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I agree with you in that Neco Y Alenky takes Alice in a darker tone than the books seem to. You say (and, again, I agree) that both versions are about the deconstruction of norms, but the movies does this in a violent manner unlike the books, which use a playful tone. Would this change what is being parodied? Both play on our conceptions of norms, yet is each version playing on different norms? It seemed that while Neco Y Alenky shared a few scenes from the books, the movie focused more on the disturbing images while the book centered around word play. Perhaps this is one of the changes that happen with a transition from text to video. In a book, the text is the medium through which the story is told, as the video is with the movie. It would make sense that a parody or satire would center around toying with the main medium. However, as I already stated, I think the two versions differ in what they are parodying because of their genres of book and movie.