This is No Fantasy

 

INT. MOVIE THEATRE

The scene is dark, as the curtains draw back. 

The black screen shows: 

JUNE 1938

An ACTION COMICS comic book appears as a BLACK AND WHITE movie begins, with a hand that opens the comic book up and begins to FLIP through it.

LITTLE GIRL NARRATOR (V.O.)

In the decades of the 1930s, even the great city of METROPOLIS was not spared the ravages of the world-wide DEPRESSION. 

And at times of fear and confusion, the job of informing the public was the responsibility of the DAILY PLANET.

INT. - ANGLE on DAILY PLANET WITHIN THE COMIC BOOK

LITTLE GIRL NARRATOR (V.O.)

(reads from the text within)

A great metropolitan newspaper, whose reputation for clarity and truth...

CAMERA LOOKS DOWN on the Daily Planet Globe comic panel, which starts to BLUR.

LITTLE GIRL NARRATOR (V.O.)

(starts to echo)

...had become a symbol of hope for the city of METROPOLIS...

EXT. THE DAILY PLANET GLOBE - NIGHT

BLACK AND WHITE scene. CAMERA PANS forward to the GLOBE that has the rotating 'DAILY PLANET' sign around it. CAMERA then TILTS toward the star-filled sky and the full moon, and TAKES OFF.

CUE SUPERMAN THE MOVIE CREDITS

EXT. SPACE

CAMERA SPEEDS through outer space.

EXT. SPACE NEAR KRYPTON

A miniscule RED DOT appears, growing larger, spreading evenly into a BLAZING RED SUN, which fills the SCREEN. 

Then we pass down through space and go past its south pole, and see what is beyond the RED SUN - the planet KRYPTON. 

A BLUE MARBLE that slowly appears to have patches of white, as the CAMERA continues FORWARD and DOWN.

As the CAMERA CONTINUES toward KRYPTON, we see white crystalline structures amidst the white surface of the planet. CAMERA HOLDS, LOOKING DOWN at the city of Kryptonopolis. There are other cities visible in the distance, and a crater as well.

EXT. KRYPTONOPOLIS - DAY

CAMERA PANS across the white, prismatic mountains of the city.

As we get CLOSER we see Kryptonopolis is constructed of pure white crystalline matter. We see spires at a severe angle, the CAMERA TRACKS across futuristic glass buildings, tunnels, and other structures, finally heading towards a specific white dome. The CAMERA CLOSES IN on the domed roof of the building:

 

JOR-EL (O.S.)

This is no Fantasy. 

No careless product of Wild Imagination.