Sonny Clarke Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Every time i watch it, it seems more and more fake, like tonight he blind folded this chick and made her randomly throw a dart a board and get queen of hearts or something like that, which she obv did. But then he told her to turn it over and he had previously drawn a circle and it had landed right on the circle. This MUST be fixed some how as it is just not possible, im not talking about the thing he did above but it every episode he does mind boggling stuff. What are you views on it, because magic can be fixed but mind reading etc cant unless of course the person is also fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Midget Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 dunno really, hes a freak anyhow makes millions out of confusing people basically id be well gutted if i was one of those 5 people who missed out on the 30grand though, all they had to do was look up..haha suckas!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Saying she died on the way home seemed a tadd harsh and f**king innopropriate as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy_gap girl Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Yer i just watched it, its all like 50/50 chance and with like numbers its all worked out before hand, he is very good with numbers in general. Not to sure about the whole, I drew what you thought now, yesterday!, its all abit spooky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stig Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Yeah the whole dedication i was a bit If that is real he must of felt really guilty!!! haha but to be honest his live act which was all mind tricks was brilliant and completely all a trick of the mind, he put the thoughts into their heads without realising, saying numbers randomly they didn't even notice He is abit good at it TBF..... But if it is fake how is it done CRAZY!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Yeah the whole dedication i was a bit But if it is fake how is it done Yea... they wouldn't have put it if she would really have died Get a load of wanna be actors to sign a disclaimer that basically, you tell the newspapers and we will kill you kinda thing I think its gob shite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stig Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 didn't the women say what if i die on the way home?? lolz I think half of it could be true as like i say his live shows are explained and shown how its done however this last one was more like behaviour with the cash but the lottery stuff was nto explained at all but still weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Midget Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 even still, we sitting here after watching the whole episode. and myself i watched the whole series. if they get viewers it doesnt matter if its fake or real. aslong as the public never find out, theres alot of money being made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M-i-t-c-h Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Iv met one of the guys that trains him Rinto Basu, i asked him how much is fake, how much is real. He said that at the end of the day its a TV show. But some of the stuff Rinto can do is freaky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1a2bcio8 Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Darren Brown is an Atheist and a Realist. His intention is to show you how real something can seem yet actually be fake. He usually does a bloody good job from what I've seen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Electromagnets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Electromagnets. Pterodactyls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 Many of his feats may be staged but as far as psychology goes, many have a logical explanation. If you search youtube you'll find some videos explaining his "mind control" tricks. The thing you need to take into account when watching these is that he will perform tricks on people he thinks are prone to suggestions. It they weren't, he wouldn't accomplish much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlet Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 I think that Derren Brown is easily one of the best in the world at the kind of magic/mentalism he performs, his style and effects are so unique. I can tell you that in the majority of all instances, it is not stooged. From reading his book "Pure Effect", he does explain that rather than having a self working trick that works everytime he does employ risk, and that is that the effect may not quite go to plan, but when it does, its a damn amazing sight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 From reading his book "Pure Effect", he does explain that rather than having a self working trick that works everytime he does employ risk, and that is that the effect may not quite go to plan, but when it does, its a damn amazing sight. Exactly. There was that betting thing he did a few months back. Basically if the odds on a horse winning a race are 6-1 then if six people all put money on different horses, one is likely to win. Then he magnified that over several races, and told people he had a 'system'. One woman won money on six out of six of her races, and assumed that Derren's system was foolproof. Of course all he had done was involve about 3000 people - the probability of one of them winning money on all six races was 1.0 - he'd fixed it. But the one person on the ground who won all the races (and obviously didn't know about the 2999 other people) thought it was amazing, and bet her life savings on the next race, and lost A lot of the stuff he does is likely - it might only work 1 in 10 times or less. But of course you don't see the failed attempts, and when it does work, it looks amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlet Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 I would say the odds are a better Tomm. One example of a technique he is very skilled at is suggestion. Now obviously Derren is quite experienced with it and can get it right the majority of the time, by influencing spectators thoughts and descisions with the power of words. One which he explains in great detail in his "Pure Effect" is a psychological card force, in which his actions such as hand movements and words, can make a spectator pick a required card. So from the spectator's point of view, they feel they have freely though of a card, whilst Derren influenced their choice. Obviously there is a chance that the spectator does not pick up on this suggestion that Derren is suggesting ( ), but Derren as he would have done it lots of times would be able to see if the spectator picked up on it or not, so from an amateur doing the suggestion they may not be able to influence the spectators choice. Now this is on a small scale, and is probably the starting point for people who wish to learn suggestion techniques, Derren incoporates this into his effects but at a much higher level. The technique for it all is very clever and often goes unseen as his speech patterns seem to flow as though he wasn't suggesting anything at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 Pterodactyls They're like velociraptors with wings, f**k! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1aDe^ Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 As far as i know he has been banned from all las vegas casinos because of his card counting skills. Not the greates example of seeing how cards are counted but i did see the film 21 a few weeks back and if he can count cards then with that alone he has a great talent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 As far as i know he has been banned from all las vegas casinos because of his card counting skills. Not the greates example of seeing how cards are counted but i did see the film 21 a few weeks back and if he can count cards then with that alone he has a great talent Card counting is so much more complex than that film makes it look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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