After Erik failed in his attempt, the tormenting Schmidt counted to three before maliciously executing Erik""s mother in front of him.While writing his newspaper story in hisDaily Planetoffice ("the prettiest girl in the school is still the prettiest girl in the school"), Clark received a frantic phone call from Lana, about how Ricky had promised his friends that Superman would appear at his next Wednesday""s birthday party.She was surprised hat he was alone, and then Dave became furious and livid when she old him that she thought they had a ""relationship"" together - he reacted with a vehement denial:Evelyn: Oh, God, don""t look at me like that, Dave.Superman""s adoptive earthling parents were the Kents (a Kansas farm couple Jonathan and Martha), who were portrayed by Diane Lane and Kevin Costner, andDaily Planetboss Perry White was played by Laurence Fishburne.The film""s taglines emphasized the title character""s revivalist fervor - and the continuing struggle between the dichotomous and contested parts of the human soul (light and dark, sin and salvation, heaven and hell, angelic and devilish, redemption vs.