Girly man David Blaine might quit

[dr150]

Originally posted by: Byte
I don't know if any saw this, but i was channel surfing around one night and saw him on Carson Daily (yes to idiots on one show!). Anyways they were very seriously talking about his career and his girlfriends and stuff and then all of a sudden he pulls his heart out. There was blood everywhere and he just collapses on the ground with the heart in his hands. Carson is like all freaked out and the audience is too. They haul his "lifeless" body away and the show just ended. WTF was that!?!?! It was hilarious.

That is hilarious. LOL!

If the people and Carson were truly freaked out, then they are bigger idiots than I give them credit for. LOL! Talks about gullible llamas!

 

[Wag]

Brits hate showoffs and suspending over Tower Bridge is about as attention seeking as anyone could be.

They liked it when Houdini did it- but Blaine's no Houdini...

 

[austin316]

Originally posted by: dr150

Originally posted by: Byte
I don't know if any saw this, but i was channel surfing around one night and saw him on Carson Daily (yes to idiots on one show!). Anyways they were very seriously talking about his career and his girlfriends and stuff and then all of a sudden he pulls his heart out. There was blood everywhere and he just collapses on the ground with the heart in his hands. Carson is like all freaked out and the audience is too. They haul his "lifeless" body away and the show just ended. WTF was that!?!?! It was hilarious.

That is hilarious. LOL!

If the people and Carson were truly freaked out, then they are bigger idiots than I give them credit for. LOL! Talks about gullible llamas!

any vidcaps floating around on the internet?

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: brigden

Originally posted by: Deeko

Originally posted by: BCYL
Because his trick is boring... ppl demand more exciting tricks, and if David Blaine doesnt provide it, the crowd will make it happen (eg. cutting off his water and see what happens)...

I am sure Americans will react the same way if the trick is done in the States...

Oh yea, cutting off his water, great idea...ARE YOU FVCKING STUPID? One can live a long time without food. You cannot, simply cannot, live that long without water. God, I don't like David Blaine, and I think this trick sounds like one of the dumbest he's ever done, but how does that give some gay brit that can't speak English without sounding like he is a d!ck in his ass the right to try to harm him?

I apologize in advance for my comments against british people and the gay referrences....but while my comments were more, "offensive", they were much more intelligent than the sh!t the poster was spewing.

You're a moron.

Agreed. But we've known that for some time.

 

[dpm]

Originally posted by: brigdenYou missed my point, slick. It's obviously retarded to attempt harming Blaine, even as temping as it might have been... I was criticizing your idiotic and baseless insults.

Harming him? So far a couple of girls have flashed him, someone has cooked some sausages underneath him to tempt him, and, rather than being "attacked be radio controlled helicopters" someone tied a Big mac underneath a radio controlled helicopter and flew it around and around the box....

That, and a few insults, aren't exactly going to kill him - and bear in mind he is deliberately starving himself to get attention

Really, I don't see his "stunt" as being impressive. Just pathetic - he's just another attention whore, who'll be getting paid handsomely for it. Ghandi going on hungerstrike was impressive. this guy isn't.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: Jzero

"Blaine's management are beyond livid. Basically, in their view, the British TV people didn't seem to care what happened to him as long as the ratings were up. This isn't Big Brother. Frankly, he could die in there and they wouldn't give a s***. A spectator could die."

And that makes them different from US TV people......how?

Well considering the only thing we have had on British TV is the fool getting into the box, I can't see how they give a s*** about the ratings he gets.

I.E., none.

 

[royaldank]

I don't think anyone here has given thought to the idea that "I might quit" is just good ol' PR. Easy way to get his name out there again and get everyone talking about this stunt it yet again. Look, it's caused a 2 page thread here and kept his name in the daily conversations.

 

[Nitemare]

I'd throw something and I'm not British. Maybe get a nice flavorful chilli dog near his air vents.

 

[MikeO]

Originally posted by: dpm

someone tied a Big mac underneath a radio controlled helicopter and flew it around and around the box....

BWAHAHAHA! That's hilarious

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: dpm

Originally posted by: brigdenYou missed my point, slick. It's obviously retarded to attempt harming Blaine, even as temping as it might have been... I was criticizing your idiotic and baseless insults.

Harming him? So far a couple of girls have flashed him, someone has cooked some sausages underneath him to tempt him, and, rather than being "attacked be radio controlled helicopters" someone tied a Big mac underneath a radio controlled helicopter and flew it around and around the box....

That, and a few insults, aren't exactly going to kill him - and bear in mind <STRONG>he is deliberately starving himself to get attention

</STRONG>Really, I don't see his "stunt" as being impressive. Just pathetic - he's just another attention whore, who'll be getting paid handsomely for it. Ghandi going on hungerstrike was impressive. this guy isn't.

lol I didn't know that!

 

[Jgtdragon]

How does he take his potty breaks? He takes a dump in that box? I am more interested in that.

 

[Richdog]

Originally posted by: Deeko

Originally posted by: BCYL
Because his trick is boring... ppl demand more exciting tricks, and if David Blaine doesnt provide it, the crowd will make it happen (eg. cutting off his water and see what happens)...

I am sure Americans will react the same way if the trick is done in the States...

Oh yea, cutting off his water, great idea...ARE YOU FVCKING STUPID? One can live a long time without food. You cannot, simply cannot, live that long without water. God, I don't like David Blaine, and I think this trick sounds like one of the dumbest he's ever done, but how does that give some gay brit that can't speak English without sounding like he is a d!ck in his ass the right to try to harm him?

I apologize in advance for my comments against british people and the gay referrences....but while my comments were more, "offensive", they were much more intelligent than the sh!t the poster was spewing.

We can't speak english without sounding like a dick is in our arse? BWAHAHAHAHA you've watched far too many films. And just for the record we find the American accent far more offensive than you find ours, you even had to change the spelling of words just so you could bloody pronounce them!

Anyway, petty language differences aside... as for this being compared to a reality show it's no such thing. It is simply a man in a box who no-one over here in England even remotely cares about dangling himself off a bridge without food. At least Survivor had a point to it and was mildly entertaining. I'm just waiting for the moment someone throws a stink bomb in or on the cage, I have images of him sitting in a pool of his own spew crying like a baby asking to be let out.:beer:

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Jgtdragon
How does he take his potty breaks? He takes a dump in that box? I am more interested in that.

If all he is drinking is liquids and he purged himself before entering the box, then he does not have anything to get rid of

 

[Mitzi]

Well said mate! Before you say we have the daft accent, just remember where English originated from...

 

[BennyD]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
They interviewed a few British women. From what I could hear through their incredibly thick accents, they think that it's an insult to people without food.

Pretty stupid.

sorry, for a moment there i forgot all english dialects were based upon the original american accent

all of america has an accent, it's just a blend of all the dialects of the settlers

edit: I'll tell you why the brittish public hates him

all we see on tv is that ad where he says "how long can a man last.... with absolutely nothing... nothing but water..."

if you've seen this advert you might understand cause it just screams "i'm a big c*ck looking for attention, i think your stupid enough to think that 44 dasy without food is something amazing"

look at buddhists, some of them go for 100 or more days with nothing but ricewater and do you hear them bitchin about how badass they are?

 

[dpm]

Originally posted by: BennyD

Originally posted by: Chaotic42 They interviewed a few British women. From what I could hear through their incredibly thick accents, they think that it's an insult to people without food. Pretty stupid.

sorry, for a moment there i forgot all english dialects were based upon the original american accent all of america has an accent, it's just a blend of all the dialects of the settlers

Talking of the way people talk - is it me or does old Blainey have the dullest voice imaginable? He sounds dull and then he..... lays around in a box all day. I really can't see why sky paid so much money to him for the broadcast rights...

edit Oh yeah, and that talk he gave when he wen't in about how he might die, and what it the air gave out..... Riiiiiiiggggghhht. You are sitting in a see through box with air holes. Don't sweat it.

 

[Richdog]

WE NEED A UK ATOT'er THREAD so we can have a chat or get some details of MSN addresses or something, none of my friends are into computers, generally preferring to go on the p|ss or go out somewhere to pull rather than touch a keyboard or mess about with a computer. I happen to like both.... so I need some UK people to have the odd chat about computers with or get advice. Anyone interested? :beer:

 

[dpm]

Richdog - have a gander at Hexus forums

 

[Richdog]

Cool I'll have a gander, cheers! BTW - The offer is still open for Anandtech members, I'll start a thread soon so look out for it. :beer:

 

[dolph]

you do realize, halting the stunt wouldn't be blaine's idea. he's still cut off from the world, so he doesn't know his agents are considering ending his fast early

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: dolph
you do realize, halting the stunt wouldn't be blaine's idea. he's still cut off from the world, so he doesn't know his agents are considering ending his fast early

That's absurd, of course he has a radio. I haven't bothered to check out this particular stunt, but his last one (where he was locked in an ice cage) had a secret trap door where he would swap out with double when he got tired.

I imagine all this publicity is secretly appreciated.