Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)This was the ninth film in the series - a nasty remake (or updated re-imagining) of the original 1978 film - with the first half or two-thirds a prequel, and the final half or third a fairly faithful remake and reshooting of the original.Inside, the crystal glowed a bright green color - it was the color of Krypton, an amazing discovery (and partial evidence of the terraforming efforts of Zod) that would bring problems in the near future.The film""s plot is similar to the story in the Biblical Book of Ruth, and the film""s title was derived from Deuteronomy 11:21 ("That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord swore unto your fathers to give them, as thedays of heavenupon the earth.The sprawling post-war Technicolored spectacle followed the Lone Star State""s remarkable transition over the years from the hard-work of agrarian cattle-ranching to oil-industry production.