Adam Savage - Adam Savage has spent his life gathering skills that allow him to take what's in his brain and make it real. He's built everything from ancient Buddhas to futuristic weapons, from spaceships to dancing vegetables, from fine art sculptures to animated chocolate and just about anything else you can think of.
The son of a filmmaker/painter and psychotherapist, Savage has been making his own toys since he was allowed to hold scissors. Having held positions as a projectionist, animator, graphic designer, carpenter, interior and stage designer, toy designer, welder, and scenic painter, he's worked with every material and process he could get his hands on - metal, paper, glass, plastic, rubber, foam, plaster, pneumatics, hydraulics, animatronics, neon, glassblowing, mold making and injection molding, to name just a few.
Since 1993, Savage has concentrated on the special-effects industry, honing his skills through more than 100 television commercials and a dozen feature films, including Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Galaxy Quest, Terminator 3, A.I. and the Matrix sequels. He's also designed props and sets for Coca-Cola, Hershey's, Lexus and a host of New York and San Francisco theater companies.
Not only has he worked and consulted in the research and development division for toy companies and made several short films, but Savage has also acted in several films and commercials - including a Charmin ad, in which he played Mr. Whipple's stock boy, and a Billy Joel music video, "Second Wind," in which he drowns.
Today, in addition to co-hosting Discovery Channel's "MythBusters," Savage teaches advanced model making, most recently in the industrial design department at the San Francisco Academy of Art. Somehow, he also finds time to devote to his own art - his sculptures have been showcased in over 40 shows in San Francisco, New York and Charleston, W.Va.
MythBusters co-host Adam Savage presents a glimpse into the mind of the obsessed and the motivation that drives their obsessions.
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Adam is so cool, I am a total fan, it is so cool, that he knows so much and has done so much, I mean I knew he was incredible from all the Myth Busters shows (I totally love all of them!), and I alway felt he and his friends are total masters of our world and all that it contains, but now I have a better understanding of where he is coming from, and why he is so extraordinary!
So that being said, I can learn a tiny bit and apply it to my own life and start tracking some of the ideas that are already going on in my head!
Thanks so much, and for some reason, fora will not let me view the whole program , maybe I am doing something wrong ...
Keep up the Great Work!
I agree that it seemed there should have been more on the episode. Regardless michaelsalisbury says everything I could.
Still, it rocked my ass that he is THAT geek deep...BRAVO!
Savage absolutely nails this presentation! A Fascinating glimpse into the mind of the obsessed and extraordinary. Love watching him pull all the elements together as he goes.
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What a fantastic look into the mind of Adam Savage, and a well put-together presentation too. I can geek out on things with the best of them, but Savage is on a whole other plane of existence - well done.
...Maltese Falcon.
"That's the clay with what dreams are made of..."
Perhaps, today, this guy doesn't even remember the original story.
But the Falcon (you would have wished that it was made of bronze) was made of clay.
You should remember when the bad guys start breaking the surface to see if inside of it there were jewels and all the other legendary stuff.
I don't know why I have also thought that it was made of bronze. It is not logic. It should have been expected to be made of GOLD!
The real one was made of clay. That is part of the plot. Another alternative material would destroy the complete story...
Why is it that all the obsessed bad guys went all the story hoping to find a solid body made of gold? And people got the idea that it was made of bronze? Another expected ending?
I don't know. It finally contradicts the end of the story that says that dreams are made of a kind of clay.
Sorry, Hammett, they should be made of bronze!