Notices by Todd Vaziri (tvaziri@mastodon.social)

my face when someone tells me "Christopher Nolan REFUSES to use 'CGI'"

"I don't like movies that *rely* on 'CGI'" is a ridiculous thing to say.

"Nouvelle Vague" (2025), directed by Richard Linklater, visual effects by CGEV.
https://youtu.be/1p0G-lGZkL4?si=jya5zjbQyZh61zMX

Going to the visual effects Oscar bake-off:

“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“The Electric State”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Jurassic World Rebirth”
“The Lost Bus”
“Sinners”
“Superman”
“Tron: Ares”
“Wicked: For Good”

https://variety.com/2025/film/awards/oscars-shortlist-2026-casting-score-sinners-1236610054/

more in season two

This is absolutely real. The current HBO Max version of this "Mad Men" episode "remastered for 4K" did not include an updated visual effects shot, which originally painted out the crew and equipment. Not just that, the HBO Max episode titles/order is jumbled for s01.

To be clear - "Mad Men" was originally mastered in HD in 16:9, so this isn't an issue of "exposing more film negative to fit a new aspect ratio", like "Friends" and "Seinfeld".

In addition, it seems like "Mad Men" season one titles/episodes are jumbled on HBO Max. The vomit scene is in "Red in the Face", but on HBO Max it's labeled "Babylon". (The one labeled "Red in the Face" is actually "5G", too.) Some interesting QC issues afoot.

sorry but you know i had to do it

live shot of me, wondering what other things got screwed up on this show, one of the most prestigious shows in the history of television

@Infoseepage well the episode names are wrong

Washington Post: Can you tell when you’re seeing CGI in movies and TV shows?

https://wapo.st/48vEGf8

Several Watergates-per-day for this administration.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/politics/sec-trump-clemency.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk8.OI7v.OCu8_d56awOP&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@Gargron because no reasonable person would say something as broad and silly as "CG ages like milk” without being dishonest

@Gargron now reply with something honest

Jim Cameron on digital and physical effects: “It’s really the higher question of what are you trying to show, and what are you trying to say? I don’t attach some kind of dogmatic aesthetic around in-camera or practical... It’s really just a means to an end.”

source: https://youtu.be/v_x3OZlnkwM?si=jt9Hs3GCP820Hg0C&t=231

Is that new “war of the worlds” a “Sharknado” situation (dumb on purpose) or a “Fateful Findings” situation (made in earnest)?

seems bad

Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/technology/meta-data-center-water.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X08.XdDA.ayNP856F08EC&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

absolutely horrifying that paramount would cancel a successful TV show to appease the White House but hilarious that Fallon is not even named in his gloating victory lap and only referred to as “Moron”

@Infoseepage it's all politics yes

it's the #1 show in late night

what the fuck

CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/cbs-cancel-late-show-stephen-colbert-financial-decision-1236464356/