The starship was suddenly ambushed and attacked by a large bee-like swarm of small alien ships, led by Krall (Idris Elba).Returning here also, Shreck threatened his curious secretary when she discovered in his "protected files" incriminating evidence concerning his plans to build a super power plant ("a power plant in name only") and drain Gotham of its energy ("It""s gonna be a big giant capacitor") hrough stockpiling the supply.The Dust-Bowl period is effectively evoked, although the loose adaptation is also an inaccurate and fictionalized retelling of history.The hero""s first words express his metaphysical angst: "Ouch, ouch." In a comfortable, well-lit, San Francisco hillside apartment [near North Beach, ostensibly with a view from Vallejo and Jones streets, although truly located at Montgomery and Union streets], a commercial artist/lingerie designer Marjorie "Midge" Wood (Barbara Bel Geddes), a blonde woman with an unflattering pair of glasses, is working at her drafting table easel in her studio/living room...Don""t underestimate the evil of gold.Gold over which a serpent has long brooded.Dragon-sickness seeps into the hearts of all who come near this Mountain.The next morning, both the Elven and Lake-town armies stood before the blocked entry gates of the Lonely Mountain at Erebor.