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Harlequin Special user Melbourne, Australia 688 Posts 
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No sane person would believe that anyone could levitate with that much heavy jewelry on.
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The Doctor Loyal user Gallifrey 265 Posts
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I'm still waiting for them to sell a Costa-style white wifebeater emblazoned with 'Mindfreak'.
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Illucifer Inner circle 1385 Posts
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Slim King, as for camera shots in front of Cris, there are long lenses for cameras that aloow them to zoom in close and such. One needn't actually be directly in front of the subject to acquire such a shot.
What really takes the cake with this is the reaction it receives. Am I to believe that these are real, unsolicited spectators who just saw a man fly from 15 (or however many) stories up and their only reaction is to clap their hands and high-five him after this event? Jesus, these people should be offering to follow him to the ends of the earth, right? Seems a rather lackluster response to what would be a bonafide miracle to someone who really saw what we saw at home (and was not a hired hand). I'm picturing Christ raising Lazarus from the dead and the crowd of people clapping as he emerges from the grave. Silly. Just silly.
It's all in the reflexes.
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Father Photius Grammar Host El Paso, TX (Formerly Amarillo) 17197 Posts
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If he is levitating, why did he come down? One would think if you could fly you would go up.
"Now here's the man with the 25 cent hands, that two bit magician..."
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The Doctor Loyal user Gallifrey 265 Posts
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On 2007-06-07 20:21, Harlequin wrote: No sane person would believe that anyone could levitate with that much ego. |
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Slim King Eternal Order Orlando 17546 Posts
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So Illucifer, are you saying that the cameraman didn't really fly either?
THE MAN THE SKEPTICS REFUSE TO TEST FOR ONE MILLION DOLLARS.. The Worlds Foremost Authority on Houdini's Life after Death.....
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Occams Razor New user 41 Posts
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One thing I think most people missed is the religious overtones when Angel levitates. First is when he descends into the depths of the pryramid with his arms outstretched and feet together in a sort of "crucified" pose. Later when he floats in the light above the pyramid he is wearing all white and while using the same pose ascends into the heavens on a white beam of light as if resurrected. Methinks that Angel wants to be seen as the magic messiah.
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Slim King Eternal Order Orlando 17546 Posts
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If I could really fly I'd be Swimming through the air doing summersaults and fun acrobatic stuff (Envision Dory in Finding Nemo
) But NOT looking as if I'd loose my balance every second.
Where's the fun in that?
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DJM Inner circle Israel 1681 Posts
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Slim, you mean the Copperfield flying stuff?
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Slim King Eternal Order Orlando 17546 Posts
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I'd mean like a Flying Monkey delivering my Tea With Jack and Alice DVD....
All over the place having primal fun!!!
THE MAN THE SKEPTICS REFUSE TO TEST FOR ONE MILLION DOLLARS.. The Worlds Foremost Authority on Houdini's Life after Death.....
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DJM Inner circle Israel 1681 Posts
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Hmmm That sounds a bit complicated.. I think he would need about 50 edits for that, instead of 35!
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Phil Thomas Inner circle Newark, Ohio 1117 Posts
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On 2007-06-07 22:02,Illucifer wrote: That's exactly what I was thinking. If this guy could really do that and you witnessed it first hand, me thinks one would be ####ing ones pants. For a miracle of that magnitude the reactions were quite lame and rather relaxed. Besides, if this was the real deal and he really did supposedly do this for real then why wasn't the media all over this with Criss on the front page of every national and global newspaper as well as the leading story on every newscast on the face of the earth? Just in case anyone thought that this crap was real, just think about that fact. ;) Phil
"If we lose the sense of the mysterious, life is no more than a snuffed out candle."
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jaymeswhite New user 76 Posts
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There was def edits he has so much money that he can do anything
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DJM Inner circle Israel 1681 Posts
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The big question is why only 20 people can be seen at one of the greatest hotels in this world? That's the most absurd part.
Like I said, they don't even try to make it seem real. |
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MagicMarker Elite user 498 Posts
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The big question is why only 20 people can be seen at one of the greatest hotels in this world? That's the most absurd part. Maybe he did it while Copperfield and Burton were on stage. -Rd |
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Virungan Inner circle Here and There 1156 Posts
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This one was missing my favorite ghastly Criss staple... His fretting mother wringing her hands and his two skeezy brothers with their Guns N Roses hair saying "I do'wanna even watch"...
And now he's dating Cameron Diaz.... Or is she just a stooge? Maybe his pick-up line was "We've never met have we?... What you see is what you get..." :)  When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth...
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chichi711 Inner circle 5810 Posts
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Phil your post struck me as odd in a lot of ways, but do you honestly think when someone makes a blue card turn red that people think it is real? I could go on and on with magic examples here, but I don't feel like I need to. Only a small percentage of people actually think "holly crap Criss just flew". Go read the thread talking about if the audience is smarter then we think they are?
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DJM Inner circle Israel 1681 Posts
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Well, looks like he does try to make certain things seem real, especially the ones that are impossible to do. "What you see is what you get," "No camera tricks and stooges." This whole effect in the last episode was to prove that there's no illusion in what does.
The audience isn't stupid, but Criss sure thinks they are. |
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Jordan Waller Special user London 610 Posts
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I like the home movie footage.
One day I will write a book
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chichi711 Inner circle 5810 Posts
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On 2007-06-08 11:11, DJM wrote: Of course he tries to make it "real". don't we all try and make it real? I sure hope you do. Sure some of us give a disclaimer, but then we do everything we can to make the audience believe. It seems sometimes we get upset with Angel over things we do as well. He is just on a bigger stage, so it bugs us. |
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