Juutje2111
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« on: 10-05-2003 18:13 »
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I posted it in offtopic items, but it doesn't belong there, so I'll post it here again:
I just saw the show, I don't know if you saw it? It's about Derren Brown (a guy I never heard off till today, he's famous in the UK) and he plays Russian Roulette, for real, I'm not kiddin'. It was live on RTL4 here and in the UK on channel4. I saw it with my boyfriend just about 15 minutes ago, it was so scary, I'm totally confused. I don't know if it was real or not. That's why I included suggestion 3: It was television, not the reality and it wasn't fake either, else I couldn't live with it, it's so totally confusing...
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winna
Avatar Czar
DOOP Ubersecretary
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In reality he should've played the double barreled shotgun form of Russian Roulette... Only one of the barrels is loaded with a shell Anyways whoever posted that crap about Derren Brown having real ESP and not being allowed in casinos is full of... well crap. He's not allowed because he can obviously CHEAT; afterall magic is only another word for lying And marg (from the other poll that this one is from) don't be downtalkin the ghosts!
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Tweek
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DOOP Secretary
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It might have been real, apparently it wasn't quite live, there was a few seconds delay so they could cut it if it went wrong.
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MuscaDomestica
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He is a Magician... plain and simple.
If he says he has special powers then he is the worst type of magician. I am surprised that some American ones spoke out against him. I know Penn and Teller hate guys like that.
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User_names_suck
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Originally posted by Juutje2111: That's what I find so interesting about him. He's not saying he's a magician, he's saying he uses psycology to prodict peoples actions. That's what he's saying. And I DO believe in that. If you saw the show, you must admit that is what he does and that it IS real.
If I'm honest with myself I think it was real, because he was so damn scared and you can't fake that, can you?
But I wouldn't want to be the one who puts the bullet in the gun...
. i totally agree with you there. i thought the whole idea was a bit pointless and stupid, i quite respected him after seeing his t.v series in the u.k. so i thought it was a shame he'd do something like this. well anyway its a lot more intresting than david blaines stunt
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MelBee
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Yes, it was real, the man has a solid faith in his abilities, and with good reason, as he's an expert at what he does - which isn't 'reading people's minds', it's reading the indicators they give off. Anyone who's seen his show will agree it's pretty impressive.
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Melllvar
DOOP Secretary
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I didn't see the show, but that's all people have been talking about all day. From what I've heard it was pretty impressive, but I'll wait until I've seen it for myself, really.
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User_names_suck
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Originally posted by Bio: Originally posted by MuscaDomestica: He is a Magician... plain and simple.
If he says he has special powers then he is the worst type of magician. I am surprised that some American ones spoke out against him. I know Penn and Teller hate guys like that. he is not a magician, he is a psychic
he's not a psychic its all pschological there's a diffrence i'm sure of it
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Ky12wng
Bending Unit
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Originally posted by Juutje2111: I posted it in offtopic items, but it doesn't belong there, so I'll post it here again:
I just saw the show, I don't know if you saw it? It's about Derren Brown (a guy I never heard off till today, he's famous in the UK) and he plays Russian Roulette, for real, I'm not kiddin'. It was live on RTL4 here and in the UK on channel4. I saw it with my boyfriend just about 15 minutes ago, it was so scary, I'm totally confused. I don't know if it was real or not. That's why I included suggestion 3: It was television, not the reality and it wasn't fake either, else I couldn't live with it, it's so totally confusing...
I played russian roulette once with a few of my friends, but we only used my bro's pop gun. ok, back ontopic. I have no idea, I'm usually not ontop of stuff anyway. But i've heard of people actually playing russian roulette before.
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Juutje2111
Bending Unit
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I don't know how it could be faked. I know the gun was real, they showed that and they couldn't have replaced it. Ik don't know if the bullet was real or not. But if it wasn't (you use the term blanks for it) then it would have been equally deadly, because the distance between the gun and the head was so small.
Then there is the chance that IF it was fake the guy (I believe his name was James) who put the bullet in the gun had planned this with Derren and he put it in the slot (how do you call it)they agreed on. But then you really had to trust each other, I mean: what if James was a psycho who wanted to kill Derren? Then he would put the bullet in another slot and Derren would be killed.
So, my conclusion is that this man can predict someone's behavior and can easily tell were the bullet was by the couting James did, because he practiced on that for months with cups: He would stand on the street with a table and 6 cups and let someone put a bracelet under one of the cups (he was not looking offcourse), then he would let them count till six and he knew were the bracelet was.
So: I believe it was real, but that's just sick. And I think they would have shown it if he was killed, why wouldn't they? They showed the bodies of 9-11, they showed the bodies of the war in Irak, they show everything these days. They're sick...
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Tweek
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DOOP Secretary
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Did he wait for the chamber to stop spinning before closing it? If so assuming the pistol was properly oiled gravity would ensure that the bullet was at the bottom.
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User_names_suck
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i think it was claimed by the police in an attempt to put off imitators.
the thing is he's pretty sure in himself so if he was unsure he probably just wouldn't have done it
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