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Criss Angel

Good evening.
And this is as sad as it gets. I am no fan of censurship but these disclosures of effects need to be stopped. I am no fan of CA. This is just wrong. OK, I admit I am speaking from my heart but F***. This is BS! Is this material copyrighted? This isn't just speculation on how it might be done. This is a video he released for his customers on how it's done.

JPK
 
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Jyera said:
Without facts on how the trick is done, how would there be strong evidence to show that it is indeed just a magic trick?
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Maybe the fact that you can buy a DVD on how to do it yourself has a bit to do with it.
 
JPK said:
Good evening.
And this is as sad as it gets. I am no fan of censurship but these disclosures of effects need to be stopped. I am no fan of CA. This is just wrong. OK, I admit I am speaking from my heart but F***. This is BS! Is this material copyrighted? This isn't just speculation on how it might be done. This is a video he released for his customers on how it's done.

JPK
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Pretty cool effect! I doubt the DVD is available to general public though.More through magic dealers :confused:
 
I just got a couple of vids at ellusionist and it's just amazing how simple the tricks are. I will definitely have to practice before I try them on people though.
 
Good evening.

OK. I calmed down a bit and maybe I was overreacting, but I don't believe that. If this is vid of what he sells to his cutomers , then this is wrong. I don't so much blame the poster here for posting the link, but isn't there a rule of disclosure here?
JPK
 
JPK said:
OK. I calmed down a bit and maybe I was overreacting, but I don't believe that. If this is vid of what he sells to his cutomers , then this is wrong. I don't so much blame the poster here for posting the link, but isn't there a rule of disclosure here?
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This is part of a video (DVD) that magic dealers sell. Criss Angel doesn't sell it to his 'customers' (ie- the ones who hire him to perform).

I tend to agree with you- that is one small part of a DVD that's sold to teach people how to do the levitation. Posting that small part only shows how it's done and teaches little. I'm fairly sure it's a copyright violation- much like most of the TV clips and other things are Youtube are violations.

I would say that posting the link here does violate the disclosure rule here. What good is a rule saying you can't expose tricks if you can get around the rule merely posting the exposure somewhere else and then posting a link here?
 
it's all fun and games

it's all an illusion. it's mmmmagic! not magick. i think it is funny when christians get up in arms about this stuff, like i heard one girl say she would like to rip his cross necklace off until he acts on it! ROFL! he's probably a christian too. come on people, it's all a show! it's not real! but it is very cool. i love the show. criss angel and the team seem like they are having a blast all the time. it would be fun to do that as a job. it's not evil or demonic, it's just that criss does a good job of making it seem real, and that is the whole point is to baffle and amaze. in some of his interviews, a lot of his insight is based on reality.. it can be spiritual, but in a very good way. like "pain is a beautiful thing" - it doesn't mean go cutting yourself. pain could be,... i don't know, cutting sugar or cigarettes out of your diet or making yourself train martial arts or go to the gym or whatever it is in your life that you need to go through the pain for the gain.. lose your life to find it, but if you cling to it you will lose it ..that type of thing. i find the guy to be a genius. ever notice how it always says "love doesn't die" or "love never ends" on the credits? i find a lot of hidden biblical ideas in this show. as for criss angel being responsible for the "cults" etc,.. not his problem. that's like POD being responsible for the christians who protest their christian music. no explanation needs to be given. like someone mentioned on here somewhat earlier, if he told them it was fake - it was an illusion, they wouldn't believe him anyways. ROFL! just enjoy the show kids. best of luck and creativity to all you artists out there (of some form of art even though lots of people won't like it! and lots will!).
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Hell, some people think magician's are wizards, even after they tell them it's all just trickery and deception. The founder/leader of the Falun Dafa cult tells people that David Copperfield really does, physically, do his feats and that the "magician" and "trickery" explanations are just a cover to keep people from freaking out.
 
thaiboxerken said:
Hell, some people think magician's are wizards, even after they tell them it's all just trickery and deception. The founder/leader of the Falun Dafa cult tells people that David Copperfield really does, physically, do his feats and that the "magician" and "trickery" explanations are just a cover to keep people from freaking out.
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You've just got to admire the depths of Copperfield's deceptions, right down to filing "fake" US patents for his "tricks"! :)
 
Falun Dafa cultists probably believe that the government is part of the conspiracy to cover up people who have superpowers.
 
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