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ibm_usa Special user In Your Mind, Ky, USA 722 Posts 
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Whats the point? sooner or later everyone is going to know that you can't really catch bullets, there is no mystery to it, there isn't a way you can make it into a story, it is just STUPID!
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Blair Marshall Inner circle Montreal, Canada 3661 Posts
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And you have to heighten the risk factor to ensure suspense.
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thefifth Regular user 105 Posts
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I disagree with lay people not believing that a bullet is actually fired. Penn and Teller's Bullet Catch is one of my favorite illusions and I show the video to anyone that will watch. Not one of the people I have showed it to has made the connection that the bullets had to be switched, and I always ask what they think. The glass does an effective job of proving the bullet is actually fired through the air. Now of course this is just my informal survey, but I do believe that a lot of the audience buys into it.
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nucinud Inner circle New York, New York 1298 Posts
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On 2007-10-02 10:16, ibm_usa wrote: The method they use is fool proof.
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Loual4 Special user Montreal, Canada 670 Posts
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On 2007-10-02 21:56, nucinud wrote: ... until the universe builds a better fool! Have a nice day! Louis Jutras |
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Joshua Lozoff Inner circle Chapel Hill, NC 1332 Posts
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But my point is, do you feel Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, and Matt Damon are stupid and irresponsible, too, and would stop if they are smart? IF you don't feel that way about them, it's insulting to say that about Penn and Teller. Magicians and their teams can be just as skilled as the film industry.
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Kevin Ridgeway V.I.P. Indianapolis, IN & Phoenix, AZ 1832 Posts
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Joshua, Does Matt Damon stand in front of a gun every night? No. Was Brandon Lee stupid & irresponsible? No. Just the special effects technician or perhaps Michael Massee was, but that's another thread.
I'm not arguing your point. I agree experts & professionals routinely do their jobs correctly. However, if the possibility exists that something CAN go wrong, then simple probability & statistics say each time you do something brings you closer to it happening. My wife's life is put in jeopardy every single show...we minimize the danger, but there are still things than can happen & have. Kevin
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MCM Elite user Minnesota 456 Posts
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Interesting note with this, "blanks" can kill. Back in the 80s, a TV star found that out the hard way.
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Nick Wait Inner circle Lichfield, UK 1042 Posts
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So much of the rotuine has to be built around the fact that eliminating a switch of bullets can occur, setting up proofs etc. One of the biggest reasons for the believeability of the rouine is the fact that people have been killed, if the bullets were never fired, how did they die? This question set up in peoples mind can suggest to an audience that perhaps people are stupid enough to attempt it.
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PirateJohn Regular user Anaheim, CA 156 Posts
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On 2007-10-04 22:35, MCM wrote: Absolutely. I used to work at Disneyland on the S.S. Columbia, where part of my job responsibilities entailed firing the cannon during the trip. The cannon is a modified twelve-gauge shotgun and the blanks we fired were half shells. We'd constantly have to keep guests away from the thing because they'd have a hard time believing that, yes, it is a real cannon and, yes, it can be lethal. |
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