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Re:Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas can now grab and tos... by scotty79 on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @09:14PM (#34435926)
Why did you use his private, real name in context of talking about his art in which he used pseudonym? Did he recently stated he prefers to be called by his name rather than pseudonym?
Re:Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas can now grab and tos... by technothrasher on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @09:41PM (#34436111)
Wait, did he recently state he prefers to be called by his Anglicized name rather than his Chinese name? Where are you getting the "private" context from? He goes by, and has gone by, quite a few different names. I'm not sure why you called out the previous poster for using that particular one. Perhaps there's something I'm missing?
Re:Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas can now grab and tos... by scotty79 on Thursday January 19, 2023 @07:31AM (#34439616)
I didn't call out anyone for anything. I just asked because I was curious.

For me it's quite reasonable that if someone creates pseudonym for his artistic work then that's how they want to be called, especially in context of that work. So I was curious if there's some exception to that rule for this specific performer.

Re:Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas can now grab and tos... by mncharity on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @09:33PM (#34436055)
Thanks - I edited to drop the real name. "Foreign" names often get a "oh no, Americans won't be able to handle that" variant name for use in US releases. So when quickly googling for the comment, when I saw the wikipedia page had another name up front, I included it.
Re:Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas can now grab and tos... by eozoon on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:46PM (#34436478)
FWIW, no one use his "real name" even here in HK. He has a chinese pseudonym that most people use, but even Jackie Chan is much more widely known/used than his actual legal name. That was kinda like calling 50 cents "Curtis James Jackson III".
Re:Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas can now grab and tos... by trompetenaccoun on Thursday January 19, 2023 @03:06AM (#34437871)
He's also known as 'traitor' in Hong Kong, that's his second name.
Re:Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas can now grab and tos... by eozoon on Thursday January 19, 2023 @04:17AM (#34438294)
And being a general pos, horrible husband/father amongst other things... I usually bit my tongue when westerners fanboy about him since I don't want to be the party pooper but yeah, we don't really like him here. The blooper reels were neat, but that was a common feature in HK action films at the time and not really about integrity, since I don't think the audience were expected to believe any of the action were real.
Re:Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas can now grab and tos... by ManuelKiessling on Thursday January 19, 2023 @05:55AM (#34438965)
Well, the action WAS real, that's the point, no?
Re:Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas can now grab and tos... by daqhris on Thursday January 19, 2023 @01:51PM (#34443998)
I'm not a westerner fanboy of his. I am a black African. Met him and worked next him on a movie set in early 2016.

I've never seen a major actor act out in the good interest of a black foreigner, inexperienced in film, speaking unoptimal mandarin.

My encounters with him were mainly professional, in the span of 6 months. Hard for me to judge his character in a bad way. He might an overworker who shoulders the image of an entire nation's film industry. But he is success is well-earned. His later alignment with the CCP during the HK protests angered me a bit. But I had my fair share of unfair treatment by the CCP. I know they can be cruel. But Jackie is no bad boy, I swear.

Re:Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas can now grab and tos... by eozoon on Thursday January 19, 2023 @09:51PM (#34448618)
Good to know he was professional people he work with - for what it is worth, I am not saying he is not good at what he does, and whatever personal shortcomings he might have, it's not about his work.

That's why I usually hold my tongue when people praise his work, there's no reason his personal believes should affect people's enjoyment of his work (I'd do the same for people enjoying Orson Scott Card's books, for example). I only bought it up in response to someone else mentioning it.

That said, his weird political stance is not a new thing, and not under duress from the CCP. He had been saying things like "freedom is not good for Chinese people" "Chinese people need to be controlled" since around 2009.

Re:Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas can now grab and tos... by ddeck on Thursday January 19, 2023 @04:17AM (#34438295)
Re:Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas can now grab and tos... by scotty79 on Thursday January 19, 2023 @07:28AM (#34439598)
Thanks for explanation. I wasn't critiquing you in any way. I was just curious about the reason.