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HOLY S**T. Did anyone just see Darren Brown predict the uk lotto numbers ????

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  • #32
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    galwayrush wrote: »
    Did he win any money?:rolleyes:

    Nah. He totally forget to buy his ticket. Boy was his face red!


  • #33
    Dman001
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    Lump wrote: »
    Did any one switch to BBC1 as the can easily delay the feed that appeared on C4. I missed it :(
    Yep I flicked a few times and there was no delay.


  • #34
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,281 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Derren Brown is the premier entertainer of our time. Great stunt, can't wait to see how he did it.


  • #35
    January
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    http://twitter.com/DerrenBrown

    Derrens twitter, apparently the numbers were flashed onto buildings across the UK at different times today...


  • #36
    BrianJD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭BrianJD


    They looked to be printed before the show and there wasn't even a second between the BBC and Channel 4's output

    I think the majority of his tricks are based on his real ( I believe) ability into making us think, or think we saw someting. So maybe he made the watcher think they saw the correct numbers on the balls OR maybe the numbers on the balls were projected on to them some way and were not printed.

    Another thing, it really bugs me when people put someone down just because they do something like this, eg all the bad press for David Blaine. At hte end of the day, it's all tricks and illusion and Derren Brown will always say that. Just because some people hat not understanding something doesn't make him a co ck


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  • #37
    Earthhorse
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    adrieanne__x wrote: »
    http://twitter.com/DerrenBrown

    Derrens twitter, apparently the numbers were flashed onto buildings across the UK at different times today...

    In this case I'm going to suggest he did this with all possible numbers but will only broadcast the ones that actually came out.


  • #38
    Sharpshooter
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    I think he is brilliant, at least when you watch his shows on C4 he explains how he did everything.

    No matter how I try to figure it out it never falls into place until he shows you at the end of the programme.

    He is very clever.


  • #39
    zuroph
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    id say its a split screen thing.

    also, take it to magic and illusion :pac:


  • #40
    dresden8
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    Dman001 wrote: »
    Yep I flicked a few times and there was no delay.

    Never see "The Sting"?

    Remember his Russian Roulette show?

    He never imported a live pistol.

    He's an illusionist. He pulls tricks.

    It's not magic.

    It's really clevet sh1t to fool fools.

    Are you a fool?

    FFS. We'll be talking about angels on this site soon.


  • #41
    pikachucheeks
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    irlande_euroluv wrote: »
    He got all six correct. Its mad shat...

    I bet there was only six balls in the drum though!


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  • #42
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    zuroph wrote: »
    id say its a split screen thing.

    also, take it to magic and illusion :pac:

    I think it fits here too though.:pac:


  • #43
    January
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    dresden8 wrote: »
    Never see "The Sting"?

    Remember his Russian Roulette show?

    He never imported a live pistol.

    He's an illusionist. He pulls tricks.

    It's not magic.

    It's really clevet sh1t to fool fools.

    Are you a fool?

    FFS. We'll be talking about angels on this site soon.

    Nobody ever claimed it was "magic". Derren himself said it wasn't "magic". He's not a magician or he's not a psychic. It's mind trickery.


  • #44
    rossie1977
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    bigkev49 wrote: »
    Derren Brown is the premier entertainer of our time. Great stunt, can't wait to see how he did it.

    i prefer james randi and penn jillette to be honest, they were doing stuff like this years before brown


  • #45
    zuroph
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    adrieanne__x wrote: »
    Nobody ever claimed it was "magic". Derren himself said it wasn't "magic". He's not a magician or he's not a psychic. It's mind trickery.
    he's a magician, in the sense that every other magician is a magician. its not mind trickery.


  • #46
    [Deleted User]
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHZ2mQczkcg


    don't really mind if it's a fake.. he's an illusionist and has created the exact reaction that illusionists are supposed to create.


  • #47
    BaconZombie
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    Anybody watching the "live" draw via Sky are seeing it >5sec later.
    NTL is ~3sec delay.


  • #48
    Pride Fighter
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    The tossers name is Derren, not Darren.


  • #49
    dsmythy
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    dresden8 wrote: »
    Never see "The Sting"?

    Remember his Russian Roulette show?

    He never imported a live pistol.

    He's an illusionist. He pulls tricks.

    It's not magic.

    It's really clevet sh1t to fool fools.

    Are you a fool?

    FFS. We'll be talking about angels on this site soon.

    Bit of a fun fail there tbh.


  • #50
    PoleStar
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    Bit of fun, a great illusionist but nothing more.

    Had he bought a lottery ticket before hand with the numbers (and then if he wasnt interested in the money give it to charity) then yes he might convince me.

    Anyway looking at him when numbers are coming out. As mentioned already, he covers his mouth and you can see his jaw continue to move when numbers are coming out as if he is whispering into a microphone.

    And did anyone notice the lottery ball stand he used, watch him pick it up by the stand at the end: isnt it funny hor when you see his hand wrap around the stand that it seems to be the exact thickness to allow a ball through?

    Hokery pokery is all that is at play.


  • #51
    AlmightyCushion
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    Master of Nothing wrote: »
    He always claims too that he will never use his "ability" to improve his bank balance.

    The guy at channel 4 who is signing his pay cheques might want to hear this.


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  • #52
    zuroph
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    BOFH_139 wrote: »
    Anybody watching the "live" draw via Sky are seeing it >5sec later.
    NTL is ~3sec delay.
    that clearly buys enough time to when the balls came onto screen. :pac:


  • #53
    Sharpshooter
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    dresden8 wrote: »
    Never see "The Sting"?

    Remember his Russian Roulette show?

    He never imported a live pistol.

    He's an illusionist. He pulls tricks.

    It's not magic.

    It's really clevet sh1t to fool fools.

    Are you a fool?

    FFS. We'll be talking about angels on this site soon.

    Fine line.


  • #54
    AnonoBoy
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    bigkev49 wrote: »
    Derren Brown is the premier entertainer of our time.

    What about Pee Wee Herman? I mean COME ON!!!!!

    Did D-Boy Brown tell people the numbers in advance, allowing the general public to play the numbers? Now if he did that I'd respect his trickery.


  • #55
    dresden8
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    dsmythy wrote: »
    Bit of a fun fail there tbh.

    I know, I know.

    I also know people who believe this ****.

    They're also the people who believe in angels and go to mass.

    A bit of freakin' incense is enough to convince them.

    This is all part of their new magical happy religious world.

    They get to vote.


  • #56
    Cupcake_Crisis
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    I cant wait till friday to see how he did it. The guy is genuinely good at what he does. If nothing else he has people interested!


  • #57
    zuroph
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    dresden8 wrote: »
    I know, I know.

    I also know people who believe this ****.

    They're also the people who believe in angels and go to mass.

    A bit of freakin' incense is enough to convince them.

    This is all part of their new magical happy religious world.

    They get to vote.
    Derren doesnt want people to believe though. He clearly says he's not psychic, and its trickery. he's one of the school of people who hate psychics etc.


  • #58
    Daroxtar
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    PoleStar wrote: »

    And did anyone notice the lottery ball stand he used, watch him pick it up by the stand at the end: isnt it funny hor when you see his hand wrap around the stand that it seems to be the exact thickness to allow a ball through?

    Hokery pokery is all that is at play.

    The stand could have some kind of printer built into it. or not, just theorising


  • #59
    enfant terrible
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    Watch Derren the second the balls start coming out, he puts his hand over his mouth like he's speaking to someone.


  • #60
    _blank_
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    He's an entertainer, nothing more.

    I enjoy his stuff.

    It's mind trickery, he admits that.

    Is he a magician? In as much as magic exists, yes he is a magician.

    The things he does to people are brilliant, imo.

    I'm going to miss Friday's show though.


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  • #61
    Earthhorse
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    PoleStar wrote: »
    And did anyone notice the lottery ball stand he used, watch him pick it up by the stand at the end: isnt it funny hor when you see his hand wrap around the stand that it seems to be the exact thickness to allow a ball through?
    enfant terrible wrote: »
    Watch Derren the second the balls start coming out, he puts his hand over his mouth like he's speaking to someone.

    This could be misdirection. Generally, when you "notice" a magician as skilled as Derren do something, it is.


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