Derren Brown's Enigma

AnnyHallsal · 06-01-2011 10:55PM #1

Channel 4

Anyone watching this?

I find it infuriating. I want to know how it's done!

Busi_Girl08 · 06-01-2011 11:13PM

I'm going to wait till tomorrow. Mainly because I haven't the energy, and know I wouldn't be able to concentrate.

*blows a kiss to the 4od homepage*

AnnyHallsal · 06-01-2011 11:16PM

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

I'm going to wait till tomorrow. Mainly because I haven't the energy, and know I wouldn't be able to concentrate.

*blows a kiss to the 4od homepage*

Well, do come back and share your thoughts

reverenddave · 06-01-2011 11:22PM

AAwWW Crap i forgot this was on tonight

i missed the first half

OH wait it's on saturday again

PHEW

AnnyHallsal · 06-01-2011 11:23PM

reverenddave wrote: »

AAwWW Crap i forgot this was on tonight

i missed the first half

OH wait it's on saturday again

PHEW

It gets better as it goes on. But no spoilers here!

reverenddave · 06-01-2011 11:25PM

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

*blows a kiss to the 4od homepage*

you've gotta give Kudos to Channel 4 for 4oD being available in ireland

especially as i dont even own a TV anymore

i'm lucky enough to borrow a ****ty little 14'portable one

it even has a VCR

irishejit · 07-01-2011 12:10AM

* inb4 all the harrumph harrumph it was useless!*

Really enjoyed that, thought it had ended a bit weak but was pleasantly surprised, shouldn't have doubted the man. (don't want to say anymore for fear of spoiling it for the 4od'ers)

At the end of the day, no matter what you believe it's entertainment...and I for one was entertained

BeanFlicker · 07-01-2011 12:16AM

the man is a pure genius, really enjoyed that,

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and

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. etc etc

great show

BigBrownBear · 07-01-2011 12:43AM

Amazing show alright. A tiny amount was predictable (vinegar;)) but mostly mind blowing, especially the finale

Carroller16 · 07-01-2011 02:01AM

That was one of the best shows he has done. . .

reverenddave · 07-01-2011 02:16AM

i just watched it on 4oD i didnt realise it was available immediately so YAY!!!

i do know how one of the tricks was done though

the very first one / or the last one whichever way you look at it
when he asked the audience to write down three things on a bit of paper and put it in the basket
he said ''write down three favorite things, perhaps a favorite food, person or destination you'd most like McFly to''
after a few minutes of calling the guy a pervert

he said he fúcked up the very first trick
and the guy in the front row then said McFly was written on the paper

and at the very end McFly played the egg neeedle ice-cream goose moose apple juice song

so derren '''told''' the audience what to write

i hope that made sense ?¿?¿?¿?¿

irishejit · 07-01-2011 02:48AM

reverenddave wrote: »

i just watched it on 4oD i didnt realise it was available immediately so YAY!!!

i do know how one of the tricks was done though

yeah it does make sense

in one of his previous stage shows he played back what he'd said during the night and it was peppered with what he wanted to plant into the audiences mind. good spot

Richard Dower · 07-01-2011 04:12AM

I refuse to watch this CONMAN!

AnnyHallsal · 07-01-2011 09:01AM

I also thoroughly enjoyed it. He's a good showman and I love all the Victorian bits. Once there really are no "stooges or actors" I'm happy! Next time he plays Dublin I'm going - try and catch him out

jimbling · 07-01-2011 03:44PM

I started out loving Derren Brown. Read his book. Was fascinated by his early stuff. Back when he was what he was. An illusionist. A trickster.
Then, for some unkown reason (presumably money and fame) he went all showman..... these big event like illusions that are just stupid in the end.

I mean the lotto prediction :eek: Come on, one of the worst "illusions" I have ever seen, yet it caused a big foray. My god, it's depressing.

Now it's gotten to the stage where I think I actually hate the guy. I cant stand the sound of his voice. I walk out of a room if he's on the TV.

So, no, I probably wont be watching this

reverenddave · 07-01-2011 03:53PM

irishejit wrote: »

yeah it does make sense
in one of his previous stage shows he played back what he'd said during the night and it was peppered with what he wanted to plant into the audiences mind. good spot

that's right i think it was ''something wicked this way comes''

it was something to do with the Daily Mail newspaper and ''influential''
or something like that

i'll have to watch it again

horgan_p · 07-01-2011 03:59PM

One of the things I love most about watching his shows - when he is giving you a solution , you can bet the farm that it isnt the solution he used.

1 (very) small clue - who counted up the votes ??? who watched them count the votes.....

reverenddave · 07-01-2011 04:05PM

horgan_p wrote: »

1 (very) small clue - who counted up the votes ??? who watched them count the votes.....

do you mean the pictures at the interval ????

A guy in the front row counted them

Busi_Girl08 · 07-01-2011 08:17PM

Just watched it there. Fecking amazing :eek:

Loved his humour aswell.

I was waiting for something to happen with McFly at the end

:pac:

Also, was I the only one who got a little teary at the

Grandfather coin

?

Seriously though, in my opinion, this makes up for Airplane! 2010.

username123 · 07-01-2011 08:24PM

reverenddave wrote: »

i just watched it on 4oD i didnt realise it was available immediately so YAY!!!

i do know how one of the tricks was done though
the very first one / or the last one whichever way you look at it
when he asked the audience to write down three things on a bit of paper and put it in the basket
he said ''write down three favorite things, perhaps a favorite food, person or destination you'd most like McFly to''
after a few minutes of calling the guy a pervert he said he fúcked up the very first trick
and the guy in the front row then said McFly was written on the paper

and at the very end McFly played the egg neeedle ice-cream goose moose apple juice song
so derren '''told''' the audience what to write

i hope that made sense ?¿?¿?¿?¿

How that was done was:

he didnt use a bit of paper from the audience at all, he palmed his own bit of paper

I saw the show live last year, and a friend went the following night, we compared notes and figured out quite a bit of how things were done - disappointing really when you see how easy it is to see through when 2 people compare shows!!

reverenddave · 07-01-2011 09:01PM

username123 wrote: »

How that was done was:
he didnt use a bit of paper from the audience at all, he palmed his own bit of paper

but i taught the guy in the front row picked one out from the basket ?????

or did i miss something ?????

username123 · 07-01-2011 09:31PM

reverenddave wrote: »

but i taught the guy in the front row picked one out from the basket ?????

or did i miss something ?????

ok - I watched it again there - had forgotten exactly how it was done when I saw it live, I wasnt close enough to see the guy actually choose the piece himself - so what I think he did was this:

he replaced the 60 pieces of paper in the basket with 60 of his own that all had the same 3 choices on them - notice the inside of the wicker hamper was cloth - easy to arrange a 'false' bottom

KeithAFC · 07-01-2011 10:15PM

He should bring back that Darren Brown investigates shows of people who make amazing claims like the blind claim of helping blind people get their eye sight back or the psychic medium who was caught out.

That is the best iv seen of him on TV.

reverenddave · 07-01-2011 10:45PM

username123 wrote: »

ok - I watched it again there - had forgotten exactly how it was done when I saw it live, I wasnt close enough to see the guy actually choose the piece himself - so what I think he did was this:
he replaced the 60 pieces of paper in the basket with 60 of his own that all had the same 3 choices on them - notice the inside of the wicker hamper was cloth - easy to arrange a 'false' bottom

i'm watching it again now it might be more visible now that it's pointed out

watching with the Subtitles now and he does indeed say McFly
the subtitles even spell it out

EDIT

I Think you're right username123 the wicker basket does look like it could be easily tampered with, and it looked like it could have been the girl in black who brought the basket on to the stage, good catch there

x in the city · 07-01-2011 10:48PM

is this available for viewing on a stream or somewhere...??

amacachi · 07-01-2011 10:48PM

4od.

reverenddave · 07-01-2011 10:50PM

x in the city wrote: »

is this available for viewing on a stream or somewhere...??

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derren-brown-the-specials/4od#3150004

FreudianSlippers · 07-01-2011 11:45PM

I really enjoyed it tbh.

x in the city · 08-01-2011 01:02AM

ta

08-01-2011 01:37AM

Richard Dower wrote: »

I refuse to watch this CONMAN!

You're not serious, right? How exactly is he a conman? He doesn't claim to have any powers, he doesn't claim to have any abilities. If anything, he's spent a vast amount of time disproving conmen.

God, I genuinely want to know how the spirit booth is done. That was spectacular.

ziedth · 08-01-2011 01:46AM

I didn't watch it yet but did he do the "child memory" trick? When he writes it on the A1 cardboard?

When he was in Dublin last year I was the one called up on stage for that

had my head wrecked with how he did it.

Derren Brown's Enigma

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