I don’t really notice it. It’s only when the actor looks directly into the camera and says my full name, DOB and Social Security number that I start to think the movie’s a bit weird
>How do you react if a character has the same name as yours?
It’s always been weird because I have a really uncommon/common first name- it’s Martin. So in the US it’s common enough where most people know a guy with my name, but for me, it’s uncommon enough that I’m the only person named Martin that they know. But they’re like aware that that is a name- as in when I introduce myself it’s not coming out of left field like some crazy foreign name they’ve never heard of that catches them off guard. I just think it’s this weird middle ground where if I was named something extremely common like “Mike” or “Steve” or “John” I would be so desensitized to it that it wouldn’t even be noticeable if it came up in a movie, but hearing my own it’s slightly off putting because of how commonly uncommon it is.
>everyone thinks you have a last name for a first name
You can’t possibly understand just how many times people have said that to me throughout the course of my life.
It always takes me by surprise
Gabriel, fairly common name, biblical, symbolic, you'd think it'd be more common, but I've met more in real life than I have seen in fiction. Also for some reason it's one of the 5 default names chinese kids pick when they move here
It's funny because it's a very popular name, but not that often used in Hollywood and when it is, the character is usually black, but the most famous one is double white.
inb4 muhammed
>having a Black person name
Why would you do this?
It's funny because it's a very popular name, but not that often used in hollywood and when it is, the character is usually black, but the most famous one is double white.
inb4 muhammed
My name is Will. It's so common that I'm not even afraid to use it on Cinemaphile. So it should be no surprise to know when a character uses my name I am indifferent about it.
>I've got your full adress, Willstopher
It's actually William. But it made me think about how no one ever called me by my full name. And I think when you have classic English name with multiple syllables and you're addressed with an abbreviation it's because people don't respect you or they see you as immature (same thing imo).
Nah, if you have a really common name like that it’s like what is anybody going to do with that information? >Hey I heard some random person somewhere in the world is named something really common like “Tim” or “Chris” >Let’s all go try and stalk this guy for literally nothing to gain from it based on just above zero information
Yeah man, if you have a common first name, you can just say it on the internet (if that’s literally all you say) and no one can do anything with it.
I don't
I don’t really notice it. It’s only when the actor looks directly into the camera and says my full name, DOB and Social Security number that I start to think the movie’s a bit weird
I hate it when that happens
I've never seen it happen before and it will likely never happen
What the frick is your name?
John
Please don’t laugh.
Chike Mosi
Chike it up
Normal name, nothing really out of the ordinary, but unique enough that I doubt it will ever happen
Stanquarius
Baby Sneed
I react and respond to whenever the characters call him by name, and get increasingly frustrated when they ignore me.
>How do you react if a character has the same name as yours?
It’s always been weird because I have a really uncommon/common first name- it’s Martin. So in the US it’s common enough where most people know a guy with my name, but for me, it’s uncommon enough that I’m the only person named Martin that they know. But they’re like aware that that is a name- as in when I introduce myself it’s not coming out of left field like some crazy foreign name they’ve never heard of that catches them off guard. I just think it’s this weird middle ground where if I was named something extremely common like “Mike” or “Steve” or “John” I would be so desensitized to it that it wouldn’t even be noticeable if it came up in a movie, but hearing my own it’s slightly off putting because of how commonly uncommon it is.
Maybe because Steve Martin, and everyone thinks you have a last name for a first name.
>everyone thinks you have a last name for a first name
You can’t possibly understand just how many times people have said that to me throughout the course of my life.
Frasier comes to mind
I was named after a character in Clerks
It always takes me by surprise
Gabriel, fairly common name, biblical, symbolic, you'd think it'd be more common, but I've met more in real life than I have seen in fiction. Also for some reason it's one of the 5 default names chinese kids pick when they move here
>incredibly common biblical name
>literally the only character in anything ever named Daniel is Daniel Jackson
I have a common name, so I'm used to it
cum usually
Only in ancient egypt movies. My name is Tutankhamun Trismegistus da Silva
My last name is Jensen. Makes me feel cool playing Deus Ex
The character is usually black, except for the title character in that one movie.
>having a Black person name
Why would you do this?
Black people have a lot of french names from colonization
i always tell Black folk (and Black person lovers) that my name was italian before it was taken by blacks
It's funny because it's a very popular name, but not that often used in hollywood and when it is, the character is usually black, but the most famous one is double white.
inb4 muhammed
IRL soi face
I kind of go "huh" or "heh" then go on with watching or reading whatever
My name is Will. It's so common that I'm not even afraid to use it on Cinemaphile. So it should be no surprise to know when a character uses my name I am indifferent about it.
I've got your full adress, Willstopher
>I've got your full adress, Willstopher
It's actually William. But it made me think about how no one ever called me by my full name. And I think when you have classic English name with multiple syllables and you're addressed with an abbreviation it's because people don't respect you or they see you as immature (same thing imo).
Nah, if you have a really common name like that it’s like what is anybody going to do with that information?
>Hey I heard some random person somewhere in the world is named something really common like “Tim” or “Chris”
>Let’s all go try and stalk this guy for literally nothing to gain from it based on just above zero information
Yeah man, if you have a common first name, you can just say it on the internet (if that’s literally all you say) and no one can do anything with it.
You should just sillymaxx and start going by little Willy
Nobody would dare disrespect you then
Your name is William. Will is not a name.
its weirder if its a girl with my name but i dont really care overall
I remember some goon on The Shield had my name and I thought it was funny, then he gets shot like 3 minutes later
>He's literally me
there are movies containing the word Heil, but not as a name