Originally Posted By MomofPrincess Anyone been watching him? I had heard of him but never had any real interest. Just happened to flip to his show last night and... WOW! I was hooked! It's almost disturbing to me, though, not having any remote idea how he pulls off the things he does. The control freak in me can't handle it. LOL Anyone else?
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Saw the one last night where he splits a woman in half. Just found it to be silly. For the most part, it's pretty obvious how these 'illusions' are done. Sorry, if I'm destroying the fun here MomofPrincess...
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess Did you see the one where he was split in half, or where he walked on water? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease enlighten me! LOL
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA SPOILER ALERT............ I'm no expert in magic, but having watched many of these shows, here's what I surmise.... You know those illusions, where he has all those people standing around watching him? They're all in on it. And what appears to be live video with no cuts is actually an edited show. Those two girls who 'freaked' out when he got cut in half? They're in on it -- they're actors. The bottom half of his body? Animatronics. Otherwise, some wiseguy would walk over to the 'bottom half' of his body and touch it and say 'hey, this is made of rubber!'
Originally Posted By mele Even though we watch Dog: The Bounty Hunter (all the time) and Inked, I haven't seen MindFreak. That hasn't stopped me from screaming "MindFreak" everytime an ad comes on. ;-)
Originally Posted By berol walking on water spoiler Glass about half an inch underwater is invisible and all the shocked people in the pool probably helped install the glass. It looked like he also hung from something to get the floating steps look.
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess Oh, okay! Thank you for your explanations! I was really, really stumped (I'm pretty gullible) and hated not having *any* idea how he was doing these illusions. I appreciate the insight!
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i have been watching his illusions and they all do look pretty cool. but what about a couple of the people that swam right behind him after he walked on some parts of the water?
Originally Posted By berol If they were RIGHT behind him, then they probably had a "diving board" of plexiglass in the water on another take so they could swim behind him.
Originally Posted By Shadow wolf While his stage acts are pretty good, all the big outside tricks are so fake looking. The crowds are in on it as several camera tricks are pulled off. It's just not as believable as acts done on a stage.
