lines but I just come across as racist now.

    • @paulbradshaw3337
      @paulbradshaw3337 ปีที่แล้ว

      H e said it in Superman 2 in 1981

    • @q.t.gamingfamily
      @q.t.gamingfamily ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paulbradshaw3337 yes, my mistake. Superman I was lex Luthor. It was in Superman 2 when the 3 prisoners were freed from that mirror prison (I forgot what it was called). I had the hugest crush on Christopher Reeve back then lol

  • @HoustonSoto
    @HoustonSoto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Stares death in the face, literally at odds with a force that just took over the planet, and ends up kicking his feet up on the presidents desk while lighting up a stoge. I don’t care what anyone says; Gene Hackman’s Lex Luthor was the baddest mother fucker of the bunch.

    • @vernonherb
      @vernonherb ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Facts.. that took balls of steel

  • @desotowright
    @desotowright 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Lex: "You are three."
    Non: *grunts*
    Lex: "Or four if you count him twice."

  • @elijahgriffiths7014
    @elijahgriffiths7014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Great scene by everyone involved!!! Lex's little snippet " I just said that didn't I?" Subtle but funny.

  • @johnnyfavorite1194
    @johnnyfavorite1194 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Happy 90th Birthday to great Gene Hackman. Always loved that moment at 0:43 “Lex Luthor’s school of better REEEEEASONING!”

  • @tmrezzek5728
    @tmrezzek5728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Looking back, it's so refreshing to have a criminal supermind who doesn't growl and mumble and get all Method-acting via a horrible character backstory. Hackman is having fun with the part simply because his Lex Luthor is having FUN being a villain.

  • @williamkeough284
    @williamkeough284 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Jor-El The Baseball Player... so funny. Thanks for posting this. BTW, Iive in Australia!!!

  • @magicalThinktank
    @magicalThinktank ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2:10 I love how eagerly they're leaving the room without knowing where they're supposed to be going until Lex reminds them.

  • @mattabraham3549
    @mattabraham3549 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    His pronunciation of General always get me.

  • @luiszuluaga6575
    @luiszuluaga6575 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gene Hackman was so good at being a character and one has to appreciate the depth of conviction to which he approached each of them

  • @Whoknowsuknow
    @Whoknowsuknow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Ursa struggled to shove Lex forward, for a woman who could literally blow a helicopter out of the sky.

    • @pastortimhahn4343
      @pastortimhahn4343 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not to mention, earlier in the movie she was in pain after a snake bite!

    • @charleyyoho4693
      @charleyyoho4693 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now this is classy film making and dialogue...not forced like todays

  • @bryantmungo3123
    @bryantmungo3123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    LEX totally worked that Room like a "G" !!!!! lol

  • @jontibloom
    @jontibloom 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Gene Hackman was his brilliant best here

  • @ray.shoesmith
    @ray.shoesmith 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As an Australian, we've had worse

  • @Jamescreaney
    @Jamescreaney 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Classic movie. Miss those days

  • @niceguy60
    @niceguy60 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If Lex didn't think Quick he would be Dead here

  • @richardstorm4603
    @richardstorm4603 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This General Zod is the only General Zod. There are no equals.

  • @creasemason6347
    @creasemason6347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Gene Hackman is a crazy guy...
    Only he would go in to a room with three superhuman villains and attempt to get Austrailia, lol

  • @shazanali692
    @shazanali692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Alwasy gets me from the first time I watched it AUSTRALIA

  • @brucedavis3816
    @brucedavis3816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Man I love Lex's jabs at Zod!!!

  • @Housephonestimes4
    @Housephonestimes4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ursa! The human feral cat!

  • @ImYourHuckleberry_29
    @ImYourHuckleberry_29 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hackman is too good of an actor

  • @christopherthorkon3997
    @christopherthorkon3997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    You know, after having lived a little life and seeing how many strange people have come and gone through the Oval Office, having these four in the Oval Office doesn't seem so bad.

    • @TH-sn7mw
      @TH-sn7mw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      They would definitely be an improvement over the drooling incoherent resident who now occupies it.

    • @jamesbutler8821
      @jamesbutler8821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@TH-sn7mw Nope, Trump is gone

    • @waluigitime1780
      @waluigitime1780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jamesbutler8821 No he was the man child.
      Biden is the drooling neanderthal.

    • @PR--un4ub
      @PR--un4ub 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@TH-sn7mw You guys *loved* Regan, Alzheimer's and all. The double standard is hilarious.

    • @A203D
      @A203D 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesbutler8821 Don't you get it yet. They mainipulated us for years. Haven't you figured out why they defrauded the election.
      ... Because of course, its not really a vaccine.

  • @Lord_of_The_World
    @Lord_of_The_World 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I miss Gene Hackman. Loved every movie he's been in.

    • @univang1852
      @univang1852 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Uncommon Valor was a great movie with Hackman in it

    • @spkanava
      @spkanava ปีที่แล้ว

      1979

  • @knoxsecurity2931
    @knoxsecurity2931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The best bit or roguery in the history of film...oh my fullness 😆

  • @zerocool1344
    @zerocool1344 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    What do you want? Australia...

  • @TOMKHOMION
    @TOMKHOMION 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Gene was brillant as always

  • @RoadRallyLife
    @RoadRallyLife ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Crazy that there isn't a single scene in the Snyderverse with an iota of the writing, class, and humor of this one scene.

    • @trueblue6201
      @trueblue6201 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think you over value this scene.

    • @spkanava
      @spkanava ปีที่แล้ว

      1979

    • @RoadRallyLife
      @RoadRallyLife ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@trueblue6201 oh not at all, it's not the greatest scene but my statement holds true.

    • @trueblue6201
      @trueblue6201 ปีที่แล้ว

      @RoadRallyLife Yeah you definitely overvalued this scene.

  • @vladskiobi
    @vladskiobi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    He should've kept some Kryptonite. And then been like "Give me Australia and I take it away."

  • @hernandezrivas
    @hernandezrivas 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Gene Hackman is an awsome actor!!!
    Man He kicks ass!!!

  • @arlieferguson3990
    @arlieferguson3990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The world is a big place. Thank goodness my needs are small.

  • @vincentmartinez8241
    @vincentmartinez8241 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We have all of this without you. You can not bargain with what you don't have!

  • @mattes7844
    @mattes7844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love how Zod; from another planet still knew bargaining right when he heard it. "What...do you want".

    • @VashtheStampede007
      @VashtheStampede007 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is the brain of the group 💁‍♂️.
      I mean he wouldn’t be a general if he is dumb.

    • @Filthy_Larry
      @Filthy_Larry 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just because you from another world doesn’t mean their retarded.

  • @victorwilson6826
    @victorwilson6826 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:15 No, Jor-el, the baseball player ! 😂

  • @andreathompson-bg4hl
    @andreathompson-bg4hl ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Zod is my all time favorite. Kneel.

  • @edinscot56789
    @edinscot56789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The greatest Lex Luthor in my opinion

    • @babybird871
      @babybird871 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes..don`t know they couldn`t have used a different villain in Superman Returns..

  • @TANKTREAD
    @TANKTREAD 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    STILL my favorite "Superman" movie. Love the Ken Thorne composed and conducted score(with thematic material composed by John Williams).

  • @Yuurei21
    @Yuurei21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    0:43 still gives me a good belly laugh.

  • @tonyscott1658
    @tonyscott1658 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I always get a kick out of Lex Luthor's appreciation for "beach front property" 🙂

  • @melquannshabazz2224
    @melquannshabazz2224 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Gene Hackman and Terrence Stamp are simply BRILLIANT 💯💯

  • @catsandbarbells
    @catsandbarbells 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I loved this movie as a kid. What a great sequel. Right down to the whole "Ruler of Australia" gag.😂

  • @leafyutube
    @leafyutube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I didn't realize when I was a kid that Ursa is hot.

  • @alliwishis_2
    @alliwishis_2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This whole movie was phenomenal and historic but this clip is the part that actually made it for me. Thanks for the Post