Just so you know, I have already begun work on Zombies' Superstar Saga 2, but I want to finish up some of the ideas I have for this story first before completing the first chapter of that one, and because it's the first chapter, I want it to be long and well-done in order to make it attention grabbing. Please wait a little longer before that story is posted.
And as for Justice of Two Worlds... Yeah, an update for that will come eventually...
This chapter contains spoilers for those who didn't watch the following movies, so please be warned.
Chapter 7
Superman
After obtaining the key from Kotarou to unlock the cabinet underneath the TV, Franchouchou looked through the collection of blu-ray discs.
"There's a lot of movies I've never seen before! All of them are released after my death, I presume," said Saki while looking through the collection.
"I know some of them, though didn't see all of them," said Ai as she looked through the collection as well.
"What should we watch?" wondered Sakura, trying to choose a movie.
"Can we please watch this?" asked a delight Junko as she held up a movie called Superman Returns. "I saw the first two movies released back in the 70s, and I love it!"
"Superman Returns? I saw that one before!" Sakura told her.
"There's another Superman movie here!" said Lily, holding up another movie called Man of Steel. "This one's released in 2013."
"Then let's give them both a try! I saw the old Superman movies before as well, so I'm curious to see how the newer ones are like!" said an enthusiastic Saki.
"Okay, then let's watch this first," said Ai as she removed the disc for Superman Returns to insert into the video player.
Noticing the disc, Junko said, "That's what people use for watching videos nowadays?"
"Yeah, cassettes fell out of style in the early 2000s, I think," Sakura told her.
After the movie was properly set up, the seven zombies sat back to enjoy it.
The airplane rescue scene
The space shuttle latched to the top of the airplane was unable to separate itself from the latter as it began to take off into space, so the plane was forcefully taken along, which also resulted in it beginning to go haywire.
Seeing this seen, a look of fright began to appear on Junko's face as the zombie began to have flashbacks of her death. Sakura noticed her nervous look and so grabbed hold of her hand to comfort her. "I should've warned you of this beforehand..." Sakura said to her.
Eventually, Superman showed up to separate the space shuttle from the airplane and allowing the former to safely fly off into space. However, the airplane was spiraling out of control and falling back towards Earth. Seeing this, Junko trembled even more as she placed her hands over her head and curled up. Ai also moved in close to her to place her hands on her shoulder in an attempt to comfort her.
Meanwhile, Saki, Lily, and Tae were leaning forward and watching the movie with great interest.
Superman grabbed the wing of the plane, only for it to get ripped off. The plane continued spinning towards the ground, heading for a baseball stadium. Inside the plane, the passengers were getting tossed around in their seats violently. Superman eventually flew in front of the plane and pushed it by the front as hard as he could to stop it from moving.
Eventually, the plane reached the baseball stadium, but it didn't crash thanks to Superman stopping its momentum and then carefully placing it onto the ground. After letting the passengers in there out, the people all around him cheered excitedly.
"All right! He did it!" exclaimed Saki.
"Awesome!" said Lily happily.
"Well, that really had me on the edge of my seat, but good thing it ended up well!" said Yuugiri.
Seeing that the plane was successfully saved, Junko let out a sigh of relief. "Are you all right, Junko?" Sakura asked her in concern.
"I'm all right..." replied the white-haired zombie.
"Maybe you shouldn't have watched that scene if it reminded you of your death," Ai said to her.
"I know I'm scared, but I still wanted to watch to the end anyway," said Junko. "I know that Superman would definitely be able to save the plane, and I want to be able to see it with my own eyes."
"Made you wish that something like this happened when you were alive, eh?" Saki said to her.
"It may sound childish, but when I saw the old movies, I always thought how awesome it would be if someone like Superman comes to rescue me whenever I am in danger and pick me up in his arms bridal style!" said Junko with a smile.
"I'm sure many people dream of being rescued by Superman too!" Sakura said to her with a smile as well.
Containing Metropolis's damage
After Lex created the new landscape, Metropolis was greatly affected by the appearance of the new landmass in a negative way, and the city began to fall apart. Superman flew around, catching falling objects to keep them from hitting anyone.
"Whoa... That's intense...!" said Saki
Superman then went underground to use his freeze breath on the fire that was approaching the underground facility and destroying it.
"Such power!" commented Yuugiri.
"Superman is really powerful! He can almost do anything!" Lily told her.
"Incredible! He's a lot more powerful than I remember him to be!" said Junko in awe.
"Better movie-making technology allowed for more exaggerated feats, which is why he looks more powerful than before," Ai told her. "Back then, there was only so much movie makers can do with limited film making technology."
Superman confronts Lex on the latter's island
Due to the island containing Kryptonite, Superman was weakened by it, so Lex and his henchmen were able to beat him up.
The zombies watched with horrified expressions at injuries the Kryptonian was receiving. "Oh no! Superman is losing!" gasped Juko.
"C'mon! Pull yourself together and beat them up!" Saki angrily said to the TV. "You can't lose to a bunch of wussy humans, especially a bald, ugly guy!"
Even Tae was growling at the screen, showing anger towards the villains.
Lex eventually stabs Superman with a Kryptonite shard, and then the latter fell off the cliff and into the sea. The zombies were shocked even more shocked to see this. Sakura saw the movie before, so she wasn't as shocked as them, as she knew what was going to happen.
Superman lifts the island into space
"Wow! That's incredible! I didn't know he can be this powerful!" said Saki in awe.
"That man is truly a god!" said Yuugiri.
After throwing the island into space, Superman passed out from his wounds and falls back to Earth, and then he was taken to hospital to be treated. Despite the doctor's efforts, the Kryptonian passed away.
"Superman... died...?!" said Junko in shock. Seeing this almost made her cry. "It... It can't be...!"
"This can't be true! He's too powerful to die!" said Saki.
"Boy, are they in for a surprise!" Sakura said in her head while chuckling a bit.
However, Superman was later found missing from his ward room. He was still alive. Seeing this, Junko sighed with relief. "Thanks goodness he's still alive!"
"I knew there's no way he can die so easily!" said Saki delightfully.
"He wouldn't be that super if that was the case," said Ai.
With that, the movie was finished. "Finished! What do you think?" Sakura asked her friends.
"It's really good!" said Junko happily. "The film making technology made it even better! I really love it! I'm so glad it has a happy ending!"
"Yeah! It's great! As much as the original was awesome, I thought it was a bit too silly at times," said Saki. "This one is a lot more serious and also has more action, which I like! Only gripe is the lack of actual fighting, though..."
"That sure was interesting!" commented Yuugiri. "I'd never thought about a person who can fly and be this powerful! The people of this era sure has lots of creativity to come up with something like this!"
"Let's watch this one!" said Lily while holding up the cover for Man of Steel. "This was released after we all died, so it will definitely be a whole new experience for us all!"
"Is that a sequel?" asked Junko.
Looking at the back of the cover, he replied, "The synopsis makes is sound like it's a reboot, meaning it has no relations to the previous Superman movies and is a completely new retelling of his origin."
"Huh, why didn't just make a continuation of this one?" wondered Saki.
"There can be several reasons for that, such as the previous one didn't do well enough to warrant a sequel, they don't have any more ideas for sequels, or they want to introduce the series to a new generation by going back to step one," replied Lily.
"Either way, let's see how this reboot compares to the original series," said Ai.
The disc is then loaded into the video player, and they sat back to watch it.
Zod shows up for the first time
"General Zod? I remember that name being the villain of the second movie," said Junko.
"Yeah, and this is a new version of him, apparently," said Ai.
Krypton explodes
The zombies watched with shocked looks as the planet began to fall apart until it exploded completely. They felt bad for all the people left behind on the planet and perished along with it. "How horrible...!" said Junko in shock.
"At least Superman is safe," Sakura told her. "But I still feel bad that he lost all his family members and relatives because of this..."
"If this is anything like the original, then I'm sure he'll find a happy foster family on Earth," said Ai.
The bar scene
The rude truck driver harassed the waitress, but Superman showed up to help her and get harassed by the truck driver himself. Superman didn't fight back, however. "What a jerk!" said Lily angrily.
"Yeah!" agreed Saki in anger too. "Superman should beat up that guy and teach him a lesson!"
"That guy's probably going to die if Superman punches him..." Sakura reminded her.
Later, the truck driver returned to his truck, only to find it mysteriously destroyed. Seeing this, Saki and Lily burst out into laughter. Pointing at the screen, Saki said in between laughs, "HAHAHAHAHA! THAT IS GOLD! HE GOT WHAT'S COMING TO HIM!"
"What goes around comes around!" said Yuugiri, also enjoying that scene.
Superman obtains his suit and takes flight for the first time
The zombies were amazed at how well filmed the flight scene was. Superman was at first jumping great heights and distances before finally flying for real at a fast speed.
"Wow! This is even more spectacular than Superman Returns!" commented Sakura in awe. "Just look at the special effects!"
"I'd totally be flying like this if I can fly as well!" said Saki. Tae let out a cry, and the blonde zombie asked her, "You also want to fly like that too, Tae?"
The tornado scene
Superman wanted to rescue Jonathan, but the latter, fearing that his son's secret would come out, told him not to, and then he was taken away by the tornado and killed.
The zombies were shocked at this scene. "His foster father died...!" said Sakura.
"And in such a horrible way too..." added Junko.
"Why didn't Superman go rescue him...?!" asked Lily.
"You saw his father raising his hand just now? Because he doesn't want people to find out that his son has powers, in fear that people will treat him differently," said Ai.
"What's so bad about that? I'm sure people will praise him nonstop and make him a celebrity!" said Saki.
Faora and Nam-Ek fights Superman
The Man of Steel was engaged in a fierce battle against two of Zod's subordinates. Saki was excited about the intense fight scene and said, "Yeah! This is what I want to see! An actual fight!"
The zombies were amazed at the powerful punches they were throwing at each other and the great distances they flew when hit. The destruction also amazed them. "Man! They're not holding back any punches with this movie!" said Ai. "This makes the previous one look like child's play in comparison!"
Final battle between Superman and Zod
Superman and Zod battled in the ruins of Metropolis, and the sheer destruction caused by their ultra intense fight had the zombies sitting on the edge of their seats the whole time. They were amazed at how the fight scene was filmed and all the special effects that went into making it look violent and fast paced.
"Wow! This is miles better than any fight scene I've ever seen on TV!" exclaimed Saki as her eyes sparkled.
"You can do it, Superman! You can beat the bad guy!" cheered Lily. Tae was also cheering for Superman, albeit her cries were incomprehensible, obviously.
Superman defeats Zod
Left with no choice, Superman broke Zod's neck in order to keep the villain from killing innocent people with his heat vision. After the villain fell dead to the floor, the Man of Steel cried out loud.
"Wow... Superman killed him...!" said Sakura in shock.
"Yeah! He deserved it!" said Saki, happy at the outcome.
"Though he seems to be unhappy about it," pointed out Yuugiri.
"Yeah, people say that Superman doesn't kill people, so even though he was left with no choice, he still felt bad for doing it," said Ai.
"But things could've been worse if he didn't," said Junko.
The movie finished shortly afterwards, and Saki said, "Wow! That was a blast! I love it better than the previous one! The fighting, action, and destruction! It's really awesome! They don't make movies like this back then!"
"I thought it was bit dark and depressing compared to the previous one," said Junko. "I'm not saying this is necessarily a bad thing. It's just that I prefer more colorful and cheerful movies."
"Yeah, people tend to think of Superman as being cheerful and full of hope, which honestly saying is something this movie doesn't really convey," said Lily.
"Guess they want to be more hardcore and even more realistic this time around," said Ai. Looking at the clock to see that it was almost midnight, she said, "I guess that's it for tonight?"
"Let's watch more movies tomorrow!" suggested Saki, and the others agreed.
"Why don't we try some animations this time?" said Sakura, picking up the blu-ray for Frozen. "This one's made by Disney. The back of the box has critics calling it one of the greatest pieces of animation ever made."
"Disney? Wow! I love Disney animations! I watch them a lot when I was a younger!" said Junko happily as she began to reminiscence the olden days. "Snow White, Bambi, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty... Those were so wonderful!"
"Then let's watch Frozen tomorrow!" suggested Sakura, and the others agreed.
END OF CHAPTER
I think this chapter could be better, but anyway, hope you liked what you read!
The only reason I made them watch Superman Returns was just so I can give Junko PTSD with the airplane scene. Muahahaha! Both her and Ai are my favorite zombies, mind you.
