I make visual effects for movies and talk about movies a lot.
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Last Notes npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri Watching “Children of Men” (2006) with two first-timers. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri "Thelma" (2024) is exactly the kind of incredibly enjoyable, low-stakes movie we all have been asking for. This movie is so sweet and charming and thoughtful. A delight. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/740/415/142/337/151/original/8568dd2ee9daf846.mp4 npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri I understand how juicy the “is Biden too old?” story is for The New York Times and the Washington Post but there’s also the story that one political party is promising to end democracy. They might want to write some more stories about that. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri I think we all can agree that Screen Time has been abandoned by Apple. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri Managing Screen Time for a kid's iPad is a mess. That said, now the kid has an iPad *and* a Mac. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri @npub1sy6…5dxr oh god! npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri Has anyone had success with any of those fakey third-party USB-C "MagSafe" adapters for MacBooks that ONLY have USB-C ports? npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri My 12-year-old son has seen 23 movies out of the "AFI 100 Years 100 Movies" list. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri That interview with Mira Murati, the CTO of OpenAI, made me want to barf. Ghouls. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri I don’t know if you guys know this or not, but “Terminator 2” (1991) is still a masterpiece. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri It's 2024 and nearly every single restaurant website sucks so much. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri "Planet of the Apes" (1968), solid crash zoom movie. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri It's a huge argument that we have all the time on our films. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri My wife got me a Sony Alpha 7 IV for an anniversary present (two decades!!) and I'm really looking forward to using it! npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri "Her Name Was Moviola" (2024) trailer npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri @npub15x4…3p3l yikes npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri What's a movie you've seen recently at home that you WISHED you could have seen in theaters as a first-timer? npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri Another successful Full Media Blackout completed. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri Watching “Aliens” (1986) with a first-timer. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri “why couldn’t they just do it for ‘real’” npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri @npub15ml…2w4s WHAT npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri “Shadowlands” (1993), starring Debra Winger and Anthony Hopkins, nominated for two Oscars and five BAFTAs, 97% on the Tomatometer, npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri @npub1hvd…9sq9 macho bullshit is absolutely an ingredient npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri @npub1eee…e209 how DARE they not have the remote/mic in the photos npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri deeply fucked up that Apple doesn't still sell these puppies npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri This is pretty good. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri an oscar winner almost ran me over npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri BREAKING: Apple apologizes for "missing the mark" when they discontinued their line of Wi-Fi wireless routers, admitting "boy, we should never have stopped making AirPort products.” npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri @npub1238…g63g i dunno seinfeld says it's all unfunny woke shit nowadays npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri @npub1238…g63g I think I've done four rounds of Veep and could do another one right now npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri If anyone happens to be on a Full Media Blackout™ for "Superman" (2025), be extremely vigilant today. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri Someone on the other site praised Davy Jones' visual effects from "Pirates 2” and rhetorically asked “How the fuck did this come out in 2006?” npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri I was feeling pretty blue today, and then I read the comments on this video and now I feel much worse. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri The more you watch making-of documentaries or listen to oral histories **produced decades after the production** the more you slowly realize that nearly every big action movie filmed in the 70's and 80's was a death trap. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri The cosmic ballet… goes on. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri After each episode of “Seinfeld” that we watch as a family, we rank the lead characters based of their ethical behavior in the episode. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri i want this cardigan npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri MOVIES ARE GOOD npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri i will pay someone real money to make a supercut of movie creatures yelling with rage into the air with strings of saliva connecting between their teeth as evidence that we can really slow down on this trope npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri “Between 2015 and 2022, Georgia paid out more than $5.2 billion in tax incentives for filming… State auditors published a report in December estimating that every dollar invested in the film incentive program was returning 19 cents in tax revenue.” npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri It’s great to have your entire professional world be based on reporting rumors because when the rumors are proven to not be true or not ultimately come to fruition, you can just shrug and move on. This applies to Apple rumors and Hollywood rumors equally. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) is apparently FREE right now for purchase on Amazon Prime Video for some reason. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri I oppose the process of using generative AI trained on stolen art. So CREDO23 intrigues me. However, in order to qualify for this stamp, “Minimal CGI and VFX have been used on this film.” This is completely unrelated to generative AI and seems arbitrary. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri letterboxd for concerts? npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri Concerning “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and “Alien: Romulus”, this is where we are in the cycle. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri <starts reading dumb article> npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri This week’s SNL didn’t do the host any favors. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri If you're at all interested in visual effects, you gotta watch this Academy presentation that took place last weekend. It goes in-depth with all five nominees, and shows before/after material that hasn't been seen publicly. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri maybe I should quit while I'm ahead!!! npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri Only 100 VHS tapes of “Dune: Part One” were created by WB (in pan & scan!) and I got my hands on one. I connected my VHS deck to iMovie and digitized it. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri @npub1eee…e209 ouch npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri I was (finally!) on The Incomparable, and talked about one of my favorite movies of all time -- "The Abyss" (1989) -- with @npub15ml…2w4s, @npub16dq…urv3, @npub1q7f…c4gz and @npub1f4d…42zv ! npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri MORE MOR EMORMEO MOE RMEOMROEOROE npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri FYI I’m now putting salt on nearly every dessert. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri Instagram: “we won’t allow links and we will keep you in our app to a punitive degree” npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri “Napoleon” (2023). npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri pretty audacious behavior from a film that for months and months and months and still to this day has been saying with their mouth words “there’s hardly any CGI, it’s all beautifully hand made” and yet are AGGRESSIVELY campaigning for visual effects awards npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri How Industrial Light & Magic was credited in: npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri @npub15x4…3p3l that is a deeply cursed sentence npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri I've used a Mac since the Macintosh Plus. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri @npub1xsy…cevg @npub1f4d…42zv npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri 🌕 ✈️ npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri @npub15ml…2w4s James Clyne, first-time production designer was in charge. Previously the design director on Rogue One, Solo, Tomorrowland and others. Former ILM’er. Also a lot of design done for The Creator by the ILM art department. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri Watching “Philadelphia” (1993) with two first-timers. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri am i supposed to know why the openai guy was fired or npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri You’re welcome. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri Good idea, @npub13e5…znj2 . npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri I'M SO TIRED npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri “Whiplash” (2014) npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri @npub1eee…e209 it's literally up next - we had to get through scary movies in October, and she's a big Kubrick fan npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri oh my GAWD npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri Absolutely incredible video about visual effects. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri With these streaming services raising prices, I’m thinking savvy and savvy-adjacent customers will start planning their monthly viewing and ultimately cycle through each streaming service for one month each only. npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri @npub15ml…2w4s reported npub1l78qpn5l0cvl778e88d747juwgr0x5s5pdqecfxlf9afzrvncnkslm7kmq Todd Vaziri @npub1utv…87lr in case 1,000,000 people already didn't send this to you
