Derren Brown - Evening Of Wonders
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
That and "Seance" are the best things he's done IMO. The making people forget stuff/go mental/do cool stuff is entertaining, but in those he went after genuine targets and showed them to be the lying bunch of arseholes they really are
Will be interesting to watch tonight's show, the more I watch and read about him/the stuff he does the more I can work out what's going on/predict the result, it's all really interesting stuff
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
Yes.
I also liked the horseracing one, because I think all schools should show it as part of a discussion of probability and coincidence.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
If you eat my brain it will get into your brain. Everyone will think you've suddenly become a genius but actually I will be in your head; the hamster pulling the levers.
fogbat
The Talibum
But everyone would still think I'd suddenly become a genius, right?
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Not everyone, no.
fogbat
The Talibum
Could you make some sort of estimate? Perhaps a percentage?
I'm trying to work out whether the killing and brain eating would be worth my while.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Just teuchter. Not sure what that is as a percentage though.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Yes. But, at the same time it would be a bit like the "Star in a reasonably priced car" section of Top Gear.
Or maybe where they are given an old bus or something to drive round the track until they've totally smashed it up.
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
53% will be convinced, 28% will be doubtful, 12% will not be convinced, and 7% will notice no difference/have no opinion.
fogbat
The Talibum
fogbat
The Talibum
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Then you get a hamster pulling the levers inside the head of another hamster who is pulling the levers in your head. Probably, you would start walking into stuff quite a lot. Certainly you wouldn't make a very good fighter pilot.
PacificOcean
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That and "Seance" are the best things he's done IMO. The making people forget stuff/go mental/do cool stuff is entertaining, but in those he went after genuine targets and showed them to be the lying bunch of arseholes they really are
Will be interesting to watch tonight's show, the more I watch and read about him/the stuff he does the more I can work out what's going on/predict the result, it's all really interesting stuff
Definitely! Some of the Trick or Treats were excellent as well. I missed one or two, but the one where he made the girl think she'd died in a car crash was
Voley
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Definitely! Some of the Trick or Treats were excellent as well. I missed one or two, but the one where he made the girl think she'd died in a car crash was
Yeah, that's my fave, too. Dubious ethically and all sorts of weird shit but totally fucking ace, nonetheless. The face-mask bit was genius.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
grinder and i went to see the stage show of this last summer. it was fab. except i worked out how he did the big act two trick, and that took the shine off, a bit.
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
Yes, that was good, too.The one where he had them trying to get £600 each and there was a sign above them saying 'go out the back door, there's £150,000 out there' with David Tennant etc.
In fact, he's great. I may worship him.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
random blindfolded mindreading of audience members who'd put questions in a jar.
I reckon sometimes when you think you know how he's done it, really you've been tricked into thinking you know how he's done it. Like any magician, half of his method is misdirection and showmanship. When we nod sagely and think 'I just heard him plant that idea in the victim's mind' it's us he's just tricked.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
i know what you mean, but this was different.
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