Man of Steel/Transcript

Jor-El: Do you not understand? Krypton's core is collapsing. We may only have a matter of weeks. I warned you: harvesting the core was suicide. It has accelerated the process of implosion.
Lor-Em: Our energy reserves were exhausted. What would you have us do, El?
Jor-El: Look to the stars! Like our ancestors did... There are habitable worlds within reach. We can begin by using the old outposts.
Ro-Zar: Are you seriously suggesting that we evacuate the entire planet?
Jor-El: No. Everybody here is already dead. Give me control of the Codex. I will ensure the survival of our race. There is still hope. I have held that hope in my hands--
General Zod: This council has been disbanded.
Ro-Zar: On whose authority?!
Zod: Mine.
[He aims his weapon and fires at Ro-Zar. She slumps over in her seat, dead.]
Zod: The rest of you will be tried and punished accordingly!
Jor-El: What are you doing, Zod? This is madness!
Zod: What I should have done years ago. These lawmakers, with their endless debates, have led Krypton to ruin!
Jor-El: And if your forces prevail, you'll be the leader of nothing!
Zod: Then join me. Help me save our race! We'll start anew -- sever the degenerative bloodlines that led us to this state.
Jor-El: And who will decide which bloodlines survive, Zod? You?
Zod: Don't do this, El. The last thing I want is for us to be enemies.
Jor-El: You have abandoned the principles that bound us together. You've taken up the sword against your own people! I will honor the man you once were, Zod. Not this monster you've become.
Zod: Take him away.
Zod: I know you stole the Codex, Jor-El. Surrender it, and I'll let you live.
Jor-El: This is a second chance for all of Krypton. Not just the bloodlines you deem worthy.
Zod: What have you done?!
Jor-El: We have had a child, Zod. A boy child. Krypton's first natural birth in centuries. And he will be free. Free to forge his own destiny.
Zod: Heresy! Destroy it!
Zod: Lara! Listen to me! The Codex is Krypton's future! Abort the launch!
Zod: Your son, Lara. Where have you sent him?
Lara Lor-Van: His name is Kal, son of El. And he is beyond your reach.
Lor-Em: General Zod. For the crimes of murder and high treason, the Council has sentenced you and your fellow insurgents to three hundred cycles of somatic reconditioning. Have you any last words?
Zod: You won't kill us yourself! You wouldn't sully your hands, but you'll damn us to a black hole for eternity?! Jor-El was right! You're a pack of fools, every last one of you! And you. You believe your son is safe? I will find him. I will reclaim what you have taken from us! I will find him. I will find him, Lara. I WILL FIND HIM!
Keelor: Lady Lara? Shouldn't you find refuge?
Lara: There is no refuge, Keelor. Jor-El was right. This is the end. Make a better world than ours, Kal...
Fortress: Recursive diagnostics complete. Guiding presence authenticated. All systems operational.
Jor-El Hologram: To see you standing there, having grown into an adult... If only Lara could've witnessed this.
Clark: Who are you?
Jor-El: I am your father, Kal. Or at least, a shadow of him. His consciousness. My name is Jor-El.
Clark: And "Kal"... That's my name?
Jor-El: "Kal-El". It is.
Clark: I have so many questions. Where did I come from? Why did you send me here?
Jor-El: You came from Krypton. A world with a much harsher environment than Earth's. Long ago, in an era of expansion, our race spread out through the stars, seeking new worlds to settle upon. This Scout Ship was one of thousands launched into the void. We built outposts on other planets, using great machines to reshape environments to our needs. For over one hundred thousand years, our civilization flourished, accomplishing wonders...
Clark: What happened?
Jor-El: Artificial population control was established. The outposts and space exploration were abandoned. We exhausted our natural resources. As a result, our planet's core became unstable. Eventually, our military leader, General Zod, attempted a coup. But by then, it was too late. Your mother and I foresaw the coming calamity, and we took certain steps to ensure your survival.
Jor-El: This is a Genesis Chamber. All Kryptonians were conceived in chambers such as this. Every child was designed to fulfill a predetermined role in our society, as a worker, a warrior, a leader, so on... Your mother and I believed Krypton lost something precious: the element of choice. Of chance. What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended for him or her? What if a child aspired to something greater? You were the embodiment of that belief, Kal. Krypton's first natural birth in centuries. That's why we risked so much to save you.
Clark: Why didn't you come with me?
Jor-El: We couldn't, Kal. No matter how much we wanted to. No matter how much we loved you. Your mother, Lara, and I were a product of the failures of our world as much as Zod was. Tied to its fate.
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