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@MARKLOCKWOOD2012

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Adam some one is scamming using tour logo photo spread the word

This is Phil Tippet's year. Mad God, Light + Magic, the doc on his career and now this book. I have held him as a hero since first seeing his name in Cinefantastique's massive Star Wars issue. Through recent interviews and appearances he became, in my mind, a wonderfully imposing beast of a talent, and, most recently, one of most poignantly of human artistic geniuses. How can you not love the man?

@charlesgaron8131

Жыл бұрын

Yeah his year. Everyone knows him!

When I think of Phil Tippett, I immediately think of the 1985 film titled Dinosaur! that was hosted by the late Christopher Reeve. Such a great documentary. As a child who loved everything dinosaurs, it didn't get any better than this.

Phil Tippett is such a visual pioneer everything he has done has such a cool power over my mind

Adam, thank you (!!!) for the reminder to look at other people’s work for inspiration. My “making” is photography. Over the past five years or so, I fell away from it. After some major life changes, the itch to pick up my camera has returned, but without any direction. I’ve felt lost. Hearing your advice flipped some switch in my brain, reminding me of my start when looking at other people’s work inspired instead of depressed me. Thank you, so much, for that! Time to schedule a day in the Photography section of the library! 💋

What blew my mind about his stop-action was how fluid it is. I was used to seeing jerky, laughable figures … a master to be sure!

@AcidBathFreakshow

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You shoukd watch (if you haven't yet) Mad God on shudder, the animation is breathtakingly good

We should all be so lucky as to have our body of work viewed with such reverence and appreciation!

Thanks for the review Adam, I got the book today. It was worth every cent! The quality of the physical pages and the print job combined with the sheer volume of content and high resolution images is absolutely stunning. What an experience!

Love Vermithrax! The majestic shot of the dragon flying in front of the moon was masterful. Peter MacNicol once said that the special effects crew rigged a propane cyclone cannon to shoot at him behind the shield of dragon scales. When he asked if it was safe, they said 🤷‍♂ "sure"

I just got this book as a gift from my mother for my birthday. My dad introduced me to Predator, Terminator, RoboCop, Star Wars, starship troopers and Stan Winston when I was 11 and 12 years old. My dad was an artist, believed in Extra-Terrestrial life, and was a big fan of movies. I want to follow in his footsteps, looking to see if Stan Winston school might be right for me 😎

I watched light and magic last week, it was such an informative series and truely showed the vision George and his crew really had. Pixar was a real surprise to me also. A must watch.

Thank you - your enthusiasm is a credit to inventors, artists and makers everywhere.

Oh my God! How did I miss this? Thank you for doing this! I so needed a shot in the arm to push on with my personal project. Happiness!

Thank's a lot Adam. Now I have at least two new pieces to put on my watch list, that I hadn't heard of before! 😁

@ReiverBlue1971

Жыл бұрын

It's my favourite film in about 5-10 years, maybe longer due to it's sheer depth. It's one of those films that you can watch over and over again and still spot new bits or references etc

Thank you for sharing. I've learned a lot about Phil Tippet and his work during college a few years ago. I also learned a lot about ILM. I've always loved seeing what goes into making films and animations.

It was a wild experience watching Mad God with you and Phil a few months back at the IMAX dome in San Jose months back Adam! I agree that Mad God really shows the possibilities that Phil imagines. So many filmmakers that hired Phil left so much on the table! I just picked up my copy of the book and hope to get Phil to sign it someday!

Phil Tippet is one of my heroes. I've always been fascinated by "How did they do that" for the movies and he was the first magician I learned about followed by Rick Baker and many others. Including this obscure guy by the name of, give me a minute, oh yeah, Adam Savage. Thanks for sharing this Adam.

Adam is so passionate in this one!

I really love art/prop/model books. This is on my radar!

I love books in all their forms, and even though I've been reading books on screens for maybe three decades, there are definitely areas where the physical book is what you need. The thing I love most about them in this age is _discoverability_ . Being able to open a book up anywhere and see things you did not anticipate is key. This is also why I love printed catalogs and databooks. A web site you can search, or scroll through - but a search requires you to know what you're looking for already, and scrolling just shows you the things along a particular track. A bound stack of paper is best for serendipity.

I went to my first comic con because I fell in love with the world of Ray Harryhausen. Continued with Phil Tippet!

Stop motion is an amazing art form and I’m really glad to have discovered it. Stop motion helped me get into film and more particularly film history/special effects/practical effects.

@ReiverBlue1971

Жыл бұрын

It certainly gives you lots of other other options, effects and style etc as well as a certain appeal as and of it's own. I watched some stop motion (including some of his work) that had been increased in frame rate from about 30 fps to 144 (I think) and up to 720 (creating higher res detail from nothing of course). although it looked very cool....it somehow lost something...a certain ....oddness or creepiness that comes along with the frame rate

I would love to see a coloring book with his art.

Phil Tippett?!?!? It was only recently that I found out about a wide range, over MANY years, that were examples that of work I have loved had come from him!!! Watching "Mad God" has become my go to for both my eyes and mind and one of the most fascinating films I've ever watched. I have it on my phone to watch it before sleep (yep, my dreams are a touch weirder!) and it the film I go to when I'm not sure what I want to watch (so I've seen it ....I think I've lost count tbh). As an animator by training myself I feel it allows me to see more than most when watching the film of 30 years effort....magnificence!!

@AcidBathFreakshow

Жыл бұрын

Mad Hod is a fantastic film and so full of imagery and allagory that I wish I knew folk who have seen it so I could discuss it with them!

@ReiverBlue1971

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@@AcidBathFreakshow I know exactly what you mean :D

It’s another Christmas morning with Adam.

Thank you for this review. I bought the book for my son's birthday as inspiration to take his own creative work further. He has been making Halloween costumes since he was small, my wish for him is to make creatures all year long!

That volume looks amazing

There are very few people that actually deserve the word "genius" attached to their name, but Phil Tippett is unquestionably one of them.

I can't help but think Phil needs a lifetime achievement award for contributions to film/storytelling.

I’ve seen the original Star Wars trilogy hundreds of times… seeing Light & Magic gave me a new appreciation for the stop motion work in Empire, specifically the Tauntaun run cycle. You expect the fluid run of the creature, what I’d never considered is the bags and other soft elements attached to the saddle; they bounce with each step. That means the animators had to account for the inertia of the saddle bags going up when the foot went down and hitting the creature’s side when it was going up. It’s a perfect illusion because I’d seen it for years and never noticed it. Phil truly is a mad genius.

Just purchased this amazing book! Great video!

I have always loved the robot Cain from Robocop 2. Tippett has some truly amazing work. I'm glad I watched this video because I never knew some of my favorites were from one man. Thank you Adam!

@ReiverBlue1971

Жыл бұрын

Same here! All this stuff...the Tauntaun, Robocop 2 (which was ALWAYS awesome) etc. To find that almost ALL my favourite animations over the years have been all from this man (I went on to study a degree in modelling and animation for games) AND one of my favourite films, simply mind blowing ;D

We love the channel Adam.

Love his artwork. Lousy at supervising dinosaurs.

Holy book cover. Amazing

11 priceless minutes of Adam gushing and nerding out.

This was less of a review, and more Adam gushing over Phil Tippett. And it's well deserved. :D

Nice video Adam sir thank you so much sir for sharing video.

what are the bendy light Arms behind you called, can't find anything like it in the UK!?

This is definitely going into my home library

i didn't know this was a thing and i have a mighty need.

This book's only $38 on amazon right now, which is insane.

Do you have any recommendations for books about 2001 a space odyssey concept art?

While I've know about Tippet since forever (all kind of VFX were a hobby at my house since I was a kid), the first thing nowadays that come to my mind when I hear his name is... You had one job Phil!!!! (the Jkurassic Park meme)

I'm sure I've seen Phil in a couple of films before, I remember he played a photographer in one.

I bought a big antique cast iron music stand for displaying and perusing these giant art books and comics

If there's anyone who can claim to be continuing the exceptional work of giants like Ray Harryhausen, it is Phil Tippet. Light and Magic was a great watch. I thought I knew a lot about the behind the scenes of Star Wars & ILM, Light & Magic reveals *so* much more!

Phil Tippet was such a sweet guy in Light & Magic. I wonder how Adam views him as a person.

Adam! You have to get that mole looked at. I never noticed it before today which makes me worry that it's grown suddenly.

Phil Tippett's role in Jurassic Park is likely what drove him to make Mad God, and make it his "Magnum Opus" as Light + Magic showed that he (understandably) was upset about his role changing while making Jurassic Park. So now he took the opportunity to lay it all out and be happy he put out his best work.

Adam, how are you liking the iWatch Ultra? looks good with that band you've got on

Cool !!!

Adam out here looking like Norm showing off a wonderful large and interesting Art book!

@dubbingsync

Жыл бұрын

Except Adam has the control to not make it seem like you’re hanging around with your “weird” friend. Not saying Norm is weird, though.

Just ordered one ... oooooof ))

you found me! fun review!

Thanks.

There have arguably been 6 great epochal films in special effects history, and Tippett had a direct hand in 2 of them (Star Wars and Jurasic Park). An absolute genius for sure. ... and ya, if you haven't seen Mad God, go now!

Hm, this vid reminds me about a Ray Harryhausen documentary I saw a while ago. Maybe in the 80s? It had a similar enthusiastic tone about his stop motion work.

@stopmotionfrance4938

Жыл бұрын

The directors of the Harryhausen documentary are the authors of this book ;)

@undefined40

Жыл бұрын

@@stopmotionfrance4938 Wow, thanks for that Info.

Phil Tippet is the G.O.A.T. !!!

wow

To say Phil Tippet is a Genius, Underrates him.

all these "behind the scenes" people, deserve so, SOOOOOO much more credit. people simply think, oh, good job on these monsters George Lucas and have zero idea how many people are pouring their souls into theses creatures. its like the CEO taking all the credit for all the hard work being worked, far, faaaaaaar down the food chain. to the janitors cleaning the floors and keeping the toilets flushing. to the receptionists who work triple shifts and the managers who miss out of their kids birthdays to meet the insane deadlines made from above. all the people behind the scenes, are the true heros.

I met Phil about 10 years ago at an animation convention, he was eating lunch. I told him cg has nothing on him. he said I know!

Instant pre-order for me..in fact I just did….

No it's the robot from 'the black hole' by Disney. It's red single eye, or it's spinning blades that sliced Anthony Perkins up. Grim for a Disney movie!

Starship Troopers is one of my favorite movies and the insectoid aliens in that movie are the best and scariest I've seen in a movie, no qualifiers.

When straight to pre order then saw the price...well worth it but maybe not when the pound if collapsing 😅

Or StarMag, the one on Salems Lot scared me to death, and I still hate horror movies to this day but also idenic memory doesn't help me either. 😆 An RRP of the book would be a benefit to your viewers like myself, as I have to balance the books before getting a book of that size and cost.

Happy Phil liked the Melies business card...

I watched Mad God. The simplest review is "insane!" (but in a good way).

"you've got red on you.."

Mad God is currently on Shudder

i saw it the original was kept in as the velociraptor walked through the dining room and began tip forward if you look behind the dinosaur 🦖 they push on the tail stoping the forward blooper

Dragon Slayer man, what a movie!

Did y'all lose every tripod in the shop?

Dear Adam Savage's Tested team, there's a guy who lost all his fingers on his left hand and has made several robot hand prosthetics that look and WORK like something out of Iron Man. His name is Ian Davis.

@DavidThomasScorbal

Жыл бұрын

Algorithm, please notice this post

@DouggieDinosaur

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidThomasScorbal not an algo - check him out - he's legit - Tony Stark level for real.

DAMN YOU SAVAGE!!!! Now I have to go sell another kidney in order to obtain this most amazing of tomes!

Just watched Mad Gods...it was like watching Hieronymus Bosch paintings come to life! Laiden with Easter Eggs: R2D2 AT AT Ray Harryhausen Ogre Robby the Robot Wilhelm scream. 2001 Monolith Buzz Light-year body Are the ones I spotted.

From title alone: whelp! This goes to the to-read list.

"Phil Tippett, Dinosaur Wrangler" Please tell me he had that on his business card.

@Juli414

Жыл бұрын

As soon as I saw his name on this video, I thought of that joke/meme. "There were dinosaurs in the kitchen, Phil! In the kitchen!"

Christopher Reeve had a head injury from a horse riding accident. so the story goes. Christopher was one of best actors to bring superman character to life. Netflix needs to add those movies Abyss 1984 close encounters of the third kind jaws etc.

What I took away from watching Light and Magic was just how easily the hard work of John Dykstra (who wasn't asked to return for TESB) and Phil Tippett (whose work on Jurassic Park got kicked upstairs once CGI had advanced) was essentially discarded. I don't pretend to know both sides of those stories, but John and Phil did *not* look happy to get kicked to the curb.

While I was watching Mad God, the whole time I was thinking, "Adam would love this." 0

Forgetting Phil for a moment, what on earth is that infernal machine sitting on the workbench behind you? (Google lens tells me it might be a bead roller, whatever that is :-).

@sgtmarty9682

Жыл бұрын

Ooh, a bead roller is possible. If so, maybe he's working on armor? A bead roller could be used to put a raised "bead" along the edge of thin metal.

Adam: hawks another book. Me: (sighs) :::searches in Amazon=> add to cart.

Everyone watch mad god!!

I have about 175 reasons to nót put this book in my library ;)

I can't tell you what Mad God is about but I can tell you IT'S FUCKING INSANE 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hi Adam, I've always wanted to see the knock on wood myth verified. I have an idea on how to make it happen. I can sit down at a wooden table blindfolded and declare "I hope I don't slip and fall" then knock three times on the table. I would then get up and walk around the room with random slick patches placed around the floor. If it is true, my chances of falling should be far less than if I did not knock on wood.

Do I spy the Apple Watch ultra on some kind of bracelet on Adam’s wrist? 👀

Since we are on the subject can you please make me a functional flying broom stick before Halloween 🎃? I going to be Harry Potter and I want to go all out and if those is anyone that can do it it’s definitely you .

You had one job, Phil

This is a wonderful show to watch but the camera work drives me nuts pretty consistently. There seems to be an emphasis on showing the person speaking for loooong shots and only very very quick shots of the incredibly cool items being talked about!! Come oooonnn we can listen and look at the same time!

Lol it's over $200. So thanks for showing us the book cause I want to stay married. 'You spent 200 bucks on a what!?'

What bracelet has Adam got on his Apple Watch ultra? Is it the first time I’ve seen him use a smartwatch?

Slowly. Yes. Yes. Slowly. Because. I. Didn't. Want. It. To. END.

As a stop-motion animator, Phil bettered HIS master -- Ray Harryhausen -- and that is the ultimate complement to both master and student..!

R.I.P Cinefex

I would be registered missing if I found this book whilst pooping.

6:57 One qualifier: drake.