Superman III story
Superman III is a British-American 1983 superhero film directed by Richard Lester, based on the DC Comics character Superman. It is the third film in the Superman film series.
16 total · 5 major · 11 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| criminal fraud | major | Gus Gorman embezzled from his employer through implementing a salami slicing computer program. When his company CEO discovered his crime, he tasked Gorman into using his computer skills to commit large-scale financial crimes. |
| greed for riches | major | The villainous multimillionaire Ross Webster monopolized the world's coffee supply and plotted to follow suit with crude oil. |
| romantic love | major | Superman at Lana Lang. |
| super strength | major | Superman was more powerful than a locomotive. |
| the human capacity for good and evil | major | Superman split into two personas: the immoral, corrupted Superman and the moral, righteous Clark Kent. |
| ability to see through solid objects | minor | Superman used his X-ray vision to diagnose Jimmy with a hairline break of the tibia. |
| cyborg | minor | Vera Webster got transformed into a cyborg that could shoot blue beams from her eyes. |
| flying ability | minor | Superman was essentially flying around under his own power. |
| mother and son | minor | Lana Lang and Little Ricky. |
| planetary weather control system | minor | Gus Gorman used his computer skills to cause a tornado and rainstorm in Colombia in an effort to destroy their coffee crop. |