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Dove84 Regular user 181 Posts |
I think the great thing about Liquid Metal is that it's an entire routine, not just a collection of bends. The routine has been designed to build and to finish strong, and having seen it performed live I can tell you it delivers a knockout punch. Morgan put a lot of thought into this and refined it by doing it countless times at the Bellagio and other venues. It's a killer piece.
Yet like any killer routine it's only as good as the performer. That is to say it's not self performing. Anyone will get out of it what they put into it. Just my opinion. |
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discjockey Elite user 451 Posts |
So, does anyone know if it includes a break? I know banachek teaches one, but does Morgan do it as well?
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Dove84 Regular user 181 Posts |
Yes, the routine does include a break.
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James Watkins Elite user 412 Posts |
I think it does, but I am not toally sure. I will ask Morgan and post back.
Later, James The routine does have a break in it, and it is explained in the DVD. Later, James Watkins |
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weepinwil Inner circle USA 3828 Posts |
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On 2004-08-05 08:24, Paradoxical Stranger wrote: The video looks great but is hard to follow on my computer format. I notice they are out of stock at penguin magic on this item at this time. The price looks reasonable as well. Quote:
On 2004-08-11 17:11, Dove84 wrote: In your opinion, how much time has to be invested by the average magician to do it right?
"Til Death us do part!" - Weepin Willie
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discjockey Elite user 451 Posts |
I haven't seen the whole routine, but can you throw in some suggestion in there? you know, put the fork in someone's hand and they feel it bending, or breaking or whatever.
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James Watkins Elite user 412 Posts |
Weepinwil, I am sure this will require quite a bit of practice and thoughtful examination on your part. The reason it says "Out of Stock" is because it has not yet went public. It will be up up for sale soon.
Later, James Watkins |
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mgcoolb New user 9 Posts |
Hey guys and girls, here is my review of this DVD, I got my hands on the beta version when I was in Vegas last week. I will also post it in a new thread so more people can see it.
______________________________________________ When Morgan first told me he was releasing his routine on DVD, I was shocked and at the same time very happy to hear the news. There are a lot of skeptics in the magic community, because there is a lot of metal bending material out there. Yes, I agree, there IS a lot of metal bending material out there. And not all of it is absolutely the same. Everyone has a different handling and a different style and different subtleties. Perhaps the amount of moves you will learn on Morgan’s video is not quite as large as the amount of moves you will learn on Banachek’s DVDs and Videos or Patrick Kuff’s DVD, but what you will learn is a solid routine with incredible misdirection that even the person too afraid of performing metal bending will be able to pick up within a month (if one practices enough.) That being said, Morgan’s routine is one of the most amazing routines I have ever seen in my entire life. It has fried EVERYONE that has ever seen it. In this routine, the tines bend, the fork itself bends 2 times, and there is a very gutsy corkscrew bend that will BLEW me away. The beauty of Morgan’s routine is that he shows us that there is nothing to be scared about when doing metal bending. What you will learn on this DVD: Tine bend. 3-tine bend (My favorite phase of the routine) Corkscrew bend (Morgan subtlety makes this quite different from Banachek’s) In your face bend (the spectator basically sees the fork MELT right in front of their face) L-shape bend (INCREDIBLE as well) Fork you Fork (This you just have to see!!! Great way to handle hecklers.) Morgan’s Key Bend (This is quite hard, but NOT impossible…ladies and gents, forget your gimmicks at home!) Corkscrew Tine Bend (This is an awesome little extra you could add onto your routine that will FRY your audience even further.) Now, as far as the material itself, it is VERY good that this is a DVD and not a video, because most magicians will want to skip. There is around 25 minutes of live performance footage. Overkill perhaps, but a very useful tool for those of us that are afraid of metal bending – this actually shows us different situations and how to deal with them as well as proving this can be done anywhere anytime without being busted. Sometimes, less is more…but Morgan, as you will see for yourself, does not follow this rule. He teaches the routine 3 times! Yes, you might wonder why someone would teach it 3 times. Well, I guess he didn’t want people walking away from the video still not having understood everything. The nice thing is, if you DID understand everything, that’s why this is a DVD, so all you have to do is press the forward button and you’re set. There is even a section in the DVD where you can follow along. This section is called, “grab a fork and follow along.” As far as the quality of the video goes, I would rate it 8 out 10 and the editing and graphics I would rate a very easy 11 out of 10. The routine itself I can’t even rate, it’s just WAY too good to be rated, but I guess if I was to rate it, I’d say 100 out of 10. One of the most amazing routines I have ever seen in magic! Overall, I would HIGHLY recommend this video to anyone, whether you already do metal bending or not. I do not recommend this video over Banachek’s, since that is what a lot of people have been asking. However, I would not recommend Banachek’s video over Morgan’s as well. They are both great, but Morgan’s routine is a very twisted one fork routine that you will be able to perform within a month if not even less (especially if you already are familiar with metal bending.) Overall, I HIGHLY Recommend this! |
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Daegs Inner circle USA 4291 Posts |
This is great stuff, I want to address some who say "less is more".
I think there are many different attitudes towards metal bending and presentations out there, and they do not have to be mutually exclusive. Sometimes getting the tine to move a milimeter can be a miracle as prove of real psychic powers, and other times, making the fork succumb to your will and twist in many wild directions is great entertainment. In that sense, I would classify Morgan's routine as a bit more flashy than Banachek's, just because Morgan is a flashy performer(in a good way ) and Banachek's is more of a subtle "I can really move things with my mind" kind of thing. Neither one is better than the other, they are both good applications of metal bending and each performer can find the style that is best for himself/herself. I highly recommend getting this DVD if you are even remotely intrested in PK/ metal bending, because Morgan offers a killer angle on metal bending and really makes the fork seem as if it were made of rubber, bending in any direction or formation that you choose. |
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Decomposed Eternal Order High Desert 12059 Posts |
Awesome buildup and I have a feeling this DVD will live up to the hype when released.
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