" Frustrated and with no other option, Superman was forced to kill Zod by snapping his neck.Lois comforted and consoled him for eliminating one of he last Kryptonites.Later, it was revealed that military surveillance drones had been deployed to track down Superman""s whereabouts.Previous films had only made fun of drunks and lushes (e.g.,The Thin Manseries, or W.C.Fields"" films).Its release was threatened when the alcohol industry offered to purchase the film""s negative and remove it from circulation, but then praised and supported the film following its popular release (and critical success).A sleepy-eyed, nocturnal old Owl flew to its tree dwelling and yawned as it prepared to sleep.As the camera rose in the tree higher up, a gray squirrel and a smaller chipmunk were just waking up.He wears a dark priestly robe and has a distinctive, jagged widow""s peak on his forehead.Werdegast greets his old friend - or enemy: "It has been a long time Hjalmar.The years have been kind to you." Poelzig also takes a desirous, but repressed, covert interest in Joan.When they are alone together, Werdegast is outwardly cordial, but in a tense scene, he confronts and taunts his host Poelzig with raging animosity for betraying him (and thousands of other Hungarians) over fifteen years earlier.