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Philly Q

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Re: derren brown
« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2009, 04:18:54 PM »
Here's something I was thinking about...

These shows are live on Fridays at 9.00pm, right?  So Derren is transmitting his Amazing Mysterious Mental Powers to us, in real time, in our homes to make this stuff work.

But I'm never in on a Friday at that time, so what if I get in and watch it on C4+1?  It's still exactly the same show, but Derren has switched off his Amazing Mysterious Mental Powers and is having dinner somewhere.  Is it still going to work?  :?
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Re: derren brown
« Reply #16 on: September 21, 2009, 04:49:03 PM »
i think he is still quite adamant that there are no amazing powers at work other than suggestion and misdirection

i preferred his really early shows where he explained exactly how he was doing it - there was a great advertising one where he placed certain things on a cab journery fro some ad guys.  he then asked then to come up with an ad proposal.  they came up with virtually the same ad he had drawn before hand and he showed them all the promts that he had placed on their journey

this one i think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UpUcgPP-YY

maybe the explanation is just misdirection but i do like an explanation

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Re: derren brown
« Reply #17 on: September 21, 2009, 05:14:25 PM »
He'd explain how he was doing it, but usually hold back just one or two details, just to keep a bit of mystery about it.  Which is fair enough, why should he give away everything he's worked on for years.

But the "explanation" for the Lottery thing - in particular - was idiotic, patronising, almost insulting... I don't know why he bothered.
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Re: derren brown
« Reply #18 on: September 21, 2009, 08:57:02 PM »
He'd explain how he was doing it, but usually hold back just one or two details, just to keep a bit of mystery about it.  Which is fair enough, why should he give away everything he's worked on for years.

But the "explanation" for the Lottery thing - in particular - was idiotic, patronising, almost insulting... I don't know why he bothered.

I think that one was intentional - He'll prolly expand on it later.
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Re: derren brown
« Reply #19 on: September 22, 2009, 02:18:53 AM »
I used to work in sales and had things like Neuro Linguistic Programming and the like rammed down my throat

that stuff actually work?!!!

when I read about NLP, biggest thing I noticed was mirroring, was in the pub ages ago and when I had a sip of my pint, my mate did it at the same time, every sodding time!

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Re: derren brown
« Reply #20 on: September 22, 2009, 10:16:18 AM »
I quite like him.  Think what he does is really clever.
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Re: derren brown
« Reply #21 on: September 22, 2009, 08:02:42 PM »
I like him, partly because he does a lot of stuff that could be passed off as psychic but clearly says it isnt, and in fact rails against mystical cr@p. Messiah was my favourite hes done. The system wasnt bad either. The trick was a bit clever at best, but I appreciated the point behind it and it was a point well made (well enough that most people I've spoken with about it dont even seem to get what the point was, they think it was about winning at the horses!)

Some of his best tricks, however, are his explanations and his passing off standard off the shelf magic as mind reading powers or preternatural social manipulation.

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Re: derren brown
« Reply #22 on: September 23, 2009, 02:51:46 PM »

I prefer Daivid Blaine myself, he can hover 1 foot above the ground and has an eye in his hand.

Wizbit was pretty good too.

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Re: derren brown
« Reply #23 on: September 23, 2009, 06:43:38 PM »
I prefer Daivid Blaine myself, he can hover 1 foot above the ground and has an eye in his hand.

Wizbit was pretty good too.

David Blaine is the world's biggest arse. 

He has a unique talent for doing (apparently) miraculous things but making them utterly, mind-numbingly boring.

All his "stunts" seem to consist of him sitting around somewhere doing nothing whatsoever for weeks on end, with that stupid, vacant "mysterious" expression on his face.  tw@t.  :x


Bring back Ali Bongo.  Bring back Doug Henning..... oops, they're dead.  But still more interesting than David Blaine.
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Re: derren brown
« Reply #24 on: September 23, 2009, 06:54:05 PM »
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Re: derren brown
« Reply #25 on: September 23, 2009, 07:22:12 PM »


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