..You see, unlike our clunky, Earth-bound forms of construction, the technology on Krypton, Superman""s home world, was based on manipulating the growth of crystals.The screenplay by Ernest Tidyman about a crackdown on a multi-million dollar international dope smuggling ring was based on Robin Moore""s best-selling 1969 bookThe French Connection.Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser.Americans play to win all the time.I wouldn""t give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed.That""s why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war, because the very thought of losing ishatefulto Americans.Taunting him, they wore Mikey""s masks and accused him of being a "faggot," until he angrily arose from his chair, bashed Noel""s head against the cell wall(# 7 death)and then bashed Kendall""s head against the corridor wall(# 8 death).After combating his mental powers with her own burgeoning Force powers, she told him that she sensed fear in him: ("You""re afraid that you will never be as strong as Darth Vader").