The story isn""t the blackout, it""s Superman." He told her: "Three things sell papers: tragedy, sex, and Superman.People are sick of tragedy, we know you can""t write worth a damn about sex." As Clark listened to their office conversation with his sensitive hearing, he met her young asthmatic son Jason - who had wandered off into the busy press area when her yuppie fiancee Richard arrived and kissed her.LexCorp scientist Emmet Vale (Ralph Lister) described it: "The fragment is of a radioactive Xeno-mineral." Other crew members including the ship""s captain Lord Drinian (Gary Sweet), and various Minotaurs (Tavros and Jemain).Balin hypothesized hat possessing the stone would make Thorin even more irrational:That stone crowns all.With numerous pop-cultural references, movie references, one-liners, visual gags and spoofs that parodied Hollywood and fairytales: Far, Far Away (Hollywood), Burger Prince (Burger King), Farbucks (Starbucks), Versarchery (Versace), Olde Knavery (Old Navy), Saxon Fifth Avenue (Saks Fifth Avenue), Gap Queen (Gap Kids), Tower of London Records (Tower Records), Friar""s Fat Boy (Big Boy), Baskin Robinhood (Baskin Robbins), Banana Kingdom (Banana Republic), Marilyn Monroe""s infamous pose fromThe Seven Year Itch (1955)- when Fiona""s dress blows up,Meet the Parents (2000), Ghostbusters (1984),Mission: Impossible (1996), Alien (1979), Flashdance (1983),The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989),Spider-Man (2002),From Here To Eternity (1953), The Little Mermaid (1989)andThe Lord of the Rings trilogy,and even more, such as Joan Rivers"" red-carpet appearance, and the TV showCops(parodied as KNIGHTS).