David Blaine...

[cirrhosis]

Originally posted by: Reel
I fear a David Blaine vs Chuck Norris thread...

As do I but I don't see it.

Please do us the honors and start one.

 

[Stuxnet]

I pretty much lost all interest in Blaine when I learned how much his tricks depended on camera work. For instance, doing a trick, stopping the camera, and then swapping in a bunch of actors to pretend to be all amazed.

That's just a "laugh track" for magicians. David Blaine is no more a magician than Two and a Half Men is a comedy.

 

[Hammerhead]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
Yeah, the whole block of ice trick was BS; he was surrounded by air within the ice, of which air is actually a good insulator. Doing such a trick in frigid water is actually more impressive.

Yup...that's an age old trick that eskimos do. except they called them igloos.

 

[purbeast0]

The whole Ice gimmick was not real, it was a trick, and they showed how it was done on one of those Fox specials about how magic tricks are done.

So with that said, I have to say he's a huge douche bag magician. This underwater thing is going to be fake. He's obviously going to make it 9 minutes if they are going to have a 2 hour special on it, and I'm sure he's going to do some dramatization too and start to panic right by the 9th minute, then come up at like 9:01.

Again ... it's all a trick and David Blaine is a huge douche.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Baked
Nobody can't hold their breath for 9 minutes. No human has a lung with that kind of air capacity, not even super human Lance Armstrong. The only explanation is David Blaine is not human.

It is possible to do it, but it takes a lot of training, and mental concentration. Plus you must have the physical ability (lung capacity). It also depends on how deep underwater you are because the water pressure can make you get hypoxia.

It more than likely is a type of illusion. Maybe he swallows a bag of compressed air in a sealed balloon and regurgitates it in the middle of holding his breath. But it is definitely a possiblility that he just meditates and has so much mental concentration, he can do things like this.

Blaine did do that starvation trick, and even if it was an illusion (maybe he laced the walls with sugar water and absorbic acid), it does take a lot of discipline to do that and is still quite physically and mentally draining.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Hammerhead

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
Yeah, the whole block of ice trick was BS; he was surrounded by air within the ice, of which air is actually a good insulator. Doing such a trick in frigid water is actually more impressive.

Yup...that's an age old trick that eskimos do. except they called them igloos.

The thing is that certain monks actually do a trick in freezing water where they begin to raise their body temperature through meditation just enough so that they don't freeze to death.

 

[Hammerhead]

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: Hammerhead

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
Yeah, the whole block of ice trick was BS; he was surrounded by air within the ice, of which air is actually a good insulator. Doing such a trick in frigid water is actually more impressive.

Yup...that's an age old trick that eskimos do. except they called them igloos.

The thing is that certain monks actually do a trick in freezing water where they begin to raise their body temperature through meditation just enough so that they don't freeze to death.

That probably takes years of training and discipline which I doubt Blaine did.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Hammerhead

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: Hammerhead

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
Yeah, the whole block of ice trick was BS; he was surrounded by air within the ice, of which air is actually a good insulator. Doing such a trick in frigid water is actually more impressive.

Yup...that's an age old trick that eskimos do. except they called them igloos.

The thing is that certain monks actually do a trick in freezing water where they begin to raise their body temperature through meditation just enough so that they don't freeze to death.

That probably takes years of training and discipline which I doubt Blaine did.

QFT. That is why it is more than likely an illusion.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
david blaine is a stunt man. copperfield is a magician

Have you watched his show? His card tricks are fantastic.

 

[davestar]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
How can you illusion holding your breath underwater? Unless its a total setup/scam, which I highly doubt is the case.

Ummm, ever see the Penn and Teller bit where Teller held his breath underwater for 11 minutes? Blaine is regarded as a hack by professional magicians

 

[Eltano1]

quote by Jbourne77 " David Blaine is no more a magician than Two and a Half Men is a comedy."
Don't tell me that you don't like that show?, is great, that show and also "How I met your mother" (the girl is soooo hot).

Eltano

 

[Illusions89]

He is a Fool 😀

 

[microAmp]

Originally posted by: jbourne77
I pretty much lost all interest in Blaine when I learned how much his tricks depended on camera work. For instance, doing a trick, stopping the camera, and then swapping in a bunch of actors to pretend to be all amazed.

That's just a "laugh track" for magicians. David Blaine is no more a magician than Two and a Half Men is a comedy.

:thumbsup:

Agreed, camera tricks sucks. I remember that one you are talking about, he was to elevate himself off the ground. Original crowd gets to see it is originally done. Later they check the film to see what crowd was wearing. Put 'extras' in there wearing same kind of clothes but camera is now behind them, so you can't see thir face. Hook Blaine up to wire crane and lift him, float him around, etc.

 

[lozina]

Originally posted by: cirrhosis

Originally posted by: Reel
I fear a David Blaine vs Chuck Norris thread...

As do I but I don't see it.

Please do us the honors and start one.

Well oviously David Blaine would win, but only in your head. Blaine would actually get his ass kicked but he'd make it appear as if he kicked Chuck Norris' ass.

 

[mugs]

He's a freak of nature

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: Sphexi
Is this a serious thread? David Blaine is a tool, and a HORRIBLE "magician".

/agree he's a waste of flesh..

 

[LTC8K6]

I am still amazed that people ohh and ahh over that stupid Balducci levtitation trick. Some of the reaction is likely due to editing I guess. When people look up Balducci levitation, they are usually let down at how simple it is to fool people.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: LTC8K6
I am still amazed that people ohh and ahh over that stupid Balducci levtitation trick. Some of the reaction is likely due to editing I guess. When people look up Balducci levitation, they are usually let down at how simple it is to fool people.

Um, isn't that true of all magic? Once you see how it's done, you feel stupid for not having seen it. I've never heard of Balducci levitation, and thus it impressed me the first time I see it.

You guys act like David Blaine is somehow more of a hack than any other magician, by pointing out faults that are true of ANY magician.

 

[dmw16]

It seems worth mentioning that there is a thin layer of air that is trapped between water and ice. He could breath that for a while. But odds are its just a trick.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: microAmp

Originally posted by: jbourne77
I pretty much lost all interest in Blaine when I learned how much his tricks depended on camera work. For instance, doing a trick, stopping the camera, and then swapping in a bunch of actors to pretend to be all amazed.

That's just a "laugh track" for magicians. David Blaine is no more a magician than Two and a Half Men is a comedy.

:thumbsup:

Agreed, camera tricks sucks. I remember that one you are talking about, he was to elevate himself off the ground. Original crowd gets to see it is originally done. Later they check the film to see what crowd was wearing. Put 'extras' in there wearing same kind of clothes but camera is now behind them, so you can't see thir face. Hook Blaine up to wire crane and lift him, float him around, etc.

Yep! That's the one I was referring to. I also saw the one where he tries to be a psychic and he goes through about a 100 people so they get a reel of film with him reading 5 people's minds.

It's rediculously stupid.

 

[49erinnc]

I don't really get all the Blaine hating. Do any of you even realize that Blaine is a PERFORMER?? Since when is magic, illusions, stunts or whatever supposed to be taken serious anyway? It's all entertainment and I'm not sure what's dumber: Believing it's all legit or arguing over where it is or not. Kind of a pointless debate in my opinion.

Let's just say for instance that there is actually a gimmick to holding his breath for 9 minutes. Does that really mean that no one is going to be entertained by watching it? People have been entertained for countless years over a woman being sawed in half. Do any of those people actually believe for one minute it's real? Of course not.

I don't watch David Blaine, Copperfield or whoever because I truly believe what they're doing is 100% real. I watch it because it entertains me and nothing more. To read anything more into it that that defeats the purpose anyway.

 

[mrchan]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
How can you illusion holding your breath underwater? Unless its a total setup/scam, which I highly doubt is the case.

You must really think he can levitate, lol.

David Blaine = scam.

 

[mrchan]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
Yeah, the whole block of ice trick was BS; he was surrounded by air within the ice, of which air is actually a good insulator. Doing such a trick in frigid water is actually more impressive.

Yup. There's a hotel in Alaska made entirely of ice that people pay good money to stay it.

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: Cuda1447

Originally posted by: Baked
Nobody can't hold their breath for 9 minutes. No human has a lung with that kind of air capacity. The only explanation is David Blaine is not human.

Then its a total setup/scam? Or is he just not gonna be able to do it? What do you think is going on here?

It's a very entertaining scam.

thats the whole point of magic. to do what cant be done. its always a "huge" set up whenever these guys do big shows. did copperfield have to get people in on it when he made the statue of liberty and that train car vanish? yes.
i had heard that the record blaine was going to try and break was Teller of Penn and Teller.
i also seem to remember blaine saying he wouldnt do any more of these big acts. that he wanted to "take it back to the streets." and "keep it real" whatever that means for a magician.

edit: camera tricks are the worst kind of "magic."

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: 49erinncPeople have been entertained for countless years over a woman being sawed in half. Do any of those people actually believe for one minute it's real? Of course not.

It's not? They could be using amputees.