hahaha.. yea, um obviously the people are in on it again b/c of lack of human emotion. When he told the girls to pull her from both directions, who the hell wouldn't be like "Hey, now, wut the hell are you going to do?" Also, that chick obviously had fake legs or something. She did not scream or shout or anything. There was no blood or anything.. its not like the human body is sealed right there.. lol, a nice trick.. but once again, I hope no one actually believes it.
joshSCH 1,062 Industrious Poster Banned
John A 1,896 Vampirical Lurker Team Colleague
Apparently there was blocks of plexiglass used in the pool trick...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4R2d1r8zzM
hbk619 228 Master Poster
Someone in the comments says the girl doesn't have legs. And she was too good at moving with just arms,
Pretty damn cool though!
as for pexiglass blocks, they might not have been organised exactly like that, maybe some are in a bridge hence how the girl swam under his foot.
joshSCH 1,062 Industrious Poster Banned
or just blocks,
"I guess we didn't tell him where the rocks were".
Maybe that's what this magician was doing.
.. I think the 'block' idea is probably the most likely.
=p
sk8ndestroy14 294 Posting Virtuoso
Yeah. He's so fake I think.
Or he's been practicing witchcraft.
Well, of course he's fake otherwise the government would be all over him. Every magician is fake. It isn't if they're doing it for real or not, it's how they do it and that is what's amazing. It doesn't make him a witch. Lol. It's just entertainment.
Aia 1,977 Nearly a Posting Maven
>it's how they do it and that is what's amazing
Your eyes are the ones that deceive you. Close you eyes and `poof' the magic is gone. :-O
lasher511 185 Veteran Poster
Rofl i like that
WaltP 2,905 Posting Sage w/ dash of thyme Team Colleague
Well, of course he's fake otherwise the government would be all over him. Every magician is fake. It isn't if they're doing it for real or not, it's how they do it and that is what's amazing. It doesn't make him a witch. Lol. It's just entertainment.
I take great exception to the statements "he's fake" and "Every magician is fake." Magicians are not fake. They are real people.
What they do is also not fake. They perform illusions -- which are not meant to be real, but you as an audience member cannot explain easily how the illusion is accomplished.
Please don't denegrate the profession by calling the magician fake. It's not nice... :icon_wink:
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
fake: "To simulate; feign", and "To engage in feigning, simulation, or other deceptive activity".
illusion: "The condition of being deceived by a false perception or belief"
The two are synonymous words. illusion is just a pretty way of saying fake. That of course says nothing about the entertainment value of their profession. Everyone (almost anyway) knows what they do is fake -- its how they do it that's the mystery.
Rashakil Fol 978 Super Senior Demiposter Team Colleague
Criss Angel is fake. He's a bad magician; he's bad at being a magician. He's a fake magician, because to call him a magician would denigrate magicians who are good at what they do.
EnderX commented: Nicely put. +3
Serunson 413 Posting Maven
Well it could be done,
IF
The water was 'heavy water'
Or
He put a special chemical on his feet that repels the water allowing him to 'walk' on it.
iamthwee commented: Ahh heavy water, a dieter's nightmare. +11
EnderX 352 Posting Shark
Um, 'heavy water' means water with a highly-enriched count of deuterium/tritium, if I recall correctly. I'd think that's at a level a bit too low to allow someone to walk on it. And I'm having trouble picturing the existence of a chemical that could increase surface tension that much without causing harm to his feet...remember, he did take his shoes off for a short distance.
iamthwee commented: If you have sufficiently callused feet, it is even possible to walk on acid. So the chemical he was using prob won't hurt his feet? -2
Rashakil Fol 978 Super Senior Demiposter Team Colleague
Well it could be done,
IF
The water was 'heavy water'
Or
He put a special chemical on his feet that repels the water allowing him to 'walk' on it.
To quote some awesome teacher I had: Shut up, that's retarded.
Edit: Hey, maybe that comes across as mean-sounding. Whatever.
iamthwee commented: I didn't know your mom was a teacher. +11
maravich12 125 Posting Whiz in Training
Special chemical?That is pretty impossible sounding.
Rashakil Fol 978 Super Senior Demiposter Team Colleague
Skin already has a special chemical that repels water.
maravich12 125 Posting Whiz in Training
Yeah,but if you're in the water for a while it absorbs water and gets weird-looking.
hbk619 228 Master Poster
The two are synonymous words. illusion is just a pretty way of saying fake. That of course says nothing about the entertainment value of their profession. Everyone (almost anyway) knows what they do is fake -- its how they do it that's the mystery.
I take great exception to the statements "he's fake" and "Every magician is fake." Magicians are not fake. They are real people.
What they do is also not fake. They perform illusions -- which are not meant to be real, but you as an audience member cannot explain easily how the illusion is accomplished.
Please don't denegrate the profession by calling the magician fake. It's not nice...
Can i apply both of them to wrestling? [/waaay off topic but sprung to mind]
and it was blocks damnit! [/on topic ;) ]
iamthwee
Can i apply both of them to wrestling? [/waaay off topic but sprung to mind]
and it was blocks damnit! [/on topic ;) ]
I'm pretty sure wrestling is fake, unless you are referring to mud wrestling.
And everyone knows how walking on water is possible surely?
heavy water
EnderX 352 Posting Shark
'Heavy Water' refers to water with a concentrated count of Deuterim/Tritium, as opposed to being composed mostly of Protium. Last I checked, it's not a non-newtonian fluid.
iamthwee
Thanx for clearing that up! But do you know what sarcasm is?
hbk619 228 Master Poster
>I'm pretty sure wrestling is fake, unless you are referring to mud wrestling.
but the people are real, which was the argument for magicians.....
I know you can walk on custard thanks to Brainiac :D
iamthwee
What's Brainiac?
EnderX 352 Posting Shark
Thanx for clearing that up! But do you know what sarcasm is?
If you are presenting what seems to be a serious argument, with no external or additional commentary indicating that you are being sarcastic, I will treat what you say with utmost seriousness and respond accordingly.
hbk619 228 Master Poster
Serunson 413 Posting Maven
Vic Reeves does Brainiac now doesn't he.
It used to be done by Richard Hammond, aka the guy from TopGear who crashed in the jet car.
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
>I'm pretty sure wrestling is fake, unless you are referring to mud wrestling.
but the people are real, which was the argument for magicians.....
you mean they are not androids? Now I'm heart-broken :'(
hbk619 228 Master Poster
I know! So was I!
sk8ndestroy14 294 Posting Virtuoso
I take great exception to the statements "he's fake" and "Every magician is fake." Magicians are not fake. They are real people.
What they do is also not fake. They perform illusions -- which are not meant to be real, but you as an audience member cannot explain easily how the illusion is accomplished.
Please don't denegrate the profession by calling the magician fake. It's not nice... :icon_wink:
Yes, what you just said is what I meant. And I think magicians are very good at what they do (especially this guy, I always thought he was the best one of the recent days anyway.) I didn't mean to degrade the profession. Anyway. I saw an episode where he took a cell phone and smashed it into a beer bottle and then it ended up inside. He had to break open the bottle to get it out. Anyone want to come up with ideas on how he did that one?
maravich12 125 Posting Whiz in Training
Yeah, and they risk their lives on a lot of the stunts that they do.That is how harry houdini was famous.
WaltP 2,905 Posting Sage w/ dash of thyme Team Colleague
Yeah, and they risk their lives on a lot of the stunts that they do.That is how harry houdini was famous.
There is very little risk in what magicians do. Unless they're stupid. Criss Angel is rarely if ever in danger on any stunt he does. Just about everything that can go wrong is accounted for and a plan is in place to at least minimize the problem -- in most cases remove the problem.
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