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Anyone got a question they'd like to ask Tom Savini?

  • 24-01-2008 2:47am
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭


    He's up for an interview, and I'm writing up some questions for him now, so if you got something to ask him, feel free to shoot.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    Ask him if he'll be in my movie.

    Failing that, ask him how he feels by the incredible over-use/ mis-use of CGI in movies today and if he feels that the horror genre is being destroyed as genuine tension and real horror is being replaced by flashy gimmicks and by the numbers storylines.

    And you may as well ask what his favourite film he worked on was. Celebrities love talking up other celebrities. It's like Christians talking up God.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    In regards to your effects work, what movie do you consider your greatest achievement?

    How do you feel about the general tendency in new movies to replace traditional effects with computer generated ones?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,788 ✭✭✭ztoical


    Tom, Lost Boys 2, why?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    When are you doing the interview ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Soon.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    Will he ever work with George Romero again and what did he think of Land of the Dead?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    Thinking-caps are on !


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,106 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    As someone who was around when the slasher subgenre rose in popularity, what does he think of the new generation of visceral horrors such as Saw, Hostel, etc?

    Considering the relatively high-budget remakes of Texas Chainsaw Massacre (~$84,000 for the original vs $9.5M for the remake, according to Wikipedia) and The Hills Have Eyes ($230,000 for the original vs $15M for the remake, again from Wikipedia), does he think that there is still a market for smaller-budget horror films making innovative use of special effects (as opposed to CGI) today?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,304 ✭✭✭✭koneko


    Who would he love to work with again? I'm sure you can find a fancy way to rephrase that question ;) but I'm interested to see out of all the great people he's worked with, who is he dying to work with again if given the chance.

    Will try and think of more. I asked him before if he'd come to scifi/horror cons over in the UK but he said he hates flying!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,005 ✭✭✭Creature


    Whats are your favourite films in terms of their usage of old fashioned physical effects? (excluding your own films of course)

    How jealous of Rob Bottin are you for The Thing and American Werewolf in London? :P

    With the mass use of CGI in this day and age, do you think the old school physical effects artist like yourself will ever be as needed for big movies? Also with all the competition from the computer effects guys what advice would you give to someone trying to make it in movie special effects?



    Feel free to rephrase any of them.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Ok guys, I think we've got enough questions now.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    I won't really be asking him about what he thinks of CGI vs. traditional effects, he's answered that question about 50 times before... See here:
    Gary: How do you feel the CGI world has affected old school make up FX. I mean straight make up will probably always have some place in filmmaking. But what do you think will happen to old school blood and guts. It seems far too often that a director's answer is to CGI everything when most of the time it's cheaper and looks better to do it for real. I'm saying that a low budget prosthetic is still better than low budget CGI. What do you think about that?

    Tom: Well low budget CGI...I mean I love CGI if it's good but if it's crappy it takes you out of the movie. We are training people to accept CGI. The new generation are getting used to it. Before you could see it in front of you and now you have to pretend it's there because it'll be there in postproduction. I think CGI makes make up FX better. I mean the remake of The Mummy you could not get that depth of damage with just make up FX. I mean they will always hire make up people. I mean its artists and sculptors that make all those creatures. It's the computer guys that recreate them. So I mean look at Arnold at the end of Terminator 3 when he has half a head gone you could never do that with make up FX. You could use a dummy or a fake head but I mean no matter who you are if you look at a fake head for longer than three seconds you know it's fake. Arnold in the original Terminator well that head was definitely fake because you got to stare right at it for more than three seconds. With CGI it's the real person and you can make stuff like half a head gone. In my FX I always try to keep the real person as much as possible. You know if it's CGI where they use the real person as much as possible then I'm all for it.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,663 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    If its not too late could you ask him if he feels there is ever line you dont cross when it comes to making horror films or "horror" films intended to shock.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Too late Faceman. Sorry. I think we've got a lot of questions for him anyway.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    Too late Faceman. Sorry. I think we've got a lot of questions for him anyway.

    Doh - didnt realise there was a ticking clock on this.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Yeah, sorry about that man. I've sent 12 questions in total, and I think that's loads.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,663 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    Too late Faceman. Sorry. I think we've got a lot of questions for him anyway.

    No probs. Meant to say in my original post well done for securing the interview.


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