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 Criss Angel, what kind of magick?
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post Jun 4 2007, 05:18 PM
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Let the wize speak...


Your thoughts on Mr. Angel

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post Jun 4 2007, 06:57 PM
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QUOTE(ilevakam @ Jun 4 2007, 07:18 PM) *
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Your thoughts on Mr. Angel


He's a stage magician, who does his illusions on TV, with a camera crew. It's not as though his show is filmed live. Give it some thought.

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post Jun 4 2007, 08:58 PM
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I barely made it through watching just one of his shows.

I never could keep much interest in stage magicians, anyway, except for maybe Penn & Teller.

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post Jun 4 2007, 09:55 PM
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I think the guy is pretty cool. I watch his show all the time. Whether its trickery or not he is very good.

Is it out of the realm of possibility that this guy could be a mind reader?

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post Jun 4 2007, 10:25 PM
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Mind reading isn't that impressive anymore I'm afraid. Hell, my group and I have practically merged consciousness. Plus, mind reading can be faked by a good observer who knows how to watch the eyes and body language. And there are a million ways to rig a card trick.

Also, he's on a pre-recorded television show. I mean really, he could guess five or ten times before he gets it right, and you'd never know.

Chris angel can do a live performance, and i'll be more inclined to give him more credit.

He is pretty cool, I'll give him that.

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post Jun 4 2007, 11:37 PM
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Actually he has had a whole slew of live performances. Including Oprah.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criss_Angel

He is definitly an illusionist.

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post Jun 11 2007, 05:54 PM
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Did anyone watch this guy levitate over that building last week? I am guessing it was a 30 story building. He levitated maybe 20 feet over the top of it. I think he was standing on some kind of automated pole that lifted him up. Regardless if anything had gone wrong with that trick he would be dead.

The guy has cajones.

Here is a link to one of his old levitation tricks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlIwcVAxZsU

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post Jun 12 2007, 11:49 AM
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There is a guy named Garrett Thomas from Buffalo that I see out every once and awhile. He was a consultant for david blane and does some of the most mind boggling tricks. He told me "a Real Magician is a “Renaissance Man” who studies Science, Math, Physics, and Psychology. They can be Artists or Jugglers, doing some tricks and puzzles, but also using Hypnosis, creating Illusions, Reading Minds, and Conjuring the impossible. They study all patterns of life, and can affect and change the world around us."

That is what seperates the good illusionists from the tricksters. Criss angel does the same thing he doesn't just study tricks he studys the human mind.


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post Jul 4 2007, 03:41 AM
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He's quite attractive.

But I think he's an illusionist.

I agree w/ the post above that he studies the human mind..so he knows how people will react.


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post Jul 4 2007, 05:57 AM
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QUOTE(Sarena @ Jul 4 2007, 02:41 AM) *
But I think he's an illusionist.

I agree w/ the post above that he studies the human mind..so he knows how people will react.


I agree. He is an illusionist with some advanced techniques, but by no means a real practioner of the occult.

Check these out to see how he does some of it: -----http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRMHmnr4b60 -----http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaRpg5Tlemk

Or just type in "criss angel revealed" in the search bar on YouTube and you can see how he does it all.

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