Silver Surfer (TV Series)

The Origin of the Silver Surfer: Part 1 (1998)

Paul Essiembre: The Silver Surfer, Norrin Radd

Quotes 

• Norrin Radd : Great Galactus, do you not desire to survive?

  Galactus : [laughs]  The tiny mite grows even bolder! Tell me, what is it Galactus needs to survive?

  Norrin Radd : Planets! An endless supply of planets to consume! Your constant search depletes you. And that date is coming when you will not find your next meal in time. It need not be so. Spare Zenn-La and I will serve you as a net serves a fisherman. Cast me out into the sea of space, and I will find the worlds you need!

• Master of Zen-La : Allow me to present our newest students, Captain Kalek of the Kree Empire and Commander Husserl of the Skrull Confederation.

  Kalek : My crew and I are honored to be accepted into your academy, Master.

  Husserl : My crew and I are more honored. Especially since we were accepted first!

  Norrin Radd : If these are the peaceful ones I would hate to see the warlike members of their kind.

• Shalla-Bal : I though Galactus a myth!

  Norrin Radd : And I hoped him one.

• Shalla-Bal : You have saved us, Norrin Radd. But the price...

  Norrin Radd : It must be paid. And only I, of all those people on this world, can pay it.

  Shalla-Bal : But how can anyone of Zenn-La serve Galactus? It is against all we stand for.

  Norrin Radd : I know what we stand for.

  Shalla-Bal : Then how can you help him destroy thousands of worlds?

  Norrin Radd : You do not understand. I will guide him only to planets whose cores burst with energy yet which have no intelligent life. I will save countless civilizations. This is the true philosophy of Zenn-La.

  Shalla-Bal : This is what you have longed for all your life. It truly is your chance to explore the stars. Use it well, my love. Use it wisely.

• Norrin Radd : I love you.

  Shalla-Bal : Galactus, take me with him. Take me with him!

  Norrin Radd : I will never forget you, Shalla-Bal.

  Shalla-Bal : NORRIN!

• Norrin Radd : Watcher! If this world means so much to you, show yourself! I know you are there!

  Watcher Prime : I feel great pity and sorrow for you all.

  Norrin Radd : Pity? Sorrow? You dare! What kind of monster are you to... to claim sorrow but refuse to help those in need? You have already broken your vow. Now you, who have witnessed the depredations of Galactus for eons, must tell us more! You WILL tell us more!

  Watcher Prime : For what purpose? Galactus cannot be swayed.

  Norrin Radd : You must know something that can save our world. Tell me his secret. NOW!

• Norrin Radd : Galactus, I am Norrin Radd of the planet Zenn-La. I am not here to beg nor ask you for your mercy. Instead I've come to make you an offer. I can help you. I can give you the one thing that even the great Galactus needs.

  [Galactus laughs] 

  Norrin Radd : Galactus, are you listening to me?

  Galactus : Your presumptuousness amuses me, Norrin Radd of Zenn-La. You have set yourself a lofty goal. How can one such as you help one such as I? I, who needs nothing, who desires nothing!

• The Silver Surfer : Master, I am ready to serve.

  Galactus : Then go, my Silver Surfer. The space waves beckon. And the great hunger is upon me once more.

  The Silver Surfer : To me, my board!

• The Silver Surfer : [regards Zenn-La]  What of this planet, Master?

  Galactus : I gave a promise once to an honorable man. That planet is not for such as we.

• [Norrin examines a spacecraft] 

  Shalla-Bal : Norrin Radd, I knew I would find you here.

  Norrin Radd : Think of the courage our ancestors must have had, Shalla-Bal, to leave Zenn-La and soar out into the unknown.

  Shalla-Bal : We have had no need for space travel since the enlightenment. We know that the path to peace and harmony lies within our own souls. Beings from all over the universe come here to learn our ways.

  Norrin Radd : And yet I have neither felt peace or harmony within me. Instead, I am driven by dreams of other places.

  Shalla-Bal : But your place is here. There are even those who say that you will become the next Master.

  Norrin Radd : How can I be Master of Zenn-La when I cannot even be master over myself?

  Shalla-Bal : I believe in you, my love. Whatever happens, I will be at your side.

• Kalek : It seems it is our destiny to fight after all. We will blast Galactus right out of the sky.

  Husserl : My crew and I will strike the fateful blow.

  Norrin Radd : Unbelievable. The Kree and the Skrull side by side.

  Shalla-Bal : I pray that it will not always take the destruction of a planet to bring them together.

• Galactus : I am waiting.

  Norrin Radd : Just another moment. Please...

  Galactus : It is time.

• Master of Zen-La : Flee, while you still have your ships. Take my disciples with you.

  Norrin Radd : Master, we cannot leave you!

  Master of Zen-La : We all belong to Zenn-La. If I fail, it will be your task to spread our message. Norrin Radd, I know you have always wanted to go.

  Norrin Radd : But not like this, Master. Not like this!