)This third film in the series was the only one in the franchise not directly related to the other films, but instead focused on witchcraft, the power of corporate advertising, and a crazed factory owner rather than a psychopathic killer.He was reprimanded for disobeying orders: "I don""t care about oracles or prophecies or messiahs!" Lock wanted to defend Zion from destruction with obedient armed forces, and threatened to recommend to the Council that recalcitrant Morpheus be removed from active duty.After an arduous trek up a steep path of stone steps to the summit, a cloaked and hooded figure was found standing with his back to her.Afterwards as they sat at one of the tables, they listened in disbelief to a TV broadcast, in which the worried President abdicated "all authority and control over this planet to General Zod.Do me a favor, will ya? Get out of here and buy it somewhere else...I don""t like you much.What""s the idea of pullin"" her [Gloria""s] leg? You know you""re not going to take her out...You""re drunk and you""re just makin"" with the mouth...I know the dame, the lady, I mean.I don""t like what you""re doin"" to her, either...You should have seen her come in here last night looking for ya.Her eyes all rainy, and her mascara all washed away...That""s an awful high-class young lady...How the heck did she ever get mixed up with a guy who sops it up like you do?To justify his drinking and maintain his self-esteem, Birnam asserts, with a euphoric, overblown fantasy, that his imbibing will be the subject of his upcoming, semi-biographical novel entitledThe Bottle.