The typical Hitchcock MacGuffin was the question:Why do the strange attacks occur?The main inspiration for the film""s bird attacks came from mysterious, real-life avian deaths occurring in the summer of 1961.I""m all that""s left." She provided some optimism, and prophetic foreshadowing: "The universe is a big place.And you don""t know who""s out there.And even if you are the last, you""re not alone."Resuming his job at theDaily Planetin Metropolis (and looking for an apartment in the city) after an absence of five years (although no one suspected the remarkable time congruence with Superman""s absence), Clark was welcomed back by old friend - the newspaper""s photographer Jimmy Olsen (Sam Huntington), and gruff, cynical editor-in-chief Perry White (Frank Langella), characteristically barking orders.David Yates had also directed the previous film,Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), and would direct both parts of this episode.Bligh lectured the seamen:The ship""s company will remember that I am your captain, your judge, and your jury.