
Healthy Aging, Summer Movies, Leg. Update (GOP)
Season 2023 Episode 102 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
GOP legislative update. This summer's biggest movies. Annual report on healthy aging.
Rep. Senator Sine Kerr discusses Arizona’s water issues, recapping the joint water committee that just happened between the House & Senate yesterday. Arizona Republic reporter, Bill Goodykoontz discusses the big movies to catch this summer right before Memorial Day a popular movie opening weekend. Victoria Coley shares an annual report from Aetna about changing health care needs in seniors.
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Healthy Aging, Summer Movies, Leg. Update (GOP)
Season 2023 Episode 102 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
Rep. Senator Sine Kerr discusses Arizona’s water issues, recapping the joint water committee that just happened between the House & Senate yesterday. Arizona Republic reporter, Bill Goodykoontz discusses the big movies to catch this summer right before Memorial Day a popular movie opening weekend. Victoria Coley shares an annual report from Aetna about changing health care needs in seniors.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Ted: NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE LOOKS AT EFFORTS BY LAWMAKERS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS OVER THE STATE'S WATER SUPPLIES AND ALSO TONIGHT, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT A NEW REPORT ON HEALTHY AGING.
AND A LOOK AT THE SUMMER MOVIES EXPECTED TO MAKE A SPLASH THIS YEAR.
THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.
>> Announcer: THIS HOUR OF LOCAL NEWS BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FRIENDS OF PBS, MEMBERS OF YOUR PBS STATION.
THANK YOU.
>> HOW IS EVERYBODY >> Ted: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.
THEY WILL SANCTION KARI LAKE AND HER ATTORNEYS FOR WHAT THE COUNTIES CLAIM WERE HEINOUS AND HARMFUL CASES.
THERE WERE LIES DURING LAST WEEK'S TRIAL AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF COUNTY'S MISCONDUCT IN VERIFYING EARLY BALLOT SIGNATURES AND ASKING THE JUDGE TO PAY A FINE AND SOMETHING THAT LAKE'S ATTORNEYS WERE ORDERED TO DO IN A PREVIOUS FAILED ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION.
>>> ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FILED, MARLENE GALAN WOODS FILED PAPERS AND JOINED FOUR OTHER DEMOCRATS LOOKING TO UNSEAT SCHWEIKERT FOR SEVEN TERMS AND WHOM WOODS DESCRIBES AN EXTREMIST HOLDING THE COUNTRY HOSTAGE.
>>> IN FLORIDA, GOVERNOR DeSANTIS FILED TO RUN AND HE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ELON MUSK ON TWITTER.
DeSANTIS JOINS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AS LEADING CONTENDERS FOR THE PUBLIC NOMINATION.
A TRUMP SPOKESPERSON CALLED THISPY DeSANTIS, QUOTE, ONE OF THE MOST OUT OF TOUCH IN HISTORY AND THUS, THE RACE IS ON.
>> A NEWHOLE SHOWS U.S. SUPREME COURT'S RAYING IS POLLING AND THAT THE HIGH RATE IS AT 49% WITH 59 EXPRESSING DISAPPROVAL.
AFTER SEVERAL ETHIC'S COMPLAINTS AND THAT THE JUSTICES MADE HEADLINES.
THIS CAME PRIOR TO HIGH PROFILE CASES INVOLVING L BBQ LGT TBTQ.
>>> THERE WILL BE 65 MILLION PEOPLE IN CHINA BY THE END OF JUNE AND THIS VARIENT IS NOT DANGEROUS FOR THOSE NOT AT INCREASED RISK OF SEVERE DISEASE.
STILL, THERE'S CONCERN MORE INFECTIONS WILL SPAWN A VARIENT AND CAUTION IS A WARNING WITH COVID.
>>> SAD NEWS, TINA TURNER HAS DIED ADD HER HOME IN SWITZERLAND AND SHE WAS 83.
SHE WAS AN EXPLOSIVE STAGE PERFORMANCE WITH I IKE TURNER AND THEN ON HER OWN.
SHE IS DEAD AT 83.
>>> THIS WEEK'S NUMBER OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF A DEAL WITH ARIZONA AND NEVADA WITH COLORADO RIVER WATER IS AN ENCOURAGING SIGN WITH WATER IN THE SOUTHWEST AND WHAT CAN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND LEADERS DO TO ENSURE ARIZONA'S WATER SUPPLY.
WE'RE JOINED BY STATE SENATOR THE SENATE MAJORITY AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.
>> I'M SO >> IT'S BETTER WHEN THE STATES CAN MAKE THEIR OWN AGREEMENT AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE CALIFORNIA NOW PARTICIPATING, ABOUT 30% OF THE CONTRIBUTION AND ARIZONA IS STILL NUMBER ONE WITH 55% AND WE ARE THE JUNIOR RIGHT HOLDER AND TO CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA, ANOTHER 6% AND THEN MEXICO IS 9%.
>> Ted: DOES IT CHANGE THE LEGISLATIVE APPROACH TO COLORADO RIVER WATER, CONSERVATION IN GENERAL?
>> THAT'S ALWAYS A PRIORITY AND SO, I THINK WHAT IT DOES, IT HELPS GIVES US TIME AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A QUICK KIND OF SOLUTION TO, YOU KNOW, TO GET US TO 2026.
OF COURSE, NOW, NOW WE CAN FOCUS ON 2026 AND BEYOND FOR THAT LONGER CHANGES TO THE RIVER.
>> Ted: THERE'S AN AD HOC STUDYING THE RIVER AND WHAT CAME OF THE MEETING IN.
>> WEMEET?
>> WE HAD SRP AND THE GREAT THINGS WITH THE SNOWMELT AND THEIR RESERVOIRS HAVE NOT BEEN THIS FALL SINCE 1973.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FALL AND THEY RELEASED ANOTHER 700 NOW ACRE FEED DOWN RIVER AND GOES PASSED MY AREA OUT IN BUCKEYE ONTO YUMA AND CLEAR TO YUMA.
SO THEY'RE CONTEMPLATING AND STARTED THE WORK ON EXPANDING THE DAM ON BARTLETT TO STORE ABOUT ANOTHER 300-ACRE FEET.
>> Ted: WE TALKED ABOUT THE BARTLETT LAKE, THE DAM AND RUNOFF, THE SRP'S.
NOW WE HAVE A THREE-STATE AGREEMENT FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, HOLDING THINGS STEADY A LITTLE BIT HERE AND IS THERE CONCERN -- AND WE HAD ALL OF THAT SNOW AND RAIN THIS WINTER.
IS THERE CONCERN PEOPLE WILL SIT BACK AND GO, OK, EVERYTHING IS HUNKY-DORY?
>> WE HAVE TO BE VIGILANT?
WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT SNOWMELT AND WATER AND THE PRECIPITATION THAT WE GOT AND BUILD UPON IT.
NOT JUST SAY, OK, WE HAVE SOME AND RELAX.
WE CONTINUE WITH CONSERVATION MEASURES.
>> Ted: WHAT ABOUT A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, DEVELOPING THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE OF AUGMENTATION AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, WE PASSED THE WIFA BILL AND 1770 AND I WAS REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT WENT INTO CREATE THE WATER -- WELL, THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WAS ELECTRICITY THERE WAS THERE AND THE WATER SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IN-STATE PROJECTS AND THEN THE CONSERVATION FUND, AS WELL.
SO THAT'S A FOCUS.
THAT'S A PRIORITY AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT?
>> Ted: IS GROUNDWATER A FOCUS?
GROUNDWATER IS THERE AS A CONCERN BECAUSE THE ACT WAS SUPPOSED TO LIMIT THIS AND CUT BACK AND WEREN'T DOING X UNLESS YOU HAD Y IN PLACE.
THERE'S STILL GROUNDWATER PUMPING AND CONCERN BECAUSE OF CUTBACKS FROM THE COLORADO RIVER THAT IT MIGHT INCREASE.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON GROUNDWATER PUMPING AND WHERE WE ARE IN THE STATE?
>> IT DEPENDS.
IF YOU'RE IN PINAL COUNTY, THEY'RE IN AN ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREA AND RETAIN THEIR RIGHTS.
SHOULD THEY LOSE THEIR CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT WATER, LIKE WHAT HAS HAPPENED, THAT THEY COULD REVERT BACK TO GROUNDWATER PUMPING.
BUT YOU FOE, IT'S KNOW, IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS AND CERTAINLY, THEY WON'T PUMP THE SAME WAY, THE SAME AMOUNT THEY DID BEFORE.
AND AGRICULTURE HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AT WATER USE AND CERTAINLY NOT FARMING AS MUCH GROUND.
>> Ted: ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT GROUNDWATER PUMPING IN ARIZONA?
>> WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF IT AND HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING AS EFFICIENT AS WE CAN AND MONITORING AND SO, YOU FOE, LAST SESSION, ALSO, IN THE WIFA BILL, WE PUT IN FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES TO STUDY OUR BASINS AND THERE'S 51, I BELIEVE IN STATE, AND SO, THEY WILL, IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, HAVE THEM ALL MODELED.
SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
>> Ted: WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH FOREIGN NATIONS AND HEDGEFUNDS OR LEASING PROPERTY FOR WATER RIGHTS?
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS IT'S NOT RIGHT AND TOOK AWAY FOR WELLS AND NIXED THEM AND A SAUDI ARABIA COUNTRY, THAT THEY'RE FEEDING COWS IN THE CENTRAL EAST.
WHAT SAY YOU?
>> WELL, WE NEED A MUCH BROADER CONVERSATION.
IT'S NOT JUST A SAUDI FARM PUMPING WATER BUT A TON OF INDUSTRIES THAT ARE HIGH WATER USE INDUSTRIES AND I SUPPORT, AND GRATEFUL WE HAVE THEM HERE AND NEED TO BE A BROADER CONVERSATION.
WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO SAY HERE AND DO?
I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SAUDI INSTANCE IS SORT OF LOW-HANGING FRUIT AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE IT AND SEE THE WATER GETTING USED OUT TO, BUT EVERYTHING WE MANUFACTURE IN ARIZONA TAKES WATER AND THAT WATER GOES EVERYWHERE AND WE IMPORT THE WORLD'S WATER, AS WELL.
SO WE NEED TO STUDY THAT CAREFULLY AND MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GOAL IS THERE.
>> Ted: YOU UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION OF PEOPLE BECAUSE I HEAR IT AND WHAT ARE WE DOING ALLOWING FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO PUMP OUR PRECIOUS WATER AND NOT USE IT IN THE STATE.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ARE A LOT OF OTHER INDUSTRIES BE, AS WELL.
IN ORDER FOR ANY COMPANY TO LEASE STATE GROUND HERE IN ARIZONA, THEY HAVE TO BE A LEGAL ARIZONA ENTITY.
SO I DID ASK THAT QUESTION A FEW YEARS AGO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOOD THERE AND SO EVERYTHING I WAS TOLD, THAT THEY HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT.
ALL OF THE BUSINESSES, STATE LAND HAS TO BE CAREFUL, THAT THEY FOLLOW WHAT'S PRESCRIBED IN THE CONSTITUTION AND FOLLOW IT EXACTLY BEFORE THEY ISSUE A LEASE.
>> Ted: BEFORE WE GO, WE HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT TO TALK ABOUT A BILL WITH THE CORPORATIONS, THE IDEA OF CAPTURING AND TREATING WATER AND PUTTING IT BACK IN THE GROUND.
WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT?
>> SO WE HAVE SOME FAST-GROWING AREA OUT WEST AND SOME BIG BUSINESSES COMING IN AND THEY WERE GIVEN A LETTER BY A UTILITY TO SERVE THEM AND TAKE THEIR WASTE WATER.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, MAYBE HIGH GROWTH, THE WATER UTILITY COULD NOT KEEP UP.
AFTER ISSUING THE LETTER, THEY SAID WE CANNOT ISSUE NOW A CAPACITY ASSURANCE LETTER.
SO THAT ESSENTIALLY STRANDS THE BUSINESSES.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY, A SOLUTION THAT THE BUSINESSES THAT CAN DO IT SELF-FUND A WASTE WATER TREATMENT CENTER AND FACILITY AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO RECHARGE THAT WATER, A BENEFIT TO THE AQUIFER AND IT'S A RESTRICTED LONG TERM STORAGE CREDIT AND THEY HAVE TO LEAVE 25% OF WHAT THEY PUT IN, IN THE ACTAQUIFER, IF THEY WITHDRAW.
>> Ted: WE'RE BACK TO GROUNDWATER.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND WE WELCOME YOU BACK.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK.
>> Ted: UP NEXT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT HEALTHY AGING.
>> TONIGHT AS PART OF OUR SEGMENT THAT ISSUES OLDER ADULTS, WE LOOK AT THE REPORT AND WHAT IT SUGGESTS IN REGARDS TO HEALTHY AGING AND WE HAVE THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND FOR ARIZONA AND THE MOUNTAIN STATES.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Ted: THE CBS ANNUAL REPORT ON HEALTHY AGING AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW AND WHAT IS IT?
>> SO WE PUT THIS TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN BE PROACTIVE IN AGING.
WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A GROWING POPULATION OF 65 PLUS.
BY 2030, ONE IN FIVE WILL BE OVER THE AGE OF 65.
>> Ted: WITH THAT IN MIND, THE REPORT SEEMS TO SUGGEST 65 PLUS IS NOT LIKE IT USED TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED, INVOLVED IN THEIR HEALTHCARE, ET CETERA.
>> VERY GOOD NEWS OUT OF THIS REPORT.
75% OF AGING ADULTS FEEL LIKE THEY CAN FOCUS ON THEIR HAPPINESS WHILE THEY'RE ANING.
75% ALSO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ANING WELL ORAGINGWELL OR VERY WELL AND WE HAVE AN ENGAGED POPULATION.
>> Ted: WITH THAT IN MIND, YOU HAVE THREE IN FIVE FROM THE REPORT HAVE TWO OR MORE CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND TWO OF THREE WILL NEED LONG-TERM CARE SERVICE.
THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
>> IT IS A VERY BIG DEAL.
CHRONIC CARE WILL BE ONE OF THE FOCUSES AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST GOING TO YOUR PRIMARY DOCTOR AND YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE SELF-ADVOCACY AND LOOK AT HOW YOU CAN CONTINUE TO BE YOUR ADVOCATE FOR YOUR OWN HEALTH.
CHRONIC CONDITIONS ARE LONG-TERM CONDITIONS AND THEY CAN BE MANAGED THROUGH BOTH VIRTUAL CARE WITH GETTING COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND AVENUES TO GO TO MAKE SURE AS THIS WAVE OF PEOPLE ANING IN HAVE ACCESS TO CARE.
>> Ted: HOW DO YOU MAKE IT SO ALL OPTIONS AREN'T CONFUSING?
SOMETIMES THERE ARE A VARIETY OF ISSUES WHERE FOLKS ARE SAYING, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO NEXT.
>> TALKING TO YOUR PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR TO FIND OUT WHERE THE NAVIGATION CAN GO AND A NEED AS AN INDUSTRY AND HEALTHCARE POPULATION IN GENERAL TO MAKE IT SIMPLE.
THERE ARE AGE-IN PROGRAMS WE CAN INTRODUCE OUT THERE THAT FOCUS ON WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT.
WE CALL THEM THE FOUR M'S, MOBILITY, MENTAL HEALTH AND WHAT MATTERS TO YOU.
IF WE CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE AGINGS PLACE ABOUT THE FOUR AND MAKE IT HOLISTIC, WE PIT PUT IT TO WHAT MATTERS THE MOST.
WE TALK ABOUT THIS TOMORROW DISCUSSING LONELINESS AND ISOLATION AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
>> 94% OF WHO THEY SURVEYED HAVE GOOD MENTAL HEALTH AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS ALSO THAT YOU DON'T ALWAYS SPEAK UP ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
THERE'S A LOW INSTANCE ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH CARE.
WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND INVOLVE THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM TO GET ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH.
>> Ted: THINGS LIKE GRIEF AND LOSS HAPPIER THAN YOUNGER AGE LOSS AND MORE GRIEF AND LOSS FOR OF COURSEOBVIOUS REASONS AND THERE'S INDUSTRY-WIDE INNOVATION AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> WE HAVE TO MAKE TOOLS AND RESOURCES EASY FOR INTO USE.
PEOPLE WANT HEALTHCARE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND WANT TO TALK TO THEIR DOCTOR AND BE FACE-TO-FACE AND THERE A FEAR NOT TO BE IN FACILITIES.
PUTTING THAT CARE LOCALLY MEANS HAVING VIRTUAL CARE AVAILABLE AND ACCESS THAT CARE THROUGH OTHER AVENUES SUCH AS MINUTE CLINICS AND OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY CAN SEEK THAT HEALTH IN BETWEEN DOCTOR VISITS SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO EVOLVE THEIR HEALTHCARE.
>> Ted: FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO NEEDS.
>> THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING IN WITH HEALTH TREND SURVEYS SAYING, HEY, THIS IS THE TREND WE'RE SEEING AND THIS IS WHERE IT'S GOING AND WITH SO MANY AGING IN, WE HAVE TO REACT TO THAT NOW.
>> Ted: LAST QUESTION, GIVE ME A HEADLINE AND WHAT DO WE TAKE FROM THAT?
>> THE FUTURE OF HEALTHY AGING MEANS ENGAGEMENT IS EVERYTHING.
IN GENERATION ANING THIS AGING THIS IS SO MUCH MORE ENGAGED AND WE NEED TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN NAVIGATE YOUR HEALTHCARE.
>> Ted: GREAT INFORMATION!
>> THANK YOU.
>> Ted: SUMMER IS THE SEASON FOR, AMONG OTHER SEASONS, BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES AS FILM GOERS LOOK TO ESCAPE REALITY.
FOR A LOOK AT THE MOST BUZZED ABOUT FILM, WE WELCOME BILL GOODYKOONTZ FROM AZCENTRAL.COM.
JUST RAN UP THE STAIRS.
[ Laughter ] >> Ted: YOU HAD TEN MOVIES YOU CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH THIS SUMMER AND IS THE SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER AND BIG FILM, IS THAT STILL A THING?
>> IT'S A THING, NOT THE THING AND THE PANDEMIC REALLY WIPED IT OUT, OF COURSE, AND THEY'VE HAD SOME STRUGGLES.
GETTING BACK, IT USED TO BE FOR A LONG TITLE WHEN I DID THIS EVERY FRIDAY, ANOTHER BIG MOVIE AND JUST ONE AFTER THE OTHER AFTER THE OTHER.
THE SUPPLY CHAIN, AS THEY SAY, SAME THING WITH CHICKEN WINGS, BY THE WAY AND THEY GOT SHUT DOWN AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PRODUCT AND, YOU KNOW, NOW YOU'LL GO FOR A WAYS BETWEEN BIG MOVIES.
THEY'RE FINALLY GRUMBLING BACK TO LIFE AND NOW THE WRITER STRIKE MAY PUT A CRIMP IN THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED, PEOPLE REALLY, DURING THE PANDEMIC, IT REINFORCED THE IDEA THAT, MAY BE HEY, I CAN WATCH THAT ON THE COUNT COUCH.
>> Ted: "BARBIE" A FEATURE LENGTH FILM ABOUT A DOLL HERE?
>> ALL WE KNOW OR SEEN IN THE TRAILTRAILER IS WHAT WE KNOW AND DAY GLOW, PLASTIC LOOKING STUFF.
I'LL TELL YOU, GRETA GERWIN COWROTE THIS WITH HER PARTNER.
AND SHE'S JUST -- I FEEL LIKE SHE'S UP TO SOMETHING GOOD WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT YET.
SO I FEEL LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SOCIAL COMMENTARY GOING ON HERE.
>> Ted: OK. [ Laughter ] >> BUT THEY'RE NOT BUDGING ON WHAT THIS IS AND I THINK THAT CAN BE FUN.
>> Ted: NO DOUBT, MAYBE A KEN, A GUEST APPEARANCE FROM GI JOE AND WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH?
>> RYAN GOSLING IS KEN AND HOW PERFECT CAN IT BE?
TRAILERS GO VIRAL AND AS YOU SAY, THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO YOU SUSTAIN IT?
>> Ted: YEAH, AND BILL, ARE BARBIE DOLLS STILL A THING?
>> I'M OUT OF THE BARBIE SCENE SO I'M NOT SURE.
IT'S BEEN AWHILE.
Evidently, they are.
ON A SERIOUS NOTE, THEY'RE GOING AFTER NOSTALGIA HERE.
EVERYBODY HAD A BUNCH OF THEM AND THEY GOT MARRIED TO GI JOE OR KEN E OR WHOEVER.
THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO GET -- THIS IS NOT A KID'S MOVIE.
THEY'RE GOING AFTER THE PARENTS WITH THIS.
>> Ted: LET'S GO TO "THE FLASH."
DOES MEASURE EVERY TIRE OF SUPERHEROS?
>> MARVEL MOVIES, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN VERY GOOD AND NICE TO KNOW QUALITY IS STILL THERE A LITTLE BIT AND THIS IS A DC MOVIE AND THEY'VE HAD TROUBLE AND STRUGGLES AND THE BUZZ ON THIS IS GREAT AND HAS A TROUBLED HISTORY.
EZRA MILLER, HE'S HAD LEGAL TROUBLES, BUT HE'S BACK AND THE REASON I WANT TO SEE THIS MOVIE AND SUPER BOWL TRAILER AND MICHAEL KEATON PLAYS BATMAN.
WHEN HE STANDS UP AND SAYS "I'M BATMAN", OK I'M THERE.
I WILL WATCH THIS MOVIE.
IT'S JUST FOR THAT.
>> Ted: A DIFFERENT NOSTALGIA.
LAST TICKET IS "OPPENHEIMER" AND NOT NECESSARILY THE FEEL-GOOD FILM OF THE SUMMER HERE, BILL.
[ Laughter ] >> NO, THIS AND BARBIE WOULD MAKE FOR A NICE DOUBLE FEATURE.
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN MAKES GREAT MOVIE AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH SCALE AND REALISM.
IF HE'S MAKING A BATMAN MOVIE, I TALKED TO ONE OF THE ACTORS ONE TIME AND HE BUILDS THE CITY AND HE SAID I WAS PLAYING A VILLAIN AND BATMAN IS CHASING ME AROUND.
HE'S GOING FOR REALISM AND THE SUPPORTING ACTOR IN THE MOVIE GETS THE LEAD ROLE AND EVERYBODY IS IN THIS THING BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO WORK WITH NOALAN.
WITH NOLAN, BUT I LIKE IT.
HISS MOVIES ARE WORTH WATCHING AND EVEN HIS FAILURES ARE WORTH WATCHING AND BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLE'S SUCCESS.
>> Ted: OSCAR SUCCESS?
ABSOLUTELY.
>> Ted: LET'S TALK ABOUT, THE IDEA OF PEOPLE NOT GOING TO THEATERS ANYMORE.
HOW WILL THESE THREE FILMS BE MOST WATCHED?
>> WELL, BARBIE WILL HAVE A BIG OPENING BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH BUSY AND BUZZ AND THEY'RE NOT OFF THE CHARTS LIKE THEY ONCE WERE.
OPPENHEIMER, AND OBVIOUSLY, THE DARK KNIGHT MOVIES WERE SOME MOST POPULAR OF ALL TIME.
AND LATELY, ESOTERIC INTELLECTUAL FILMS, NOT NECESSARILY AS POPULAR, BUT STILL, REALLY, YOU KNOW, BUZZY, YOU KNOW NOTEWORTHY FILMS, BUT I THINK THAT OPPENHEIMER WILL MAKE ITS MARK IN THE THEATER BECAUSE NOLAN IS A MOVIE BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE MAKES THEM.
THIS WHOLE THING WAS SHOT ON AN iMAX CAMERA WHICH IS EXPENSIVE AND CUMBERSOME.
>> Ted: I HAVE TO STOP YOU RIGHT THIS AND GOOD SYNOPSIS.
GO TO AZCENTRAL.COM.
THANK YOU, SIR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Ted: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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