j.j. abrams and chuck lorre are not saying that their shows are making the world a better place.t is a different culture. they do not flash wealth in silicon valley the way they do in hollywood. alec: you cannot have a car because it is pompous but you can fly 50 friends to france and have a party. emily: your movie, "idiocracy," portrays a world in which people are getting stupider. we do not have to drive today thanks to uber, we do not have to cook. groceries are delivered. are we on a path to a real-world idiocracy? mike: yes, probably so. [laughter] mike: i would not take that movie too seriously. that is just exaggerating things. maybe it is making the world a better place. i like uber. emily: who in tech is overdue for lampooning? mike: tom perkins. alec: there is so much lag time between when we write and when the show comes on, we write in june and it comes on in april. 10 months from when we write to when it hits air. so much of what happens that we want to go after happens after we have written shows but before we air. emily: your writing history before it happens. mik

i am sure that the top successful people in hollywood, j.j. abramshuck lorre are not saying that their shows are making the world a better place by making people laugh, they just want to make good stuff. it is a different culture. they just have more money of yourup here, is all. emily: a lot. mike: they do not flash wealth in silicon valley the way they do in hollywood. alec: you cannot have a car because it is pompous but you can fly 50 friends to france and have a million-dollar party. emily: your movie, "idiocracy," portrays a future in which people are getting stupider because everything is so easy. now we live in a world where we don't have to drive, thanks to uber, we do not have to cook. my groceries get delivered to me by amazon. are we on a path to a real-world idiocracy? mike: yes, probably so. [laughter] mike: i would not take that movie too seriously. that is just exaggerating things the way they are. maybe it is making the world a better place. i like uber. emily: who in tech is overdue for lampooning? mike: tom perkins. [laughter] alec

here's j.j. abramsting daisy ridley on a contraption named the speeder in the deserts of abu dhabi. >> as i understand it what they're aiming for is, you know the new film, but with some of the flavor of the older films. >> yes, oscar flies and old school x-wing and look han chewy and hans onboard the millennium falcon. i think the message is clear. >> chewy we're home. >> nick walt, abc news, los angeles. >> even stopper is getting into the star wars tweeted and this is a twet sent out by the oakland as in yoda fashion, he's telling fans, #may the force be with you. >> stomper doesn't speak. >> the yoda voice. >>> abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. it's a pregnancy protest by these bay area women that are demonstrating against a form of birth control. >> up first treadmill tragedy, the gym accident leading to the death of a prominent silicon valley tech executive. >> and the threat that was made on twitter only minutes before >>> live from the kgo tv broadcast center. this is abc 7 news. here are the headli

getting attention from "star wars" director j.j. abrams in scoring some tickets to the new "star wars" film. we should put a big anthem behind it. >> get music rolling. >> haven't got ten the tickets yet but i will keep you updated. >> call it the empire. >>> 5:55. rob, you might be a "star wars" van. what's your favorite character. >> yes. there have been a few morning shows reappear. >> yeah. right now looking at some gray skies right now around san jose. 57 degrees right now about the same temperature in san francisco but you get drizzle reaching the ground there. that could slow things down at times for the morning commute around san francisco and peninsula. temperatures here as we head towards lunchtime. another cool day. highs in the mid 60s with some drizzle t times around san francisco. those are your favorite "star wars" characterer? >> rob. i also like yoda, i do. the bay bridge toll plaza backed up. left approach lighter and slick roadways. that's what rob is talking about. that's factor one. second factor we have. not the commu

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