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Adam Savage - Maker, critical thinker
Adam Savage is an internationally renowned television producer, host and public speaker.

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Savage has built everything from theater sets to miniature particle accelerators. From spaceships to animatronic arms. He's made Rube Goldberg machines, hand props and spacesuits. His online videos have generated over 230 million page views. He's written for Popular Mechanics, the Wall Street Journal and Wired Magazine, among others. His program "Mythbusters" produced 270 episodes that aired in over 100 countries for 14 years. Adam shares his builds, his love for movie props and costumes, and passion for the transformative power of making on his award winning website Tested.com. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Julia, his twin boys Thing1 and Thing2, and two amazing dogs.

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Adam Savage: My love letter to cosplay

Adam Savage: 我愛上咗一個女仔,佢個名,叫動漫角色扮演

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Adam Savage 會搞創作同埋設計實驗。佢仲會利用服裝令到敍述嘅故事更加幽默、繽紛多彩同埋清晰。回憶起佢一世對服裝嘅愛——由童年用雪糕紙桶做太空頭盔,到動漫展著住無面男服裝——佢一直都喺度探索角色扮演嘅世界同埋角色扮演所象徵嘅意義。佢總結話︰「我哋內心深處一直有啲重要嘅嘢,而服裝就係帶出我哋內心嘅嘢畀人。」
- Maker, critical thinker
Adam Savage is an internationally renowned television producer, host and public speaker. Full bio

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There's this fact事實 that I love
that I read somewhere地方 once一旦,
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我好鍾意一種曾經睇過嘅講法
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that one of the things that's contributed貢獻
to homo同性戀 sapiens'智人 ' success成功
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係話人類喺物種進化上
成功嘅其中一個因素
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as a species物種
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is our lack缺乏 of body身體 hair頭髮 --
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係多得我哋無體毛
我哋因為無體毛,加上發明咗衫
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that our hairlessnesshairlessness, our nakedness下體
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combined聯合 with our invention發明 of clothing,
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gives us the ability能力 to modulate調節
our body身體 temperature溫度
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我哋可以調節體溫
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and thus因此 be able to survive生存
in any climate氣候 we choose選擇.
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以至無論喺咩氣候之下都生存到
依家我哋已經進化到冇衫就生存唔到
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And now we've我哋都 evolved進化 to the pointD
where we can't survive生存 without clothing.
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同時衫已經唔凈係衫
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And it's more than just utility實用,
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佢仲有表達嘅用途
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now it's a communication通信.
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所有我哋著上身嘅服飾
都喺度訴說緊我哋嘅嘢
00:42
Everything that we choose選擇
to put on is a narrative敍事,
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a story故事 about where we've我哋都 been,
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例如透露緊我哋曾經去過邊度
00:47
what we're doing,
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我哋做緊乜嘢、我哋想成為乜嘢人咁
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who we want to be.
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I was a lonely孤獨 kid孩子.
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細個時我好孤單
我一直都好難搵到細路仔同我玩
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I didn't have an easy容易 time
finding發現 friends朋友 to play with,
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於是我整咗好多遊戲同自己玩
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and I ended結束 up making決策
a lot of my own自己 play.
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我為自己做咗好多玩具
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I made作出 a lot of my own自己 toys玩具.
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最初係從雪糕開始
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It began初時 with ice cream奶油.
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我家鄉有一間 Baskin Robbins
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There was a Baskin-Robbins柏士健-罗宾斯 in my hometown家鄉,
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and they served服務 ice cream奶油
from behind背後 the counter計數器
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喺櫃台後面,佢哋將雪糕
裝喺呢啲超大、五加侖裝嘅紙桶裏面
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in these giant巨大, five-gallon五加侖,
cardboard紙皮 tubs浴缸.
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01:10
And someone有人 told me --
I was eight years old --
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喺我八歲嗰時,有人話畀我知
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someone有人 told me that when
they were done with those tubs浴缸,
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佢哋用完紙桶之後
會將紙桶洗乾淨,放喺後面
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they washed them out
and kept保持 them in the back,
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如果你問佢哋,佢哋會畀一個紙桶你
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and if you asked問吓 they would give you one.
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我用咗幾個星期去鼓起勇氣去問
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It took me a couple夫婦 of weeks禮拜
to work up the courage勇氣,
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最後我問咗,佢哋又畀咗個我
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but I did, and they did.
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01:23
They gave me one -- I went home
with this beautiful cardboard紙皮 tub浴缸.
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我就摞住呢個靚紙桶返咗屋企
我喺度諗要點處理呢個新奇嘅嘢
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I was trying試圖 to figure out what
I could do with this exotic外來 material材料 --
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有金屬環、蓋同埋底
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metal金屬 ring, top返回頁首 and bottom底部.
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我將佢倒轉戴喺頭上
01:31
I started初時 turning it over in my head,
and I realized實現, "Wait a minute分鐘 --
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之後我諗,「等陣,
01:35
my head actually講真 fits inside this thing."
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呢樣嘢啱啱好戴得落我個頭。」
01:37
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
01:38
Yeah, I cutcut a hole out,
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冇錯,我剪咗個窿
放咗啲醋酸纖維落去
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I put some acetate醋酸 in there
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01:42
and I made作出 myself自己 a space空間 helmet頭盔.
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成個太空頭盔就咁大功告成!
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
之後我諗我仲需要一部太空船
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I needed需要 a place地方 to wear穿 the space空間 helmet頭盔,
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就喺距離屋企幾條街嘅地方
01:48
so I found發現 a refrigerator雪櫃 box
a couple夫婦 blocks from home.
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我搵到一個裝冰箱嘅紙皮箱
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I pushed it home,
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我將佢推返屋企
之後喺我爸爸媽媽嘅客房個衣帽間裏面
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and in my parents'父母 ' guest客人 room間房 closet壁櫥,
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我將佢整成一部太空船
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I turned打開 it into a spaceship飛船.
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我先用紙皮箱整咗塊控制面板
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I started初時 with a control控制 panel面板
out of cardboard紙皮.
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我剪咗一個圓形當做雷達顯示
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I cutcut a hole for a radar雷達 screen屏幕
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同埋喺雷達後面放咗個電筒發光
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and put a flashlight手電筒
underneath下面 it to light it.
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我再利用牆壁做支撐,整咗個駕駛窗口
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I put a view视图 screen屏幕 up,
which I offset抵消 off the back wall --
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02:06
and this is where I thought
I was being really clever --
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其實我真係覺得自己好機智
我擅自將衣帽間後面幅牆油黑佢
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without permission許可, I painted
the back wall of the closet壁櫥 black
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再用喺閣樓度搵到嘅聖誕燈
佈置到成個星空咁
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and put a star明星 field領域,
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02:13
which I lit點燃 up with some Christmas聖誕節 lights
I found發現 in the attic閣樓,
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之後我就去繼續幻想我嘅太空使命
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and I went on some space空間 missions任務.
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02:21
A couple夫婦 years later之後,
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幾年之後,電影《大白鯊》上映
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the movie電影 "Jaws下巴" came out.
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I was way too young年輕 to see it,
but I was caught抓住 up in "Jaws下巴" fever發燒,
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雖然唔啱細路仔睇,但我對佢入曬迷
就好似當時其他美國人咁樣
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like everyone個個都 else in America美國 at the time.
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There was a store商店 in my town
that had a "Jaws下巴" costume in their佢哋 window窗口,
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有件「大白鯊」服裝掛咗喺
我鎮上面嘅一間士多
我媽媽肯定係聽到我同人哋講
我覺得士多件衫幾咁型
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and my mom亞媽 must必須 have overheard聽到
me talking講嘢 to someone有人
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02:35
about how awesome
I thought this costume was,
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because a couple夫婦 days before Halloween萬聖節,
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所以喺萬聖節嘅前幾日
送咗我呢件大白鯊衫
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she blew my freaking嚇壞 mind介意
by giving me this "Jaws下巴" costume.
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件事係完全出乎曬我嘅意料
依家,我成日聽到
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Now, I recognize認識 it's a bit of a trope比喻
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某個年齡層嘅人喺度抱怨
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for people of a certain一定 age年齡 to complain抱怨
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依家啲細路仔唔知自己嘅生活有幾好
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that kids孩子 these days have no idea想法
how good they have it,
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咁就等我舉個簡單嘅例子嚟講下
02:52
but let me just show顯示 you a random隨機 sampling採樣
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呢啲細路入門級扮演服裝
係依家你喺網上可以買到嘅
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of entry-level入門級 kids'孩子 ' costumes
you can buy online在線 right now ...
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... and this is the "Jaws下巴" costume
my mom亞媽 bought for me.
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呢件就係…
我媽買畀我嘅大白鯊衫
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
03:04
This is a paper-thin紙薄 shark鯊魚 face塊面
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鯊魚塊面薄到好似張紙咁
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and a vinyl乙烯 bib圍兠 with the poster海報
of "Jaws下巴" on it.
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圍嘴上面仲要黏住張《大白鯊》廣告
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
但我就係鍾意佢
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And I loved it.
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03:14
A couple夫婦 years later之後,
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幾年之後
爸爸帶我去睇一部叫做《聖劍》嘅電影
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my dad老竇 took me to a film電影
called "Excalibur."
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I actually講真 got him to take me to it twice兩次,
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事實上我叫佢帶我去睇兩次
而且對我嚟講係好大件事
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which is no small thing,
because it is a hard努力, R-ratedr 級額定 film電影.
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因為呢部電影係一部限制級嘅 R 片
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But it wasn't唔係 the blood
and guts勇氣 or the boobs胸部
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不過唔係血腥場面、內臟
或者女性胸部吸引我去睇多一次
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that made作出 me want to go see it again.
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雖然呢啲都幾有吸引力
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They helped幫手 --
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03:30
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
係盔甲吸引我
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It was the armor裝甲.
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The armor裝甲 in "Excalibur"
was intoxicatinglyintoxicatingly beautiful to me.
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我覺得《聖劍》嘅盔甲真係好靚好型
騎士著住好閃嘅
好似塊鏡咁反光嘅盔甲
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These were literally從字面上 knights騎士
in shining閃亮, mirror-polished鏡面拋光 armor裝甲.
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And moreover此外, the knights騎士 in "Excalibur"
wear穿 their佢哋 armor裝甲 everywhere周圍.
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仲有,騎士去到邊度都著住件盔甲
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All the time -- they wear穿 it at dinner晚餐,
they wear穿 it to bed.
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佢哋著住盔甲食飯,又著住盔甲瞓覺
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
03:50
I was like, "Are they reading閲讀 my mind介意?
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我就諗︰「唔通佢哋解讀緊我嘅思想?
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I want to wear穿 armor裝甲 all the time!"
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我都想喺任何時候都著住件盔甲!」
03:54
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
03:55
So I went back to my favorite中意 material材料,
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所以我又返去搵我最鍾意嘅材料︰
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the gateway网关 drug藥物 for making決策,
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手工嘅材料
有波紋嘅硬紙皮
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corrugated紙皮 cardboard紙皮,
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我同我自己整咗套盔甲
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and I made作出 myself自己 a suit of armor裝甲,
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加咗護頸,配埋一匹白馬
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replete充滿 with the neck脖子 shields盾牌
and a white白色 horse.
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雖然我已經將佢賣咗
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Now that I've oversold超跌 it,
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here's呢度有 a picture圖片 of the armor裝甲 that I made作出.
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但我哋可以睇下張相
(笑聲)
04:10
(Laughter笑聲)
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(掌聲)
04:11
(Applause掌聲)
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04:16
Now, this is only the first
suit of armor裝甲 I made作出
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呢個係我受到《聖劍》啓發
而整嘅唯一一套盔甲
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inspired啟發 by "Excalibur."
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幾年之後
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A couple夫婦 of years later之後,
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我說服咗我爸爸動手整返件啱身嘅盔甲
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I convinced相信 my dad老竇 to embark初時
on making決策 me a proper適當 suit of armor裝甲.
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大概過咗一個月,佢幫我升級咗材料
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Over about a month,
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he graduated畢業 me from cardboard紙皮
to roofing屋靣 aluminum called flashing閃爍
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從硬紙皮
到叫做「遮雨板」嘅
鋁製屋頂材料
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and still, one of my all-time全時 favorite中意
attachment附件 materials材料,
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仲有一種我一直都好鍾意嘅連接材料︰
POP 鉚釘
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POP流行 rivets鉚釘.
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成個月,我哋都喺度小心翼翼咁
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We carefully仔細, over that month,
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constructed構建 an articulated鉸接式 suit
of aluminum armor裝甲
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整一套鋁製鉸接式
有好多混合波紋嘅盔甲
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with compound復合 curves曲線.
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04:41
We drilled holes in the helmet頭盔
so that I could breathe呼吸,
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我哋喺頭盔度鑽咗幾個窿,方便我透氣
04:44
and I finished完成 just in time
for Halloween萬聖節 and wore穿 it to school學校.
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咁啱喺萬聖節之前整好咗
於是我就著住佢去返學
04:47
Now, this is the one thing in this talk
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依家,呢樣嘢冇幻燈片可以畀你哋睇到
04:49
that I don't have a slide幻燈片 to show顯示 you,
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因為我無呢套盔甲嘅相
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because no photo exists存在 of this armor裝甲.
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但我有著住佢去返學
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I did wear穿 it to school學校,
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當時有個年刊攝影師喺走廊度周圍影相
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there was a yearbook年鑑 photographer攝影師
patrolling巡邏 the halls大堂,
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佢從來都冇搵到我
04:57
but he never found發現 me, for reasons原因
that are about to become成為 clear清楚.
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後來發覺係有原因嘅
05:01
There were things I didn't anticipate預期
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有啲嘢喺我著住套鋁製盔甲
去返學個時完全無諗到嘅
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about wearing穿 a complete完成 suit
of aluminum armor裝甲 to school學校.
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05:08
In third第三 period時期 math數學,
I was standing in the back of class,
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當時係第三期數學班
我企喺課室嘅後面
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and I'm standing in the back of class
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因為我著住套盔甲根本就坐唔低
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because the armor裝甲 did not
allow允許 me to sit down.
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(笑聲)
05:14
(Laughter笑聲)
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05:16
This is the first thing
I didn't anticipate預期.
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呢個係我冇預到嘅第一件事
05:19
And then my teacher先生 looks睇黎 at me
sort排序 of concerned有關
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之後我嘅老師好擔心咁望住我
隔住大概半個課室問我有冇事
05:21
about halfway一半 through透過 the class
and says, "Are you feeling感覺 OK?"
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我諗:老師你冇嘢掛?我有冇事?
05:24
I'm thinking思維, "Are you kidding講笑?
Am I feeling感覺 OK?
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我依家著住套盔甲啊!
05:27
I'm wearing穿 a suit of armor裝甲!
I am having the time of my --"
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我係度享受緊我……
05:30
And I'm just about to tell her
how great I feel,
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就喺我準備要話畀佢知我有幾爽嗰時
我見到成間課室開始向左傾斜
05:32
when the classroom課堂
starts初時 to list列表 to the left
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跟住就消失喺呢條長長嘅隧道
05:35
and disappear消失 down this long tunnel隧道,
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之後我喺校醫室醒返
05:37
and then I woke瞓醒 up in the nurse's護士嘅 office辦公室.
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05:42
I had passed透過 out from heat exhaustion疲憊,
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我因為套盔甲中暑虛脫而暈咗
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wearing穿 the armor裝甲.
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05:46
And when I woke瞓醒 up,
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當我醒返嗰時
我冇因為喺成班同學面前暈低而尷尬
05:47
I wasn't唔係 embarrassed尷尬 about having
passed透過 out in front前面 of my class,
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反而我諗,邊個摞走咗我套盔甲?
05:51
I was wondering, "Who took my armor裝甲?
Where's邊係 my armor裝甲?"
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我套盔甲喺邊度?
05:53
OK, fast-forward快入 a whole整個 bunch of years,
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好,講緊幾年後
我同幾個同事一齊受聘請去
05:55
some colleagues同事 and I get hired
to make a show顯示 for Discovery發現 Channel通道,
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同探索頻道做一檔
叫做《流言終結者》嘅節目
05:59
called "MythBusters流言終結者."
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大概有 14 年嘅時間
06:00
And over 14 years,
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06:01
I learn學習 on the job工作 how to build建立
experimental實驗 methodologies方法
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我都喺度學習點樣去訂立實驗方法
06:04
and how to tell stories故事
about them for television電視.
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同埋點樣喺電視上面講故事
06:07
I also learn學習 early早期 on
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同時我又好早就知道
服裝可以對講故事起到舉足輕重嘅作用
06:09
that costuming can play a key關鍵 role作用
in this storytelling故事.
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我用服裝令我哋講述嘅故事
06:12
I use costumes to add添加 humor幽默, comedy喜劇, color顏色
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更加幽默、清晰,有喜劇效果、有色彩
06:16
and narrative敍事 clarity清晰
to the stories故事 we're telling話畀.
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06:19
And then we do an episode情節
called "Dumpster垃圾箱 Diving潛水,"
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後來當我哋做一集《垃圾搜尋》
我又有更深一層嘅體會
06:22
and I learn學習 a little bit more
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06:25
about the deeper更深 implications影響
of what costuming means意味着 to me.
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我領悟到服裝對我有更深嘅意義
喺《垃圾搜尋》呢一集
06:28
In the episode情節 "Dumpster垃圾箱 Diving潛水,"
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我哋想回答嘅問題係:
06:30
the question個問題 we were trying試圖 to answer回答 is:
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跳入一個大型垃圾裝卸卡車係唔係
真係好似電影裏面演嘅咁安全?
06:32
Is jumping into a dumpster垃圾箱 as safe安全
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06:33
as the movies電影 would lead導致 you to believe?
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(笑聲)
06:35
(Laughter笑聲)
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呢一集係打算分成兩部份進行
06:37
The episode情節 was going to have
two distinct不同 parts部分 to it.
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一部份係我哋接受特技演員嘅訓練
06:40
One was where we get trained訓練
to jump off buildings建築 by a stuntman特技演員
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學識從建築物跳到氣墊上面
06:43
into an air空氣 bag.
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而第二部份就係嚟真嘅
06:44
And the second第二 was the graduation畢業
to the experiment實驗:
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大型垃圾裝卸卡車會裝滿緩衝物料
俾我哋跳入去
06:47
we'd我哋會 fill填補 a dumpster垃圾箱 full of material材料
and we'd我哋會 jump into it.
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06:49
I wanted to visually視覺 separate單獨
these two elements元素,
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我想呢兩部份
做到唔同嘅視覺效果
之後我諗︰「好,
06:52
and I thought,
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既然第一部份我哋喺度訓練緊,
06:53
"Well, for the first part部分 we're training培訓,
so we should wear穿 sweatsuitssweatsuits --
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咁我哋就應該著住運動衫。
06:57
Oh! Let's put 'Stunt特技 Trainee'實習 '
on the back of the sweatsuitssweatsuits.
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唔得!不如將
『特技訓練生』印喺衫後面,
話畀人知係訓練嘅。」
07:00
That's for the training培訓."
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但係到咗第二部份
07:02
But for the second第二 part部分, I wanted
something really visually視覺 striking驚人 --
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我想要視覺衝擊嘅效果
「我知道啦!
07:05
"I know! I'll dress as Neo尼歐
from 'The"的 Matrix矩陣.'"
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我會著成《黑客帝國》
嘅 Neo 咁。」
07:08
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
所以我就去咗海特街
07:09
So I went to Haight海特 Street.
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買咗啲好靚、及膝、有皮帶扣嘅長靴
07:10
I bought some beautiful
knee-high膝高, buckle boots鞾子.
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跟住我又喺 eBay 度搵到一件褸
07:13
I found發現 a long, flowing流動 coat外套 on eBay易趣.
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仲有一副墨鏡
07:15
I got sunglasses黑超, which I had to wear穿
contact聯繫 lenses鏡頭 in order to wear穿.
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為咗戴墨鏡,我仲要特登戴隱形眼鏡
07:19
The day of the experiment實驗 shoot開槍 comes up,
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做實驗嘅日子終於嚟嘞
我著住呢套衫落車
07:21
and I step out of my car架車 in this costume,
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之後我嘅劇組人員都望住我
07:23
and my crew船員 takes a look at me ...
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07:25
and start初時 suppressing抑制
their佢哋 church教堂 giggles笑聲.
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個個人都喺度揞住嘴偷笑
07:28
They're like,
"(Laugh sound聲音)."
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就好似咁 (大笑聲)
呢一刻我有一種冰火兩重天嘅感覺
07:32
And I feel two distinct不同 things
at this moment時刻.
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非常尷尬
07:34
I feel total embarrassment尷尬
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因為喺我同事睇嚟
07:36
over the fact事實 that
it's so nakedly赤裸裸 clear清楚 to my crew船員
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我對呢套衫已經癡迷到走火入魔
07:38
that I'm completely完全
into wearing穿 this costume.
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(笑聲)
07:41
(Laughter笑聲)
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07:43
But the producer生產者 in my mind介意 reminds myself自己
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不過我腦裏面把聲喺度提醒我
喺高速鏡頭嘅慢動作裏面
07:46
that in the high-speed高速 shot拍攝 in slow-mo慢墨,
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我件風褸迎風飄揚嗰時肯定好型
07:49
that flowing流動 coat外套 is going to look
beautiful behind背後 me.
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(笑聲)
07:52
(Laughter笑聲)
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同《流言終結者》做咗五年節目之後
07:54
Five years into the "MythBusters流言終結者" run運行,
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07:55
we got invited邀請 to appear出現
at San Diego迭戈 Comic-Con漫畫-騙子.
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我哋收到聖地牙哥國際動漫展嘅邀請
我都知道咗呢個動漫展好多年
07:58
I'd known about Comic-Con漫畫-騙子 for years
and never had time to go.
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但係都冇時間去
08:02
This was the big leagues聯賽 --
this was costuming mecca麥加.
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呢場動漫展好比
服裝界嘅盛事、服裝界嘅麥加
08:05
People fly in from all over the world世界
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啲人從世界各地飛過去
08:07
to show顯示 their佢哋 amazing驚人 creations創作
on the floor地板 in San Diego迭戈.
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展示佢哋嘅驚世嘅作品
08:10
And I wanted to participate參與.
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我都想去參加
我決定要精心製作一套
會將我從頭包到落腳嘅戰服
08:12
I decided決定 that I would put together一起
an elaborate闡述 costume
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08:15
that covered覆蓋 me completely完全,
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08:16
and I would walk the floor地板
of San Diego迭戈 Comic-Con漫畫-騙子 anonymously匿名.
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咁就冇人知道我喺
聖地牙哥國際動畫展嗰度
08:20
The costume I chose選擇?
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我揀咗邊件衫?
地獄男爵
08:21
Hellboy男爵.
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08:23
That's not my costume,
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嗰個唔係我件衫
嗰個真係地獄男爵嚟!
08:24
that's actually講真 Hellboy男爵.
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08:25
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
但係我洗咗幾個月嘅時間
08:26
But I spent months
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08:28
assembling裝配 the most screen-accurate屏幕-精確
Hellboy男爵 costume I could,
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盡可能還原地獄男爵喺螢屏上嘅形象
從佢嘅長靴,到皮帶,到長褲
08:30
from the boots鞾子 to the belt to the pants
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08:32
to the right hand of doom厄運.
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再到「毀滅之右手」
我搵人整咗地獄男爵頭部同胸部
08:34
I found發現 a guy who made作出
a prosthetic人工 Hellboy男爵 head and chest胸部
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跟住我將佢哋著上身
08:37
and I put them on.
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我甚至搵到咗心水嘅隱形眼鏡
08:39
I even had contact聯繫 lenses鏡頭 made作出
in my prescription處方.
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我著住呢套衫行入動漫展
08:42
I wore穿 it onto the floor地板 at Comic-Con漫畫-騙子
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講真,著住件衫真是好鬼熱
08:45
and I can't even tell you
how balls hot it was in that costume.
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熱到你無法想像
(笑聲)
08:49
(Laughter笑聲)
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大汗淋漓!我早就應該醒起
08:50
Sweating出汗! I should've應該都 remembered記得 this.
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我不停咁飚汗,隱形眼鏡又好傷我對眼
08:52
I'm sweating出汗 buckets
and the contact聯繫 lenses鏡頭 hurt my eyes眼睛,
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但係呢啲都唔緊要
因為我愛上咗角色扮演
08:55
and none of it matters個問題
because I'm totally完全 in love.
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(笑聲)
08:59
(Laughter笑聲)
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09:01
Not just with the process過程 of putting
on this costume and walking the floor地板,
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不單止係因為可以著上套衫
喺動漫展度行
仲因為我可以見到其他角色扮演者
09:04
but also with the community社區
of other costumers客戶.
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但搞清楚,動漫展裏面嘅裝扮
係叫做「角色扮演」
09:08
It's not called costuming at Cons缺點,
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09:10
it's called "cosplayCosplay."
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09:12
Now ostensibly表面, cosplayCosplay means意味着
people who dress up
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表面上,角色扮演就係
人著到佢哋最鍾意嘅電影電視角色咁
09:14
as their佢哋 favorite中意 characters字符
from film電影 and television電視
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尤其係著到日本動漫咁
09:17
and especially尤其係 anime動漫,
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但係當中含義唔係咁簡單
09:18
but it is so much more than that.
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佢哋唔係搵到套衫著上身算
09:21
These aren't唔係 just people
who find a costume and put it on --
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佢哋將角色同自己融合起嚟
09:24
they mash them up.
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佢哋令套衫嘅角色
跟住自己嘅諗法去做
09:25
They bend them to their佢哋 will.
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09:27
They change them to be the characters字符
they want to be in those productions制作.
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當佢哋著住套衫個時
佢哋將角色變成心中想要嘅角色
09:30
They're super超級 clever and genius天才.
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佢哋係犀利嘅天才
佢哋做出好靚嘅嘢令人嘆服
09:32
They let their佢哋 freak怪物 flag國旗 fly
and it's beautiful.
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09:35
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
除此之外,佢哋仲會排練
09:36
But more than that,
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09:37
they rehearse排練 their佢哋 costumes.
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09:39
At Comic-Con漫畫-騙子 or any other Con,
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喺聖地牙哥,或者任何其他嘅動漫展
你唔係淨係同
個啲行黎行去嘅人影相
09:40
you don't just take pictures圖片
of people walking around.
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實際上你會行上去講
09:43
You go up and say,
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「嘿,我好鍾意你件衫,
唔知可不可以影相?」
09:44
"Hey, I like your costume,
can I take your picture圖片?"
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之後你俾佢哋時間去擺甫士
09:47
And then you give them time
to get into their佢哋 pose構成.
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佢哋好努力咁擺姿勢
09:49
They've佢地已經 worked工作 hard努力 on their佢哋 pose構成
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就為咗你部相機可以影到靚嘅畫面
09:51
to make their佢哋 costume look
great for your camera相機.
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09:54
And it's so beautiful to watch.
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而呢一幕真係好靚,我會將佢記低
09:57
And I take this to heart.
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喺後來嘅動漫展裏面
09:58
At subsequent隨後 Cons缺點,
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10:00
I learn學習 Heath健康 Ledger's分類帳嘅 shambling蹣跚 walk
as the Joker小丑 from "The Dark黑暗 Knight騎士."
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我去學 Heath Ledger
喺《黑暗騎士》裏面
扮演小丑一角嘅蹣跚步履
10:04
I learn學習 how to be a scary可怕 RingwraithRingwraith
from "Lord of the Rings,"
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我去學點樣扮成《指環王》嘅恐怖戒靈
跟住我真係嚇親一啲細路仔
10:07
and I actually講真 frighten some children孩子.
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我仲學識咗「呵呵笑」
10:09
I learned that "hrrHrr hrrHrr hrrHrr" --
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就好似楚巴卡喺《星球大戰》裏面咁笑
10:11
that head laugh that Chewbacca丘巴卡 does.
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10:14
And then I dressed穿著 up as
No-Face無臉 from "Spirited精神 Away."
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然後我扮成《千與千尋》嘅無面男
如果你唔知道《千與千尋》
10:17
If you don't know about "Spirited精神 Away"
and its director導演, Hayao宮崎駿 Miyazaki宮崎駿,
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同埋佢嘅導演宮崎駿嘅話
我係好樂意講解下
10:21
first of all, you're welcome歡迎.
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(笑聲)
10:22
(Laughter笑聲)
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10:24
This is a masterpiece傑作,
and one of my all-time全時 favorite中意 films電影.
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呢部電影真係一部傑作
一直都係我其中一齣最鍾意嘅電影
10:27
It's about a young年輕 girl女孩 named Chihiro千尋
who gets得到 lost失去 in the spirit精神 world世界
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喺電影裏面
一個叫荻野千尋嘅女仔喺
日本嘅一個廢棄公園嘅
靈異世界嗰度蕩失路
10:31
in an abandoned放棄 Japanese日文 theme主題 park公園.
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喺幾個朋友嘅幫助之下
10:34
And she finds發現 her way back out again
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佢又重新搵到出返嚟嘅路
10:36
with the help of a couple夫婦
of friends朋友 she makes使 --
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其中兩個朋友
10:38
a captured捕獲 dragon named Haku
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一個叫做白龍,一條被捉嘅龍嚟
10:40
and a lonely孤獨 demon惡魔 named No-Face無臉.
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另一個叫做無面男,孤獨魔鬼嚟
10:42
No-Face無臉 is lonely孤獨
and he wants to make friends朋友,
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無面男好孤單,佢好想同人做朋友
佢認為交朋友嘅方法
就係將佢哋誘惑到自己身邊
10:45
and he thinks認為 the way to do it
is by luring引誘 them to him
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and producing生產 gold黃金 in his hand.
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再喺手上變出金幣
但係呢種方法唔係咁好用
10:50
But this doesn't go very well,
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所以最後佢性情暴變
10:52
and so he ends結束 up going
on kind一種 of a rampage橫衝直撞
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直到荻野千尋拯救咗佢,佢先至平靜返
10:55
until直到 Chihiro千尋 saves慳皮 him,
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rescues救援 him.
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我著上無面男套衫
10:59
So I put together一起 a No-Face無臉 costume,
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and I wore穿 it on the floor地板 at Comic-Con漫畫-騙子.
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行入聖地牙哥國際動漫展嘅會場
我非常認真咁練習無面男嘅動作
11:05
And I very carefully仔細 practiced練習
No-Face's無臉的 gestures手勢.
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我決定著住呢套衫個時唔出聲
11:09
I resolved解決 I would not speak
in this costume at all.
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11:13
When people asked問吓 to take my picture圖片,
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當有人想同我影相個時,我會點頭
11:15
I would nod點頭
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and I would shyly羞家 stand next to them.
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同埋會好怕羞咁企喺佢哋隔籬
11:19
They would take the picture圖片
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當佢哋影相
11:21
and then I would secret秘密 out
from behind背後 my robe長袍
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我會偷偷地從我件長袍後面
摞出一塊朱古力金幣
11:23
a chocolate巧克力 gold黃金 coin銀仔.
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And at the end結束 of the photo process過程,
I'd make it appear出現 for them.
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等佢哋影完相之後,我會送佢哋金幣
啊,啊,啊!——就好似咁
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Ah, ah ah! -- like that.
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之後佢哋就會非常興奮
11:31
And people were freaking嚇壞 out.
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"Holy神聖 crap廢話! Gold黃金 from No-Face無臉!
Oh my god, this is so cool!"
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「天啊!無面男嘅金幣!
難以置信,太犀利啦!」
11:36
And I'm feeling感覺 and I'm walking
the floor地板 and it's fantastic夢幻般.
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我好享受,之後我繼續喺動漫展度行
11:40
And about 15 minutes分鐘 in something happens發生.
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大概喺 15 分鐘之後,有件事發生咗
11:43
Somebody有人 grabs抓住 my hand,
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有人捉住咗我嘅手
佢哋俾返金幣我
11:46
and they put a coin銀仔 back into it.
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我覺得佢哋喺度回禮
11:48
And I think maybe they're giving me
a coin銀仔 as a return返回 gift禮物,
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但係唔係,呢個明明係我送出去嘅金幣
11:51
but no, this is one of the coins銀仔
that I'd given away.
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11:54
I don't know why.
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但我唔知道點解佢哋咁做
11:55
And I keep on going,
I take some more pictures圖片.
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於是我繼續行,我又影咗更多嘅相
但又有人俾返金幣我
11:57
And then it happens發生 again.
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11:59
Understand理解, I can't see anything
inside this costume.
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你要知道,著住套衫嗰時
我乜都睇唔到
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I can see through透過 the mouth --
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我可以通過面具嘅嘴睇到
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I can see people's人民 shoes.
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啲人嘅鞋、佢哋講嘅嘢、佢哋對腳
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I can hear聽到 what they're saying
and I can see their佢哋 feet隻腳.
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12:09
But the third第三 time someone有人
gives me back a coin銀仔,
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但係喺第三次有人將個金幣俾返我嗰時
12:11
I want to know what's going on.
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我想知道到底發生咗啲乜嘢
12:13
So I sort排序 of tilt傾斜 my head back
to get a better view视图,
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為咗睇得清楚啲,我將頭稍微向後傾斜
我睇到有人從我身邊行開,就好似咁
12:16
and what I see is someone有人 walking
away from me going like this.
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12:22
And then it hits me:
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呢一幕令我突然醒悟:
12:24
it's bad luck運氣 to take gold黃金 from No-Face無臉.
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摞到無面男嘅金幣係不祥之兆
因為喺電影《千與千尋》裏面
12:28
In the film電影 "Spirited精神 Away,"
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如果有人向無面男摞咗金幣
12:30
bad luck運氣 befalls降臨 those
who take gold黃金 from No-Face無臉.
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厄運就會降臨
12:34
This isn't a performer-audience表演者-觀眾
relationship關係; this is cosplayCosplay.
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呢個唔係講緊演員同觀眾嘅關係
而係角色扮演背後嘅意義
12:41
We are, all of us on that floor地板,
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我哋,全部喺會場上嘅人
都喺度將自己注入到
12:44
injecting注射 ourselves自己 into a narrative敍事
that meant意味着 something to us.
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對我哋嚟講有某種意義嘅故事裏面
12:47
And we're making決策 it our own自己.
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再將佢變成我哋自己嘅故事
我哋內心深處都有啲重要嘅嘢
12:49
We're connecting連接 with something
important重要 inside of us.
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And the costumes
are how we reveal揭示 ourselves自己
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而服裝就係我哋表達內心嘅嘢畀其他人
12:58
to each每個 other.
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12:59
Thank you.
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多謝
(掌聲)
13:01
(Applause掌聲)
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Translated by 潘 可儿
Reviewed by Chak Lam Wan

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Adam Savage - Maker, critical thinker
Adam Savage is an internationally renowned television producer, host and public speaker.

Why you should listen

Adam Savage's mother is a psychologist; his father was a celebrated artist, painter and filmmaker. From the youngest age they encouraged his flights of fancy. Savage has been a paperboy, a projectionist, juggler, unicycle rider, sculptor, graphic designer, scenic painter, robot builder, welder, carpenter, machinist, prop maker, toy designer, actor, writer, executive producer and director. He spent six years in theater and 10 years in commercial and film special effects working for clients such as Nike, Corning, Hershey's, and Coca-Cola, and films like Star Wars, The Matrix films, A.I., Space Cowboys, Terminator 3 and Galaxy Quest.

Savage has built everything from theater sets to miniature particle accelerators. From spaceships to animatronic arms. He's made Rube Goldberg machines, hand props and spacesuits. His online videos have generated over 230 million page views. He's written for Popular Mechanics, the Wall Street Journal and Wired Magazine, among others. His program "Mythbusters" produced 270 episodes that aired in over 100 countries for 14 years. Adam shares his builds, his love for movie props and costumes, and passion for the transformative power of making on his award winning website Tested.com. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Julia, his twin boys Thing1 and Thing2, and two amazing dogs.

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