David Blaine

leroyjr1
leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
edited September 2008 in The Clubhouse
Is anyone watching Davis Blaine's Dive or Death on ABC. His magic is insane.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited September 2008
    his magic is **** retarded.........hanging upside down is not magic......
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited September 2008
    brettw22 wrote: »
    his magic is **** retarded.........hanging upside down is not magic......

    Could you tell us how you really feel?
  • 66chevyIISS
    66chevyIISS Posts: 857
    edited September 2008
    not to mention he didn't really hang upside down that whole time. Every so often (I think it was 15 minutes) he got to stand upright to go to the bathroom and for the doctors to check him out.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited September 2008
    His card tricks are the best I've seen.
  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited September 2008
    I think his "magic" is great. He does amazing illusions. However, his "stunts" are super boring. The ice thing, standing on a pole, and now hanging upside down. In the words of Matt Foley as played by Chris Farley.."Whoopdy friggin' do!!!"
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited September 2008
    its still wierd that I went to high school with that kid. graduated same class.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited September 2008
    Probably better than graduating HS with Clint Bowyer. Sure he's a multi million dollar Nascar racer now but it's Nascar. He was a **** then and a **** now.
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited September 2008
    I watched that and that was no dive of death. WTF what a disapointment.
  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2008
    Fongolio wrote: »
    I think his "magic" is great. He does amazing illusions. However, his "stunts" are super boring. The ice thing, standing on a pole, and now hanging upside down. In the words of Matt Foley as played by Chris Farley.."Whoopdy friggin' do!!!"

    I agree with this. Not sure how much of his normal tricks are just staged for the camera as opposed to being ACTUALLY impressive in real life, but if they don't re-edit the tape afterwards it's pretty impressive.

    The stunts though? So stupid. Why does anyone watch taht nonsense?
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,845
    edited September 2008
    LOL we saw him hanging over Wolman rink yesterday.........and in another section of the park they were inflating huge helium filled ballons and then attached them to a guy wearing a harness type vest.....when the guy rose up to around 40 feet he pulled a cord which let him freefall to just inches above the ground and then the ballons lifted up again...............the EXACT same thing that DB did for the socalled death dive.......he was attached to the ballons...pulled the cord... dropped to the stage.. and then floated high into the sky........have a bunch of pics of the guy who was testing out the ballon harness in my camera.....will post when I get back home....spending a wonderful time in Wayne NJ until Saturday opening up our newest market........