Criss Angel and his unexplainable 'tricks'

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Ugh, now David Blaine annoys me. He acts like he's this great mysterious master of the mind. I remember when he did a street trick and this girl was so amazed, fine fair enough. But then he just goes "shhh shhh shhhhhh" and puts his hand on her head, stares at her for like 2 minutes with his hand there like he's "centering" her, then walks away without another word. Just constantly shit like that, like he's above all the rest of us.

[Zohar]

I'm not much of a religious fanatic...but they say that in the end he will come and perform miracles to woo the masses, and they worship him for that..

There's no way this stuff is fake...Who can top walking on water?

They also say beware of false prophets :rasta:

[invoke]

I remember hearing that the one where he walked on water, they had some kind of acrylic or glass panels set under the water. Also the one where he pulls the girl apart is the stupidest shit I've ever seen him attempt. If he actually pulled someone in half there's no way their body would be a little black hole on the inside, and then the legs sit up as the body tries to wabble away? Nope.

People need to realize he's an ILLUSIONIST, and no matter what his weird ass personality is, he's still great at being one.

With all that being said, I still don't mind watching the show, it'd be a lot better without that annoying ass song in the intro but sometimes he has me stumped and it's interesting to look back at it on YouTube to see how it's done.

[MadSativa]

If your a fan of illusions hes purty good. I seen him in Vegas do a street magik card trick and it was flawless. Its not magik its an illusion and he sells it well, David Blane is good at street magik too, but chris angel sells his tricks better.

[tha_green_ghost]

Yeah, David Blaine's levitation does suck. As for Criss Angel...shit, he's the best I've ever seen. Keep in mind that although he does call himself an illusionist, some tricks are in fact demonstrations on the human body and mind over matter...at least that's what he says!

And don't feel bad Markass...theres nothing wrong with being entertained by magic and not understanding how it was done....I guess alot of people like to feel extra smart

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

A lot of the videos "disproving" him are rediculous. The ones that annoy me are the ones that take this attitude of "we're going to prove he's not magic and just an asshole!". Dumb fucks, he's a magician, we already know it's a trick and figuring the trick out doesn't discredit him!
And the hummer video, I don't even know how that disproves anything. They kept pointing arrows to things that, when I paused and squinted for a couple minutes, I could see nothing there.

I notice a definite societal trend these days. Anything that becomes popular will create a backlash and have people hating it, just because it's popular. Of course the official explanation will be something pointless like griping about his fassion sense. I don't give two shits if he's semi-goth, or goth, or whatever, talent is talent and he worked hard to do magic in a relatively original format.

[alwaysduinthadope]

all david blaine mostly does is card tricks criss angel does all different types of illusions and crazy shit,and for that video where he shows off his worst levitation,so what he has many others that are alot better,and for everybody who thinks that its just actors and trick photography criss has never messed with cameras or anything like that but he has used actors a couple times such as when he pulled the lady apart her name escapes me at the moment but if you google it u would understand how its done...

[rebgirl420]

david blaine just bought an island and he says the actual fountain of youth is on it...I shit you not

Quinlan's Inside Magic - David Copperfied: I Have Fountain of Youth

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

david blaine just bought an island and he says the actual fountain of youth is on it...I shit you not

Quinlan's Inside Magic - David Copperfied: I Have Fountain of Youth

Uh... Reb, that clearly says David Copperfield, not David Blaine

[Chronisseur]

Regardless of many things I could say about both of these men, they ARE doing good, IMO.
The simple fact that they are able to inspire and intrigue, SO many skeptics, who would otherwise be ENTIRELY closed minded, amazes me the most!
I AM a firm believer in mind over matter, and appreciate their efforts to open the minds of the general public.:thumbsup: