The hatch closes and the outer lights of the spaceship are dimmed in preparation for departure.The crew of aliens are forced to desert and abandon one of their members or risk being captured themselves.""T"") who was beginning to work his way up through the ranks of fighters with a ferocious style, who was producing a string of knockouts and eventually became Rocky""s number-one contender.[Note: Incidentally, Orson Welles was director Coppola""s first choice for the Kurtz role ultimately played by Marlon Brando.Another crystal conveniently brought up a recorded image of Kal-El""s mother Lara (Susannah York), Keeper of the Archives, who told them of "the darkest episode in our planet""s history" - about how Krypton""s three arch-criminals, with the same powers as Superman, were placed in the Phantom Zone to be imprisoned for all eternity.