[Superman had cleverly reconfigured the machine before they arrived to reverse its effects, knowing that Luthor would betray him, so that anythingoutsidethe chamber would lose its powers when the machine was activated.The dark comedy""s local color is provided by the flat-accented, dead-pan voices, regional dialect, and exaggerated, down-home mannerisms of the Midwestern characters and oft-repeated phrases such as "You betcha," "Aw Jeez," "You""re darn tootin"", "Okie-Dokie," "Yup," "Be there in a jif," and "Yah.Jackson) advised that there weren""t enough Jedi to enforce the act: "We""re keepers of the peace, not soldiers."In the well-acted, authentic-feeling story, Hud also develops a relationship with his innocent, idol-worshipping, adoring, 17-year-old nephew, Lon Bannon (Brandon de Wilde), who must choose between Hud""s and Homer""s lifestyles.Stebbins.Powers was fuming about the falsity of Foreign Correspondent Stebbins"" unsatisfactory report: "I could get more news out of Europe looking in the crystal ball.