Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Absolute Power (1999)

Ron Perlman: Jax-Ur

Quotes 

• Jax-Ur : Look for yourself, Mala. There's no anomaly here. Your soldier boy has been playing tricks.

  [an alarm sounds] 

  Jax-Ur : What's that?

  Mala : An escape pod. It's ejected with two passengers.

  Jax-Ur : Two?

  Superman : [on a platform that rises through the floor]  I decided to stick around. I thought we might find a new planet. A nice cozy one just for the two of you.

  [fighting off Mala] 

  Superman : I mean it, you're not going back.

• Jax-Ur : [Superman is lashed to a missile]  Think of it, Kal-El. You might actually last long enough to get a glimpse inside the hole. I almost envy you.

  Mala : Almost.

  Jax-Ur : [the ship rocks from the black hole's gravitational pull]  Great Rao!

  Mala : Alterus, what's happening?

  Alterus : We've hit a gravitational anomaly. Navigation is off-course. We're being pulled into it.

  Jax-Ur : Keep an eye on them while we adjust the navigation. Come.

  Mala : A short reprieve at best, Kal-El.

• Jax-Ur : I've had my troopers recover your ship. You'll find it undamaged, though, I'm sure you'll want to x-ray it yourself. I know I would. Have a pleasant journey.

• Jax-Ur : Mesmerizing. Of all the phenomena of nature, none fascinates me more than a black hole. It is the one true force of absolute power. Everything it touches becomes its own.

  Superman : You *would* admire that.

• Jax-Ur : The restraints create a magnetical field not even you can break.

  Mala : You should have left when you had the chance, Kal-El.

• Jax-Ur : Those "citizens" you so recklessly saved were criminals. Anarchists, condemned by due process.

  Mala : Even on your world, you don't interfere with that, do you?

  Jax-Ur : Before we arrived, this was a planet in chaos, divided by petty conflicts and factions, not unlike Earth. We have brought to it the order it needed.

  Superman : Is that a fact?

  Jax-Ur : Don't take my word for it. See for yourself, Kal-El.

  [leading him out onto a balcony] 

  Jax-Ur : Production instead of destruction. Factories, where there were once useless forests and wetlands. Workers who now cooperate with each other instead of compete. A job for everyone according to his abilities and our needs. To ensure a future as orderly as the present, we have built new schools to teach morality, loyalty, and purpose. Needless to say, disciplinary problems are now nonexistent. All over this planet, we are tearing down the irrational past in order to make room for an efficient future. In one year, we have put a new face on this world, creating the paradise Krypton would have been under our rule.

  Superman : Now if only someone down there would smile.

  Mala : I hope you're not thinking of opposing us, Kal-El. We've had a year to develop our powers.

  Jax-Ur : I don't think we have to worry about that, Mala. Kal-El knows his place, and this planet is simply out of his jurisdiction.

• Mala : I see you still have a weakness for the inferior, Kal-El. Some things never change.

  Superman : The last time I saw you, you were trapped in the Phantom Zone. How did...

  Mala : Did we escape? A stroke of luck. About a year ago, scientists here detected two meteors of lunar proportions heading towards the black hole. They sent out a research ship to study the phenomenon. When the meteors collided, the released energy tore open a rift into the Phantom Zone.

  Jax-Ur : We were freed, but helpless. Had the aliens not been there, we would have asphyxiated or been pulled into the hole.

  Superman : And to express your gratitude, you seized control of their planet.

  Jax-Ur : You see things so crudely, Kal-El.