General Swanwick: All right. You've got our attention. What is it you want?
Superman: I would like to speak to Lois Lane.
General Swanwick: What makes you think she's here?
Superman: Don't play games with me, general. I'll surrender, but only if you guarantee Lois' freedom.
Man of Steel
Man of Steel
Dr. Emil Hamilton: General Swanwick, sir.
General Swanwick: What am I looking at, Doc? Comet? Asteroid?
Dr. Emil Hamilton: Comets don't make course corrections, General. Wanted you to see this before some amateur with a telescope creates a worldwide panic.
[Hamilton goes to a monitor showing an image of Zod's ship]
Dr. Emil Hamilton: The ship appears to have inserted itself into a lunar synchronous orbit, though I have no idea why.
General Swanwick: Have you tried communicating with it?
Dr. Emil Hamilton: Well, they haven't responded, as of yet.
General Swanwick: I'm just speculating, but I think whoever is at the helm
of that thing is looking to make a dramatic entrance.