Actuarial Science Movie Reviews

This is probably one of the weakest of the new films... Godzilla's nemesis is a dragonfly from Hell but the effects for the creature will underwhelm you with cliched efficiency; The suit-mation for Megaguirus is wooden (think Mothra from the 60s) and both monsters are over-lit and shot from poor angle choices, further ruining the illusion... the cast is irritating at best, with the lead actress doing a fine impression of sand in your swimsuit and her co-star is the Japanese Keeanu Reeves circa "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure". Everyone in the main cast has seemingly got a personal axe to grind with ol' G, and after the fourth flashback to someone's loved one/commrade getting killed by G's attacks you'll see what I mean... it's just over-used as a plot device in general, but to have it SO MANY times in one film is rediculous.

This is also one of the darkest G films in a long time, with deceptive business moguls lying & cheating, unwittingly causing G to attack... and this is some of the most violent screen time seen since the 70s (there is one fairly graphic beheading of a man and the death of his date by a Meganula which is NOT suitable for children).

The 'companion' release "GMK: Giant Monster All-Out Attack" also available Jan. 6th is a much, much better film in every way. The only reason I gave GxM here two stars is the widescreen and subtitle options. It's a nice step towards this series getting the respect it deserves when it comes to home video here in Region-1 Land.

Not to long ago.when I was flipping through the channels on my Direct TV,I noticed 2 new Godzilla Movies Coming on.I Hurried up,and grabbed a blank tape.The 2 movies were GMK and Godzilla v.s Megaguirus.I anticipated the big battles of the movies.Unlike the others,The Movies got right to the battles.The Fight Scenes were awesome...especially in GMK.Both Movies had great Plots and terrific endings.I am the biggest G-fan that ever lived.I love all of Godzilla's Movies...but these two were the most awesome I have ever seen.The reason I gave it 4 stars is on the count of I havent seen the DVD.The special features may not be that great,but as for the movie,even someone that hates Godzilla will love these 2 movies...and guess what...they are coming out on DVD at the same time...AWESOME!!!

Gojira (Godzilla) has a long film history, stretching back almost 50 years now. In that time he's been everything from the star of campy kiddie movies to a dark manifestation of anger and hatred.

The original concept of Gojira was that he was a representative of the forces of nature, neither truly good nor truly evil; he was like a living tsunami, earthquake, hurricane, volcano (all forces that Japan is intimately familiar with) rolled into one. The monsters he fights are often representatives of other forces -- technology (Mechagojira, Mogera), man's tampering with forces of nature (Biollante, King Ghidora), and forces from Elsewhere (Space Gojira, the original Ghidora, Megagiras).

Megagiras presents us with some of the best of the new approaches. We have a new and interesting opponent (Megagiras reminds me in approach of Legion from Gamera 2; first it comes in swarms, then it becomes something really BIG). We have human involvement (and reasons for why Gojira bothers to come to Japan so often). We have an AMAZINGLY cool new soundtrack (the new Gojira theme is the first worthy successor to Ikufube's original). We have the effective new design for Gojira; and we have what may be the absolute coolest and impressive new superweapon ever shown on screen, the Dimensional Tide Cannon.

Like most Gojira movies, the plot is fairly straightforward, running on two separate tracks: first is the attempt by human beings to create a weapon which can destroy Gojira so he won't be a menace to us any more, and second is the emergence of the threat of Megagiras -- which was started by an unexpected side-effect of the new weapon under development.

The main female lead is very cool, driven by a prior encounter with Gojira-sama; she's the main action hero, while the primary male lead is the lab geek trying to win her favor. She's pretty, tough, and competent, and fun to watch in action. The combat scenes are very well done, and how Gojira deals with an opponent who appears to completely outclass him through speed is just plain fun.

The special effects are very good for a modern Goji film, with the Dimensional Tide deserving its own special mention.

If you're a fan of monster movies, and Gojira in particular, get this one.

In the world of exploitation cinema, Doris Wishman was a trailblazer. She also was slightly nuts. So it's only natural that she would be the one with the [moxy] to make "The Amazing Transplant," the first penis transplant movie. Nerdy Arthur never had much luck with the ladies, but lately he's raping women.... The reason? That brand new penis he got (in a bloodless surgery) also gave him a new fetish that makes him lose control when he sees women wearing gold earrings! As if the story wasn't odd enough, the uninitiated might find Wishman's style a bit jarring. All dialog is post-dubbed so, in an apparent effort to avoid troublesome lip-synching, Doris tries not to turn the camera on anyone who's supposed to be speaking. If you get a feeling of deja vu while watching, that's easily attributed to the fact that much of "Transplant," like many Wishman movies, was shot in and around her New York apartment. Doris also randomly cuts away from the action to study a painting, a clock or a character's feet. In "Transplant," she's fond of getting shots of a ceramic horse. Enough shots of the ceramic horse to merit it getting a screen credit. A meaningless idiosyncracy of the director, or perhaps symbolic of how horselike Arthur's new organ is? Let's just say that upon seeing Arthur's amazing transplant in its full frontal glory, sometimes a horse is just a horse.

In addition to Wishman's hypnotically surreal narrative, check out the included trailers to Wishman movies like "Deadly Weapons," "The Immoral Three" and her sickest movie, "Love Toy." Topping off this DVD trashfest are a couple of shorts, "Penis Facts" and a Navy sex hygeine film that's surprisingly explicit --and hilarious.

I really do like Doris Wishman's films but this wears really thin really quickly. After beating around the bush for almost an hour the film finally reveals that the guy tortuing women is doing so because he inherited the traits from his literal "organ" transplant. His best friend dies and he must have his "organ" sewn onto his body. Apparantly the two were very "close" before he died. This film is really just stupid and does not have Chesty Morgan or Blaze Starr to distract the viewer with inept acting. The extras are really classic! A US Navy 50's era educational film on how to prevent VD. It surprised me over and over with its use of full frontal nudity. How to wash it and how to clean it...quite amusing. This disc is worth it for the extra stuff in my opinion.

This flick about a guy who gets a hoo-ha transplant becomes a rapist who attacks any woman around when he sees a certain symbol. A pretty weird premise (then again look who's distributing it). Great movie for fans of the old roughie genre from the early '60s. Plenty of female flesh to ogle, and some truly absurd and horribly bad movie moments to savor. I do wish that there could have been a commentary added like some of their H.G. Lewis releases, hence the loss of 1 star. Oh well.

Well, This movie is cheesy and the fx are laughable, but it was made in 1965, and that says it all. I feel that the original Godzilla movie was, in comparison, a more professional production than this one in the fx department as well as overall structure.Anyway this is the one that started it all, and that is the way this movie should be looked at. Overall: FAIR (considering.....).

The first of the famed turtle's movies (later changed from Gammera to Gamera), this movie is a bit cheesy looking, but if you compare it to most monster movies of the time, it's not that bad. Appearance wise, the film is scratchy, but it was made in the 60's, afterall. So, try to remember that and hopefully it won't to ruin your experience. The movie itself has a kind of original "Godzilla" feel, since japanese scenes are intermingled with American scenes, with each side speaking their native language and they seem to know what the other is saying. The giant turtle looks a little goofy; he seems to be unable to lower his head in walking scenes and it bobbles like he has little control if it.

Still, if you're a Kaiju fan, the cheesiness and all it's other faults will mean little to you. Gammera is still Gamera, and, even without the giant enemy to battle with, you root for the turtle and want to see the next installment.

Gammera's been rudely awakened from his nap (buried under an arctic glacier) by an atomic explosion; and man, is he ever pi$$ed! He immediately begins his world-threatening rampage, causing the UN to argue incessantly (in the dull, tedious parts of the movie). Thankfully, there are lots of explosions and tons of building smashing action! Enough to get me rooting for our beloved reptile, while praying for the poor shmuck in the rubber suit! There's also a turtle-obsessed kid who befriends Gammera. He's annoying like a mosquito buzzing in your ear! Listen for the nifty theme song! Pure cheese! Check it out...

George Peppard plays a character named Tuxan, who is responsible for uncovering the break in and theft of highly classified information at a government facility called Groundstar. He uses any and all means necessary to do this, including hidden cameras, hidden microphones, and 24 hour surveillance. He has complete control most of the time, and absolute authority to find the information he needs in order to protect the United States against foreign interests that may try to undermine the government by stealing precious secrets.

That being said, this movie plays out like a cheesy 70's TV melodrama. I tried hard to like this movie, but it was a hard sell. The movie starts out with multiple explosions at some facility, and one character managing to make it out before the whole place goes up. We see this character running down a corridor, being chased by other individuals, and then the picture freezes at a dramatic moment to allow for a credit to be displayed on the screen. This happens about four or five more times, and becomes quite tiresome, but if I recall, this was a device used quite a bit in the 70's, on movie but more so on TV. This movie really has a 'TV' feel to it, so I am wondering if the director was primarily a TV director...well, I was right. The director is Lamont Johnson, and he has an extensive career directing TV, and it shows here. Anyway, one character escapes before the whole place goes blammo, and it's Michael Sarrazin playing Welles. This is one of those actors who you may not recognize the name, but you'd probably recognize his face. He was fairly popular in the late 60's through the 70's. This slender, dark haired actor seemed to be on the verge of becoming a major star, but has since been relegated to mostly TV roles.

Well, he escapes, and we find out later that he was the only survivor of the explosion. His face badly damaged from the explosions, he manages to make it to the house of Nicole, played by Christine Belford, and actress with a solid television background and a few parts in some features films. The role I remember her from was the over protective mother to Arnie Cunningham in John Carpenter/Stephen King's killer car classic 'Christine' from 1983.

Well, we soon find out that that Welles, the soul survivor of the explosions, was also the one who caused the explosions. Apparently he used false credentials to get his position within the ultra top secret facility, then stole vital information, and caused the destruction of the facility to cover his escape. He remembers none of this, as he has lost his memory along with his face in the incident. We learn all this information from Tuxan, who is now investigating the situation.

There is a conspiracy, and it does follow though. The rest of the movie has Welles trying to put the pieces back together, recall what happened, if he could have killed those people and done the things Tuxan says he did. Nicole provides a haven for Welles, and seems sympathetic to his plight.

The most memorable line comes from Tuxan (what kind of name is that?) and is in response to Nicole berating him for invading her privacy by having hidden cameras and microphones in her house. He says something like 'murders are planned in private, assassinations are planned in private' etc. I don't remember the exact line, but it showed a great deal of the motivation behind the character.

The movie plays out, the conspiracy unfolds, and we are treated to a shocking ending. Well, not so shocking, really, but whatever. It was kind of hard to swallow, though. My main problem with this movie is I never really felt the tension that should have been there and the acting seemed kind of wooden. I enjoy a good conspiracy theory, but I had a hard time buying off on this one. The thing to keep in mind before you buy this movie is that it looks like a TV show. This was made in 1972, and prior to that, George Peppard had a somewhat promising movie career with Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), How the West Was Won (1962), and The Blue Max (1966) to name a few. Then around 1971, the movie roles seemed to dry up and he went into TV. He did make a number of movie after 1971, Damnation Alley (1977), Battle Beyond the Stars (1977), but none seemed to really have the prestige of previous movie roles. The same could be said for Michael Sarrazin. And the other main character, played by Christine Belford was primarily a TV actress. Given the director's history in TV, this all adds up to making this look like a high budget TV movie. I think once some directors immerses themselves in a particular medium, it's difficult to expand beyond the boundaries proscribed by that medium, and it shows here. I felt like the director was trying to exceed his grasp, and couldn't quite do it. Not a bad movie, for TV, but not a great movie for the big screen. I'd say 3 stars for a TV movie, 2½ stars for a theatrical release.

George Peppard plays a ruthless, national security agent named Tucson. You would not want to run into him...unfortunately (maybe) Michael Sarrazin does as the brutalized betayer of the high level space project: GROUNDSTAR. The movie's pace is excellent as the law-unto-himself agent persues corruption into the highest levels of the government (Shades of China-gate!!!). Peppard is fascinating to watch as the thoroughly unlikeable hero who brings down the "conspirators" in an ironic but belevable climax. "He should have run faster," Tucson observes to a sympathetic medic regarding an explosion-mangled-into-unrecognizability victim. See the film, but stay out of the way of TUCSON...

A good film, Peppard as Tuxan in a role that would resemble 2 of his roles on TV (Thomas Banacek that year, and Hannibal Smith of The A Team, 10 years later). The ending is that of a classic suspense film. The DVD version by the way is cheaper than most stores are offering the VHS copy (if you can find it) so get it while you can. Note Christine Belford, the woman down the road who falls for Sarazin also starred in Banacek, coincidence?

Schlock lovers will undoubtedly enjoy this feast o'fun...I did! What plot? Half-bare semi-babes and moth-eaten monsters cavort in sexless activities with very bad puns...seemingly lifted out of the early issues of Famous Monsters Magazine. The girls do their best to be sexy, wetting their lips in close-up but they only induce laughter. "Kiss Me Quick" has a Stan Laurel-type character while "House On Bare Mountain" features a Jonathan Winters/Maude Frickert character. Does this help the plot? No, but it just makes it more enjoyable. If you're still in the dark about what these films are about, so am I...and I watched the darn things! It's very bad, but that makes it good. Add this to your monster film collection - but keep it out of range of the kiddies!

WARNING - THIS PROGRAM CONTAINS NUDITY, and with that out of the way I can say that SOMETHING WERID VIDEO'S double feature MONSTER NUDIE collection of KISS ME QUICK! and HOUSE ON BARE MOUNTAIN is at once a blast from the past, a guilty pleasure and history lesson at the same time. As per normal, S.W.V. has outfitted their DVD with numerous special features that cover the gambit of the rare and hard to find erotic dance shorts, to the gem of the disc, audio commentary by Producer Harry Novak, who created, made and released KISS ME QUICK! If you've ever been curious about the people behind the scenes and how they got to be there, then this commentary will both enlighten and inform (even the cover folds out to reveal an excellent essay on the rise and fall of nudie cuties). For softcore nudie movies they have held up rather well, the trasnfer is top notch and the sound good. Menu's are creative and feature moving scenes and music from the films as you highlight and select. While not for everyone, this disc is a one of kind collectors item that will not diappoint.

There are not many Nudie Cutie horror films out there, Something Weird Video has released another DVD that I would say is much better than this with the 2 flicks Monster From Camp Sunshine and The Beast That Killed Women, you would think that these two films being more advanced would show more nudity but they showed less (not that it matters), the special features as noted from the DVD are:
*Digitally Remastered, *Original Theatrical Trailers
*KISS ME QUICK! Audio commentary by Producer Harry Novak
*The KISS ME QUICK! girls in the Threatrical Featurettes Hot Hot Skin and The Nudie Watusi
*Archival Short Subject #1: Natasha in Natasha's Suburban Sexercise
*Archival Short Subject #2: Natasha in Strip Tease Queen
*Archival Short Subject #3: Werewolf Bongo Party
*Archival Short Subject #4: The Vampire and the Vixen
*Gallery of Sixties Sexploitation Art with Radio-Spot Rarities
I would say this is a really weird film that you will find entertaining but does not live up to the others named above, not that I don't like it, I just found the others more unique and just funner to watch but still you need to get this. There are not many films like this out there, why wouldn't you want this in your collection? Both films are in color and as said in the WARNING: This program contains nudity and really bad jokes!

A much larger and recent Hammer horror collection had thirteen dark and nasty episodes at 55 minutes each. This 1997 Australian offering has four short stories at 20 minutes each which are much lighter and wittier. But the selection is very uneven and the package price ... is pretty steep for the skimpy 83 minutes of content, of which only 40 minutes is really notable. To top it off, the DVD comes packaged in one of those [poor quality] cardboard cases that seem to be multiplying these days like tribbles. (Anything, but anything to save a few pennies!) The DVD picture is pretty good with a 4x3 aspect ratio and window-boxing. The sound is also OK. One episode has a strong (indeed essential) fantasy base; one has a weak sci-fi base. A suggestion to viewers: Watch these episodes in inverse order to that presented excepting for "Third Party", which should be viewed last. Taken in order presented on the DVD with 5 stars best:

Bonus Mileage -4 stars. An inventive and witty story well acted by Geoffrey Rush.

Third Party - 5 stars. Relatively no-name actors, who do a great job. (And [enjoy] strong and highly original episodes like this one.)

The Confident Man - 2 ½ stars. To be kind, barely adequate.

Directly From My Heart To Yours - 0 stars. Out of place in this or any other collection.

Each and every one of these shows is exciting with complex plots. The endings are complete surprises. Not at all what you expect. Writers and actors did a great job. Memories of "The Twilight Zone. "Would be great to have them shown in the States. Bryan Brown has proven himself as a producer as well as an actor.

Great cast, really unique and entertaining stories, told in the fashion of the best "Twilight Zone" episodes. Definitely a gem that somehow never made it to the U.S. TV market, but deserves a watching and purchase on DVD!

Yes, the 4 hours of dancing is good. You'll see some pretty sweet looking ladies, doing some very good erotic dancing. BUT....you might want to watch this program with the sound off, as you will hear some of the cheesiest, most annoying music with no lyrics to it. Oh man, the music is horrible.

Basically four hours and 32 women taking their clothes off. The transfer is visually good. The sound, who cares. Some of the ladies are very attractive and some are not. At least with DVD it's easy to skip the less appealing ladies. My favorite is the first (Kari) with Cassie coming in a close second.

There is an extra which consists of pictures of the ladies. Not much room for anything else on the disc.

Well, being someone who has seen several of these types of dvds, I must say its most attractive feature is its volume. It "does" have four features on one dvd. It really doesn't have any usefull extra features, but I didn't expect it to. Anyway, it has exactly what it looks like it has, alot of hot women, one at a time, giveing a pretty hot show. I think its worth checking out if you haven't.

though marred by its apparent desire to be intellectually stimulating (certain death for many horror films) The Asphyx is saved by an emotional performance from Robert Stephens as Sir Hugo Cunningham, a photographer who has discovered the secret of immortality in 1875. Stephens recites his hokey lines with conviction, and if it weren't for blunt editing, lapses in logic (notice the camera change positions when Sir Hugo watches a film of Clive's death), and its snotty british desire for respectability, this movie would surely have a prominent place in the pantheon of great 70's horror films. if you prefer Hammer to AIP than you just might enjoy this throwback to the early days of Quatermass and Baron Frankenstein, but if you like your horror with a lot of action and "sobaditsfunny"ness then the only thing here for you is probably the cheesy puppet used to portray the title creature. overall, an entertainingly adequate flawed cult classic.

In 1870's England a scientist discovers that the spirit of death - "The Asphyx" of the title - can be trapped as it tries to enter the body at the moment of death. Using primitive photography and a chemical spotlight, he attempts to immortalise his nearest and dearest by trapping their individual asphyx as it appears. A thoughtful,and for the most part effective tale, with some genuinely ghoulish moments courtesy of the impressive (for their time) special effects. Robert Stephens gets a little frantic at times, especially in the last half-hour, but the original plot and a sinister twist in the tail raise a smile and ensure that the film won't be easily forgotten.

A co-worker and I were just discussing unusual films last week, and I immediately thought of "The Asphyx", though no one else in the office had even heard of it. They're all younger than me so I guess it's excusable. I haven't seen this on the small screen yet, but did enjoy it during its initial release in 1972 on the big screen. I thought it to be thought provoking in the way of classic horror films, when the protagonist discovers (too late) that he shouldn't have been messing around with things like immortality. I've not seen or heard of it since then but I haven't forgotten it either, nor will I. A genuinely scary, gruesome movie with a moral comes along not too often. I highly recommend it and intend to buy it on DVD when it's released!

A 1960 black & white that actually plays just like it's title suggests. Right from the start there is a fiend of a dope-island with brooding natives and a torch of a woman not accustomed to the sandy confines of a...dope-island.

The script was exceptionally good (in that it was bad and full of one-liners) and the acting was over-done with competence.

Easily one of the best b-movies in the collection. Keeps your attention and doesn't drag.

A good, rather unusual double-feature from Something Weird. The theme of this disc is "tropicana," and its contents, geographically speaking, span from the Caribbean to the South Seas.

The main features are artistically unambitious but entertaining. FIEND is a fast-moving melodrama about the spectacular self-destruction of a small Caribbean island's whip-cracking tyrant, played by Bruce Bennett. Tania Velia, aka "the Yugoslavian bombshell," is imported to dance for The Fiend, but she's repelled by him and hooks up with an undercover narcotics agent, played by Robert Bray. Velia is gorgeous, and the director of FIEND made the most of her assets. Bennett gives a very vigorous performance, coming off like a psychotic who's been knocked on the head many, many times. The script is lousy, though, and the film suffers from a weak storyline. Arguably the sensationalism of all the brawls and whippings, and the presence of Tania Velia, make up for the film's most serious flaws. It's basically a fun but dumb movie.

PAGAN ISLAND, directed by Barry Mahon, is a 58-minute endurance test. A bevy of beautiful girls wear garlands of flowers and grass skirts. Into their feminine island paradise stumbles a shipwrecked sailor, who becomes infatuated with one of the locals. There's some ceremonial dancing and an underwater battle with a giant clam, and a very bizarre closing scene suggesting that the hero has succumbed to, or been tempted by, necrophilia.

The acting is generally terrible. The island girls speak "pidgin English," supposedly learned from a previous visitor. Their grammar is terrible, but they never fail to make sense, and their vocabularies are incredibly huge. Basically they talk like normal adult Americans who've chosen to eliminate unnecessary articles and tenses from their speech. It's impossible to take these "island girls" seriously. But they are fun to see and hear. The Queen of the island speaks every line as if she's reading from a cue card, and her lack of enthusiasm is incredible. She seems almost suicidal. The "plot" of PAGAN ISLAND involves a proposed marriage between the shipwrecked guy and his chosen girl, whose religion makes the marriage problematic.

More valuable are the "Goona Goona" short features, most dating from the 1930s. They look like tame National Geographic documentaries today, but 60 years ago the topless female was a rare cinematic commodity, and these films of Balinese women going about their chores au natural were marketed with less innocent "exploitation" films. There's also a really dirty short with simulated sex in a bamboo hut and narration loaded with double-entendre jokes.

Overall this is an entertaining and very unusual collection of films from Something Weird. If you buy it, or already own it, look for the "Easter egg," a trailer for Zorita the stripper's exciting film "I Married A Savage"! It's sobering to learn that Zorita was a native of Youngstown, Ohio.

OK, this one takes the all-time prize for over-the-top, pure wild-man scenery chewing. In fact, as the case itself claims, Bennet doesn't just CHEW the scenery, he swallows it whole! It begins with our "fiend" pulling out his whip (any more obvious Freudian symbolism would be pointless) and dealing a few lashes to someone because......hey, he don't NEEEED no steeeekin' reason! As he proudly proclaims, he owns EVERYthing on the island! And since his "staff" is about the most lame-brained crew this side of the Three Stooges, he's a busy man, whippin' everyone and everyTHING in sight. But that's before the girl arrrives, and then he REALLY goes berzerk! Great fun - I can't recall EVER seeing such vein-popping, chest-thumping, rip-roaring hyper-machoism. And that's just the FIRST flick! Minor, very brief flashes of toplessness, but this isn't one for the kiddos anyway. Sets a new standard - makes John Agar in "Brain From Planet Arous" look as if he were on Thorazine. You HAVE to see it!

This movie is completely unwatchable. Well, nearly unwatchable. As a comedy, it is hysterical, as a drama, it is painful to watch. After watching this, I longed for the days of Ishtar again, and went out and rented Gigli to cleanse my visual palate.

please avoid at all costs.

I'm sorry to burst another reviewer's bubble, but as a Conservative/Libertarian I enjoyed this movie immensely.

The Democratic Party of today bares little to no resemblence to the party of the time of JFK.

I enjoyed this movie, and liked the idea that had JFK lived we would have colonized the Moon and beyond.

Also, how could avoiding Viet-Nam be a bad thing?

And Martin Luther King as Vice President of the U.S.A. is a bold move and welcome outcome of preventing the assasination of the President.

For those who are fans of Time Travel, and What-ifs. I highly recommend this movie. It's fun, it's not complicated, it tells a compelling story.

Timequest shows what the world would have possibly been like had President John F.Kennedy had not been assassinated. There is a time-traveler who warns President Kennedy that he will be killed in Dallas within a few hours which changes the course of history.This amazing political fiction is based on speculation & facts. Due to lack of a largely known cast,this film was overlooked yet surpasses many high-budget science fiction thrillers. This is a great movie. Most Republicans wouldn't like it as it confirms their worst nightmares of what may have happened had President Kennedy & his brother Robert Kennedy continued in office. Vietnam ended before it could begin,etc.
The actor who played the father on "The Waltons" as the time traveler. This is terrific science fiction. This movie is for anyone who enjoys the an excellent portrayal of "what if JFK had not been assassinated ?". The time travel & paradoxes that time travel & the changes in one thing that causes many changes is an amazing display of creativity by the writer.This is a must-see.