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Watching "Citizen Kane" (1941) the way it was meant to be seen — an 80's era NTSC telecine stretched to the wrong aspect ratio played on an airplane seat back monitor.
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Todd Vaziri
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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06I make visual effects for movies and talk about movies a lot.
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I’m reasonably aware of how time works but it really blows my mind that the temporal distance between the release of “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” (1982) and the premiere of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” was only
FIVE (5) YEARS
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"2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) has the most dramatic, most famous match cut in the history of cinema.
remastered in HD:
https://youtu.be/SsE6WgxG0aE?si=FmX28x5AQR10BnG5
The match cut from "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968), remastered in HD, 2026
Watching “Alien 3” (1992) with a first-timer.
Sam Neill, pitch perfect in so many incredible movies
The Piano
Dead Calm
Event Horizon
In the Mouth of Madness
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The Hunt for Red October
he was even great in Omen III and Memoirs of an Invisible Man
my favorite "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode
20 years ago today “Mission: Impossible III” was released, with visual effects by Industrial Light & Magic.
We sneaked R2-D2 into a shot, and here it is.
What a dreadful place we are in where a mega billionaire says something like “You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you.” and not be shamed by the culture and the people around him into making a public apology the very next day.
No, no he is not, ChatGPT.
Just because we have the same last name doesn’t mean we’re father and son.
Watching “Trading Places” (1983) with a first-timer.
gang - I have a LOT of DVDs and Blu-rays and years ago, in order to save space I chucked the cases and put the discs into sleeves, but now I'm reconsidering this system as well
any good new ideas on how to store/organize DVDs & Blu-rays that both saves space AND makes them easier to access?
it happened
“Spider-Noir” is now playing on Prime Video. I recommend watching it in black and white.
A ton of very creative people worked for months and months on the visual effects for the show (of which there are a LOT) but you wouldn’t know it by watching the credits.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@kottke/116687382907528417
THIS is how you make mainstream franchise entertainment that also has something to say
hey ternus - bring back ping, you coward
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16 years - the time between ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN and SNEAKERS
34 years - the time between SNEAKERS and now
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reminder that "Severance" s02 had over 3000 digital visual effects shots - which averages to around six visual effects shots PER MINUTE of the show
but some would have you believe that the show does not "rely" on "CGI"
the 'film is superior to digital because of film grain' folks: "Film grain equals cinema!"
Christopher Nolan: "I want the least film grain possible."
Watching “Fight Club” (1999) with a first-timer.
I beg your fucking pardon WHAT
gift: https://wapo.st/437arYG
my star-wars-feature-film streak ended this weekend with 7
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“I wish they made bold R-rated movies for grownups that are beautifully lit and colorful, that don’t spoon feed plot and ideas to you that have great music and are less than two hours and have genre-bending themes and are tangentially part of a fun, ever-evolving film series!”
https://boxd.it/MwlA
Cameron might do a 3-D version of “Aliens”.
https://letterboxd.com/journal/james-cameron-billie-eilish-avatar-interview/
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"The Pitt" season one visual effects reel, from Ingenuity Studios.
https://www.ingenuitystudios.com/reels/the-pitt
Pretty, pretty good.
Licence To Kill (1989) — Modern Trailer
https://youtu.be/2-L3w_TkRw0?si=h-YoTYza9HOM9Lak
Licence To Kill (1989) — Modern Trailer
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Stop previews from autoplaying on Apple TV
https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/07/stop-previews-from-autoplaying-on-apple-tv/
pausa de hidratación
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Baby on Board-George Carlin
Mank!
@_Davidsmith@mastodon.social if I initiate a workout in Pedometer++, will that workout show up in iOS Fitness as an recognized Apple Workout?