"A cowtown named Rock Ridge lies directly in the proposed pathway of the railroad track.Corrupt Attorney General Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) - his door is labeled "Assistant to Governor - State Procurer," has hatched a crooked political scheme (a land snatch) and plot to clear the town of people, buy and take over he land (where the lucrative railroad will be built), and resell it to the railroad:Yes, when that railroad goes through Rock Ridge, hat land will be worth millions and I want it."Denny expressed some frustration with his occupation and groused to Mac: "Do you hink I""ll spend my whole life in this dry rot just so the rest of he world can ride around on balloon tires?.[They were projections or illusions created by the mutants to prevent the invasion.] The soldiers in the gorilla army were aghast and agitated by the scene of "brutal butchery." Out of pity, Gaius encouraged Ursus to shoot the suffering scouts, but he disagreed: "I can""t order them to do what the Lawgiver has forbidden.I come from a world far from yours.I have journeyed across an ocean of stars to reach you.For some time, your world has sheltered one of my citizens.I request that you return this individual to my custody.For reasons unknown, he has chosen to keep his existence a secret from you.He will have made efforts to blend in.He will look like you.But he is not one of you.To those of you who may know of his current location, the fate of your planet rests in your hands.To Kal-El, I say this: Surrender within 24 hours or watch his world suffer the consequences.During an interview, Glenn Woodburn spoke of the search for "Kal-El" and haphazardly mentioned: "TheDaily Planet""s Lois Lane knows who this guy is.He must have been a very important chimp, the great grandson ofKing Kong, maybe." [The illusion to the Beauty killed the Beast theme is unmistakably obvious.] Feeling sick from the sweet champagne and the "tripe" he is reading ("that silly hodgepodge of melodramatic plots") by eleven that evening, he concocts his own plot.