Coming up.....David Blaine will levitate.

JasonStatham

Remember his early stuff? Or the time he stood on that pole in London. Seems like a right headbanger altogether.

Anyone gonna watch this new stunt... Ascension?

Hangdogroad

Wasnt he accused of some Weinsteinish carry on?

Gregor Samsa

So he's planning on flying up in the air, attached to a load of helium balloons?

That's nothing a 3-year old Taiwanese toddler can't do:



or a Brazilian priest:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-priest-lost/brazil-priest-flying-party-balloons-lost-at-sea-idUSN2228192120080422

McGinniesta

I think I'll watch porn instead.

iamstop

I don't care who you are, this is friggin' hilarious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYVEvQKfcpM

You can find part two and three yourself.

You're welcome. :-)

B.A._Baracus

He wasn't too bad at the start. I remember his ice block thing in times Square. Which scarily enough Google now tells me is 20 years old in November. Where is the time going!
It was later revealed on those "magic secrets exposed" programmes how he did it. Which was him changing places with a lookalike under the block of ice in the platform.

Stuff like that was good. Then he started to get really into things. Like this isn't magic. This is a feat of human endurance type weirdo stuff.

IAMAMORON

He was on Joe Rogan last week.

Frank interview, worth a look.

interesting dude.

IAMAMORON

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Wasnt he accused of some Weinsteinish carry on?

He raped and molested 1000's of women apparently.

But he was invisible at the time.

GiftofGab

IAMAMORON wrote: »

He raped and molested 1000's of women apparently.

But he was invisible at the time.

Wow didn't know that

cj maxx

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

So he's planning on flying up in the air, attached to a load of helium balloons?

That's nothing a 3-year old Taiwanese toddler can't do:



or a Brazilian priest:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-priest-lost/brazil-priest-flying-party-balloons-lost-at-sea-idUSN2228192120080422

Googled the priest, 1/2 his torso was found in the sea and Identified by dna, guess the sharks had a quick bite

jaxxx

iamstop wrote: »

I don't care who you are, this is friggin' hilarious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYVEvQKfcpM

You can find part two and three yourself.

You're welcome. :-)

WTF did they use to record the video, a toaster?

JasonStatham

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Wasnt he accused of some Weinsteinish carry on?

Ah ...he was always wired....

Doge

48 mins to go:

https://youtu.be/QwzvNAAqH3g

All hyped here in the Doge household.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8wokMEn3dE

IAMAMORON

It looks prerecorded?

Unless he can make the Statue of Liberty disappear like David Copperfield the guy is just a phoney:P

The guy is some dude all the same. He was complaining about spots on his kidneys last week, he can feel them with his bare hands, yikes :eek: Who can actually do that?

KevRossi

IAMAMORON wrote: »

He was complaining about spots on his kidneys last week, he can feel them with his bare hands, yikes :eek: Who can actually do that?

A bullshltter.

IAMAMORON

KevRossi wrote: »

A bullshltter.

Usually you are hitting the bullseye there Kevo.

But this guy lived in a tank of water for a week and read Margot Robbie's mind. I think he is gifted somewhat. How did he get the 3 of diamonds into the unpeeled Orange in Harrison Fords fruit bowl?

Every prestige is essentially bullshight, but where is he stuffing all those dead canaries?

How come the balloons will not react to altitude? If my science is off please let me know, but surely the thinner air would affect the density of the air within the balloons? Anyone ?

Gregor Samsa

IAMAMORON wrote: »

How come the balloons will not react to altitude? If my science is off please let me know, but surely the thinner air would affect the density of the air within the balloons? Anyone ?

They're helium balloons, right?

As a balloon ascends, the pressure of the surrounding air drops while the helium inside expands. Toy balloons burst at around 10km, while professional meteorological balloons reach heights of 30km..

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/how-high-can-a-helium-balloon-float/

Of course, even if that wasn't the case, he could just magic them not to pop.

Yester

He is about to go.

jester77

So what's the twist here going to be? It can hardly just be up and down considering it's Blaine

Yester

jester77 wrote: »

So what's the twist here going to be? It can hardly just be up and down considering it's Blaine

I think he is going to meet a talking dog.

Gregor Samsa

jester77 wrote: »

So what's the twist here going to be? It can hardly just be up and down considering it's Blaine

He'll decisively prove the earth is flat.

Edit: Are we supposed to believe that he's actually supporting himself by holding onto the strings with his bare hand?

jester77

He's in a harness. Is he going to accidentally let the parachute fall?

Goes up on balloons and sky dives down.... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Pretty uninteresting stunt. Wouldn't have it on if I wasn't WFH

Gregor Samsa

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Edit: Are we supposed to believe that he's actually supporting himself by holding onto the strings with his bare hand?

Ah yeah, he's removed his hand and is just hanging by the harness now. Similar to partyjungle, just watching because I was dialed into a meeting that ended up not happening.

Kingp35

Painfully boring so far. Get on with the twist!

splashthecash

All manner of things could go wrong in fairness although the team he has seems to be on the ball here. I'm enjoying it - there is a lot of planning\safety procedures that need to be considered and although it isn't action packed you gotta appreciate the effort that goes into something like this

Yester

Felix Baumgartner is not impressed.

Rockbeast2

Still waiting for him to drop parachute or ascend rapidly into the stratosphere. Or fall unconscious towards the ground.

Yester

Well, that went well.

Kingp35

Fair play to him, I suppose.

Gregor Samsa

A scorpion could still get him.

IAMAMORON

I still am kinda head scratching what that was all about?

Novel enough but ..... not Houdini either.

I like Blaine, but he has done a lot more than that before.

I was expecting more drama. ( or more Margot Robbie ? Heh heh heh , sleazy emoji face ).

Gregor Samsa

IAMAMORON wrote: »

I still am kinda head scratching what that was all about?

Novel enough but ..... not Houdini either.

I like Blaine, but he has done a lot more than that before.

I was expecting more drama. ( or more Margot Robbie ? Heh heh heh , sleazy emoji face ).

It was an ok stunt. But it was a stunt that pretty much anyone with the resources/appropriate team and preparation could have done - there was nothing about it that made it unique to him. The two hour buildup was far too much (dipped in and out of it).

Thought it was hilarious at one point where one of his crew brought him a laptop while he was getting suited, to show him the landing zone. He acted like he hadn’t even considered that he’d have to land up until that point, and kept asking questions like “so how will I recognise it from the air” as if it was the first time he was looking at it.

iamstop

jaxxx wrote: »

WTF did they use to record the video, a toaster?

What the EFF?

Maybe YT did mad compression on it in 2007 when it was uploaded? Or maybe they had slow computronics and internets so had to dumb down the pixelification?

Parabellum9

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

It was an ok stunt. But it was a stunt that pretty much anyone with the resources/appropriate team and preparation could have done - there was nothing about it that made it unique to him. The two hour buildup was far too much (dipped in and out of it).

Thought it was hilarious at one point where one of his crew brought him a laptop while he was getting suited, to show him the landing zone. He acted like he hadn’t even considered that he’d have to land up until that point, and kept asking questions like “so how will I recognise it from the air” as if it was the first time he was looking at it.

I don’t know what it is about him or his personality, but he always comes across like a guy who just swallowed 6 xanax and hasn’t a clue what day of the week it is.

IAMAMORON

IAMAMORON wrote: »

He was on Joe Rogan last week.

Frank interview, worth a look.

interesting dude.

I have not seen this one yet. But I was told he did the "swallow a frog" trick on this.

I have been doing a similar trick for a few years now.

Without seeing the interview I can tell you right now - during the "trick" he brings up so much water he needs to pour it into another bucket - which will amazingly be _just_ out of sight for a few seconds.

I shall say no more

JohnnyFlash

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I have not seen this one yet. But I was told he did the "swallow a frog" trick on this.

I have been doing a similar trick for a few years now.

Without seeing the interview I can tell you right now - during the "trick" he brings up so much water he needs to pour it into another bucket - which will amazingly be _just_ out of sight for a few seconds.

I shall say no more

Do you perform your magic tricks at kiddies birthday parties?

Pintman Paddy Losty

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I have not seen this one yet. But I was told he did the "swallow a frog" trick on this.

I have been doing a similar trick for a few years now.

Without seeing the interview I can tell you right now - during the "trick" he brings up so much water he needs to pour it into another bucket - which will amazingly be _just_ out of sight for a few seconds.

I shall say no more

Are you trying to suggest that David Blaine doesn't actually have magical powers??

IAMAMORON

I have a few party tricks as well.

I can swallow stuff like donuts, yokes, cocktail sausies, pints , jelly shots and even do a few smoked salmon hors d'oeuvres,

Yester

IAMAMORON wrote: »

I have a few party tricks as well.

I can swallow stuff like donuts, yokes, cocktail sausies, pints , jelly shots and even do a few smoked salmon hors d'oeuvres,

Yes but can you bring them back up again?

take everything

I just went down the Youtube rabbit hole for Lawnchair Larry who did this in 1982 I think.

Same thing but in his lawnchair. Went on Letterman, left his job after it and his life didn't seem to go smoothly after it.
Killed himself in 1993.

Interesting character.