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David Blaine Verse Stephen Hawking
#19350306 - 12/31/13 08:55 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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One of the top minds in the world can't figure this guy out!
His tricks are pretty amazing, I mean how could he possibly know what he was going to pick?
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Re: David Blaine Verse Stephen Hawking [Re: teknix]
#19350337 - 12/31/13 09:06 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Only a guess... but I'm thinking that a "deal" was reached before the filming; Hawking would be "in on the gag" in exchange for Blaine contributing X thousands of dollars to one of Hawking's favorite charities.
Celebrities (like Hawking) do that sort of thing. Win/win for everyone. The "magician" gets publicity that translates into millions of dollars of revenue, and the celebrity's charity gets a very nice gift.
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Blaine ain't got nothin on Dynamo IMO, but looking forward to his/this new show on new years day...
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My guess is that he has the most common cards people pick organised in different ways throughout the deck. Stephen just happened to pick the one he had on the bottom. If Stephen would have chosen the ace of spades for instance he would have said to look at the top card, instead of the bottom one.
Then he probably has another card flipped around somewhere in the deck, and had Stephen chose that one he would have looked for the card that was flipped.
But that would only leave 4 cards, and I don't really think they were in on it together, because Stephen did seem suprised.
I dunno, but he has some pretty leet tricks, like reducing the deck while the target is holding onto it and east part of a dollar and reconnecting it, some of it I have no idea about.
Honestly, I think Blaine is waaay better than dynamo jack.
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Re: David Blaine Verse Stephen Hawking [Re: teknix]
#19350405 - 12/31/13 09:33 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I think this is probably some of his best work:
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Re: David Blaine Verse Stephen Hawking [Re: teknix]
#19350408 - 12/31/13 09:34 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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teknix said: My guess is that he has the most common cards people pick organised in different ways throughout the deck.
Possibly, but when you're dealing with 52 possible choices, it's really really risky to "narrow down" the likely choices like that.
Many of the classic magic tricks throughout the centuries were done with the "cooperation" of audience members. In exchange for hard currency, of course.
You pay people enough and they'll sell their goddamn mothers to you.
Wrapped in cellophane and with a bow on top.
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Re: David Blaine Verse Stephen Hawking [Re: teknix]
#19366839 - 01/04/14 04:21 AM (10 years, 27 days ago) |
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Honestly, I think Blaine is waaay better than dynamo jack.
I watched Blaine's new program last night & seen most of his stuff, i've also recently watched all of Dynamo's programs and i can't see how Blaine is a better magician or illusionist or whatever you call it, maybe you haven't seen all of Dynamo's tricks as they are seriously next level compared to Blaines recent tricks
Dynamo freezes water, melts coins, melts glass, all seemingly with his bare hands, walks down the side of a building, walks on water, levitates pretty high off the floor, calls everyones phone in times square at the same time, gets a person in the street to change the time on their watch and big bens (massive clock in london) hands start moving in the backround, he ripens unripe oranges on a tree by touching the tree (my favorite) and vanishes into thin air!
Blaine is more handy with a pack of cards that's about all i'll give him over Dynamo, some of his new tricks i just found gross to be honest, sticking a needle through your hand isn't an illusion it's sticking a needle through your hand, and that water spouting thing was pretty gross too
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teknix said: My guess is that he has the most common cards people pick organised in different ways throughout the deck.
Possibly, but when you're dealing with 52 possible choices, it's really really risky to "narrow down" the likely choices like that.
Many of the classic magic tricks throughout the centuries were done with the "cooperation" of audience members. In exchange for hard currency, of course.
You pay people enough and they'll sell their goddamn mothers to you.
Wrapped in cellophane and with a bow on top.
Yeah I don't know how he does it but there has to be more to it than just choosing the most common cards people pick. You can't tell me that out of 52 cards people only pick those 4, also someone as smart as stephen hawking could easily choose one of the most uncommonly picked cards on purpose to throw him off. It doesn't really take a genius to do that.
When magic tricks are televised there is obviously no way of knowing whether the people are in on it and that's always taken away from the enjoyment of watching David Blaine on TV for me, not that I am accusing him of doing that I am just saying we have absolutely no way of knowing what goes on off camera. I have seen him perform absolutely amazing tricks on TV before, tricks that blew my mind, but because it's TV it could easily all be camera trickery, not that I think that's what it is but I would need to be there and have him perform the trick on me in order to be sure its really as incredible as it seems.
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Re: David Blaine Verse Stephen Hawking [Re: Deviate]
#19374555 - 01/05/14 07:55 PM (10 years, 25 days ago) |
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Why is it a versus? I viewed it expecting something else, but I just saw Stephen Hawking enjoying a magic trick done by Blaine.
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Re: David Blaine Verse Stephen Hawking [Re: teknix]
#19375212 - 01/05/14 10:54 PM (10 years, 25 days ago) |
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He obviously hacked Stephen's computer and made him say the correct card.
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Re: David Blaine Verse Stephen Hawking [Re: teknix]
#19375425 - 01/06/14 12:37 AM (10 years, 25 days ago) |
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Just poking fun, but...
It's versus as in, Vs.
Verse is related to music.
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Re: David Blaine Verse Stephen Hawking [Re: r72rock]
#19384954 - 01/07/14 08:40 PM (10 years, 23 days ago) |
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Haha, good catch. Now think about it.
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Re: David Blaine Verse Stephen Hawking [Re: teknix]
#19431309 - 01/17/14 12:05 AM (10 years, 14 days ago) |
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coming from someone who actually practices this stuff, on the street, and can see how most of it is done just by watching... hearing, or reading anyone say dynamo is ahead of blaine in any sort of way, AT ALL, is outright hilarious.
most of his tricks can be bought right off the internet, and have been done and shamelessly exposed by millions of youtube teens way before dynamo ever used them on T.V.
I haven't watched him in awhile, but to be honest I couldn't see him being much better than he was a year ago.
besides... according to the guy on ancient aliens, blaines feats may be evidence of extraterrestrial intervention!

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Re: David Blaine Verse Stephen Hawking [Re: Deviate]
#19431414 - 01/17/14 12:38 AM (10 years, 14 days ago) |
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blaine does indeed use editing tricks, and stooges.. but I can say without a doubt this is not one of those moments.
in other words, I know how it's done.
but I'm not telling
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Re: David Blaine Verse Stephen Hawking [Re: LuSiD9]
#19435732 - 01/17/14 11:43 PM (10 years, 13 days ago) |
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Those videos are amazing of Blaine
Guys, I'm reasonably sure that I can figure out how he did did it.
some of his other tricks do baffle me a bit, but I still don't think this guy has made a pact with a incarnate spirit for entertainment purposes. My guess some are staged and actors are participants.
For example, in the Stephen Hawking video there was a delay between when Blaine was told by Stephen his choice of the 9 of diamonds and when the woman standing next to Stephen wearing the heavy coat approached to assist Blaine in picking up the deck. We have no clue who she is, we are assuming she is with Stephen, but she might be with Blaine.
I think she is the key. She was holding the 9 of diamonds, and with slight of hand placed it on the bottom of the deck.
For a moment, the view of her hands are obstructed and it appears she is stacking the deck with another card she has hidden in her palm.
I do however have an open mind, and I have seen tricks and illusions to which I could not even guess how they pulled it off.
Perhaps there are some magicians or illusionist that can summon help from higher spiritual entities.
Here is one such video. How do they cut this guy in half and put him back together 
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Re: David Blaine Verse Stephen Hawking [Re: Vitalux]
#19463196 - 01/23/14 03:34 PM (10 years, 7 days ago) |
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sloantbone said: Perhaps there are some magicians or illusionist that can summon help from higher spiritual entities. [/flash]

if there are, I've never seen or met one...
as for the sawing in half, it's one of the oldest in the book, there's muliple ways I've seen it done, but they all work on basically the same principal, and it's definitely not the work of anything supernatural.
now that being said, there are mentalists (a variety of performance magic that focuses more on mind reading type effects instead of flashy visual stuff) that are either borderline psychic, or have like 7000 horse shoes up their ass... even knowing how a lot of the effects are done, I watch some of these guys and I'm completely blown away.. a fair bit of the effects (the good ones any way) rely on a bit of luck to make a 'meh' effect into a HOW THE FUCK DID HE DO THAT??? type of effect... and some of these guys make 'hits' waaaaay too often.
I know they use NLP and subtle psychological tricks/persuasion methods to influence choice and what not, on top of sheer luck, but shit man, I swear a few of em I've seen are fucking jedis or something!
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