01x20 - The Deadly Director

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What you have just seen,

gentlemen, is a rehearsal in

miniature for the filming of my greatest

triumph. The complete

and final destruction of the Fantastic

Four. But how are you

gonna lure them to your secret island? By

assuming the role of our prisoner,

the famous Hollywood director, Otto

Von Lenz. For not even the Fantastic

Four could resist starring in one of his

pictures. Impossible! No one

can imitate the great Otto Von Lenz!

You are wrong, Von Lenz. For they do

not call me the imposter for nothing.

Watch, as my electro-mold... creates

your doubles.

I cannot believe my eyes, but it

is true. You look exactly like me.

Not only look like you, but also

sound like you. Otto von Land

cordially invites the Fantastic Four

to star in his greatest epic! The

fantastic, fantastic, fantastic

world of the Fantastic Four signed Otto

von Lenz, Von Lenz Pictures.

Gosh, I just can't believe it. Why

not? You've read von Lenz's letter ten

times already, Ben. Yeah, but I

still can't believe it. Hollywood,

bright lights, pretty girls, and

best of all, we're gonna be movie

stars.

There's Hollywood! Yeah. And up

ahead, Von Lentz Studio. Wow!

Look at the size of that layout!

And so you see, by combining my

creative genius with your fantastic

powers, I will make the greatest

film ever produced! That

sounds wonderful, Mr. Von Lentz!

Yes, but first I will need to see

some examples of your greatest perils on

how you overcame them so that I may know

what to prepare for you in the script.

Gosh, how are we gonna do that? We

never took any home movies of ourselves

in action. That doesn't matter. If you'll

be so kind as to accompany me to our

projection booth, I will show you

what I mean. This device

is called a DictaViewer. By speaking

into this microphone, your words are

first computed, then projected onto

the screen. Wow. In other words,

we can see what we're talking about.

Exactly. Now, who will be the first

to tell me of a past Fantastic

Four adventure? Sue, why don't you

tell them about the time we faced Dr.

Doom? All right, Bree. Well, as I

remember, Dr. Doom had threatened the

world leaders. with destruction of every

major city on Earth from its heavily

armed limp. It was

up to the Fantastic Four to find him and

stop him.

Any luck on the scanner, Reed? Not

much. But what do you make of that one

high-altitude Cirrus cloud? That's

it! Doom has a cloud vaporizer aboard the

spaceship tender. What are you gonna do?

sh**t him down? Better than that! I'll

pull him out with the atomic magnet.

There he is. I can't hold him with his

power on. He's getting away.

He's heading back to the Flying Fortress.

We'll lock on magnetically in the same

place. Enter the ship with caution.

Doom has lots of mean toys.

Ah, there they are. In the battery

room. Perfect. Now to release my

super-electronic power spheres.

Toom is in one of his minor control

rooms. But which one? We

must carry out our search with caution.

Hey! We're trapped! It looks as

though Dr. Toom has succeeded in trapping

you. But not for long. Ben and Reed

teamed up, and soon put a hole in

this land. These

king-sized marbles are tough. I can

hardly move 'em. Wait a minute!

Ben, you push, and I'll try to

get my hand out.

That's it! This might work.

If we can reverse the polarization in the

whole ship, these spheres might let

go and release us.

It works!

With the Fantastic Four at bay, I'll

now stop the first tidal wave on London.

Uh, pardon me, Dr.

Doom. Brilliant! I refuse to be

captured by the likes of you! He's

opening the escape patch!

I missed! I couldn't

grab him! And that ended Dr. Doom's

plans for world destruction. I hope this

viewing is giving you some kind of an

idea of what the Fantastic Four can

do, Von Lenz. Yes, it was very

helpful, Mr. Richards. Very

helpful. And I will be certain not to

make the same mistakes as Dr. Doom.

Now, if we can view just one more of

your past ventures, I believe that I

will have all of the information that I

need. Hey, Reed. Why don't you tell

about the time we met Mole Man? Okay,

Johnny. Mole Man had taken us prisoner in

his underground fortress. And he was

telling us of his plans. Naturally,

the nations of the world will panic. At

this moment, I will emerge with my

followers and take over the entire

surface world. To make my triumph

complete, you four, who have

stopped me in the past, will witness

my victory over the world you have

pledged to defend. We had to act fast if

we were to stop him. quickly,

Sue, put the full force of your

invisible field around us!

What's the plan, Reed? If Sue's force

field can shield us long enough, I

think I can bounce us over the

radioactive wall. Here comes! Ohh

We did it! What happened?

It's clobbering time! Oh, handle

these zombies!

Reed! Go after Mole Man!Coming

through, fellas! I'll

take a shortcut! It's all over,

Moleman! Let's see how well your flame

works in the vacuum chamber I've prepared

for you.

Hey! Can't keep... flame on! Breathe!

Stretch your arms and gravity! Hang

on, Charlie! I'm falling! Look out

below!

Hey, this isn't so bad. It's like

this soft bed of cotton. Now to get out

of here. Uh-oh. Now I

get it. The harder I try to get out,

the deeper I go. It's like

quicksand. Gotta get

out somehow. Hey, wh-what's

this? Rusted tight,

but not tight enough to keep ol'

handsome, Benji. Uh!

Come to

Everything I try to touch is unreal! It's

enjoyable watching you try to escape.

In exactly 20 seconds, you will be

put to sleep with a very special nerve

gas. Farewell, my pretty

girl. Ohh

Everything is illusionary, except the

nerve gas. Must

concentrate my force field into one

crushing blow.

Made it! Just in time.

These walls are absolutely escape-proof.

But I must find a way. I'll make way to

squeeze out. Must

conserve air. Now, by holding my

breath and flexing my muscles thusly...

I get it! I'm through! Well, it

didn't take long before the Fantastic

Four were reunited again. Much to

Moleman's displeasure. Keep your fire

burning, kid! I got a little

unfinished business with Molehead over

there. You've escaped my many traps,

but final victory shall be mine. This

chute leads to my master control room.

Not even your powers can prevent me from

throwing the master switch. And

how did you manage to stop him? Simple.

I had found Moleman's master control room

and rearranged the circuits. Once he

threw the switch, he sent his whole

island with all its deadly weapons to the

center of the Earth.

And what a strange coincidence. More men

had an island, and our picture will

be filmed on an island. My

private island. Hey, that sounds

great. Yes. Now, here is the

map showing you how to get to my island.

Be there first thing in the morning for a

day I promise you will never

forget.

Hey, Reed. Look, that must be the

island dead ahead.

Excellent. They are right on time. Is

everything in readiness? Ready to

roll, sir. Foot? Lights?

Camera? Yes, sir. Laser beam!

Some way to greet movie stars sh**ting us

with a laser ray. There was no

greeting, Sue. And if it weren't for

our built-in anti-destructo capsules,

that ray would have ended our careers for

good. As I anticipated. They

had safety capsules. Now, for the

next step.

What's this all about, Von Lenz? That

was just a sample of what awaits you,

Fantastic Four. Meaning what?

Meaning you are my prisoner on this

island. And your only means of escape is

a jet boat which lies on the opposite

side of the island. But to reach it,

you must pass through many Movieland

perils which I have created.

Only these perils are real.

But why are you doing all this? If you do

not survive, then I will have proved

to the world that I am your master.

I shall be filming your futile effort to

escape, just as I filmed the

destruction of your fantastic car! All

right, when do we get this show on

the road?

What's that? Some of von Lenz's henchmen

dressed as idiots. Sue,

your force field!

Them stinky arrows can't penetrate your

force dome, Sue, baby. Yeah,

but look! They're starting an avalanche!

Quick, head for those wagons!

Wow, that was close!

Thanks, Chum. The guy could get hurt

out of me. I think a little heat

treatment should cool them off. Flame!

Hold it, Johnny! This wagon is filled

with expl*sives. You flame on and it's

goodbye, Fantastic Four!

Breathe!Smoke! The wagon's on fire!

Everybody out! Uh

oh. There's a little unfinished business

coming through the pass. I'll be right

back. Hey Indians! Here's a

hundred years supply of smoke signals for

you!

Pat Seal's off on Lenz and his phony

Indians. Now to get a bearing on that

boat. Do you see theNo, Reed? No,

something better.

Airplanes.

Maybe just another one of von Lenz's

tricks. But at least they fly. You

mean you hope these World w*r I planes

will fly? We'll have to take that chance.

Let's go.

They have escaped the Indian attack. They

will not escape the peril of my airplane.

Uh

oh, we got company.

The Fantastic Four cannot win. My

stunt planes are heavily armed and sales

are not.

You're right behind us, Reed. I'm

going between those peaks up ahead. As

soon as I do, plug the gap with your

force field.

I don't see a sign of those two guys who

are on our tailbend.

One's coming up dead instead. The one's

coming dead ahead! Hang on to the city of

your pants, Ben!

Fantastic Four! You have overcome the

first two perils with flying colors!

But my last peril shall destroy you!

Behold your fate!

Reptilium!Sleeping Lizards! A

two-headed, fire-breathing metal

monster!

Johnny! Ben! Are you all right?

Never felt better, Stretcho. They are

down! Destroy them reptilium!

Look out!

This calls for an inside job. Flame on!

Hmm, a quick rearrangement of the

plumbing should do the trick.

There, that ought to do it.

Johnny, what did you do? Just watch.

Well, I guess that takes care of

that, Peril. And the same goes for

Von Lenz. Look! He's

gone! We'll take care of him later,

Ben. But first, we've got to get to

that boat.

The Fantastic Four were foolish to

think that I would let them escape!

Now that my triumph is completed,

there's no longer a need for this

masquerade.

I, the imposter, propose a toast

to the stars of their own

destruction, the Fantastic Four.

No toast is complete without the stars

being present. Well, the

Fantastic Four. Yes, Mr.

Imposter. And we should have known it was

you behind this fiendish plot. But how

did you escape? The boat you blew up was

empty. We suspected a trap, so we

set it on automatic pilot and used it to

trick you instead. Yeah, and now

your moviemaking days are over. You are

mistaken, Fantastic Four. My men will

see that the story ends the way I planned

it. Take them!

Von Lent, he's escaping!

What happened? How did he get that pot on

his head? I put it there.

Look! It's the real Otto von Lentz. That

imposter had forgotten that he had me

locked in that secret room. Well, how

about that?That was one peril the

imposter didn't count on!

And so, after being captured by the

Fantastic Four, the imposter and his

g*ng found themselves behind bars.

That was quite a show, wasn't it?

Yeah, and you know, that imposter

didn't turn out to be such a bad director

after all. Not bad, not bad.

But if I, the real Von Lentz, had

directed the picture, it would have

been a true masterpiece. I tell you

what, the first thing in the

morning, we start filming a new

Fantastic Four picture. Only this

time, I shall create heroes that will

make his seem like mere nothing.

Well, what do you say?What?Where

did they go?