secondly, it's kind of distracting because even when you see what they've done with the cgi, there isnerated character, it's impossible not to sit there thinking, that's technologically quite interesting. my biggest problem is this. while you've got mary elizabeth winstead injecting a much—needed human note, ang lee for me is a storyteller. tell stories, stop worrying about the technology and whether or not we can push back 60 frames a second, just do the thing you did before, which was be a great storyteller. i have no problem with technology, but technology for its own sake feels like the tail wagging the dog. it is true that most of the ideas i have seen before, it is a sub—blade runner idea about body and soul and most of the time you're sitting there thinking, just tell me a story like you used to. i'm sure he'll listen to you. yes, i've got him on speed dial. the farewell is a lovely story. have you seen it? yes. isn't itjust the most brilliant thing? i did love it. i mean, i really, really loved... is it awkwafina? by the end was she just slightly too much stroppy teenager. she

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the second thing is, it's kind of distracting because even when you see what they've done with the cgiated character to some extent, it is impossible not to sit there thinking, oh, that's technologically quite interesting. and my biggest problem is this. although you've you've got people like mary elizabeth winstead injecting a much—needed human note, ang lee for me is a storyteller. yes, yes! tell stories! stop worrying about the technology, stop worrying about whether or not we can push back 120 frames, 60 frames a second, just do the thing that you did before which was be a great storyteller! i have no problem with technology, but technology for its own sake, it feels like the tail wagging the dog. and it is true that in the case of this you think, 0k, most of the ideas i have seen before, it's kind of sub—blade runner idea about body and soul and most of the time you're sitting there thinking, just, just tell me a story like you used to. i'm sure he'll listen to you. now you've said that, the next film will be... yeah, i've got him on speed dial. yes, mr kermode said. the farewell,

there is a lot of cgi, a lot of effects, but no magic, and i have to say no soul, which is a real shame lot of talent on screen and a lot of talent behind the screen and very, very little magic. that is properly disappointing. does it get any better with our next sequel? zombieland: double tap, another sequel which is another one, i don't remember thinking, "i wonder what happened to the characters from zombieland!" so, this was pretty much a decade in development hell. first film was fine. notable primarily for a cameo role for bill murray, which passed into legend. this picks up, we have got the survivors, they have moved into the white house. they are generally living the dysfunctional family life. abigail breslin goes awol. she runs off with a hippie, so the guys have to go back on the road again. and it's more of the same. it all sorts of goes around with a passable sense of fun, a lot of messing around in the white house, a lot of dysfunctional family stuff. the problem with it is this. it plays like a series of set pieces which, individually, are quite entertaining. there's some

there is a lot of cgi, there's a lot of effects, a lot of zip, zang, boom stuff going on, but no magicsay no soul, which is a real shame because there was a lot of talent on screen and a lot of talent behind the screen and very, very little magic. oh, that is properly disappointing, isn't it? sorry! properly disappointing. does it get any better with our next sequel? well, zombieland: double tap. again, another sequel, which i don't remember waking up every morning and thinking, "you know, i wonder what happened to the characters from zombieland. i think it's about time we caught up with them." so this was pretty much a decade in development hell. the first film was fine, notable primarily for a cameo role by bill murray, which passed into legend. so this picks up some years afterwards. we've got the survivors, they've now moved into the white house. they're generally living the dysfunctional family life, then abigail breslin goes awol, she runs off with a hippie, so the guys have to go back on the road again and it's more of the same. it all sort of pootles around with a passable sens

you can cgi in real time." >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> seth: so, how was your contact experience >> wellecuase the first person -- they have to get, you know, somebody who knows what they're doing to put it in. in fact, i wore some for "snl," and they had to get somebody to put it in. and it fell out at one point, we had to find it but somebody came by, a guy, and i felt bad for him, but he was kind of -- he was putting it in, like this. >> seth: oh, he had nerves [ laughter ] >> and i was, like "okay, hey. "let's take, you know, a five minute break and, we'll, you know --" [ laughter ] "and we'll do it again in, like, ten minutes. and he came back and it was more of this kind of thing. [ laughter ] and then i was, like, "all right. yeah, we're going to take another break," and then we got somebody else to do it [ laughter ] >> seth: you know, you are, as we said, playing a nazi in this. >> yeah. >> seth: and you've played -- you've played some racists over the years in some stuff. >> i have, i have. >> seth: "three billboards," "green mile. >> yes, yes. >> seth: you know, i know you to

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you know we love keeping tabs on the latest movie—making techniques, especially cgi and animation. gained extremely rare access to dreamworks studios in los angeles. to look at the secrets of animated film making at their latest release — abominable. shrek, kung fu panda, how to train your dragon, just a few of the film series created by dreamworks animation studios. hey! what are you doing out here? and the newest film abominable has released in the states and topped the weekend box office. as animation techniques improve, the amount of time it takes to make these movies increases exponentially. take this guy for example. the original shrek in 2001 took six terabytes of data and around five million hours of render time. for abominable, we had 150 terabytes of used space that'll be archived, and then we had another 150 terabytes of temp space just for effect simulations and all that data. and we used about 181 million render hours. work on abominable began seven years ago. so why does it take so long to get the original idea from paper to screen? making an animated movie is almost

you have a technology like artificial skin and also cgi influences.ear? in terms of wearables, yes. google has collaborated with levi's with the denim jacket with a card which you can tap and it links to your smartphone. you tap your sleeve and it picks up a call, for example. the best technology is invisible and you don't actually see something like this but it is integrated in what you are already using. best or worse! what you carry something like that around ? worse! what you carry something like that around? no, it is not chic enough. but who are we to say? i am such an old tradition is like that. it has been great to have you on the programme. nice to meet you. we have so much more to come. we get a broadband download from the man who runs the uk's internet infrastructure. the head of openreach will be joining me in the studio. i'm sure you have questions for him! you're with worklife from bbc news. as borisjohnson attempts to get his brexit plan approved by parliament, ben thompson has been finding out what businesses want from the latest deal.

the irishman" which should be called "the airbrush man" because they are walking his age back with a cgiis is cheap and low and it's been eight robert de niro. >> laura: why do i always think he is dustin hoffman? al pacino, robert de niro, dustin hoffman. they are all kind of diminutive. thank you, raymond. i don't mean that in a bad way. they are brilliant, genius actors. coming up, the left antipolice rhetoric is culminating in a disgusting incident caught on camera. we will show you the incident in a moment. we are here with reaction. spoiler, are you happy about this? not. ♪ >> laura: when we started tonight it was about how the left have become the true agents of instability of politics in the country at large. it's also spilling out into our everyday lives. you heard it during our town hall in chicago on friday, people want change. what they don't want is to live in a world where democrats are fueling antipolice rhetoric. i want to bring in former nypd commissioner and we are going to go through a couple of these latest incidents. i thought of you because i thought oh, my gosh, no

"jungle book" and smaller films like "elf" i went through a period of understanding stop animation, cgi're pushing the limits of things in "lion king" and in "the mandalorian" because we can apply game engine to the film process. you can have more creative flexibilit flexibilit flexibility. >> by launching golum creations, is the idea to enable other filmmakers to do more with less because they're able to use technology and not have to go shoot in a desert somewhere? >> i think there's different applications for different stories. "lion king" there was no set in "the mandalorian" there was a real set with video walls in addition to traditional photography. each story has a different set of needs it was a way to focus on technological innovation and trying to scale my production company in a way where i had a lot of different things that i was producing and scaling up content. that, to me, wasn't the more interesting side of things what was more interesting is drilling down on what technology could do i had relationships through these projects with people in the gaming field, in the visu

it emelia's [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i got to make sure - [ cheers and applause i'll make sure we'll cgis book because here you are, you started out as a studio musician, went on to become booker t. and the m.g.'s went on to produce so many songs and music. what made you want to write this book now, this memoir >> the honest answer is i was practicing writing lyrics for songs at an old hotel in chicago. and i came up with about ten or 12 of them book said write about what you know about, so i was writing about my life. >> jimmy: yeah >> i came home from chicago and my wife saw them "what's this?" "well, it's just some essays." "you know, you should make these into a book. so - >> jimmy: see. >> i thought, well, maybe i should but then, i realized i don't know how to write a book so i went to church. can you believe that >> jimmy: yeah [ light laughter ] they let you in there? >> in mill valley. [ light laughter ] and sitting behind me are these noisy kids making -- jumping all over everybody and it was the child of anne lamott. and i discovered she had written a book about how to write a

the irishman" which should be called "thehe airbrush man" because thy are walking his age back with cgi. this is cheap and low and it's beneath robert de niro. >> laura: why do i always think he is dustin hoffman? al pacino, robert de niro dustin hoffman. they arell all kind of diminuti. thank you, raymond. i don't mean that in a bad way. they are brilliant, genius actors. coming up, the left antipolice rhetoric is culminating in a disgusting incident caught on camera. we will show you the incident in a moment. we are here with reaction. spoiler, is he happy about this? not. - right now in the former soviet union, there are thousands of jewish holocaust survivors trapped in relentless poverty. there's no heat, no electricity, no running water, they're cold hungry and sick and they're suffering and dying needlessly. christians and jews together stand obedient to god to listen to his word. god gives us a special calling to help the orphan, the widow, the weakest, the survivors and he makes a promise that if we stand with them, so too will god stand with us. - [narrator] please open your h

then they'll put your computer people in there like they do - >> seth: yeah, sure. [ laughter ] they cgiah. >> seth: do you feel that when you're preaching, do you feel the power? do you understand why people are drawn to it as a profession? >> i actually do >> seth: yeah. >> yeah. it's -- i mean, i'm a natural ham bone anyway. >> seth: right >> so, let's crank it up to 11 >> seth: you can see, you know, like the fun you're having up there. but anyone, i feel like a lot of people who do this for a living, like they are also obviously, having fun >> yeah. >> seth: and it must be so fun to say like, "hey, i'm here to tell you something, and it's -- god told me to tell you. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> seth: "so, you might want to listen up. [ laughter ] >> like i -- i do that as an actor. [ laughter ] >> seth: you -- you live in new orleans. >> yes, sir. >> seth: and i know about this as well. so you like -- you drive to l.a.? >> yeah. >> seth: for work? >> i love to do it, drive there, drive back now i drive to charleston too. >> seth: yeah, that's right. so charleston is where you do "the ri

secondly, it's kind of distracting because even when you see what they've done with the cgi, there isnstead injecting a much—needed human note, ang lee for me is a storyteller. tell stories, stop worrying about the technology and whether or not we can push back 60 frames a second, just do the thing you did before, which was be a great storyteller. i have no problem with technology, but technology for its own sake feels like the tail wagging the dog. it is true that most of the ideas, i have seen before, it is a sub—blade runner idea about body and soul and most of the time, you're sitting there thinking, just tell me a story like you used to. i'm sure he'll listen to you. yes, i've got him on speed dial. the farewell is a lovely story. have you seen it? yes. isn't it just the most brilliant thing? i did love it. i mean, i really, really loved... is it awkwafina? by the end, was she just slightly too much stroppy teenager? she was meant to be 31 in the film and was behaving like a stroppy17—year—old, but overall i really liked it. i thought it was one of the most honest depictions of f

there is a lot of cgi, a lot of effects, but no magic, and i have to say no soul, which is a real shamen and very, very little magic. that is properly disappointing. does it get any better with our next sequel? zombieland: double tap, another sequel which is another one, i don't remember thinking, "i wonder what happened to the characters from zombieland!" so, this was pretty much a decade in development hell. the first film was fine. notable primarily for a cameo role for bill murray, which passed into legend. so this picks up, we have got the survivors, they have moved into the white house. they are generally living the dysfunctional family life. then abigail breslin goes awol. she runs off with a hippie, so the guys have to go back on the road again. and it's more of the same. it all sort of pootles around with a passable sense of fun, a lot of messing around in the white house, a lot of dysfunctional family stuff. the problem with it is this. it plays like a series of set pieces which, individually, are quite entertaining. there's some quite good zombie carnage stuff. there is a cou

secondly, it's kind of distracting because even when you see what they've done with the cgi, there isible not to sit there thinking, that's technologically quite interesting. my biggest problem is this. while you've got mary elizabeth winstead injecting a much—needed human note, ang lee for me is a storyteller. tell stories! stop worrying about the technology, stop worrying about whether or not we can push back 60 frames a second, just do the thing you did before, which was be a great storyteller. i have no problem with technology, but technology for its own sake feels like the tail wagging the dog. and it is true that most of the ideas i have seen before, it is a sub—blade runner idea about body and soul and most of the time you're sitting there thinking, just tell me a story like you used to. i'm sure he'll listen to you. now you've said that, the next film will be... yes, i've got him on speed dial. the farewell is a lovely story. have you seen it? yes. isn't itjust the most brilliant thing? i did love it. i mean, i really, really loved... is it awkwafina? by the end was she just s

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there is a lot of cgi, there's a lot of effects, a lot of zip, zang, boom stuff going on, but no magic on screen and a lot of talent behind the screen and very, very little magic. oh, that is properly disappointing, isn't it? sorry! properly disappointing. does it get any better with our next sequel? well, zombieland: double tap. again, another sequel, which i don't remember waking up every morning and thinking, "you know, i wonder what happened to the characters from zombieland. i think it's about time we caught up with them." so this was pretty much a decade in development hell. the first film was fine, notable primarily for a cameo role by bill murray, which passed into legend. so this picks up some years afterwards. we've got the survivors, they've now moved into the white house. they're generally living the dysfunctional family life, then abigail breslin goes awol, she runs off with a hippie, so the guys have to go back on the road again and it's more of the same. it all sort of pootles around with a passable sense of fun. there's a lot of messing around in the white house, there'

director ang lee combines cutting-edge cgi technology with the power of 4k 3d. >> of all the people in budapest, hungary where some of the most intense combat scenes in the movie were filmed. now, the last time you were here i think somebody was trying to kill you, will. >> people have tried to kill me before. i'm okay with it. >> reporter: i met smith and lee here, a backdrop in the movie and one of the most well-known bath houses in europe. >> did you try this when you were in budapest? >> no, hungarian thermal water. >> to budapest. >> the hot threw me off. it's more like budapestian tea. it's like -- what do you call that? >> sulfur. very pungent. >> uh-huh. >> do you feel younger? >> i feel -- no. >> we need some of that 3d technology. >> i just put on four years. >> reporter: smith shot every scene twice, images of the superstar in his 20s were used to create his powerful clone. special effects aside, the 51-year-old looks like he may the forever fresh prince still exciting fans and the world. ♪ how i became prince of a town called bel air ♪ >> is "get jiggy with it" your favorit

. >> reporter: this was all cgi, computer generated. >> we brought it to life. >> reporter: in this new >> reporter: it is, but true to form, there are also her and without ng anything away, you'll be surprised who one of those heroes is, and no it's not the menacing t rex. >> what's amazing about this t-rex is the actual t-rex from the movie, they're the same it's the actual on size >> reporter: all right i feel like i'm in the movie now. full disclosure, feld entertainment, which is producing "jurassic world live" has a licensing agreement with universal studios, which is our company. tickets to the show begin at $20. guys, i think a couple of you might have some little ones that are sort of dino crazy, at least that's what i hear >> oh, my word. >> i wonder if she screamed so much he lost his voice. >> the kids are going to go nuts, it looks so real. >> almost too real. > just ahead, a really sweet back story, how one broadway performer used her other passion to connect with a much larger community. we have that story but first, this is "today" on nbc. > we are back with our series c