I am The Superfly crew that flaps in the night

[Chimera]

Your just doing it because evil is cuter.

Seriously though I just realized that I spent 4 bucks on a box of cereal that I wont eat just to get a glow in the dark lightsabre spoon.

Its red by the way.

What's this? I thought they stopped giving out prizes in cereal boxes, for lawsuit reasons or something silly like that.

I don't know. A red glow-in-the-dark lightsaber spoon is pretty cool--maybe even worth four bucks.

Fuzzy and I were measuring books by whether they were worth a sandwich. Maybe we should also measure the worth of objects by whether they are worth a lightsaber spoon.  

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

MsFish just told me that she's indignant that we are having the night crew without her. And she says Hi to Chimera.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

and yes a lightsabre spoon is way cool.

[Chimera]

Where IS MsFish? I miss her!

[Chimera]

You know, I think we could come up with a whole new bartering system. We could change the world!

Currency? Bah! Those are just little flimsy papers!

Now books, sandwiches, and light saber spoons--that's what makes the world go 'round!!!

[Oldie Black Witch]

I am the wall that flaps in the night, preventing MsFish from posting.

And yes, I am monopolizing the computer.  

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

She misses you too, (or at least tells me that via the telephone) but cannot RSVP because oldielocks is borrowing her computer. I am supposed to tell you that the cows are in the counting house.

[Oldie Black Witch]

Are they going "Click, clack, moo"?

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

indeed, and have you ever seen a cow make correct change,... its quite a sight.

[Chimera]

That's okay then--if you want to join in our Superfly crazy night conversation, of course. And maybe you can channel MsFish.

What is your opinion on film adaptations of books?

Oh, and I only have another 15 minutes. I'm feeling sleepy, and if I don't go to bed when I'm tired, I NEVER can fall asleep.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

I dislike movie adaptations for the most part....

[Chimera]

I am supposed to tell you that the cows are in the counting house.

I'm lost. If that is supposed to be some secret code from MsFish that I can understand, then it has utterly failed. (Hah--utterly--udderly--I made a pun!)

[Oldie Black Witch]

Film adaptions are just that. Film and literature are two completely different media, and rarely the twain shall meet. Some adaptions are better than others. I really liked the adaption of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban because it kept more to the spirit of the world than to the letter of the book. I didn't like the adaption of The Two Towers because it was weak in terms of its own plot.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

it was a random euphemism for things she needs to tell you

[Chimera]

I think there are cases when an adaptation can be very successful. Take Princess Bride, for example. I love the movie and the book both. I don't know if I would put one above the other, because I like them each for different reasons. And perhaps part of that is because I saw the movie before I read the book.

A case where I actually prefer the movie adaptation to the book is Emma with Gwenneth Paltrow (I don't think I spelled her name right). Again, I saw the movie before I read Jane Austen's book. That could have biased me, because I was absolutely in love with Paltrow's portrayal of Emma, and her relationship with Mr. Knightly. I was quite disappointed when reading the book to find some of my favorite lines from the movie were cut out--until I realized they weren't "cut out," but that the modern adaptation had added them in. Sometimes, adaptation for a modern audience is necessary and can make the work more accessible.

Perhaps the movie ruined the book for me. Paltrow's Emma, even though flawed, was still endearing. I did not get attached to Austen's Emma.