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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
I enjoy David Blaine's specials and I really don't care what anyone else thinks about that.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts |
I love his stunts...
Not so much his Street Magic.
"Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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MaxfieldsMagic Inner circle Instead of practicing, I made 3009 Posts |
Did he really just poke an ice pick through his hand?
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Very entertaining!
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Very entertaining!
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All proceeds to Open Heart Magic charity. |
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FrenchFryNecromancer New user 65 Posts |
Just finished watching his new special tonight. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
I keep wondering. If the water spitting was real, was the spike through hand and needle through arm real? It certainly looked real. I am also fairly confused how Blaine is just naming or predicting cards or people's names that he has asked the spectator to just think of on the spot. (unless there is some footage editing and there was previous work we didn't get to see.) |
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Mike Brezler Inner circle Waynesboro, Pa. 1114 Posts |
It sure looked like DB stuck an ice pick through his hand an a long needle through his arm. This is not my style of magic and it is like a car wreck... you just can't stop looking.
I noticed he swallowed two fish and they didn't show him bring them back up. If he did bring them back up I think it was like Jacka*s and Steve-O puking them up. The swallowing massive amounts of water and bringing it back up was interesting and something I have never seen. I enjoyed the card magic even though some of it he has performed in previous specials. I believe there was some major editing. Like the one dollar bill that turned into a hundred. I never saw the one dollar bill. He doesn't have a big personality like Penn of Penn and Teller, but at least he doesn't brag like Criss Angel. |
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts |
"Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
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pepka Inner circle Uh, I'm the one on the right. 5041 Posts |
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On 2013-11-19 23:31, Mike Brezler wrote: I watched the first 35 or 40 minutes and couldn't take it anymore. I get what David is trying to do, but I don't agree with it. There is MASSIVE editing. The ice pick routine was 3 separate performances cut together. WTH is that? The "bill change" I didn't see a $1...and didn't see a $100 either. The kids just looked at it, screamed and ran away. I get that it's good TV to focus on the spectators and their reactions, but you have to SHOW what they are seeing! Also, I thought this was supposed to be a return to magic. Most of what I saw was sideshow stunts like eating glass, spike through hand and fire breathing. Big personality? On these specials, he doesn't have ANY personality, let alone a big one. I've met David in person and he was very pleasant to talk with. Many well known magicians have onstage personas....Teller being silent, Hobson being gay etc. I REALLY don't get how your persona can be that you don't have one. |
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Mormo Zine Regular user 149 Posts |
I'm a big David Blaine fan and loved the special! I do not like the death defying stunts however and wish he would not have drank the kerosene.
The older I get the more sensitive I get and David Blaine worries me with the stunts. |
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tcrufus New user Pacific Northwest 52 Posts |
I don't care what any of the people who don't like DB have to say because we all know we would most likely kill to perform in front of those celebrities and get the reactions he got out of them... And I also know for a fact that every person would love to say and have video of them stealing the Presidents watch and not get thrown in a windowless room forever because of it. I mean be honest who wouldn't love to be the one who could say, "Harrison Ford told me to get the **** out of his house?" IMO I see people get bitter towards those who are successful in life because they broke out of the mold and set their own path which DB did, I mean there is a reason he is on TV and doesn't have over 500 plus posts on this forum...
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NYCJoePitt Special user 558 Posts |
Oh my gawd, thank you David Blaine. Thank you for giving our art a big ole shot in the arm. I just can't help but think of all of those layman who saw or will see that special and because of it will now be willing to sit through just ONE more of my card tricks!
I watched that special and had just about every thought and emotion ring through my body that has already been mentioned on this board. I'm still trying to figure out what the deal is with that *** ice pick and I'm still grossed out by that water spitting. But you know what? At the end of the day, I just wanna thank this magician. Thank him, for helping keep magic alive out there in this cold, harsh world. He did an awesome job with this special, putting magic back on the front page. |
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Mindpro Eternal Order 10587 Posts |
While I think David is absolutely flat as a personality, he does let his magic speak for him. He accomplished in this one special what Criss Angel has been trying to accomplish for years. The difference? It was about the magic. The magic was the star, his skills were the star...not the ego of the performer.
While I think Blaine would be even more appealing and more commercially successful if he had some type of inviting and less serious/monotone personality, I could only imagine how good it would be if he were as entertaining as his magic. Very nice job and kudos for the industry ad magic community. |
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BenJammin69 New user Baton Rouge, LA 7 Posts |
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On 2013-11-20 07:33, NYCJoePitt wrote: I couldn't agree more! For the first time in a long time, I am giddy about going to a Magic club meeting tonight. |
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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts |
Whatever one thinks of DB, it's hard to argue that he hasn't found what WORKS FOR HIM.
Love him or hate him, he is living the life of success with a capital S. I'm sure he is aware of the flack he gets from guys like us, but he has the guts to be who he is, doing his effects the way he feels works for him, and in the end he enjoys the sweet smell of money, money, money out the wazoola. And the icing on the cake is getting to hobnob with milliionaire celebs. And women? Oh yeah, buddy! I would guess he can take his pick. Not too bad a life style for a guy some have named "David Plain".
The difficult must become easy, the easy beautiful and the beautiful magical.
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FrenchFryNecromancer New user 65 Posts |
I don't see anything wrong with his demeanor. In fact... because he is not overtly pushing his personality in your face, I feel like it makes you actively seek to understand who/why he is. It draws people in because his behavior makes you curious, rather than demanding people notice by having a loud personality.
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lynnef Inner circle 1407 Posts |
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On 2013-11-20 14:43, BenJammin69 wrote: Giving the art of magic a "shot in the arm". Yes, that was the expression I was searching for. (and when was the last time you saw Dai Vernon or heard his voice on TV?) Yes he did a lot of the classic tricks that we know well ...OOTW, cards across, triumph ( yet with an I phone) etc; and this is why I liked it. Lynn ps the only part I didn't like was his performing for George W ... but that's for another forum. peops for David |
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MaxfieldsMagic Inner circle Instead of practicing, I made 3009 Posts |
His character, his demeanor, is "earnestness." He really sells the fact that what he's doing is real, and he just wants to share it with you. Personally, I think his character is brilliant. I could never pull it off - I'm way too reliant on jokes and stories, et al, - but Blaine does it brilliantly. He brings a grit and authenticity to magic which is pretty remarkable for someone who has been in the game as long as he has, and should by all odds be disillusioned and ironic at this point.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
He works well for me when I can't sleep. I can not watch staged reactions from ACTORS. Guess what they do?
That is one and only one opinion. Good on him for working regularly on TV. He obviously earned it. I do not like many things on TV. Does not make them bad. He has parlayed his idea into multiple specials. Good on him.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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