![]() And one of the casualties of that was a lot of the long-build sequences from the early days. One of the things that happened over the years on Mythbusters is that we went from telling very simple stories to more complex stories as Jamie and I became more interested in the deeper science. On the actual production side, I think we’re making the best episodes we’ve ever made. So it made the mental work of making this show almost twice as difficult. The biggest change for us was that, immediately overnight, Jamie and I became responsible for 100 percent of the content in every episode, but we have roughly the same shooting schedule. We weren’t part of that decision - we wanted them to stay. On the most basic level, we were very sad that Kari, Grant and Tory left the show. The science in Interstellar is - for the most part - very, very rigorous, whereas the science in Gravity is not very rigorous, and yet I think of Gravity as the far more enjoyable film, simply because I think the story’s better. I’m totally able to suspend my disbelief. I don’t think they wanted us to twerk with a Stormtrooper or something like that.Īfter working on a show like Mythbusters, is it tough for you to still watch a movie and suspend disbelief? ![]() Besides that, they wanted to make sure that we weren’t going to do something too far off from what a character would do. We weren’t allowed to animate real lightsaber effects onto our lightsabers while fighting. Lucasfilm is wonderful to work with - I myself was a little surprised, given how important and lucrative the Star Wars franchise is. No, it’s actually not tough to work with them. Discovery Responds to 'MythBusters' Gender Bias Petitionĭid you have to work with Lucasfilm on the episode, and was that tricky?
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