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Todd Vaziri

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I work on movies and talk about movies. Co-host of Lighter Darker: The ILM Podcast. http://www.tvaziri.com

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 4d

Vanity Fair asked me to talk about visual effects, and it was my great honor to show off some of ILM’s terrific work over the years.

Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX
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ILM's VFX Secrets Behind Star Wars, Transformers & More | Vanity Fair

YouTube video by Vanity Fair

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 36m

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 31m

If I was a dumbbell who recently took over a business that I'm not at all familiar with, I'd probably ask every employee to email me a paragraph of "what they do at their job" so I can ask an assistant to feed all the responses into some LLM so I can ask the LLM who I can fire.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 15h

How many playoff games have been decided by pitchers not being able to properly throw to a base

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 17h

if someone in your family started talking like this you would take away their car keys

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 17h

what is "filmed for IMAX"? good, short explainer here:

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The Difference Between "Shot in IMAX" and "Filmed for IMAX"

YouTube video by Jennifer McDonnell

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 19h

"A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on."

-- Mark Twain (?)
-- Wayne Gretzky
-- Michael Scott

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 1d

I haven't come across this! (I've mostly been buying blu-rays)

Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 1d

gotta say, I'm not mad

YOUTUBE COMMENT: Glad to see Niles Crane gave up psychiatry to become an awesome Visual Effects Artist.

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 1d

that map

Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 1d

The color balance of the handheld camera that follows Cubs players into the dugout after a home run is WAY WRONG and has been wrong all night (the blues look purple) and it's driving me nuts.

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 1d

no

Now if this happened in the 3rd inning the answer would be different

Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 1d

totally

Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 1d

that was awful

Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 1d

awful

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 2d

I know this is left field but this entire line of thought is incredible proof that there is one huge group chat and we’re not in it.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 2d

several Watergates-per-day

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 2d

shhhhhhhh

Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 2d

Framed #1307
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Framed - One Frame Challenge #310
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Framed - Title Shot Challenge #126
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Framed - Poster Challenge #76
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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 2d

Thank you!!

Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 2d

Ron Dean, terrific Chicago actor, RIP. Dean was one of the many key components that make "The Fugitive" (1993) the masterpiece that it is.

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 3d

Thanks!!

Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 3d

gotcha

Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 3d

that's so nice of you to share the video - i'm gonna go cry now

(thanks for all the lessons in computer graphics and art, by the way)

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