Probably, everyone at least once saw the program "Legion Breaker". Charismatic leading, spectacular experiments, interesting legends - this is what attracts the viewer in the program. Leaders behave as if they live by what they do. So, Adam Savage rejoices in every experiment, delves into the details, carefully models various situations. But what is he really like?
Personal
Adam Savage was born in New York on July 15, 1967. As a child, he got "on TV": voiced the characters of "Sesame Street", created by his father - an artist, director and animator. In addition, he starred in commercials, and in 1985 took part in the filming of Billy Joel's clip.
Adam is an avid collector: he collects hats and glasses. He has not only ordinary (hats, caps and fire hats), but also extravagant (silicone "fifth point" and a fencer's helmet).
In addition, Adam stores a fairly large number of interesting items that he received after the experiments of the Destroyers.
Activities
From early childhood, barely learning how to hold scissors, Adam Savage made toys of his own invention. Growing up, at different times, he tried on the roles of a projectionist, carpenter, animator, landscape designer, graphic designer, welder, toy developer. At work, he used foam, metal, rubber, glass, neon, paper, hydraulics, plastic and many other materials at hand.
Since 1993, Adam was carried away by special effects. He managed to work on paintings that are incredibly popular: The Matrix: Reboot, Star Wars, Terminator 3, and several others.
Together with Heinemann, he received a cameo in the Darwin Prize and CSI.
In parallel with the filming of Legendaries, Adam Savage taught advanced modeling at the San Francisco Academy of Arts. In addition, Adam does not forget about art: to date, more than 50 exhibitions have taken place in which his works have taken part.
Destroyer
Adam Savage came to the "Destroyers" on the recommendation of a partner on previous projects. In transmission, he is the exact opposite of the second leader. He enthusiastically takes up the implementation of any idea. Unlike a partner who cares about the result, Adam enjoys the process. He is not serious, loves to explode and break various objects necessary for experiments.
It is one of the main leading programs from the first to the last series. He loves dubious experiments that promise fun. Often transmits in a felt hat.
The transfer turned out to be one of the most successful TV channel projects. For 12 years, her ratings have been consistently high, the closure upset a huge number of fans.
Of course, the charisma of the leading plays a huge role. However, this is not the only thing that attracts the viewer, because they are also special effects professionals - presenters Jaime Heineman and Adam Savage. Legend Destroyers are spectacular experiments. Shots, explosions, falls, destruction - this mixture can be watched endlessly. To realize their ideas, they are not satisfied only with their own experience: specialists of various profiles are involved in the filming.
The violent reaction of emotional Adam to the dismemberment of the dummy or a magnificent explosion makes it clear to the viewer that science can be interesting and fun. As a result of this tactic, the facilitators receive many letters from scientists who made the choice in favor of their specialty precisely thanks to the Destroyers.
Partner
Jaime Heinemann met Adam long before the "destroyers." They worked together on such films as “The Matrix: Reboot”, “Terminator 3” and others. Serious, calm presenter, acting sobering on the sometimes overly emotional Adam. In the transfer always appears in a beret and white shirts. A bald man shaves his head, while having a thick "walrus" mustache.
Outside the program: a master of special effects, one of the creators of the Battle of Robots, creator of the robot Blendo. He is a teacher of natural sciences at school. Bachelor in Russian literature. Reads in Russian.
Closing reasons
Closing the transmission was not spontaneous. Leading began to think about this a few years ago. Although the ratings of the program have declined somewhat in recent seasons, this was not the decisive reason for completing the project. The main problem of the "Destroyers" is that the leaders are simply tired. Tired of constant experiments, and from each other. They are so different that for all the years of teamwork they have remained just excellent colleagues, but not friends at all. And for ten years you can get tired of any colleague. Well, the conduct of the order of three thousand experiments of varying complexity and entertainment can reduce the enthusiasm of the most restless experimenters.
The channel, even before the show, announced that the season would be the last. This attracted a large number of viewers, because everyone wanted to enjoy the collaboration of their favorite hosts the last time. In addition, Adam and Jamie themselves promised to do everything to make this season the most spectacular, interesting and memorable.
After the project
Jamie decided that he would no longer appear on the screens as a host. Whereas Adam Savage, after the transfer, is going to continue his television presenter career.
Among other things, he is a loyal fan of Comic-Con, which comes every year. In recent years, he tries to go unnoticed at these events. Therefore, if you, as a visitor, notice a costume whose owner is difficult to recognize, you can hope that this is Adam Savage. Films in the creation of which he took part left an imprint on his addictions, so he prefers to wear the costumes of the heroes of Star Wars.