Great magic trick video

Duck Turkin · Post by **Duck Turkin** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:30 pm 0

I saw this recently on 'Mindfreak', by Criss Angel. It's one of the more gruesome but good 'illusions' I've seen in a while.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v299/ ... irlwmv.flv

mamemeister · Post by **mamemeister** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:54 pm 0

thalamus · Post by **thalamus** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:40 pm 0

That's the famous "Half a Lady" who has appeared on several chat shows over here...

gilesgoat · Post by **gilesgoat** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:57 pm 0

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Ah .. it's the same that was walking through the glass ...

I'd like to know the name of this man, does he has a website ?

Max_Sterling · Post by **Max_Sterling** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:09 pm 0

gilesgoat wrote:... ...

Ah .. it's the same that was walking through the glass ...

I'd like to know the name of this man, does he has a website ?

I believe that is Criss Angel.

http://www.crissangel.com

He has a TV show called MindFreak on Amercian cable tv... A&E I think.

Duck Turkin · Post by **Duck Turkin** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:26 pm 0

Max_Sterling wrote:
gilesgoat wrote:... ...

Ah .. it's the same that was walking through the glass ...

I'd like to know the name of this man, does he has a website ?
I believe that is Criss Angel.

http://www.crissangel.com

He has a TV show called MindFreak on Amercian cable tv... A&E I think.

You are right.

I should have made it clear that the illusion is performed by Criss Angel, and his show is on A&E. He does quite a few amazing tricks, like when he saws himself in half with apparently no obstruction in our view.

_TinOmen_ · Post by **_TinOmen_** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:43 am 0

Ouch

I sort of regret watching that video.

Very skilled "illusion", though. They way he chooses another volunteer
because the first one is too short gives you the impression he could
do that to anyone.

Arnel · Post by **Arnel** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:20 am 0

Hehehe... I kind of guessed what was coming and I'm afraid I started laughing.

Am I a bad person?

Neil.
a.k.a. Arnel

darkladywolf · Post by **darkladywolf** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:07 am 0

I laughed at the way the top half 'ran off'

GBH · Post by **GBH** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:10 pm 0

He seems very talented but is seemingly emulating a lot of what David Copperfield is doing/did many years back.

If you're "into" this kind of thing then I suggest you do a search for David Copperfield on youtube (theres a LOAD of his stuff there) and look out for his Death Saw, Flying and the one where the woman passes right through his stomach. He's also done some astounding large scale illusions like passing through the great wall of China and escaping from Alcatraz. Both were suberb.

As an illusionist on the large scale, I don't think anyone beats DC for sheer shock&awe value. I've seen some of them maybe 100 times and I'm still no wiser figuring out how he does them.

G

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:22 am 0

Freaky only because the feet are moving on the other half

, HTF???

mamemeister · Post by **mamemeister** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:49 pm 0

So how'd ya reckon its done then?

Zen-Chan · Post by **Zen-Chan** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:53 pm 0

At the moment of seperation you can clearly see some sort of pole sticking out from the centre of the skirt, which he quickly covers up, suggesting the whole thing is no doubt full of robotics.

mamemeister · Post by **mamemeister** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:54 pm 0

Zen-Chan wrote:At the moment of seperation you can clearly see some sort of pole sticking out from the centre of the skirt, which he quickly covers up, suggesting the whole thing is no doubt full of robotics.

As so the genuine half lady is joined onto robotic legs then?

ElfQrin · Post by **ElfQrin** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:35 pm 0

mamemeister wrote:
Zen-Chan wrote:At the moment of seperation you can clearly see some sort of pole sticking out from the centre of the skirt, which he quickly covers up, suggesting the whole thing is no doubt full of robotics.
As so the genuine half lady is joined onto robotic legs then?

Which is probably more impressive than the magic trick itself, then: you need state of the art technology to walk and sit down in a such "natural" fashion and speed.
It would also be a great help for people on the wheelchair.