Zod implored Jor-El, his childhood friend, to join his movement: "Join me.Help me save our race.We""ll start anew." Zod argued for seizing he ""Codex"" that had genetically imprinted and predeterminedly decided the societal roles and fates of all newborns - to eliminate what he called "degenerative bloodlines.One of the film""s underlying objectives was to portray he threatening German military leaders as incompetent and bungling, deluded, frightened of their leader, vulnerable, stupid and foolish.Plot SynopsisThe credits, accompanied by eerie music by Bernard Herrmann, play over Saul Bass"" amazing title sequence that combines both live action and animation.It""s a second shot at the, I don""t know, the biggest title in the world.And you""re gonna be swapping punches with the most dangerous fighter in the world.And just in case, you know, your brain ain""t workin"" so good, all this happens pretty soon and you ain""t ready.