David Blaine - Real or Magic
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He did a pretty interesting TED talk about the amount of work he had to put into holding his breath for 17 minutes.. I think it goes to show that he's willing to go to some quite unbelievable extremes to do great illusions. I'm really not a fan of his but I thought this talk was quite an eye opener and it gave me a new level of respect for him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFnGhrC_3Gs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFnGhrC_3Gs
Haven't seen this yet... will try and watch it on demand.
Love illusionist stuff... recently directed an event where the after dinner turn was a magician. He did a simple rubber band trick where had a band between the thumb and forefinger of each hand and he managed to entwine and separate them.
I realise that it is slight of hand, but I had one of my camera operators (it was a multi camera OB setup) with a 40x HD lens on the front of the camera film it in extreme close up.
After the show we all sat in the gallery and went through the footage frame by frame on a full HD 50" broadcast monitor.
Still couldn't see how he did it.
Very impressed.
Love illusionist stuff... recently directed an event where the after dinner turn was a magician. He did a simple rubber band trick where had a band between the thumb and forefinger of each hand and he managed to entwine and separate them.
I realise that it is slight of hand, but I had one of my camera operators (it was a multi camera OB setup) with a 40x HD lens on the front of the camera film it in extreme close up.
After the show we all sat in the gallery and went through the footage frame by frame on a full HD 50" broadcast monitor.
Still couldn't see how he did it.
Very impressed.
I caught this by accident and was enthralled by it all.
People will always say that others are 'in' on his card tricks, i don't know, but the needle through the hand and bicep were very real.
He's such an extremist though, i wouldn't be surprised if he had some kind of implanted tunnel for the needle to travel through.
People will always say that others are 'in' on his card tricks, i don't know, but the needle through the hand and bicep were very real.
He's such an extremist though, i wouldn't be surprised if he had some kind of implanted tunnel for the needle to travel through.
vescaegg said:
Guffy said:
He's such an extremist though, i wouldn't be surprised if he had some kind of implanted tunnel for the needle to travel through.
I read somewhere that it can be formed through repeated attempts and is almost a scar tissue tunnel.DoubleSix said:
vescaegg said:
Guffy said:
He's such an extremist though, i wouldn't be surprised if he had some kind of implanted tunnel for the needle to travel through.
I read somewhere that it can be formed through repeated attempts and is almost a scar tissue tunnel.My wife doesn't bleed when she changes her earrings, it's just a more complex version of that isn't it?
GTIR said:
Why is it that when he does street magic on white folk they just look amazed and clap but black folk do back flips and run off hollering and screaming?
I noticed this too, it's like a flight or fight reaction. Also it always amazes me when you see the black folk in Africa anything bad happen and they all have a sing song/jump around - brilliant!Can you imagine if the same thing happened in the uk like when they are driving back the deceased shoulders in Wooten Bassett or at princess Diane's funeral, it would be like WTF!
RogerVulva said:
Kiltie said:
Uri Geller and Paul Daniels are ok but my fave always been Ali Bongo until his extremist tenencies came to light.
Maybe The Great Soprendo too.
Uri Geller is a joke of a man. I love illusionists. Penn & Teller and James Randi are my heroes.Maybe The Great Soprendo too.
I don't love it when tricksters try to fool the masses into thinking they actually have paranormal abilities.
What of Ali Bongo?
I used to be unsure if it was all real or magic.
Then one day my mate showed me a trick.
Get some dental floss and unravell one tiny strand about a metre long. It's so thin you can hardly see it.
Tie one end round your shirt button and the other end round your thumb. Hold your arm slightly away from your chest.
You then rip off a corner of tissue and with your other hand, hold it in your fist, rub your fingers giving it the 'magic touch' and let it go onto the strand.
One levitating tissue.
From then on, I saw all magic from a different perspective and have worked out loads if tricks.
There is no magic!
Then one day my mate showed me a trick.
Get some dental floss and unravell one tiny strand about a metre long. It's so thin you can hardly see it.
Tie one end round your shirt button and the other end round your thumb. Hold your arm slightly away from your chest.
You then rip off a corner of tissue and with your other hand, hold it in your fist, rub your fingers giving it the 'magic touch' and let it go onto the strand.
One levitating tissue.
From then on, I saw all magic from a different perspective and have worked out loads if tricks.
There is no magic!
Mixed feelings.
Some of his illusions are very impressive, however there is a lot of it that is clearly staged, which then calls into question the integrity of the whole thing.
For example, the trick where the girl was thinking of a colour (indigo):
Punter says "you promised me fire"
DB says OK.
Other punter just happens to have a drink with him, and not just any drink (beer, wine, coke) it happens to be a glass of flammable spirit.
DB says "well I need something to light it with"
Girl punter just happens to have a pre-rolled up piece of card.
Other examples, in a lot of the card tricks, you notice that the camera pans away from the deck for the briefest of seconds. (you see it in the counting card one where he adds cards to the ten the chap was holding, and also the one with Stephen Hawking).
Some of his illusions are very impressive, however there is a lot of it that is clearly staged, which then calls into question the integrity of the whole thing.
For example, the trick where the girl was thinking of a colour (indigo):
Punter says "you promised me fire"
DB says OK.
Other punter just happens to have a drink with him, and not just any drink (beer, wine, coke) it happens to be a glass of flammable spirit.
DB says "well I need something to light it with"
Girl punter just happens to have a pre-rolled up piece of card.
Other examples, in a lot of the card tricks, you notice that the camera pans away from the deck for the briefest of seconds. (you see it in the counting card one where he adds cards to the ten the chap was holding, and also the one with Stephen Hawking).
RDJ said:
rhinochopig said:
jbudgie said:
Koofler said:
Ricky Gervais went a very strange colour when DB started to push the kebab skewer through his arm. Thought he was going to faint and/or ralph!
How the hell is that done ?
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But how is the skewer thing done.?
Was sat at nearby table to David. Blaine in a London restaurant s few years ago..
Towards the end of the night he started doing illusions for the customers..
(Well,van Persie,rosicky ,Bentner and sagna..)
Whilst standing with them ,he asked me to sign a coin,I took out a 50p coin from my
pocket ,signed it and gave it to him.
Within a second the coin with my signature was folded in half.
Sagna was so impressed,he asked to keep coin..
How was that done?
Paul
Towards the end of the night he started doing illusions for the customers..
(Well,van Persie,rosicky ,Bentner and sagna..)
Whilst standing with them ,he asked me to sign a coin,I took out a 50p coin from my
pocket ,signed it and gave it to him.
Within a second the coin with my signature was folded in half.
Sagna was so impressed,he asked to keep coin..
How was that done?
Paul
RDJ said:
Lawbags said:
I used to be unsure if it was all real or magic.
Then one day my mate showed me a trick.
Get some dental floss and unravell one tiny strand about a metre long. It's so thin you can hardly see it.
Tie one end round your shirt button and the other end round your thumb. Hold your arm slightly away from your chest.
You then rip off a corner of tissue and with your other hand, hold it in your fist, rub your fingers giving it the 'magic touch' and let it go onto the strand.
One levitating tissue.
From then on, I saw all magic from a different perspective and have worked out loads if tricks.
There is no magic!
Thank you Professor scienceThen one day my mate showed me a trick.
Get some dental floss and unravell one tiny strand about a metre long. It's so thin you can hardly see it.
Tie one end round your shirt button and the other end round your thumb. Hold your arm slightly away from your chest.
You then rip off a corner of tissue and with your other hand, hold it in your fist, rub your fingers giving it the 'magic touch' and let it go onto the strand.
One levitating tissue.
From then on, I saw all magic from a different perspective and have worked out loads if tricks.
There is no magic!
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