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Roth Inner circle The 18 5090 Posts |
Well I copied and pasted this first one.
Posted: Mar 7, 2008 9:14pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "LUNA got here today. In---credible. There seems to be an evolution in how elegant and invisible this 'phantom coding' can get. The book is about 4 1/2 x 6", old and lucky to be in existance at all, after all these 72 years...It looks exactly like a great find on a bottom shelf of some ratty antique or thrift store. Continually rescued from storms and old basements. The 'reality' is especially established in the first several pages...exactly nothing out of the ordinary or magikky looking. Even the type font is authentic, or sure looks authentic, anyway. Besides the large range of inmates and residences, with symptoms, names, ages, case numbers and diagnoses, most of which have something you can nail, there is a great advance on the left side of each page. A printed (but changing) list of medications, treatments and behaviours. These can be scribbled upon, noted, sub-coded all to your heart's content, making this a sample of a working patient registry, perhaps something on file for overviews, etc. Pencilled notes and ink entries will make this as authentic as it can get. Ratty it up as much as you want, it will only get better. The coding is elegant. It seems that in very constrictive 'book tests', you are locked into following a certain preordained path to get the target elements. In this one, we become almost ephemeral: you are free to image, imagine, cajole, read minds, draw from their images and emotions, play this baby any way that makes you comfortable. Before you even start, you know all you pretty much need to know. You go into this strong. I think with a minimal, strong, 1/2 hour's study, you could perform this. It is one of those things that performing it will teach you how to perform it. You'll evolve presentations from previous presentations. Each buyer is going to come up with their own favorite way to play LUNA, and I'll bet they're almost all going to be different. I can see this in a den, displayed for guests, it being one of the better examples of how psychometric energies can be locked into a physical object. My big prediction for 2008: You're gonna LUUUUVVVV this. I can't imagine that anyone would be disappointed in this purchase. It is the finest-tuned of all the books in the Outlaw arsenal. Can't wait for what's next." Tom Jorgenson |
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Chad C. Inner circle 1522 Posts |
I hope to recieve mine today (saturday) and I will soon add my thoughts.
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Nathan Pain Inner circle iowa 2825 Posts |
I'm hoping Roth will comp me one because I am so darn sexy!
:) Nathan
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Vincent.Lynch Elite user 409 Posts |
When do we believe the ones shipped to the UK will arrive? will it be some time after our american friends? or as soon as monday
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psychicturtle Special user UK 821 Posts |
Ooohhh....I'm buzzed about this...
On a side note, I love preorders! It's like getting a present, because I paid for it a couple of months ago. Time misdirection. |
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chichi711 Inner circle 5810 Posts |
Going to have to sell the relic, so I can get luna. Anybody that wants a relic PM me.
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Roth Inner circle The 18 5090 Posts |
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On 2008-03-08 10:20, Vincent.Lynch wrote: Vincent your PM box is full. U.K. books shipped a few days ago so they will hit monday or tuesday (first batch) another batch is going to the U.K. monday I'm shipping every other day until all orders are caught up and out. Rick |
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JonWhite Loyal user London 284 Posts |
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U.K. books shipped a few days ago so they will hit monday or tuesday (first batch) another batch is going to the U.K. monday Phew! It's getting mighty uncomfortable and not a little drafty camping out by the letterbox waiting on this latest gem to reach our distant UK shores... |
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Yannou Veteran user 381 Posts |
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Is Luna (English)language dependent? Where I'm from most people can read English, so that would be ok, but there are effects that rely on the language of the performance being in English. I'm thinking for instance of Max Maven's 'Contimental'. Or the stoplight cards (yes I have them, couldn't resist! I'm a sucker for stuff on the checkoutcounter of the magic store). |
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Daniel Lander Loyal user Gloucestershire, England 292 Posts |
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On 2008-03-08 16:55, Roth wrote: Speaking as a former resident of Colney Hatch Lane, I hope mine is in that first batch. |
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Auberon Moore New user 9 Posts |
I regularly perform in psychiatric day care centres. Not professionally, but as part of my job. So obviously I am interested in this on a personal level, but, would this be an appropriate effect for me to use in this context?
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Roth Inner circle The 18 5090 Posts |
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On 2008-03-09 15:10, Auberon Moore wrote: This can be a very empathic presentation. You can feel and experience what these people went though on a light level, or go deeper. It's about empathizing with what they felt. |
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Vincent.Lynch Elite user 409 Posts |
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On 2008-03-09 15:10, Auberon Moore wrote: I'm glad this probelm has been resolved, I was concerned about this aswell. |
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Eddie Garland Inner circle Hells Kitchen, New York City 4207 Posts |
When you caught between the Luna and New York City
I know its crazy but it's true! If you get caught between the Luna and New York City The best that you can do ...... The best that you can do is fall in love |
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Floyd Collins Inner circle Ohio 1633 Posts |
Got my copy of Luna
And the flu is gone!!!!! SO IT’S ALL GOOD FOLKS! Tom has done a nice job reviewing this book, I want to take a little different spin on it and do some comparisons. Let me first say I own, Reflections and Witches Almanac already so I have some experience with those two Outlaw book tests. So for my review I will include Witches as a kind of comparison for those who own Witches Almanac. If you don’t then shame on you, but you will still get a good review of Luna so keep reading. Let me add here my list of book tests that I have so you can see that I am very much into good book tests. Reflections, Witches Almanac, Dracula, Christmas Carol, My Word, Double Take, Word In A million, MOABT and Flashback. As well as my own creation, “The Harry Potter Deathly Hollows book exam”. I also use Hoy and AAA when I don’t have Reflections handy. Now on with my review. I received my copy of Luna and all I can say is it was worth the wait. I was on the pre-order list since the beginning of January. So if you still have not received yours yet don’t worry its coming. I can tell you this, you will be oh so happy with what you find. Luna is so different than the rest of my book tests, it has truly moved to the top of my list of best book test I own, including my own creation. The top three are Luna, (mine of course) and then Witches. Sorry Witches and Harry, Luna took your spot. The instructions are just what you would expect from Outlaw very detailed and with complete script. The story line is so great, lots of room for you to add your own ideas into it. Everything you need to perform the basic routine is in the instructions along with additional bits to get your creative juices flowing. I have already come up with ways to fit this book test in with the other effects I do. I have changed the script around to fit my style, Luna very flexible for sure. As soon as I received the book (yanked it out of the postman’s hands) went to my secrete lair, “the man’s cave”,,, also known as the “basement”. I cracked open the instructions, I was off and running. After about an hour prep time and reading the instructions twice, I went right to my all time favorite test subject, “my wife”. I had her open the book, go through the basic routine and she was floored, she put the book on the table and said; “now that is creepy”. She gave me one of those looks that only outlaw effects can get you, (other than the look I get when I take away the credit cards) and I knew right then that I had another weapon. I did the effect as dark as I could for my wife, she is a lover of horror movies so I knew it had to be strong to get that kind of reaction from her. Not bad for the first time performing it. Next victim was my 19 year old son, I performed it not so dark and a little lighter and quick for him and he was blown away. I have not tried it on the rest of my family yet, most of them are still trying to recover from Witches so I best wait. So this book can be done very dark and bizarre and there are ways to make it lighter, when performing to those who you don’t want to give nightmares to. This makes Luna a very powerful tool in my arsenal of book tests. What makes Luna go right to the top of my list is the method; I just wish I would have thought of it, I am so blown away. TRULY I keep thinking over and over how darn clever this is, how transparent and the book being 100% examinable makes it just as powerful as Witches. The Quality: Like Witches Almanac, Luna is perfectly aged. The book looks like it from the 1930s the detail in the aging is once again perfect. Bravo Outlaw –Thank you “beautiful college girl” The book itself is the same size as Witches and the binding is the same as well. Love the spiral binding! If you know anything about the other outlaw book tests you know they are very clever and I know everyone would agree they are more than just a book test. The Effect: The story behind the book is very strong. You take your spectator on a ride of their lives. You ask them to just think about the residents’ fears, sadness, rage and other emotions. You then tell the spectator exactly what emotions they are experiencing. This emotional rollercoaster ride will leave your spectators glued to their seats as you tell them some very detailed information that only they felt by reading one section. The channeling is out of this world, you can do so much with it. Plus there is more, you will reveal a certain item from the opposite page. An item that only applies to their chosen resident and not the other residents listed on the page this is sooooo awesome and if you know Reflections or Kioku you will know how strong this truly is. This alone is an effect all by its self. The bounce: Luna is filled with Procedures for the staff, Doctor Names, Medications and Additional service departments and there are pages for notes, giving the book an even more believable look and feel. As stated in another review by Tom you can dress this up for an even more appeal factor. Now for the cons: I have to say, one thing that did stand out is the fact that I will not be able to do Witches Almanac with the same group that I do Luna with. Not that they use the same method, but the books are aged the same and I just feel it would not be good to do the same type of effect back to back or with the same group. Now with that said: I know that with Luna I have a second book test that I can do the next day or even the next show. So nothing is lost by having Witches and Luna. I am sure that in time I will figure out a way to incorporate the two together. In conclusion: If I had just one book test to do in that very special setting where I wanted to really get in the heads of my spectator, I would use Luna. Trust me I have lots of effect in my arsenal to choose from. Thank You Rick, Dr. Todd, and “beautiful college girl” you all are amazing. For more detailed information on this book visit the Outlaw website.
No one said it would be easy, or did they?
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Chad C. Inner circle 1522 Posts |
Hello All,
I will add my review as well. I recieved Luna today in the mail and have just finished sitting down with the instructions and looking through the book itself. Let me also say that in my show right now, I use a combination of several booktests including Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Houdini as well as a few others. For this upcoming years show, I will be using a new theme - and part of that theme will wrap itself around some Outlaw products - including the Relic, the scorpion, and now Luna swapped out with Witches Almanac. I also have Witches Almanac and Sinister as well so I am familiar with the general technique. Now then, What you get: A gorgeously aged book - what you have come to expect from Rick over at Outlaw. You also get a booklet for the instructions/stories/ideas, etc. I love reading through this and getting the background and "atmosphere" of the routines. The effect: As mentioned in the previous post, you can have a spectator get into the mind of the patient as you describe what they were feeling, their treatments, Doctors notes, etc. And the spectator doesn't have to say anything - you just start doing the reading and that's that. My overall thoughts: I love this effect. It looks great, it's simple to do (everything you loved about Reflections and Witches, yet improved upon to the point that you will shake your head in amazement at how streamlined it is). I love the fact that nothing needs to be said, nothing is used - you just start freaking them out immediately. And freak them out you can - this is/can be very dark depending on your character/show. I love the examples in the instructions on different ways to present the effect - this will get you off to a good start as you make the routine your own. I am also looking foward to sharing detailed ideas over on the Outlaw Forum for owners of the book. Another thing I like about this book is, similar to WA, you can really vary the way you present it - which is important to me as I will be doing this effect several times during the same day at the same place - and a few of the audience members will be the same (not many, but a couple). This will keep them guessing as well! Your imagination is the limit for this great little book! As for the con mentioned in the previous post about the WA and Luna looking a little too similar - I am betting the Outlaw Forum folks will have some neat storylines/tie-ins for that as well. Overall, this is a worker as you can do a very scientific/medical type of storyline/presentataion or you can go with a very dark, very disturbing effect that leaves your audience gasping for breath! It's truly up to you! I hope this makes sense and helps folks who are on the fence - I know that I am proud to own many of the Outlaw Products and I look forward when Rick stops making some stuff so I can say I have one of the few! Well, I have been typing this as my 9 month old tries to squirm out of my arms - time to go and reward her for being so patient! Chad |
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Chad C. Inner circle 1522 Posts |
Now that I have had a few more hours to look over this - I will add one more thing that I am excited about. Once you go through the book and make your entries/notes, you will have sooo many more options - possibly even more than WA which had at least 9 or so different things you could read depending on the direction you took it. And with the notes/markings you can even come up with your own unique predictions that nobody else who owns the book can have. My mind is still trying to grasp the possibilities!
Well, enough from me, I'll let other reviewers take over from here and don't forget to head over to the Outlaw forums to discuss in more detail! Chad |
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Floyd Collins Inner circle Ohio 1633 Posts |
Chad,
I have created three pages of notes, with just ideas for what you are saying. This book is truly a creative performers dream.
No one said it would be easy, or did they?
Check out my all new book "Chicken Scratches" visit my lulu store for more information. http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/thecenterstage http://www.collinscomedymagic.com |
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Silvertongue Inner circle One day I will die leaving behind 2426 Posts |
The MENTAL has officially been put into MENTALism.
I've only had Luna a few hours now, it came with a strange buisness card confiscated from one of the residents of Colney Hatch Mental Hospital, it reads Sanctum and is encrypted with strange symbols and occult designs - but alas I digress - I need to cogitate and digest the information before I give my review because I will only get one chance. Thanks to Outlaw Effects, Rick and Dr Todd Landman, Luna is exceptionaly exquisite...
For as long as space exists,
And living beings remain in cyclic existence, For that long, may I too remain, to dispel the sufferings of the world. -Shantideva Engaging in the Conduct of a Bodhisattva |
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deputy Inner circle USA 1041 Posts |
Man I gotta get this now Outlaw rocks
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