Adam goes incognito at this year’s New York Comic Con as Moonwatcher, the lead ape in 2001: A Space Oyssey! This character is special because the mask was originally designed by make-up artist Stuart Freeborn, who also created Chewbacca’s costume. And in a first for Adam Incognito, he was able to walk the floor and explore the convention without being detected! (Check out the work of Steve Neill, who made this Moonwatcher mask for Adam!)
Episode 419 – Quadcast – 10/12/17
Will joins us this week for a special quadcast! Because we missed recording last week, there’s lots to catch up on, including Google’s Pixel 2 announcement event, New York Comic Con, Elon’s Mars colony dreams, and the release of the SNES Classic. Plus, Norm talks about the Westworld experience he went to in New York. (Recorded Tuesdsay so Oculus Connect 4 news will be discussed next week!)
Adam Savage Becomes an Extra in Blade Runner 2049 Short!
Adam Savage steps into the world of Blade Runner 2049 as an extra in one of the prequel shorts that sets up the newly released film! But before he can make his appearance in the Luke Scott-directed “2048: Nowhere to Run” short, Adam visits wardrobe and makeup to transform into a street merchant in neo-noir Los Angeles.
Blade Runner 2049 SPOILERCAST! – Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project – 10/10/17
Boba Fett’s Slave I Studio Scale Model Replica
Studio scale replica builders are a special breed of modelmakers, painstaking recreating the models using the exact materials, parts, and paint as the original filming miniatures. Steve Neisen and Mike Salzo are such builders, and they share with us their studio scale Slave I that’s constructed using rare model kits that would’ve been on ILM’s modelmaking shelves. The back of the ship alone is hundreds of parts!
Totally Unauthorized Commentary: Blade Runner (1981)
Adam, Simone, and Blade Runner superfan Mark Dubeau prepare themselves for the upcoming Blade Runner 2049 release by rewatching the original Blade Runner! Watch along the final cut of this sci-fi classic–it’ll be Simone’s first viewing of the film!
Eaglemoss’ Star Trek Starships Collection at NYCC 2017
At this year’s New York Comic Con, we meet up with Ben Robinson, longtime writer and editor of Star Trek publications. He’s now the project manager of Eaglemoss’ official Star Trek Starships collection, a series of over 150 miniatures representing the pantheon of starships, space stations, and shuttles seen across Star Trek. We geek out a bit over the collection and see some Discovery model prototypes up close.
LEGO with Friends: UCS Millennium Falcon (2017), Part 5
Time for the final plates and pieces to come together! We review the build and compare it to the original UCS Falcon. Thanks again to Tommy of BrickNerd for joining us this week!
Adam Savage Examines the Blade Runner 2049 Blasters!
Adam Savage visited the set of Blade Runner 2049 during its production last year, and one of the first things he had to do was visit the props department. There, prop master Doug Harlocker shows Adam the many blaster props made for the film, including replicas of Deckard’s iconic pistol!
LEGO with Friends: UCS Millennium Falcon (2017), Part 4
The team moves into day to of the build, refreshed and ready to assemble. Turns out splitting the set into two halves and joining them at the end is going to work out!