Paid Members Egg Shen Posted July 9, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted July 9, 2011 anyone see this on Watch last week? im a big fan of magic, so i was interested to see this. I was left a little underwhelmed to be honest, the whole cris-crossed between good little tricks and then ridiculous stuff that just seems too far fetched. The memory/mind reading stuff, like the thing with Ian Brown is just stupid. Â Â He's a good performer no doubt but some of the tricks just left me saying 'fuck off, that's impossible'. I know it's all a trick but some of the stuff he did was just too far fetched. It's the kind of stuff i'd need to see with my own eyes for me to really appreciate the trick. Â any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denzel_maggiore Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Been meaning to catch this. Is this repeated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted July 10, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted July 10, 2011 On tonight at 2000. What are peoples thoughts on the Penn and Teller Fool Us show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted July 10, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted July 10, 2011 On tonight at 2000. What are peoples thoughts on the Penn and Teller Fool Us show? Â I love it. It's the right mix of comedy, entertainment and magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted July 10, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted July 10, 2011 Dynamo is a very good magician who, as he said himself has caught the social networking generation just right. I thought it was a good mix of tricks from the close up stuff to the grand staging of the walking on water trick. Â Penn and Teller are great as magicians and it is a good way of getting magic back on tv. I would love to see them do their bullet catch trick, but as they are not allowed to do it in this country I guess it will have to be a trip to Vegas at some point to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted July 10, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted July 10, 2011 Dynamo is a very good magician who, as he said himself has caught the social networking generation just right. I thought it was a good mix of tricks from the close up stuff to the grand staging of the walking on water trick. Penn and Teller are great as magicians and it is a good way of getting magic back on tv. I would love to see them do their bullet catch trick, but as they are not allowed to do it in this country I guess it will have to be a trip to Vegas at some point to see it.  Why is it banned? Surely it's not as dangerous as made out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Deaq Posted July 10, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted July 10, 2011 Why is it banned? Surely it's not as dangerous as made out? Â I'm guessing because its a real fire arm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted July 10, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted July 10, 2011 I'm guessing because its a real fire arm? Â I thought there'd be exceptions regarding stage performances, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylin_and_Profilin Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 It's not banned as such just a lot of red tape with the gun licensing laws as far as i am aware so they don't do it. Same in a few US states where they have had to drop it from live shows. They've made a mockery of this before and done it with runner beans and hand catapults for similar outcome but obviously much less dramatic effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twelve_grand Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 They didn't do it in the shows in London last year. Didn't make much difference to the quality of the entertainment. Â I love fool us - it's actually an entertaining AND kind show (they're always respectful and encouraging except in the case of a magician who they thought was on morally dubious ground) which is certainly a lot different to any other ITV saturday night offering. Ross looks like he's having a ball and Penn & Teller come across as the stars they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 25, 2011 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 yeh, Fool Us is quality. The tricks Penn & Teller do on every show are amazing. Â Did anyone see the trick involving the guy doing it on video screen backstage (cant say more in case i spoil) haha that was f'n brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted August 25, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 I like Fool Us, but can't stand Jonathan Ross on it for some reason. I don't mind Ross on say, when he had his own show on the BBC, but he just grates on me on Fool Us. I don't know whether it's because it's pre-watershed so he's pretty watered down and scripted and whatnot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kata Ha Jime Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 yeh, Fool Us is quality. The tricks Penn & Teller do on every show are amazing. Â Did anyone see the trick involving the guy doing it on video screen backstage (cant say more in case i spoil) haha that was f'n brilliant. Â That was a horrible trick. Â Anyone know if it's finished? I never saw a mention of a "Final Episode". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Mike Castle Posted August 25, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 That was a horrible trick. Anyone know if it's finished? I never saw a mention of a "Final Episode". According to Wikipedia, the final show is this Saturday, and then they're doing a Christmas special with the winners who went to New York and some fresh magicians.  No clue why they took a break for a few weeks either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Ron Simmons Posted August 25, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 I really like Fool Us, it didn't seem to get the audience it deserved though, maybe there's just no appetite for magic in the mainstream. Dynamo annoys me in that some of his tricks seem completely impossible without some form of post-production cheating. Does he do live shows? I'd like to see him up and close to see if he's actually so good that the fact he's on television doesn't do him credit, or if he's simply a gimmick who relies on camera trickery and special FX to get by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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