Name Recently Watched Or Re-Watched Movies

[SMK]

Here are some I saw recently

"Dance Of The Drunken Mantis"

"Snake In The Monkey's Shadow"

"Reign Of Assassins"

"Shaolin VS Lama"

Excellent group of films there. Blockbuster Hits!!

[Secret Executioner]

Tiger At Top (Taiwan, 1975)

An 80-minute movie with about 75% of the running time devoted to fighting. The story is very confused though the plot itself is very simple: a guy is put in charge of transporting a cargo of gold, but a bunch of bandits want to rob him. On the way, two people get involved and try helping him. But the story is so badly told that it gets convoluted as you don't get why everyone wants to kill this guy nor have a clue on next to anything. There's also some guy showing up and helping the good guys - his random appearances and the lack of exposition makes this point hard to understand, but at least he delivers in terms of action.

Speaking of which, this movie has a huge part of it devoted to fighting (as I said) but the fight scenes are boring. No shapes or anything that stands out (except some weird stuff with the villain that produces psychedelic effects and seems to make him stronger).

Also, the copy that I watched - featured in the Flying Fists Of Kung Fu set is pretty bad. Some grain at points, washed out colors at others, some scenes get too dark, other times the sound gets off... There's even a big mess up at a point when the screen looks as though the VHS it's ripped from crashes.

und gets off... There's even a big mess up at a point when the screen looks as though the VHS it's ripped from crashes. Probably the worst of the set so far in terms of quality and as far as the movie itself goes, I'm not sure which between this and Mantis Under Falcon's Claws is the worse - I recall Mantis... having a funny character and I think it ACTUALLY had Animal styles in it, so I guess maybe Tiger (or Tigers ?) At Top takes the cake, if we may say so.

[Secret Executioner]

Watched Phantom Kung Fu (Taiwan, 1979) this morning. Third time watching this one and it seems like I'm loving it more and more every time I watch it. I enjoy next to everything here: the colorful villain, the funny side-characters, the nice action, the supernatural element with that apparently unkillable character, the soundtrack (love the epic opening theme). There's just so much to love here it could be one of my very favorite old school KF flicks.

[Secret Executioner]

Shaolin Martial Arts (Taiwan, 1974)

This film - while not an absolute fav' of mine - has my favorite action sequence in a Shaw Bros film. I just love the big fight where Bruce Tong and Gordon Liu take on Johnny Wang Lung Wei and "Beardy" - the Eagle Claw and the "Steel Armor" (not sure what the style is called, I'm going by what the subs say - it seems to be the same technique than that Pai Mei practiced according to dialogues from the film) look really badass in this scene (but Beardy looks badass all the way through TBH, he's probably my fav' character here).

[Secret Executioner]

Marco Polo (HK, 1975)

One of my very favorite Shaw Bros films. The training scenes are great and I LOVE that epic end battle - Bruce Tong and Chi Kuan Chun each facing a whole army, Fu Sheng fighting Beardy and Philip Kwok fighting Johnny Wang Lung Wei. Definitely a winner.

[Secret Executioner]

The Pirate (HK, 1973)

Where to start with this ? It's a fun one. Ti Lung plays a pirate captain whose ship is damaged and lands in an area ruled by a corrupt official who oppresses the poor folk of the the town (mostly fishermen who have to pay outrageous prices for anything they need - nets, material to fix the ships,...). Ti Lung is GREAT in this, his character is at the center of the story and he's really sympathetic and likeable - I'd say this is my favorite performance of his out of what I've seen so far.

The movie also has Fan Mei-sheng as an OTT villainous pirate (though he's not as funny as in The Water Margin, his performance is still fun to watch) and David Chiang as an official who's trying to catch Ti Lung's character. David Chiang appears out of nowhere around the third of the film and while he gets some screen time in the second third, he barely meets Ti Lung - until the last 20 or so minutes where the movie (having got rid of most of its cast) becomes a "Ti Lung and David Chiang show". The two become the center of attention as we see them fight. Yup, Ti Lung and David Chiang fight each other in this one.

Speaking of action, this movie has some nice action - it opens with Ti Lung and his crew attacking a foreign ship, Ti Lung and David Chiang each get some action separately (Ti Lung when trying to right wrongs, David Chiang as his behavior causes trouble, which leads to pretty fun sequences where David Chiang fights the whole staff of a casino and later the servants of the town official on his own) and the ending brawl between Ti Lung and a handful of his pirates and the town official, his sister (who's after the pirates for some reason) and their servants and henchmen is really fun to watch, though the bodycound increases A LOT in this part as next to nobody has died before in this film.

Overall, it's a really fun film and while Ti Lung and David Chiang are the stars, I found the best performance in this came from very secondary characters: Ti Lung at a point encounters an old man and his daughter as the old man is desperately trying to sell his daughter to a brothel because he has no money and nothing to eat (selling one's children is a recuring theme when the condition of the people is discussed). And these two (whose names I don't know) offer what's probably the most emotionally investing performance of the movie.

[Secret Executioner]

Kung Fu Girls (Taiwan, 1978)

A completely nuts Taiwanese Fu comedy focusing on two pairs of sisters out to help save a woman kidnapped by a gang causing trouble in the area. The thing is they keep bickering and each pair wants to succeed so that their parents (the old father of a teenager and of a little kid and the mother of a pair of teenagers) can be become the mayor of a town or something.

I find it one of my favorite Fu flicks ever, even though it's a giant piece of WTF at points. Guess it's because either I love completely nuts KF movies or because I find the elder daughter of the old guy very pretty (yeah, I don't think it occurs often but I can say that I like a Fu movie because I find the main character pretty).

The best action occurs during the first encounter when the daughters of the lady candidate demonstrate animal styles - which are NEVER used again in the movie.

I mentionned it was a comedy and you get a lot of ridiculous stuff like the way they infiltrate a brothel to find the woman: two teenage chicks get hired (they eventually come across some fat dude whose ass they kicked earlier) while the older of the second pair dresses up as a guy, which fools everyone even though she looks even more feminine (and, dare I say it, even prettier) than she did before - and the French dub adds to the comedy as the prostitute she ends up with is sounding more masculine than our heroin does (on a sidenote, a pair of prostitutes here can fight and they even beat the guys they sleep with). This brothel part takes up pretty much the middle third and is pretty funny though.

Also - and as though the film itself wasn't nuts enough -, the soundtrack deserves a major WTF. That scene early on where two teenage chicks showcase animal styles (which leads to a fight between our 4 main characters) or moments in the brothel part (a couple of comedic bits and the big fight that closes it) are set to (a pretty cool arrangement of) the final part of the Overture to Rossini's William Tell...

The worst part is that it somewhat works at making these parts kinda epic...

Concerning the release, I'm lucky enough to have the French DVD release from Bach Films:

Even though it's rather dark (very dark at points), it's still watchable and enjoyable. This release only has a French dub sadly, no English language alternative or an original dub.

[BiggWill1988]

Lucky 13, Militant Eagle, Martial Monks of The Shaolin Temple, Godzilla vs Megalon

[Secret Executioner]

Ninja Dragon (HK, 1986)

A Godfrey Ho "cut-and-splice" with Richard Harrison (sporting his famous camo suit - though he is in black for the final fight) fighting Bruce Stallion and his henchmen (all wearing red suits) as the Ninjas seem to support Taiwanese mobsters during a gang war... The Taiwanese movie seems like a nice film on its own (though it looks very grim), I don't remember what it's called but IIRC it's from 1982 or 1984.

[Secret Executioner]

Drunken Master (HK, 1978)

Hell freakin' yeah. A really good one here, but what else should I have been expecting ? Jackie Chan is great and pretty funny, Hwang Jang Lee is spectacular and makes a great bad guy (I went "holy s**t !!!" when I saw he was involved), and Simon Yuen... Well, he just steals the show here and his scenes with Jackie are a joy to watch - the two get along perfectly.

The action is great too, the Drunken Fist is really impressive and the other styles used in the first third or so are nice too - I enjoyed one fight scene where Jackie used a mix of Crane and Snake, I know he uses them in a lot of films but I always enjoy seeing him using Animal Styles in his early films.

Clearly worth honoring by wearing the 36 Styles shirt. :tongue

[Secret Executioner]

Return Of Bruce (Philippines, 1977)

A Bruce Le film - that is reminiscent of both The Big Boss and Way Of The Dragon - where Bruce Le lands in the Philippines and - with a bit of help from his cousin, played by Meng Fei - fights a human trafficking ring going on strong with help of corrupt local police forces and of a Japanese master who masters a special fighting technique.

Bruce Le overacting like crazy (seriously, his performance here is so bad it's hilarious) and the movie also has a pointless little kid (he's more annoying than anything), snippets from the score of Enter The Dragon (essentially of the main theme actually), some Gwailos (who seem to have stayed too long in the sun), a very flaming assistant (seriously, Paul Wei in WOTD is nothing compared to this guy) and - believe it or not - Lo Lieh as Bruce Le's final opponent !! Yup, Lo Lieh is in this. But do NOT expect Ninjas like the one the cover art for the DVD release I have shows, cause there ain't any Ninja in this:

[Secret Executioner]

Master Of The Flying Guillotine (HK, 1976)

Clearly the best Jimmy Wang Yu film I've seen so far - not that I've seen that much of his films to begin with, I only had Return Of The One Armed Swordsman on DVD (while I liked it, it's now towards the bottom of my Shaws list) and I've only watched the underwhelming Man Called Tiger off the Jimmy Wang Yu Collection 2-DVD set.

MOTFG (in its uncut 93 minutes glory here) is really wonderful: great action (loved the tournament part with very cool action - I loved all the styles used and very well choreographed and filmed, and I couldn't help but think of Shaolin Martial Arts at a point when a contestant is defeated in the same way Beardy is in this Chang Cheh film), a very badass villain (Kam Kong nailed the part), colorful characters (the foreigners are pretty fun to watch) and a likeable (though not very active for the first two thirds or so) lead.

I still have some more Wang Yu films to check out on the Jimmy Wang Yu Collection 2-DVD set, and I hope those will be on par with this - One-armed Boxer is widely seen as a classic so I guess it shouldn't be a bad one, The Tattooed Dragon doesn't seem too popular among people but I'll give it a chance, and based on the trailer, I'd say Beach Of The War Gods seems like an epic picture (for the manly you !!!).

[Secret Executioner]

Seven Steps Of Kung Fu (HK, 1979)

My copy is on the Flying Fists Of Kung Fu 12-movie set. It begins with a German card and the opening credits are cut, there's some tape damage early in the film and the movie briefly switches from English to Mandarin Chinese around the hour mark.

I like the comedy early on and I enjoyed the performance by Ricky Cheng as the lead character, though most of the cast deliver nice performances. BTW, it was funny realizing I spotted a few faces after so much Fu watching - spotted Lung Fei and Tommy Lee as members of the Five Hands Gang. Actually, the character that disappointed me the most was the main baddie, played by Chen Shan - he is barely in this movie, except for the last 10 or so minutes. I was revisting this for him as I realized it's pretty much the only film with this actor that I have, and I would have been into getting one of the 36 Styles shirts showcasing him.

[Secret Executioner]

The Magnificent (HK, 1979)

Set in 1911, this film deals with a general (played by Chan Sing) who plans to use an old lord (and his coat of arms, which would be used as a symbol) to overthrow the newly established Republic and restore the old Qing order. The local commissioner (Carter Wong Ka Tat) will try to thwart his plans, gaining help from the lord's daughter (Doris Cheung) on his way.

Trailer:

This one's a mixed bag. Directed by Chan Siu Pang (director of The 18 Bronzemen and The Fatal Flying Guillotines) and with Godfrey Ho credited as assistant director, this Asso Asia production starts with a nice fight in a mountain set up that gets ruined by the credits running and interrupting...

Then, we get rather boring and confusing stuff (there's also a Dragon Lee cameo at a point, but some awkward editing butchers his fight and we don't know what happens to him - it literally goes "fight starts between Chan Sing and two of Wong's men, including Dragon Lee"/"switch to Carter Wong's office where he decides to go investigate"/"Carter Wong is now on the scene of the fight" with an obvious cut between Wong's office and Wong facing Chan Sing) until the focus gets on Carter Wong and Doris Cheung trying to find a way to defeat Chan Sing. The movie is available on the Shaolin Iron Men set about Bronzemen, but it must be really only because it has 18 Bronzemen star Carter Wong in it and also because Chan Sing practices a style called the Golden Bell that makes him immune to blows and hits from weapons until you hit a certain vital point - even that is confused, because it seems you must hit said vital point (or about 30 of them...) before poking his eyes and kicking him in the groin (while a combo of these two seemed enough in other movies - go figure), though here it's more grabbing the groin (insert sexist comment about Doris Cheung grabbing a guy's groin, cause she's the one who does it). Anyway, the Golden Bell/vital points thing leads to great training scenes with Carter Wong and Doris Cheung, while Chan Sing looks pretty badass practising his Golden Bell.

Not a bad start for the Kickin' It Shaolin Style set I received a few days ago. I expected it to be much worse seeing the slow and rather boring start, but the enjoyable score (I especially like the tune to which Wong and Cheung train), the performances by Chan Sing (who's a great bad guy in this one), Carter Wong (who is a bit stone-faced but a good lead) and Doris Cheung (her character isn't ruined by a dub that has her saying "daddy" a lot, which sounds a bit ridiculous) and the really good action (the leads have nice moments and there's some great kicking in there) make the movie watchable and it gets really enjoyable in the second half when it loses the big confusing stuff.

The release itself isn't that great though: as I mentionned, it has awkward editing at points (looks like some scenes were cut), it's fullscreen with a lot of stuff being cropped out and the picture gets a bit grainy at points, but it's still very watchable if your standards aren't too high.

[Secret Executioner]

18 Fatal Strikes (HK, 1978), courtesy of Mill Creek's Flying Fists Of Kung Fu 12-movie set.

Following the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the rise of the Qings, a monk from Shaolin is badly injured by a Mandchurian official (an OTT guy played by Sze Ma Lung who practices the Shaking Eagle style). He's rescued by two bickering young peasants (Stephen Tung and Dean Shek, for once not spotting some ugly hairy mole on his face) who bring him back to health and to whom he teaches his kung fu (Lo Han style I think, unless I heard wrong) after they get beaten up trying to help people from the nearby town.

Trailer:

Third time seeing this one in less than a year, and I find it holds up very well to repeated viewings - actually, I may enjoy it more now than I did upon first viewing.

I think problems like the uneven tone (Stephen Tung and Dean Shek bicker a lot - in Monty Python-esque voices, especially Dean Shek - and get involved in a lot of rather funny slapstick, but there's also a couple of very poignant moments with them - a girl they know being raped and murdered, one of them dying a horrible and painful death - and then there's some OTT stuff like our heroes going mad for revenge or the weird sound effects the villain makes whenever using his special technique) or some underdeveloped and/or forgettable characters (such as the monk or the henchmen of Sze Ma Lung) still remain, but aren't as gripping as the first time I saw the film.

Concerning the release, there's an issue in the middle of the film and so you have about a minute or so of black screen and no sound - guess the source tape was damaged at this point. It looks like it's sourced from a cropped VHS (fullscreen) and said-tape wasn't in the best condition (some damage can be noticed at points), but still it's watchable and there's far worse out there.

[shaolin swords]

i been meaning to buy the flying fist of kung fu box set how is that set SE ??? been wanted to watch 18 fatal strikes never seen it before

[Secret Executioner]

i been meaning to buy the flying fist of kung fu box set how is that set SE ??? been wanted to watch 18 fatal strikes never seen it before

Well, it's a 12-movie pack with 4 movies on each of the 3 DVD - the package is very simple with the 3 DVDs stacked on top one another.

While the picture quality isn't that great the movies are still watchable. Issues (audio or picture) I have noted (for all of the movies I think):

- stuff that looks like the source tape was damaged in several movies (I guess most if not all of the films must be VHS-sourced - can't really explain what it's like, but if you've seen a VHS that was damaged you get the idea)

- the night scenes are usually very dark and you can barely see what's going on

I was disappointed with only a couple of films - Tiger At Top (except for the psychedelic Fu used by the villain, it's very forgettable and it gets boring fast) and Mantis Under Falcon's Claw (except for some funny bits, it was boring and confused). I'd say my favorites of the bunch are Phantom Kung Fu, 18 Fatal Strikes and Tai Chi Shadow Boxing, though a lot of the other films on there are very good too.

I would recommend this set if you really want to see one (or more) of the films on there (the set seems cheap enough to be worth getting for just one film) and don't mind the quality, as you should set your expectations relatively low - 4 films on one disc, they are sourced from fullscreen English dubbed VHS that aren't always the best... One should clearly NOT expect some HD remastered stuff here.

[Secret Executioner]

Blind Fist Of Bruce (HK, 1979)

A Bruce Li film where Bruce Li plays a bank owner who loses everything after a gang led by Kong Do beats him up badly. He then begins learning Fu from a blind old master played by Simon Yuen in order to get revenge.

The movie has nice action (especially from Simon Yuen, but it gets ruined by the really bad ratio of the version I have, which is a heavily cropped fullscreen), but it gets a bit boring rather fast. After a really nice first third or so with hilarious comedy (courtesy of the two sidekicks Bruce Li gets, the "bedside kung fu" line just floored me), the movie gets repetitive and the last two thirds or so can be summed up in a few words: Bruce Li learns a bit from Simon Yuen, gets beaten by Kong Do, learns more from Simon Yuen, gets beaten again... I know the revenge plot calls for it, but it gets old quickly.

The comedy however (especially early on) is hilarious. Bruce Li has two sidekicks who are supposed to be his fu teachers and they are hilarious in how incompetent they are -they make up styles (ever heard of the Elephant Trunk Fist ? Or the Elephant Slip ?) and the English dub gives them great voices and lines. Speaking of the dub, Kong Do has a really cool voice here.

[Secret Executioner]

Forgot to mention, the soundtrack is pretty nice too. There's even a sequence with Simon Yuen set to an Ennio Morricone tune off Sergio Leone's A Fistful Of Dynamite AKA Duck, You Sucker:

[shaolin swords]

thanks for the info I think am going to buy the set and give it a try thanks

Well, it's a 12-movie pack with 4 movies on each of the 3 DVD - the package is very simple with the 3 DVDs stacked on top one another.

While the picture quality isn't that great the movies are still watchable. Issues (audio or picture) I have noted (for all of the movies I think):

- stuff that looks like the source tape was damaged in several movies (I guess most if not all of the films must be VHS-sourced - can't really explain what it's like, but if you've seen a VHS that was damaged you get the idea)

- the night scenes are usually very dark and you can barely see what's going on

I was disappointed with only a couple of films - Tiger At Top (except for the psychedelic Fu used by the villain, it's very forgettable and it gets boring fast) and Mantis Under Falcon's Claw (except for some funny bits, it was boring and confused). I'd say my favorites of the bunch are Phantom Kung Fu, 18 Fatal Strikes and Tai Chi Shadow Boxing, though a lot of the other films on there are very good too.

I would recommend this set if you really want to see one (or more) of the films on there (the set seems cheap enough to be worth getting for just one film) and don't mind the quality, as you should set your expectations relatively low - 4 films on one disc, they are sourced from fullscreen English dubbed VHS that aren't always the best... One should clearly NOT expect some HD remastered stuff here.

[Secret Executioner]

If you can get it for a decent price, I say give it a try. You'll likely find something to enjoy out of these 12 films.

Watched this afternoon: Shaolin Kung Fu (Taiwan, 1974), off the Kickin' It Shaolin Style set.

An evil gang wants to get the monopoly on rickshaws in a town. An employee of the other company who has great Fu skills but swore not to fight snaps and beats the shit out of some of the evil dudes and also kills the son of the head gangster who was raping his blind wife.

A very disappointing movie, boring with either uninteresting or annoying characters. The fight scenes are nice, but a good half of them are ruined because the wife or some kid keep whinning throughout. The movie also features cues from Enter The Dragon in the last third, which is okay and kinda improves it. Still, one of the worst I've seen on a Mill Creek set (in spite of the good picture quality for once) - not sure which between this and Tiger At Top (Flying Fists set) I liked the least.

[Secret Executioner]

One-armed Boxer (HK, 1971 according to HKcinemagic, 1972 according to the DVD package)

Second entry off the Jimmy Wang Yu Collection I'm watching, and OMG does that one kick ass.

Lung Fei is great as the fanged (!) Karate master from Okinawa, Wang Yu delivers as the lead (he isn't too bad as an actor I must say) and I found myself invested in the character's progression, and the rest of the characters (especially the foreign killers) are rather colorful and really enjoyable - I especially liked that Indian Yoga master whose handstand stuff was pretty fun to watch, the Judo master is rather tame but offers nice action, the Korean seems a bit underused (and doesn't kick that much), the Thai fighters have some solid and brutal action (the Thai from MOTFG is a perfect copy of those guys - and I noticed a little issue in the subs as one of them is called Iron Foot throughout and the other is called Copper Foot when introduced but becomes Bronze Foot when the baddie and the foreigners show up at the good guys' dojo...), though the most brutal is from the karate guys (including Lung Fei as the master). The two Tibetan Lamas are mentionned (and appear in a flashback) in Master Of The Flying Guillotine as being two disciples of the blind monk, but them being officials working for some government (Qing IIRC) like the monk does doesn't make much sense...

Besides the character, the sets and the soundtrack were also really nice - the music felt a bit Spaghetti Western-ish at times. The story is also well-crafted and well put, I found some of the cinematography really well done (dramatic and nicely done camera moves notably). Am I the only one who found the name of Wang Yu's clan kinda funny ? I mean, they are called the Justice Club - sounds like a gathering of comic books fans.

But overall, this one is a really neat picture and you don't see the 93 minutes pass - though it's slightly inferior to its sequel Master Of The Flying Guillotine, though I guess a blind monk throwing flying contraptions of death might have been too OTT.

My main nitpick would be that the titular character loses his arm very late in the game and most of the time elapsing between the arm being Karate-chopped off and his revenge is summed up in a montage of pictures set to some music. With all the focus given to Wang Yu fighting the foreigners, I think they should have called this Wang Yu Against All Nations.

On a sidenote: how come Lung Fei keeps turning up as a baddie in next to half of the movies I'm watching ? Really, it seems at times I can't watch an old-school Fu flick without him showing up - not that he's a bad performer, it just bugs me.

[Secret Executioner]

Master Of The Flying Guillotine (HK, 1976)

Revisited this one, and man is that a GREAT flick.

The blind monk might be one of my absolute favorite characters ever, he's just so epic and so psycho. And that soundtrack... The two Neu tracks they used ("Super" as the opening theme and "Super 16" as the theme of the blind monk) fit really great. I think (read this somewhere) there's also some Kraftwerk in the soundtrack, but the Neu stuff really stands out (maybe because "Super 16" plays next to every time the titular character appears on screen ?).

The tournament part is also really cool, the choreography is really great and I enjoy the variety of styles displayed there.

Totally worthy of having its own t-shirt haha.

[Secret Executioner]

Super Dragon (Taiwan, 1982)

It's pretty confused in the first third or so, but I went "screw logic, I'll stay for the action". Cause it has a lot of action and some very nice stuff - I liked the sword fights, but them including a sound effect later re-used in Godfrey Ho's Ninja Terminator might help.

Then later on (when you start to kinda get the plot), it grabbed me and I wanted to see where it was going and who the killer/escort company traitor was (he's exposed in the very end but I didn't get it - so who was it ultimately ?).

The cast is enjoyable too, and I'll give two mentions:

The first goes to Hu Chin, whom I instantly recognized in spite of the very bad quality of the release). She looks very cute - more than usual I should say - in that red outfit.

The second goes to Lo Lieh. And here, he plays a freaking restaurant worker. But still, his mug and his attitude are put to great use - wouldn't want to stop at that inn.

(Lo Lieh should have been brought up first, but Hu Chin is my favorite Taiwanese actress, I love this lady - not sure why, must be her really cute face and the parts she played that I find hypnotically fascinating)

I mentionned the bad quality, and the Kickin' It Shaolin Style set has a rather bad (though watchable) release with pixelized opening credits and varying quality (it gets darker or lighter for no reason, sometimes it's a bit blurry). The movie is in fullscreen, so cropped, and parts of the screen (notably characters) are cut out. But the sound is good, which is nice since you can hear the dialogues (pretty much) and enjoy the Star Wars music (the way it's used made me laugh like crazy BTW)

[The Taiji Pirate]

There are so many! As far as golden age goes though. My Young Auntie, Come Drink with Me, Thundering Mantis, Drunken Tai Chi, Return to the 36th Chamber, Five Element Ninjas, Crippled Avengers, Crazy Horse Intelligent Monkey, I could go on and on. These are just a few that get played often.

I have found that with Kung Fu Films, and not as much in other genres, the sequels are often as good if not better then original.

For example, as much as I love and respect The 36 Chambers of Shaolin. I find myself re-watching Return to the 36 Chambers more often. I love the creativity and humor.