Dynamo: magician impossible

spoffle · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:08

AshD93 said:
Boring and seems scripted/acted most of the time.

And as said, his personality sucks.

Penn and Teller are worth a watch on Youtube. In fact...

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=nMkhC37HqvU

Link needs editting for desktops as I'm on the iPad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMkhC37HqvU

TommyV · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:24

the gf showed me one of hiw shows on TV, some of them are blindingly obvious as to how pre-planned and setup they were.

bignev72 · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:29

TommyV said:
the gf showed me one of hiw shows on TV, some of them are blindingly obvious as to how pre-planned and setup they were.

No actual proof. It's all just "obviously" staged with stooges because you can't work out how he did it otherwise.

Hmmmm

King Damager · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:36

There's this guy I know of who's pretty damn good. Think it's Steven Levitt or something like that....

kd

Gackt · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:49

bignev72 said:
No actual proof. It's all just "obviously" staged with stooges because you can't work out how he did it otherwise.

Hmmmm

Or it's apparent even to the mildly educated that the events are staged.

spoffle · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:54

TommyV said:
the gf showed me one of hiw shows on TV, some of them are blindingly obvious as to how pre-planned and setup they were.

Pre-planned?

CircleFaust · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:55

never really liked him. does anyone believe this stuff after a certain age

Stewy · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:56

Accidentally watched half an episode on tv over christmas, was painfully bad. Tricks weren't remotely impressive and he just has a complete lack of any personality.

Greebo · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:58

I want to know how they do the card through the other side of the glass trick. Always amazes me and my firned whose a magician did it in my local pub one night and he doesn;t live here and had travelled 200 miles to visit so how the hell did he stage that?

zenf · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:58

bignev72 said:
No actual proof. It's all just "obviously" staged with stooges because you can't work out how he did it otherwise.

Hmmmm

The 'phone into bottle' trick linked above is a pretty good example of why I think some people aren't that impressed with him, myself included. Pulling off that sort of trick just isn't possible without a load of assistance and props (unless you believe he can actually push things through glass), and when you have the assistance and the props, you don't need a huge amount of skill to pull off the trick.

His big "event" type tricks are ridiculous, I'd bet they use fewer props in Hollywood. No idea why he's so popular.

Em3bbs · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:59

Paul Daniels is much better.

.Griff. · 2 Jan 2013 at 16:59

Only watched one of his shows. He was in a store opening with Rio Ferdinand and other "VIP's" where he claimed he could walk through the glass store front.

He then lined up several guests infront of the window. Unfortunately they didn't block him totally from view and you could watch him crawl on all fours behind them, out of the shop door and pop up outside on the other side of the window.

Stewy · 2 Jan 2013 at 17:01

.Griff. said:
Only watched one of his shows. He was in a store opening with Rio Ferdinand and other "VIP's" where he claimed he could walk through the glass store front.

He then lined up several guests infront of the window. Unfortunately they didn't block him totally from view and you could watch him crawl on all fours behind them, out of the shop door and pop up outside on the other side of the window.

bignev72 · 2 Jan 2013 at 17:01

Gackt said:
Or it's apparent even to the mildly educated that the events are staged.

Obviously he isn't actually capable of performing real magic so yes the events are "staged".

But I can't believe that he achieves most of his magic by using plants. If that was the case then as I said before what's the point? Anyone can do that.

I think it's a case of you can't work out how he did it so you default to accusing him of using stooges.

Mucky_Pup · 2 Jan 2013 at 17:06

Watched one the other day, he was going through an HMV trying to get away from fans, then his clothes just fall to the floor and he's disapeared, after a trick edit of the camera to a set up the trick of course.

Malevolence · 2 Jan 2013 at 17:08

Tommy Cooper was far superior.

Weazle · 2 Jan 2013 at 17:16

"Dis guy must be a alien or sutin" ... another Never Mind The Buzzcocks classic

Cocky-Roach · 2 Jan 2013 at 17:23

Greebo said:
I want to know how they do the card through the other side of the glass trick. Always amazes me and my firned whose a magician did it in my local pub one night and he doesn;t live here and had travelled 200 miles to visit so how the hell did he stage that?

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-throw-a-card-through-a-window

apparently he wasn't working alone

bignev72 · 2 Jan 2013 at 17:27

zenf1 said:
The 'phone into bottle' trick linked above is a pretty good example of why I think some people aren't that impressed with him, myself included. Pulling off that sort of trick just isn't possible without a load of assistance and props (unless you believe he can actually push things through glass), and when you have the assistance and the props, you don't need a huge amount of skill to pull off the trick.

His big "event" type tricks are ridiculous, I'd bet they use fewer props in Hollywood. No idea why he's so popular.

Well I always assumed the glass bottle had a false bottom.

fiveub · 2 Jan 2013 at 17:32

King Damager said:
There's this guy I know of who's pretty damn good. Think it's Steven Levitt or something like that....

kd

Yeah I heard he is awesome too!

And watching Fool Us by Penn and Teller is much better, some of my friends have performed in front of them (darn them!) and they practice so much it is unreal. I prefer magicians who take time and effort to perform and perfect the performance.

Check out my friend Mark:

I find him rather entertaining.

And Michael!