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New Definitions
Wednesday, August 8 — Here are some interesting definitions I noticed in the Tenth Edition of Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:
"heat exhaustion a condition marked by weakness, nausea, dizziness, and profuse sweating that results from physical exertion in a hot environment; compare HEATSTROKE."
"heatstroke a condition marked esp. by cessation of sweating, extremely high body temperature, and collapse that results from prolonged exposure to high temperature."
"jackie chan exhaustion a condition marked by weakness, nausea, dizziness, and profuse sweating that results from extended exposure to recent American-made films; compare TSUIHARKSTROKE."
"tsuiharkstroke a condition marked esp. by cessation of logic, extremely high body count, and collapse that results from prolonged exposure to rapid cutting and a lack of identifiable human emotion."
By the way, reviews of Rush Hour 2 and Time and Tide will be posted in the next couple of days.
The day after I wrote my last editorial, I suffered a bad case of heat exhaustion and nearly had a heatstroke. It's been over 100 degrees Fahrenheit here in North Texas for weeks. Right about now the Southern Hemisphere sounds like a good place to live.
Coherent movie viewing has been curtailed for me lately (that's what happens when your brain gets a bit fried), but I did manage to see Satin Steel (Jade Leung, Anita Lee Yuen Wa, Russell Wong; enjoyable b-movie with plenty of ridiculous action); Planet of the Apes (a strange hybrid; as if Ang Lee had cut all the talking out of Crouching Tiger and directed the action sequences himself; terrific production design and make-up; properly predictable ending); first 30 minutes of The Private Eyes (very silly and funny so far; love the "wocka-wocka" music); The Godfather Parts 1 and 2 (for the umpteenth time; still classic and compelling because the filmmakers' artistic ambitions perfectly mirror the characters in the film); America's Sweethearts (tired and lacks any creative spark; feels like a remake of a film made in the '30's with updated mid-'90's cultural references); Macross Plus (my first Anime but not my last; incredibly colorful, great silences, memorable music, distinct characters); the aforementioned Rush Hour 2 (despite what I wrote above, I actually liked this when considered as an American comedy with some action); Jurassic Park III (sorry for those who hated it, I loved the buzzsaw pace and the creativity of the new plot elements; I also love watching computer dinosaurs eating overpaid American actors who must run and scream a lot); and some other stuff I can't remember right now.
Also saw the theatrical trailers for the upcoming films The One (possibly a terrible disaster in the offing), Windtalkers (looks dynamic, but so did the trailer for Mission: Impossible 2), and The Musketeer ("featuring fight choreography by famed Taiwanese director" or something like that -- how come I had to look up his bio in HKMDB? I must be really stupid).
Site news: Still have not updated the older individual review pages, and still have a lot of plans for what I would like to do. The pace of work in my paying job has picked up, however, leaving less time to mess around on the site. More reviews are coming next week, including Could You Kill My Husband, Please? (Michael Wong and Jade Leung) and Clueless (also describes what I know about this movie).
As always, please feel free to e-mail me your comments, whether positive or negative.
peter
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