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From: gilraenc
Date: Mon Nov 25, 2002 7:47pm
Subject: Re: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross show
--- In a previous message mjm710 wrote:
> > Yes Blaine did have a major communication gap to fill - but I
think
> > he did so rather well.
>
> I dunno. It was a long way to go to bring back very little usuably
> footage.
True - but its all in the presentation in the end - its all based on
different places (the show0 and the guy can't just stay in america
the whole time - besides which i did like the way he told about the
culture being deep rooted in magic etc - it didnt come as much of a
shock when the people he performed too thought he was dealing in
black mgic.
> > As for the scary bits - well the card tricks weren't really
> anything
> > new to me - but the way that Blaine performed them was very good,
> and
> > i enjoyed them greatly.
>
> I think a lot of it is presentation. The same card trick done by
Paul
> Daniels would undoubtably be absolute bobbins.
Don't talk to me about paul daniels lol - sure he was good for his
time - but im just fed up of seeing him still popping up - there are
only a few magicians from "history" you might say that I still enjoy
watching today, and suffice to say Daniels aint one of em!
> >The fly coming to life bit - well i should
> > stop watching those magic secrets revealed programmes, cos i know
> how
> > he did that too (can anyone say cryogenics?)
>
> hmmmm - it does kind of spoil the "magic" a bit but I can't stop
> watching them. The street magic revealed show was good, if only to
> show the Balducci levitation plus the heavy editing David Blaine
did
> in his version.
Yes I loved it! I believe we are indeed thinking of the same show -
It's a shame that I only caught parts of it - was channel surfing to
find something of interest - i am definately going to watch more,
even if it does spoil it, it helps to show just how much you don't
see on the tv. I have no doubt that even our derren is guilty of that
once or twice in the show (obviously not often.... but then... no
wait dont kill me"! PLEASE dont kill me!!! ;)
> > But the scary bits - well pulling a thread out of your stomach
> > probably isnt the best tricks to do at a dinner party, and
sticking
> a
> > pen through your tongue - ick - i know he has a way of doing
> things,
> > but it doesnt stop me from getting a bit freaked out by some of
> them -
>
> Good job you didn't see the Jonathan Woss show then. Blaine "put a
> surgical needle through his hand". He said the trick was still in
> development which would explain why the needle seemed to have
doubled
> its length by the time it had "passed through" his hand.
*snigger* and *eeeeeeeww* at the same time - it doesnt seem right to
me though - why would an established and well-known performer bring
to light a trick that wasn't perfected? he's just asking for a lot of
criticism for it!
> > All in all it was a very good programme - the name dawn written
on
> > the taxi held me flabbergasted for a while to!
>
> Was that when he read someone's mind for a name and the taxi went
> past in the background of the shot? I'm still flabbergasted!
YES thats the one! I loved it! Was a bit curious as to why the camera
went off the girl's face for a bit - thought there was some
trickiness involved, then when she made no reaction at first (to the
name on the taxi) i entertained the thought that it could have been
dubbed in later - but then she did react to SOMETHING - but we didn't
really see what it was...
By that time the taxi was (at an esitmate) too far away for her to
casually spot the name on the taxi - and we don't see what david is
doing off shot - it could have been anything to make them
go "argh"... i dunno - it still intrigues me but i imagine there's
some trickiness involved there...
Enjoying this btw ;)
Gilraen
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