View Full Version : David Blaine, Magic man or stoned freak?
James Twisleton
20-09-2003, 07:06 PM
Hi,
I was wondering what other peoples opinions on David Blaine are. From what I've heard some people on this forum highly regard him. I also ponder why we watch him. I mean, its just a man in a box, nothing special, hes not doing it for charity, or for any real purpose. It also brings up the question which is why society is so addicted to celebrities. They are also just ordinary people. Who cares if J-lo left the house to do the shopping, and who cares about Tom Cruise's milkman's confessions? Pillocks, that's who! Anyway, back to the thread, David Blaine
Yoggerflame
20-09-2003, 07:12 PM
He's a MUPPET!
Nuff said.
Somewhat on par with that other f*ckn plum, Mr Craiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaavid...... can i get a reeeeeeeeeewiiiiiiiiind!
Smeagle
20-09-2003, 07:25 PM
I think what he's doing is incredible, I find it amazing that someone can do such things.
But I prefered him when he was just an excellent magician/psychic type person, and you were left puzzling over all these amazing little tricks he could do, rather than now where he's doing all these life-threatening things.
Before it was just simple trickery, but now he's doing all these near-impossible things. Realistically, he must be pumped full of drugs to keep him alive, and that kind of spoils the image for me.
James Twisleton
20-09-2003, 07:35 PM
I always say that hes pumped full of somin to keep him ticking.
felixdahousecat
20-09-2003, 08:18 PM
people have aready been throwing things at him already.
its bonfire night soon and all those fireworks will be on sale, i wouldn't much like to be stuck up there with all those fireworks going off
Acne Kid
20-09-2003, 08:59 PM
I think he is a stupid, attention seeking man who doesent know when he has gone to far. People being stuck in boxes has being done on the GameCube commercial, I dont see why David Blaine has to do it as well!
Wait a minuite...Nintendo can sue Mr. Blaine! Or does Dave have certain...contacts in the Nintendo Marketing Industry?
Originally posted by felixdahousecat
people have aready been throwing things at him already.
its bonfire night soon and all those fireworks will be on sale, i wouldn't much like to be stuck up there with all those fireworks going off
nah, fireworks aint 'til November, think he's due to come out, if he's still alive, October 19th (i only remember that date 'cause it's my dad's birthday, i'm not that sad as to just memorise the date Blaine leaves his box..)
As far as the man himself goes... meh, i guess he's kinda cool.
i mean - his street magic stuff he does kicks ass, gotta admit he's a clever bastard.
and this thing in the box is interesting, if it really is 100% genuine, and that really is just pure non-glucose water he's got, then it really is some feat he's doing here.
i also think the whole throwing stuff thing's getting pathetic now, when i first heard that they had to clean some eggs of his box i thought it was funny, and also the happy meal on the toy helicopter was inventively humourus. but some people have gone too far, apparently someone tried to cut his support line thing, and people have been chucking bigger things than eggs...
poor bloke, 'snot like he's hurting anyone, if he wants to stand in a box and starve that's his problem (even if he is gonna make shitloads of money for it...)
'course, by throwing and taunting him with all this - they're giving him what was intended: attention.
if they really wanted to show their dislike, they should just ignore him. :P
Johnathan Ross said on his show, that we should all hide when he comes out of his box, so there's nobody there at all - now THAT would be funny.
2PieR
21-09-2003, 12:34 AM
The people throwing things at him were just plain twats, that's all I can say. Absolutely rubduckin tards.
In Houdini's time people said "wow!", "great!"... etc.
Now all people want to do is criticise, people think every stunt is a publicity stunt. To publicise what? The stunt is the stunt. It's a show that costs you nothing to watch.
Blaine isn't much of a magician but the endurance stunts he does are an inspiration to everyone and a great source of entertainment. They asked him what he'd want to be remembered as, he said " The greatest showman of all time", I agree, good luck to him.
It's so bad for the reputation of the english that people were being such shits. In America they love the guy after all.
Dwarfer_stu
21-09-2003, 12:37 AM
No, apparantly david's gonna make about £5 million from this... if he survives (also people think theres sugar in the water they're givin him)
Originally posted by Dwarfer_stu
(also people think theres sugar in the water they're givin him)
that's what i assumed they'd do when i first heard about it.. but the more they've gone on about it, the more i'm convinced that it genuinly is just water and nothing else.
Acne Kid
21-09-2003, 12:46 PM
Heh theyve even made a Lego version of him in Legoland. Do I sense a conspiracy here? Yeah heres my theroy...
David Blaine and Lego have joined forces to create an evil empire. This evil empire will capture us all and suspend us in high boxes! Blaine is just giving us a demonstration, a threat!
Be wary. The end is nigh.
Weeman
21-09-2003, 01:06 PM
Originally posted by 2PieR
In Houdini's time people said "wow!", "great!"... etc.
Now all people want to do is criticise, people think every stunt is a publicity stunt. To publicise what? The stunt is the stunt. It's a show that costs you nothing to watch.
Yes, but in Houdini's time, he was doing magic, this is an endurance stunt, not parallels can truely be drawn betweeent the two.
Cookies
21-09-2003, 01:07 PM
i think that his tricks are amazing, street magic and such, but he is just going too far now. I mean if someone stayed in a box for however many days then people wouldn't take much notice but because david Blaine is doing it, it is called a 'trick' it isn't magic it's stupidity, i don't think any one truly believes that he isn't eating i bet it isn't even him in the box!!
But he is a great magician but also very stupid!
rabid anarchist
21-09-2003, 02:28 PM
His magic tricks were quite clever.
The stuff he's doing at the moment, well, its a good way to make money. If he wants to do it, good luck to him.
The people who throw things are complete 'tards.
Ive only heard about it, ive never seen him, read anything about it etc. It realy doesnt bother me.
Nor am I addicted to celebrities. Cant even remember which ones which tbh.
I think it’s more of an interesting stunt for the person participating than for the people observing.
He's pushing his body & his mind to whole new levels that not many other people would have experienced (well probably not voluntary) & he might discover things about how his mind works that he couldn't possibly begin to contemplate otherwise.
The human brain is very complex & he will probably retreat into a world within his own mind, which will seemingly replace the real world with figments of his imagination & I find that quite interesting. Things like this, such as lucid dreaming, where you can explore the boundaries of the reality of the external world & the world the human mind creates fascinates me.
As for the people throwing things at him, I think it is disgusting & totally unnecessary & quite frankly it makes me ashamed of the British public.
If they like it they can watch & be supportive.
If they don’t, they can just ignore him.
Originally posted by Cookies
i think that his tricks are amazing, street magic and such, but he is just going too far now. I mean if someone stayed in a box for however many days then people wouldn't take much notice but because david Blaine is doing it, it is called a 'trick' it isn't magic it's stupidity, i don't think any one truly believes that he isn't eating i bet it isn't even him in the box!!
But he is a great magician but also very stupid!
well, i think the idea of it is that 'Magic' is meant to mean.. making the seemingly impossible, possible.
like pulling a rabbit from a hat, it's impossible, but they make it seem possible.
same basic thing with this, but on a much larger scale, it's apparently impossible to live for 44 days with no food.. but Blaine's gonna make it possible.
therefore, it's magic.
well - at least i think that's what they're getting at..
jobird
22-09-2003, 08:53 AM
Apparently there?s going to be a illusion at the end of the stunt... like the wires holding the box break, the box plummets into the water and Mr Blaine appears on a building some where! that would be quite cool.
I don?t agree with that guy who tried to cut his water supply but the burger on the helicopter was hilarious
:) :) :)
Dr-Electro
22-09-2003, 08:34 PM
His endurance is amazing. I am not a Blaine fan, but he is god at what he does. Give credit where credit is due, he is capable of stunts that nobody else has ever dreamed of.
But in my opinion, he has passed the bounds of good sense. That may just be what makes the whole stunt. I can't think of another living soul who might consider duplicating his tricks.
Not even Fear Factor goes that far.
I will silently wish the man, "Good luck!" then turn my back on him, since I can't stand to watch things like that. Of course Texas is a long way from the Thames, making it easier for me to ignore him.;)
PiesInTheory
23-09-2003, 05:12 PM
He sure looks stoned most of the time. I'll leave it at that.
heh, anyone seen the clip when he was being interviewed by Aemon Holmes (sp?) on GMTV.. he just didn't say a word, just stared in that weird way he does through the whole interview.
as far as people heckling him - i actually agree with mpd on this one.. *holds for audience gasp*
i think it's pathetic the way members of the British public are actually going there to just throw eggs or shine a laser pen in his face.
when he did his stuff in America (standing on the pole, trapped in the ice box, etc...) the American crowd seemed, overall, to respect him and watch him in admiration.
then when he decides to do his biggest and most dangerous stunt here, in the center of good ol' blighty, the members of the public just throw it back in his face, literally.
Mexican Pie
24-09-2003, 08:08 AM
How long has it been?
I just thought of something. It might be a life sized puppet in there, and a string pulls at it every so often- good old Blaine is in Hawaii getting rubbed chicks (and watching chicks rub chicks... and themselves O.O! Just kidding... he's just watching some Porn :P)
Dr-Electro
24-09-2003, 12:04 PM
I remember my parents telling me that a lot of people in America thought Houdini was insane, simply not rational, and/or in league with the devil. He got heckled a lot, according to them.
The cause of Houdini's death was even the result of one of his favorite stunts: He would offer a cash reward to any one who could knock the wind out of him by punching him in the stomach. His stomach muscles were so well developed that people could literally knock him flying but he would get up unhurt. One evening while he was waiting backstage before a performance, a man sneaked up on him and delivered a blow to Houdini's stomach that literally knocked him unconscious. Houdini died in the hospital the next day from internal bleeding and a ruptured spleen.
Regardless of the date and time, illusionists have never been popular with everyone. Historical perspective may make it seem that way, but these people are not the usual Joe-Six-Pack kind of folks in the first place.
David is not the first illusionist to perform irrational stunts. He may be one of the most spectacular, though. Don't take it personally that people throw sticks and stones, I'm sure Dave doesn't.
smiley clown
24-09-2003, 06:14 PM
We had a video of him doing this street magic thing where he had one bent card at the bottom of the pack and it suddenly jumped to the top. We used my dad's TV to go through it frame by frame and we had no idea how he did it.
It was quite stunning. I quite like him doing this but surely when he decided to go in the box he knew there would be people who would do stuff to annoy him so I dont really have sympathy with him when people do. I have respect for him
Now heres a funny pic.
smiley clown
24-09-2003, 06:16 PM
here
Dr-Electro
25-09-2003, 04:23 AM
Please use the handy edit button to add to your previous post. This way, no one here will stone you for double-posting.:D
Yes, you have to respect a guy who knows the show must go on in spite of the hecklers.
I remembered the rest of the Houdini story. After he got whacked in the belly, he went on stage anyway. His stunt was the water-coffin trick. He was put into a strait jacket, chained and suspended head-down in a glass box full of water. Because of his pain and internal injuries, he was unable to escape before the clock ran out. His assistants broke into the box by smashing the glass with a sledgehammer. When they pulled him from the box, he was unconscious. The combination of water in the lung and the internal bleeding is what killed him.
The Digital Pie
25-09-2003, 09:35 AM
We used my dad's TV to go through it frame by frame and we had no idea how he did it.
Just watch that masked wannker who takes all the fun out of magic, he'll probaly tell you.
But any way, David Blaine sucks.
Mexican Pie
26-09-2003, 03:32 AM
If he sucks, why can he do magic tricks then?
It's all a matter of illusions. Look behind you! *Switches Glass of Water with Wine*. Tada! Magic!
They use things like that- optical illusions and distractions of the such.
The Digital Pie
30-09-2003, 10:31 AM
He he, i just remembered that SP ep with the super best friends vs the Blaineologist... if only the real Blaine would kill himself, that would make me very happy.
Hey, wait a sec, how much is Blaine getting for that glass box thingy anyway?
SemiCircle
30-09-2003, 04:41 PM
Originally posted by Dr-Electro
His endurance is amazing. I am not a Blaine fan, but he is god at what he does...
a god at what he does? has nobody else noticed that he's going one up on jesus being tempted in the desert? i'm amazed there hasn't been a huge uproar about that.
apparantly some of the street magic isn't wholly true. he really does the tricks on the street, and some of the people's reactions are genuine, but when they put it on tv they edit it so the camera doesn't reveal how it's done.
Dr-Electro
01-10-2003, 04:00 AM
Originally posted by SemiCircle
a god at what he does? has nobody else noticed that he's going one up on jesus being tempted in the desert? i'm amazed there hasn't been a huge uproar about that.
apparantly some of the street magic isn't wholly true. he really does the tricks on the street, and some of the people's reactions are genuine, but when they put it on tv they edit it so the camera doesn't reveal how it's done.
Hm! I'm sure I intended to type "good" instead of "god". That particular finger double-clutches a lot when I try to type double letters with it. Arthritis, you know.:rolleyes:
Hydralisk
07-10-2003, 06:29 PM
some people try to catch bullets with their teeth
so this is a bit less dangerous, I think. Good luck to him!
btw neds are probably camping next to his box, throwing stomes, sticks, etc at random moments, because they are narrow-minded retards who think that sorta shits fun.
fuck neds i say :evil:
Nihilus
07-10-2003, 06:41 PM
Personally, I'd liken his recent stunts more to Aleister Crowley than Houdini.
Although Crowley was famed as a drug-user, womaniser, pervert and 'the wickedest man on earth', it's seldom reported is that he also underwent periods of fasting and self-imposed abstinence to test his limits. Perhaps Blaine is partly trying to test himself for his own ends.
Of course, there's no doubt he's also getting fantastic publicity.
I'm sure they must be feeding him glucose through a tube though - if you leave someone to starve for long enough, one of the overt symptoms is diarrhoea. Not something to get when suspended in a perspex box with an audience, ne? :weebl:
PiesInTheory
07-10-2003, 06:53 PM
Yeah is that stunt over yet? I think it's a little silly to do that, although it is an amazing feat if he holds true to the description it still doesn't have to be such a big deal right? We all understand that it's not natural to go such a long time without food and that there are consequences.
KualaLumpur1997
07-10-2003, 09:55 PM
A good point made on Trevor McDonald's show the other day - if you're sitting on a fortune of tens of millions, you're not going to risk your life. He's definitely faking it - why do you think he's always referred to as an "illusionist?" Because it is an illusion.
Dr-Electro
08-10-2003, 04:12 AM
*casts illusion of a man in a box suspended over a river*
Damn! I'm good!:D ;)
Mexican Pie
08-10-2003, 10:25 AM
I'll catch bullets with my teeth....
Hey, didn't say anything about them getting fired out of a gun. Just underarm throw it towards me... Tada!
smong
13-10-2003, 01:11 PM
Originally posted by Mexican Pie
I'll catch bullets with my teeth....
Hey, didn't say anything about them getting fired out of a gun. Just underarm throw it towards me... Tada!
:nana: WOW! :nana:
Magpie
13-10-2003, 04:08 PM
it's gotta be faked.
he's gone this far and hasn't even passed out once, and it's beenwhat 44 days?
back in my younger days i used to fast alot, i'd never go more than a fortnight without food before i started passing out/hallucinating.
Maybe i was just really weak as an individual but still for a difference of 30 days with him showing no ill effects....
rabid anarchist
13-10-2003, 09:11 PM
ah yes, but he doesnt move around, or lose any energy by working etc.
and its not been 44days yet.
donkey_pie
20-10-2003, 08:23 PM
did anyone watch when he came out? he seemed to think he was some sort of jesus figure... the highlight of the entire thing was when someone sent a cheeseburger up on a model helicopter outside his box thing... if I found that person I would bow down to them. :notworthy
The fact that i watched it proves the point that i fell for the whole thing... damn
rabid anarchist
20-10-2003, 08:28 PM
why?
what happened when he came out?
Sloth
20-10-2003, 08:36 PM
i heard he losted 50+ lbs...
..i could use to lose that sum...and probably more...
Dr-Electro
21-10-2003, 05:52 AM
His total weight loss exceeded 75 pounds. He was hallucinating and is in hospital right now being treated for severe malnutrition. He is one tough so-and-so, but his abused body will take time to return to normal. I get ill and dizzy just thinking about what he did.
The Digital Pie
21-10-2003, 09:20 AM
I would like to know who pays him to do this crap?
They i will kick them.
I think hes a stoner.
I mean, he's pretty weird isn't he...the way he stares through people.
rabid anarchist
21-10-2003, 07:08 PM
well, id do it for the money he got.
If only i had the oppurtunity. Which i dont, and probably never will.
But ive nothing against the guy. I dont know why there was such a hostile response to his stunt. Its not as if it was bothering anyone else really.
rabid anarchist
21-10-2003, 07:43 PM
damn
id have watched that...
(Its his stunt double):D :D :D
Roody
22-10-2003, 11:24 AM
I think it is wrong all the people in the world who are genuinly starving and he goes and pulls a stupid trick like this it ain't magic it's suicide.
It wasn't magic though, it was a feat of endurance.
Seraph
22-10-2003, 03:58 PM
Originally posted by Roody
I think it is wrong all the people in the world who are genuinly starving and he goes and pulls a stupid trick like this it ain't magic it's suicide.
I agree with the first half of what you said.
People ARE really starving, and they dont have choice.
Blaine is making alot of money from this whole 44-day box thing.
I think that he should have done it to give the money he makes to the less fortunate, who are genuinly starving.
THEN I'd respect the man. :)
almighty_bob
23-10-2003, 12:31 AM
The bloke is a fool!
He is obviously getting nutrients; look how quickly he has recovered.
if u want sumthing amazing; try 40 days n 40 nights; no food, no water, no company; not even ppl staring at u sitting in a box. at least Mr Blaine had the reassurance that the world was not destroyed at sum point.
Jesus survived 40 days and 40 nights in the desert, with nothing but God, the farther, for company
he was tempted by the devil, but resisted, and he didnt need a perspex box to stop him; he had his faith
so, Mr Blaine, why try and make urself out to be great (and earn in excess of £9m at the same time) when a man, who lived 2000 years before ur stunt, already acheived a greater feat.
A.
rabid anarchist
23-10-2003, 05:57 PM
but hes not trying to be Jesus...
that said, i want to see him pull of the loaves and fishes trick.
almighty_bob
23-10-2003, 06:04 PM
I no he's not, i just stating that he should not be compared
God Bless
Cloakey
10-11-2003, 12:41 PM
Who cares?? He is a drugged up con artist and i dont like him. I widh he died in the box but now i'd rather see his limbs ripped off in his next stunt when he fux it up! Roll on April!!!!
rabid anarchist
10-11-2003, 02:22 PM
what is his next stunt?
Cloakey
10-11-2003, 04:37 PM
He gonna jump outta a helicopter in to a river. And if he dont dive perfectly straight his limbs will be ripped from his body. its called dive of death or sumfing like that.
Pies R Gr8
12-11-2003, 02:10 PM
that would be pretty sweet. not the diving but the ripping of flesh and bone the pain and suffering to the biggest idiot who has ever made himself known publicly.
rebekah
02-08-2008, 05:53 AM
Hi everybody, I was wondering how internet card tricks work. You can see the trick that you may get in your email which asks you to think about a card in a set of 6 cards, and then in the next slide the "magician" magically removes it from the 6 cards without even seeing you. Unfortunately most of these tricks are followed by a chain letter, but I’m still wondering how these tricks work over the internet. Let me have your ideas. Thanks.
Norbington
02-08-2008, 07:49 AM
Bumping of 5 year old thread FTL.
To answer your question though the second set of cards in the email are ALL different from the first set but you don't notice because you're only thinking about one card.
Also, welcome to the forums - have a go at reading the FAQs http://forums.weebls-stuff.com/faq.php and try spending some time in beginners.
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