It mixed many sources in its eclectic delivery: Biblical Old Testament references (e.g., The Tower of Babel, Moloch), the skyline of Manhattan (inspired by Lang""s 1924 visit), H.G.Wells"" 1895 novelThe Time Machine, Art Deco designs of the 1920s, the angular sets, labyrinthine passages, and bold lighting ofThe Cabinet of Dr.Saito announces that chief engineer Lt.Miura (K.Katsumoto) is "unworthy of command" and has been removed from his post.The men are given a day""s rest ("All work and no play make Jack a dull boy," rationalizes the ingratiating Saito) and mail (and Red Cross packages) are delivered to them.According to the suspicious Warlock in his command-center basement, the former NSA cyber-criminal Thomas Gabriel demonstrated his expert hacking power to the Joint Chiefs of Staff four years earlier by shutting down NORAD with a laptop computer, but since then, "he just fell off the grid" after being fired and smeared.As the dam burst and the flood waters rose, Stryker was drowned.Jean Gray left the jet to momentarily hold off the flood waters with her telekinetic powers, and to lift the X-Jet above he torrent (Jean: "I know what I""m doing.