Review of The Tuxedo

[kiya]

Jackie Chan accidentally as James Bond doing a plot from The Avengers.


The previews included something called Shaolin Soccer, which has Kevin all wound up with enthusiasm. Talk about a movie tailormade to his enthusiasms.

Went out to dinner. Had teriyaki stirfry. Ate all the meat even though I didn't really want to. Too stressed to be hungry, dealing with reality making me dizzy and faintly queasy. (He, she, it is nauseized.)

What's the word for phobia of people? Not crowds, just . . . random people . . . ? I never realized how much energy I usually put into whatever structures I have in my head that moderate how disabling that sort of thing can be before I ran out of energy to power them. . . .

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Shaolin Soccer + word

[boojum.livejournal.com]

I've seen Shaolin Soccer in a subtitled form. Great movie, but it's most decidedly a comedy, not serious commentary on martial arts or sports. I haven't seen the previews, so I don't know if they make this clear enough to prevent disappointment.

One of the definitions of introversion I've seen is "being stressed out by people, needing alone time or small trusted group time to recuperate". Does this match your phobia of people?

Re: Shaolin Soccer + word

[kiya]

I tell him this. He says, "It doesn't matter! It still looks damned cool!" He turns to wander off, turns back to me and says, ". . . where'd Boojum see it subtitled? I'd like to see it subtitled. . . ." And then drifts off muttering about dubbing as I tell him I'll ask you. :}

Sorta on the introversion thing. What this was was me bordering on a panic attack, though -- nausea, something like agoraphobia (hiding in a corner, even more than I usually do), spastic motions, generalized inability to cope. . . . I don't usually get freaked out by being in a restaurant. Tired when I actually have to deal with people, yes. Completely jumpy, no.

Re: Shaolin Soccer + word

[boojum.livejournal.com]

Oh, Shaolin Soccer is damn cool. It would just be extraordinarily wacky to see while expecting seriousness. Like drinking water while expecting apple juice was -- not inherently wrong, but so very not-what-was-expected that it's wrong anyway.

I saw it from a friend's DVD a few months ago (Arlo says six months ago). His (friend's) email is down right now, but I suspect he got it wherever he gets anime. He mentioned at the time that it was sweeping southeast Asia. I'll press him for more detail when next I get ahold of him (probably next week sometime). Minor googling (no patience for Javascript or weird colorings) shows that other people have found it and it might be available online, depending on whether VCD == DVD or not.

(And yes, dubbing often sucks. One of the amusing parts of the subtitled movie for me was the utter lack of singing ability in the lead, who occasionally sings while he's trying to draw people to his cause. I hope they keep that feature if they dub it.)

I've gotten panic attack-ish things sort of like you describe by my introversion and my dealing-with-relatives boundaries being overrun and left there[1]. Complete inability to act politely or even like I'm tracking reality much, pulled into a crouch and twitching at stimuli, especially noises and people moving towards me, little or no speech, no eye contact. I don't know if that's part of any standard definition of introversion, though. Maybe "(near) panic attack caused by phobia of people and/or stressed introversion" is the wordphrase you want. Except that it's clumsier than the phrase you started with. Hmm.

[1] When my mental health boundaries are overrun, I need recovery time before the effects go away. Said recovery time has to be very firmly in safe space. I can't be anywhere near the boundaries and "heal". In particular, I can't be in a social context and heal the introversion boundary. This is very annoying, but was more so before I recognized it and could explain it. I can now soak some of it by just knowing what it is and that the world has not mysteriously become incredibly evil and horrible at me.

Re: Shaolin Soccer + word

[kiya]

I'm not sure I could expect seriousness from the clip, given that one of the things included was someone shouting at a female character after she shaved her head, "Now you look like ET!" ;) I'll let him know; he's much better at finding random stuff on the web than I am, maybe he can dig it up somewhere.

I suspect I'd do better at patching if I didn't have where's-the-safe-space-again issues as a major part of why I'm not with it enough to deal with a restaurant.

Re: Shaolin Soccer + word

[boojum.livejournal.com]

Friend with the DVD said he got it from the local anime store (http://www.kawaii-anime.com/home.html).