A FEVERED MIND

A couple of friends recently had this exchange on facebook:


Liz a beekeeper in Southern France: . . .the thought of radioactive bees makes for a good Sci-Fi plot.


Phil an extraordinary film artist: There has to be a movie out there already with radioactive bees . . . made in the mid-70's with some car chases, a sub-plot with an elderly beekeeper who has a heart of gold and really KNOWS bees, bees with a 25 ft. wingspan . . . plus the Army officer who is way too impatient and has an itchy trigger finger. And last but not least the learned scientist who says, "this is beyond what even I had imagined" and he has a very hot daughter who flees through the underbrush getting her very hot clothes somewhat soiled.


Liz: Exactly. But you forgot about the scientist's nemesis: the greedy, wicked woman who calls herself "The Queen"; she dresses like Cleopatra and cooly controls her swarm.


Phil: YA! She used to be the scientist's kind and understanding lab partner who slipped and fell right through the gamma ray beams they were using to "learn about bees" and NOW look . . . see? Mustn't fool with Mother Nature. But on the plus side, her wardrobe is amazing.


Liz: I dare say you're on to something here.


Phil: It's a fevered mind at work :-)