Kathges Reviews

Shattered Mind (1996 TV Movie)

Excellent portrayal of dissociative identity disorder (MPD)

[8 April 2002]

This is the best portrayal I've yet seen of dissociative identity disorder (formerly called multiple personality disorder); it is NOT about schizophrenia.

The actress is very accurate as she portrays "switching" from one "alter" to another -- It's a bit exaggerated in portraying the woman as having a second life as a prostitute, such "florid" presentations of MPD are 5% or less.

Great movie, not sensationalist like some.

Space Island One (1998)

This is a great show! My scientist friends all love it!

[6 February 2002]

Wish I could find a place to buy videos of this show! We're taping it at 1 a.m. on Mondays.

For us, and my friends with scientific training, this is a great show. It's much more realistic than any other "science" show I've seen -- the lab is kind of messy, there are personal tensions about research results, research is seen as an ongoing thing you do every day.

It is kind of dry, but that's partly why we love it.

We saw the first part of a two part one where they're abandoning the station -- and they didn't show the next episode, the next week! So we'd really like to find that one!

Kathges