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Dennis Loomis 1943 - 2013 2113 Posts 
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Although I've known Kevin James for years and have trememdous respect for him as a performer and love most of his products, I'd have to say my choice for the worst video is Suspended Dimension. I can see that the CONCEPT seemed good. A topit without a coat would be a valuable thing. But, what Sylvester came up with just plain doesn't work. Almost every time he vanished something on the DVD it was exposed. There was a BIG and very noticable bludge in his shirt. And, this requires wearing a pair of suspenders ala Larry King. Not the kind of "fashion statement" that appeals to most magicians... at least in my opinion.
Dennis Loomis http://www.loomismagic.com
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Review King Eternal Order 14446 Posts
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I think Kevin pulled a fast one here. The product wasn't developed and they released it anyway.
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vinsmagic Eternal Order sleeping with the fishes... 10959 Posts
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Just to clarify my post above, I didn't mean to say Doug Brewer's get bent dvd is the worst dvd I've seen.
I didn't read the description and bought it sight unseen because I love Dough Brewer's work. I was just surprised that nothing on the dvd contained his other very strong and powerful material. It is a great dvd if you want to learn the card fold and some excellent revelations. |
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Review King Eternal Order 14446 Posts
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On 2004-01-23 15:37, vinsmagic wrote: I have Doug's lecture note video and love it. So, I've just bought the Get Bent DVD. Haven't received it yet. Vinney, I really respect your posts, so I'd like to know what was it about Get Bent that you didn't think lived up to it's description. also, how did you like his coin routine he does at the end? Thanks! Chris
"Of all words of tongue and pen,
the saddest are, "It might have been" ..........John Greenleaf Whittier |
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vinsmagic Eternal Order sleeping with the fishes... 10959 Posts
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Chris in answer to your question about Get bent.
As I stated there were six or seven effects using the mercury fold, and the routines were very good /There is nothing bad about DB's dvd .I know Doug and his work, I was just dissapointed more of his powerful material wan't on the dvd, It was my fa;ut for not doing the research I bought this dvd because I really enjoy Dougs material because his stuff is workable in the real world . I only ment to give a honest review how I felt this was not intended to bash Dougs dvd, vinny |
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DJG Inner circle 1296 Posts
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Rose Magic by Monty -
Apparently he didn't bother practicing in front of a mirror, or review what he caught on camera. He flashed, had bad angels, and most info was useless (to me). |
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Review King Eternal Order 14446 Posts
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Thanks Vinnie for clarrifying that.
____________________________________ David, I don't like anything Monty has ever done.
"Of all words of tongue and pen,
the saddest are, "It might have been" ..........John Greenleaf Whittier |
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Ron Giesecke Special user Redding, Ca. 947 Posts
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On 2004-01-21 14:04, maurile wrote: I think one could argue that the word "subjective" should replace the word honest here. These are not (with a few exceptions) reviews, as you say. All I glean from this thread is that the "Sweet Video Sucks," and little more. That is not a review. That's an unqualified aspersion. See, I know for a fact that there are many in a forum a large as this, that would put anything that requires a top palm in the "sucks" category--mainly because the trick does not: A) make them look eerie and brooding like David Blaine B) Get them laid. I'm trying to imagine a classical music billboard, in which the members are polled: "what is the worst composition you have ever played?" Yitzhak Pearlman: "Pagannini's 24th caprice. An exercise in arpeggiated narcisissim." Andre Segovia: "Tocatta and Fuge in D minor. Not geared for the guitar, and therefore not enjoyable by the masses." Yo Yo Ma: Anybody have an e-book of "flight of the bumblebee? I'll trade two photocopied Mozart pieces for it. PM Me." |
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dpe666 Inner circle 2895 Posts
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On 2004-01-27 12:20, Ron Giesecke wrote: Well, that or the tricks are just really bad.  |
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partyboy Regular user Montréal, Québec 142 Posts
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I know people will probably want to kill me for this but please just leave it there, the worst DVD I bought is Cradle To Grave by De'Vo. Yes I know a lot of people love this DVD and in fact I don't know if I heard bad eviews about it (there is a couple in the CTg reviews here I think). Well people who love it are probably interested in flourishes...I was interested and wanted to know what flourishes were all about (that means more then the moves themselves) and well there's a whole story with that with De'Vo and me and it's the worst buy for me because I spent $50 on something that I will never use in my entire life.
"communicate your humanity, 'cause that's what we all are after all : human!"
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trickster2000 Loyal user Toronto 286 Posts
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On 2004-01-27 12:37, partyboy wrote: Were you forced to buy this video?? I think its your own fault for buying it, because this dvd's delivered what it promised in the ads.... mabee you should do some research first before you drop another 50 bucks on something that you don't know much about... there are so many places for you to read about flourishes, and theres a ton of websites that have videos of people doing flourishes that you can watch for free.... |
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Sk8rDave Regular user California 189 Posts
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I have to agree with partyboy that the video was bad. Not the worst I've seen, I'll get to that in a bit. Of course, it delivered what it promised: The Birdie Fan, The smooth Opener, The Heaven Display and the Cradle to Grave Cut Sequence. However, since the Heaven display and the Cradle to Grave sequence were explicitly kept out of the advertising video, they were bought sight unseen. The Cradle to Grave cut was cool but the rest of it felt like filler. The Heaven Display, while interesting, was just a variation on the Birdie Fan which was kind of a cool stunt but still just filler. I must be spoiled by the McBride videos where you see lots of stunts like this explained. Not just a few things with variations. Also, those great effects everybody is raving about are overdone. It felt like he was so proud of his copy of after effects that he used one of everything. I kept getting distracted away from the flourishes by bad special effects.
Now that I've said that, here's a video with truly bad production quality. The ITR video volume 1. It was done on an early 8mm video camera. The information is good but could have been presented better. The teaching is not as coherent as it could be. Finally, I think that every DVD, particularly a flourish DVD, should have a clear performance of the effects or flourishes. That way, I can see it done and show it to my friends to say "I'm gonna learn that" or "should I learn that?" CTG performances were frequently framed badly so that things went out of frame, some of the sequences were too dark and, as I said before the special effects were totally distracting. Dave |
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Cardjinx Loyal user 278 Posts
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I thought CTG rocked! I didn't see anything out of frame. Anything that wasn't was shown again from other angles. The special effects ROCKED! Also, you should compare this to any other flourish video on the market, and check the production values.lol At least you can actually learn the material on this DVD.lol
CTG RULES! ITR video was really bad!yuk, as well as pasteboard animations(a REAL bad flourish video!). Also SWEET by Chris Randall.YUK Cardjinx 
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1908 Special user 874 Posts
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For me Heavy Hitters was really bad and Suspended Dimension is something I will never make and use.Also very expensive for such a poor dvd.
Don't wait for the perfect moment...Take a moment and make it perfect!!!
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trulymagic New user 91 Posts
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On 2004-01-23 07:58, Kim wrote: You can't be mad at them for a purchase you made it was a bad decision on you rpart not theirs. I think it is stupid how all these people talk bad about penguin. teh bottom line is they are close to if not the best magic website out there. Im still stickin with Shock FX as the worst one ive seen. |
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partyboy Regular user Montréal, Québec 142 Posts
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On 2004-01-27 18:30, trickster2000 wrote: well that's basically because you don't know the whole story that happened. I did do some research about flourishes and watched a lot of those "free" videos like you said and I thought a lot before getting CTG...and well I was disappointed and will never use it but that's me and nobody will force me neither to use flourishes in my acts...there is no place for them with me, end of story.
"communicate your humanity, 'cause that's what we all are after all : human!"
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Mistro Special user Canada 577 Posts
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Doc Eason's Bar Magic series
School of Hardknocks Ted Lesley Cabret Magic series |
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Robert Sixx Special user 853 Posts
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On 2004-01-28 20:36, Mistro wrote: Mistro, What was it about the Doc Eason videos that you didn't like -- There is a lot of Great Commercial Magic on them, IMHO! Sixx 
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Dbzkid999.jpg "View Profile") Elite user Canada 407 Posts
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I was also disappointed with CTG. Sure, the material was great, but 50$ was too much.
Asfor my other disappointments: Paul Wilson Knock 'Em Dead John Kennedy's Card Through Window and Finger Fantasies. |
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phantomace Special user 651 Posts
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Funny you say that, on your site http://magi-adam.cjb.net/ you have several superhandz/De'vo videos linked as well as the CTG order page and the trailer!!! You also have videos of you doing De'vo's moves! Couldn't be too bad.lol Yet you said some not so nice things about De'vo and CTG on 3 threads in the last day.lol mmmmmmm could it be that you were banned too?lol like the sk8rdave nelson dude?
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