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The_March_Hare Regular user 125 Posts |
Now that I am involved in this, I should probably give a review for this product.
The DVD begins with the performances, which I liked a lot. I disagree with people who say that the reactions were muted, or minimal in any way. I think that the reactions were anti-tada in nature, definitely but were still present. I should note that I live by the principle that often the people who don't give you that over-the-top (David Blaine kind of) reaction are more often than not the people who come back and tell you how impressed they were. Reactions themselves are so subjective but there were times when Fraser and Ross got great reactions. I think that some participants were sort of emotionally dropped off and that was evident in their reactions. What I mean is that like at the end of his Rose routine, he guessed the name and the guy was on such an emotional high that he wanted to see more and Fraser ended it. In a real performance Fraser had won his trust, proved his "powers", and could have gone into some real myth creating material. Overall I think that the reactions were great. I will just address the stand out material that I will be putting into my act immediately or that I have already been using but will use with more confidence in the future. Kings Force _______________________ What is there to say about this, other than it can be done impromptu, always plays well for me. Ponder this for a second: You hand them a deck of cards that they had shuffled and the deck can be borrowed. They think of the first card that they see, then think of another - the performer guesses both. This reminds me of double think by Derren Brown but with one participant and no mechanics are involved. Derren's is great to do with two performers but this is with one and it is brilliant. Pseudo Hellstronism ________________________ This is one of the highlights for me because although it used a method that I was already familiar with, seeing Ross perform this with such confidence was completely brilliant. I have not been using a blindfold in my act, nor have I been using muscle reading but I will now. For anyone with Jerome Finley's Full Contract Mind Reading but is afraid of doing it because you don't have a safety net, this is a great safety net. This is for Hellstronism what an invisible deck or a card index is to psych forces. It's a great baby step for people who are not ready to be bold and just go out and do it. Note: For people who were critical of the performances, you are completely wrong with Ross' performances. Fraser is sort of a dark and slightly non-verbal performer. He is brilliant and appeals to me a lot but for some people that is not their style of performances so perhaps he is less appealing to them. Ross' performances are the "yang" to Fraser's "Yin". Ross is funny, he's playful, confident, and his participants are having a good time more so than seriously trying to be fooled. Fraser is more of a David Blaine kind of character in mentalism. He uses linguistics very deliberately much like a religious ascentic or something. Ross is more like the kid who got kicked out of Hogwarts because he kept lightening the mood with humor and led a rebellion against the teachers. Rose ______________________ I have been using Rose for a star sign divination (quite successfully suckers) but Fraser has convinced me to do it as a name guess or a word guess, which was the original intention. The reason that I was doing it as a star sign divination is that I was genuinely afraid it would not work if natural limits were not put in place. Fraser showed that it can be successful and most of the time is if you know how to perform it correctly. I knew that as soon as he did this performance many people, myself included, would give it a second go because it is brilliant. I know some people say that they won't even watch the performance because they hate it so much, which is fine but those people are dead wrong. Let me dig right into the controversy because I can already taste the tears: Rose absolutely works but it must be done in the proper context. You don't just go out and do that and that alone thinking that everyone is going to worship you like Jesus Christ. Rose is one of those things you do while giving a genuine reading and if possible use a prop effect too. Think about this for a second, you are performing a palm reading for someone, you do Rose along with it, then you finish with Luke Jermay's Twisted Palm. If you don't have the gonads for it, consider this: You are performing a p*** of some form, and you are not able to just reveal this person's thought of destination but also the name of the person that they imagined at this destination with them. It can literally be added to ANY ROUTINE THAT YOU WANT, you just have to be creative. This is what I have to say about it. I chose the routines that I think people often neglect and do not give their fair shake. Now again, I am not a personal friend of Frasers or Ross' or at least not part of their inner circle. I had to pay for my copy of the DVD, which as I said above did not make me the happiest considering that it didn't play in my normal DVD player or four year old computer. Nonetheless this material is all worth all of the hassel that I had to go through to have access to it. I would absolutely purchase it again if the opportunity arose. As soon as I saw that they were making this DVD project, I was on board and preordered it as soon as I was able to get the money together. What else can be said about this project? Fraser probably has the best customer service in the business and although he worked with me for a few hours to try and get them to play for me, he sent over the downloads as soon as he realized that it would not work for me. I honestly wish that he had performed even more of his material but already this is a real treat. If you are on the fence, I would buy it before he takes it off the market... or not in which I will be blowing minds with it. Cheers |
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The_March_Hare Regular user 125 Posts |
This is the message that my sony gave me. It says "Playback prohibited by area limitations". I have a sony model number DVP-SR210P.
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Xiqual Inner circle Upper left quadrant 4935 Posts |
Excellent review @The_March_Hare
You're a natural, or your a journalist, lol. Very good. James
Still with the Chinese circus
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