If I were writing the new Superman ...

For some reason, Warner Bros. let David Goyer pen the new Superman flick instead of me. (I know, right? What's that about?) Anyway, if only I'd gotten a crack, this would be my opening ...

INT. OLD-FASHIONED MOVIE THEATER

The red velvet curtains covering the screen open up to the left and right, revealing the screen behind. Flickering onto it are black and white images of a sleek and modern version of America's greatest city. We PUSH INTO the screen, which floods with color revealing ...

EXT. METROPOLIS -- DAY

... Metropolis in all its glory. The camera SWOOPS through skyscrapers that glitter in the afternoon sun, WHIZZES by The Daily Planet topped by its giant spinning globe, then DROPS down to the streets below. Traffic and people snake in all directions. A newspaper blows by with a headline that reads, "SUPERMAN SAVES 10 FROM BURNING FACTORY." We now ZOOM IN on to the ground floor of a towering glass cathedral. A sign over the entrance reads, "METROPOLIS BIOSCIENCE." The camera RISES up the shimmering outer wall before SETTLING IN on section of the building around the 20th floor. The camera slowly PULLS BACK. A bird flies by. A few car horns HONK in the distance. All is calm. Until ...

CRASH!

A 400-pound ALIEN BEAST flies backward out of the skyscraper, sending glass shards in all directions. Clutching at air and SCREAMING in a horrible alien tongue, the beast falls to the street below, just missing a passing taxi and smashing the concrete to rubble. Smoke pours through the hole left in the skyscraper clouding what lies behind ... until a shape takes form in the haze. The shape of a man.

Superman emerges from the destruction. He flies upright with his head held high and his toes pointed downward. His hands are curled into fists. He glances down below to survey the damage. Seeing that no citizens were injured in the beast's fall, he takes steadying breath, readying himself for this battle's final round. Then, in a flash of red, he's soaring to the street below. The beast pushes itself upright and raises its spiked arms to block. Superman pulls back a fist to strike.

The two collide.