We’re always trying to make the process apparent. So, we have learned to try and never rely on a technological solution when an analogue one is in front of us.
ADAM SAVAGEWhen I finally got up to Industrial Light And Magic to work on the ‘Star Wars’ movies as a model-maker, it felt like dying and going to heaven.
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That aesthetic of the Star Wars universe: the do-it-yourself, hotrod ethic that George Lucas exported from his childhood, is exactly the same kind of soul behind what we do and build for the show.
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Whether it’s in a phrase like “going over like a lead balloon” or “a needle in a haystack,” or tackling movie myths or even a genre, like MacGyver or James Bond
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In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a ‘failed experiment.’ Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.
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New York State is giant and has some of the most beautiful landscape on the Eastern seaboard.
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In addition to the pleasure of having the piece, there is a deep and abiding pleasure for me assembling something in my head
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It may not look pretty, but it gets the job done.
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You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest.
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I am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola.
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Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting.
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The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century
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“I agree your results aren’t always right,” they’ll say, “but your methods are clearly showing that science is a re-creative process, and it’s an interesting process because it’s messy, and no other shows show that.”
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Walking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono.
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So my wife’s experience is just like that of anybody else whose husband goes away to a blue collar job and comes home bruised and dirty and often proud of the work that they’re doing.
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Put me in front of a crowd of science teachers or astronauts! The guileless aren’t our audience – it’s the critical thinkers we love.
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The idea of an ordered and elegant universe is a lovely one.
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