Tommy Gunn only fights in the ring!", Tommy accepted Rocky""s challenge of an immediate bare-knuckle street fight when Rocky proposed: "My ring""s outside." Brent communicated with the mutant priest telepathically, and shouted back at him in conversation, sensing that Nova was in danger and needed to be saved: "What do you mean there""s no point? Will they hurt her? No, maybe not physically, but here (he gestured toward his brain)." Later, when the Coast Guard was issuing small-craft advisories due to harsh weather, waves and high winds along the northeast coast, Luthor pocketed a knife-shaped piece of kryptonite.The slaughter of innocent bystanders, and the use of women as shields (in the all-male film) were served up as counterpoints o the media""s honest display of violence during the late 60s, with he Vietnam War, assassinations, urban riots, and other events filling he airwaves.(He scoops up the Kid""s winnings into his hat.)Macon: (watching as Sundance strides out) Hey Kid! (louder) Hey Kid! How good are ya? (Sundance dives, whirls around, fans his gun and fires, demonstrating his lightning-fast draw.