Topic: Criss Angel - 100 gone.

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Posted by: nyphoebe (Aug 26, 2010 1:13am)

I'm not sure how he did it, but I'd love to purchase a book that explains this kind of illusion and see the concept behind it.

I'd like some help.

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Posted by: daffydoug (Aug 26, 2010 2:14am)

What is 100 gone? Please explain.

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Posted by: nyphoebe (Aug 26, 2010 2:26am)

He set up a Guinness World Record, vanishing 100 random people on a stage fully examined by the Guinness World Record validater and, of course, the camera following. Therefore, the viewers as well would see that it looks legit (not really).

There is no video of it yet, as it was aired 2 hours ago.

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Posted by: Pakar Ilusi (Aug 26, 2010 4:22am)

Omg... It has reached new levels...

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Posted by: rochaz (Aug 26, 2010 8:19am)

:fruity:

rochaz

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Posted by: daffydoug (Aug 26, 2010 10:08am)

I am thinking there will probably not be a book soon.

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Posted by: nyphoebe (Aug 26, 2010 2:11pm)

I'm not asking for THE explanation, just which classic illusion lies the concept behind it.

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Posted by: Blindside785 (Aug 26, 2010 6:53pm)

He's pushing the envelope...OFF THE TABLE!!

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Posted by: ku7uk3 (Aug 30, 2010 12:39pm)

I'm guessing that 99 of those people were inflatable dolls, and the 100th person just deflated them all behind a curtain while the one person in the audience just sat their reading a paper waiting for the trick to end.

It would be a better trick than his Scorpion one he did on the last episode anyway.

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Posted by: daffydoug (Sep 2, 2010 3:55pm)

Inflatable dolls?

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Posted by: insight (Sep 2, 2010 7:31pm)

Lol

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Posted by: daffydoug (Sep 2, 2010 9:15pm)

Yeah! We need to keep our minds out of the gutter!

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Posted by: toph (Sep 3, 2010 5:26pm)

Here is a quick cliff note of CA's book on that effect: Buy Camera, Shoot Footage, Clip Footage, Miracle.

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Posted by: daffydoug (Sep 4, 2010 12:46am)

Kaching!

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Posted by: Jerry (Sep 13, 2010 8:25pm)

Hire 101 stooges, and you will break the record.

JerryB

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Posted by: mstgracy (Sep 19, 2010 3:37am)

I have to say, Criss has a good TV show going for him. Yes, it's all a bit silly and not what I would do but, man, has he ever gotten a fan base. Much more than I have done...

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Posted by: Pakar Ilusi (Sep 19, 2010 9:09pm)

Where is David Blaine when you really need him? :P

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Posted by: MT (Sep 21, 2010 12:41am)

Haha. That's funny... David Blaine.

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Posted by: Aaron Smith Magic (Sep 21, 2010 1:39am)

It's really hard to tell with Criss Angel what the illusion actually looks like, with so much post production editing. Just judging by what I saw, the technique applied is super old and can be found in many books. He's really doing nothing new, other than adding the subtlety of having the "spectator's" chained to the platform. My guess is that was Doug Malloy's handy work. :)

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Posted by: truemagic (Sep 21, 2010 4:02am)

With a rep from Guinness book there, I'm sure it would be hard to "fake" things with their watchful eyes to confirm if it's a record or not. For all naysayers, then I guess any record by them is not truthful or relevant.

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Posted by: Pakar Ilusi (Sep 21, 2010 9:56am)

If you wanna see it, here it is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4YGkrEpJjk

Doesn't look too difficult, just very costly though... Someone here wanna break the Record? It will cost you, though...

I think it's legit as far as "a record for performing an illusion" goes... It's not claiming it's a real vanish, just the performance of the illusion of the vanish...

This actually makes me even more turned off to Criss...

He doesn't need to pile up more and more of these...

Ok, we get it, you got a show, you can force their perspective, you're a tough guy, you're the MindFreak, you're the greatest, you got a Guinness World Record, you're this, you're that, yadayadayada...

Where's the connection with the audience? Like when you watch Copperfield, Blaine, Derren, and even Cyril perform bigger stuff for TV?

Then, "BELIEVE" bombs... How do you expect to get respect from people who are in YOUR ART? So, you only do well on TV? (I know, he doesn't care what us Magicians think... Which is where the problem lies, IMO...)

It's not jealousy on my part, it's just sad is what it really is... This is what Magic has come to nowadays...

I totally believe that any Magician can do this "100 gone" thing, even a newcomer... It really is just about having enough Money to set it up...

It's sad, I liked Criss once... :(

Well...

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Posted by: writeall (Sep 22, 2010 2:44am)

Alright, I have to ask. Was he stoned during that? Or, is that just part of the 'schtick'?

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Posted by: Pakar Ilusi (Sep 22, 2010 10:53am)

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On 2010-09-22 02:44, writeall wrote:
Alright, I have to ask. Was he stoned during that? Or, is that just part of the 'schtick'?

Neither, it seems he really is just like that.

Even in his Instructional Videos, he was like that as far as I remember.

Well, you know... He's cool or trying to be...

Anyway, he's the millionaire. What do I know?

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Posted by: Geoff Weber (Nov 13, 2010 4:22pm)

This is one of the better things I've seen Criss do. It's a bigger version of Copperfield's 13.

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Posted by: magicmike30 (Nov 22, 2010 8:39am)

Courtney is in no way a model, and just a random person. What I would had given to be the one lucky enough to be cuffed to her. ;) I don't think she works for Sears tools, though.
I was not paid to be here.

Magicmike30

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Posted by: Andrew Zuber (Nov 24, 2010 2:14pm)

So, are those 100 people now tending to his garden and washing his sheets?

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Posted by: MitchellMac (Nov 26, 2010 11:48pm)

Never the less, why hate Criss Angel? So what if he's not as talented as us magicians. :) He is accomplishing what we magicians try to do with our magic. Amaze them, and try provide enjoyment for them. He does it with gimmicks and trick photography. He is doing no harm.

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Posted by: Dan Bernier (Dec 6, 2010 12:41pm)

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On 2010-09-21 04:02, truemagic wrote:
With a rep from Guinness book there, I'm sure it would be hard to "fake" things with their watchful eyes to confirm if it's a record or not. For all naysayers, then I guess any record by them is not truthful or relevant.

Most times folks at Guinness are contacted first by someone about wanting to break a record, or create a world record in an area that hasn't been done before. The folks at Guinness are paid their expenses, plus more for their time.

This is one of those things that has never been recorded by Guinness before, so Criss isn't actually breaking a world record, he's creating one. I think it's absolutely a black eye to the reputation of Guinness for adding magic tricks to their records, especially when it's not about the tricks but about the performance. Now, we can only cringe as we watch others now attempt to break the record just like the straitjacket fiasco.

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Posted by: Magical Dimensions (Dec 15, 2010 7:01pm)

What is the big deal about doing this? It is just a stage illusion.

R

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Posted by: Dan Bernier (Dec 25, 2010 10:37pm)

Exactly! It's a trick, an illusion, and now it's a world record. (lol)

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Posted by: MaxfieldsMagic (Dec 28, 2010 6:20pm)

I liked the way he used the video camera inside the curtain to sell the time of the vanish.

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Posted by: Pete Biro (Jan 9, 2011 9:07pm)

Don't you wish you had thought of this?

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Posted by: DanielMooncalf (Feb 5, 2011 6:43am)

Magic isn't real.

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Posted by: Fez (Apr 7, 2011 9:38pm)

Hey check out this link, it sorta kinda break's it down.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100825195934AAszQb8

Hope it helped!

-Fez

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Posted by: sevenup (Apr 9, 2011 1:49pm)

Why stop there, in late 2012 I will make the entire state of California disappear. :)

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Posted by: Bondy (Apr 21, 2011 1:42am)

In 2012 I'll make the world disapear

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Posted by: TheGreatIni (Jun 30, 2011 4:50am)

It's a shame Jasper Maskelyne isn't around today. We could've had him re-do his little stunt with Alexandria or the Suez Canal to knock Criss out of the record book and provoke an endless stream of bigger and bigger vanishes until someone uses the Hadron Collider to make the planet itself vanish.

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Posted by: hackmonkey (Jul 16, 2011 10:49am)

Mirrors definitely mirrors.......

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Posted by: hackmonkey (Jul 18, 2011 9:30pm)

And lasers and holograms.......ha ha

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Posted by: goatears (Jul 30, 2011 5:05pm)

Hey I wonder what the other records in that category would be?
Most people Vanished in a lifetime: David Copperfield (In a week he makes about a hundred people disapear)
Didn't Jonathon Pendragon make like 25 showgirls disapear?
How many elephants were in the herd when Lance Burton made a herd of elephants disapear?
What if there were 100 people in the taj mahal when Franz Harary made it disapear?

Haha just joking