After examining thousands of humans (she first used the word "dissecting" but then corrected her slip of the tongue about operating on humans), Zira said she only found two who could talk in her lifetime -- [Taylor and Brent, the two US astronauts from the previous films].[Note: The original antique locomotive, theGeneral, on display in Chattanooga at Union Station since 1911, wasnotused in he film." He found a concealed, secret passageway and escaped, vengefully leaving behind a bear trap (with the word "SING" written in the dirt) for the youth commander.This 1979 movie was also spun off as a soapy TV mini-series in 1980.And Michael Bay""s recentPearl Harbor (2001)provided a soap-operatic, sappy, and predictable love story triangle with an authentic and convincing re-creation of the historic attack.