they cut out everything except the major high points of the A-plot. There wasn't time for any character development, and the person I saw it with who hadn't read the books was *completely* lost.

Thanks, that was mainly what I was concerned about. I wonder what they will do with OotP, regarding length.

Both my mom and my brother read only up to the third book (um, the rest of us refuse to let the Hebrew translations anywhere in our line of vision, so they have to settle with the English originals, and obviously they read slower this way). I think my brother wouldn't want to see the movie before reading the book, but not my mom. So we'll probably have to do a LotR sort of "catch up".

[Edited because I just can't spell today]

Why are there Mondays? Especially when I didn't have a Friday (supposed to be a paid holiday, but I worked) or a Saturday (worked again) and the Monday was supposed to be a vacation day (but, yep working again)?

At least Bauhaus was good last night, and the Pats won, and I finally handed off b-day presents to a friend (two months late).

Anyway, timelies and all your gronk belong to me.

I think OotP will be easier to adapt because even though it's so long, there are fewer Big!Major!Scenes! -- the problem with GoF is that the structure of the tournament means you HAVE to have a major action scene every 10 minutes. There's just no getting around it.

Good luck with the move Juliana! I keep wanting to tell you you're going to make it after all.

the problem with GoF is that the structure of the tournament means you HAVE to have a major action scene every 10 minutes. There's just no getting around it.

Yes, that definitely makes sense. I hope you're right about OotP.

Yeah, Juliana, don't know what to say, but we're okay, in any event.

I suspect the OotP movie will be very different than the book with the need to condense.

It might actually be better. So many pages, and the glayvin.

If Dr. Seuss wrote for Star Trek: The Next Generation...

Picard: Sigma Indri, that's the star,
So, Data, please, how far? How far?

Data: Our ship can get there very fast
But still the trip will last and last
We'll have two days til we arrive
But can the Indrans there survive?

Picard: LaForge, please give us factor nine.

LaForge: But, sir, the engines are offline!

Picard: Offline! But why? I want to go!
Please make it so, please make it so!

Riker: But sir, if Geordi says we can't,
We can't, we mustn't, and we shan't,
The danger here is far too great!

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The whole thing's pretty funny. Written in '95.

Juliana, much strength to you in your new directions.

There was a verbal cancellation of a meeting at 9am this morning at a different site, but the meeting owner hasn't cancelled it on the system. Why must people confuse me so?

Off we go...