Criss Angel

Originally Posted by Tasslehoff

...Watched 2 videos.

In one, he cut himself in half... HE DIDN'T BLEED! No one in the audience realized this. It was so pathetic.
Criss angel

its true he didnt bleed, and no blood on he saw, but i dont get how he did it then. both parts were still movin and how do you switch to like maybe robot things or dummies or something that looks like him in that quick of time? He was still yelling after detached too. I dnt get it.

Originally Posted by CJB

its true he didnt bleed, and no blood on he saw, but i dont get how he did it then. both parts were still movin and how do you switch to like maybe robot things or dummies or something that looks like him in that quick of time? He was still yelling after detached too. I dnt get it.

It's called hired actors and CGI.

I remember one where he (supposedly) pushed a quarter into his skin, and slit his wrist to get it out. Not questioning the validity of the trick, just thought it was hilarious.

There was one where he split a woman in half. I don't think it was easily faked because she screamed her ass off and was going crazy. I thought it was funny how he did it. That's something that's hard to explain (tell that to my skeptic friend, though XD. He thinks he knows).

Anyone have an idea?

Originally Posted by Spartan-117

There was one where he split a woman in half. I don't think it was easily faked because she screamed her ass off and was going crazy. I thought it was funny how he did it. That's something that's hard to explain (tell that to my skeptic friend, though XD. He thinks he knows).

Anyone have an idea?

Well duhr, it's called "acting". I can have a blank in a gun, a fake blood capsule under my shirt, I can pretend to shoot myself, bleed, and scream. Same idea. (if you put a little blade at the end of the gun, you can put a hole in your shirt too, it also makes the blood pack a lot easier to set off.)

Also, in the voodoo script, notice that he didn't make the other people bleed, only himself. Also, what civilian would just give their ring to some random stranger and then turn their back?

Heh,

YouTube - criss angel secrets - Going to pieces

Originally Posted by Spartan-117

There was one where he split a woman in half. I don't think it was easily faked because she screamed her ass off and was going crazy. I thought it was funny how he did it. That's something that's hard to explain (tell that to my skeptic friend, though XD. He thinks he knows).

Anyone have an idea?

Oh, I saw that. I haven't a clue where. I know it revolved solely around Criss Angel, but I'm not sure what it was. Probably a skeptic's documentary or something.

But yeah. It showed how it's possible to make it look like you've split someone in two by playing two separate videos side by side. I believe, in the video, the woman's top half hopped off the bench and started dragging itself around. I'm not exactly sure how they did that, but with or without video effects, it's hardly an astounding feat of illusion.

And it's rather well known that Criss Angel fancies video effects and hired volunteers. Granted, his volunteers are usually very good, which is essential to illusion. If he's going to do it, I'm at least glad he does it properly.

i just watched that link. Kinda creepy, if he did that to me i'd take my legs first then run. Why leave your legs? take em and get em attached

Yeah, if you don't read the youtube comments, click here to find out how the split was done:

http://www.learn-street-magic.com/articles/ca.html

LOL...yeah...I have seen better and worse..see where iam from there is such things has demons and some do fly...so people is hardly out at nite...unless you belive in God,you can roam the streets like a holy spirit...But yeah the thing criss does is make your eyes see wats really not true....

i see how he did it now. That is kinda sad but I read the rest too. It says hes still a good street magician which i already know. And I've seen criss do little stuff thats true and not changed by camera. a lot of his stuff is still pretty impressive. the article also says that hes trying to entertain too. And it is a way to entertain cause when i first saw it i was amazed. Sadly he probably does that stuff for rating on the show. But its still fun to watch isnt it? We all know that you cant really do some of those things anyway right? So I guess as long as the stuff he does still makes people go "woah!" or other frases i dont want to type I still think hes a good magician/illusionist.

Originally Posted by Samson

LOL...yeah...I have seen better and worse..see where iam from there is such things has demons and some do fly...so people is hardly out at nite...unless you belive in God,you can roam the streets like a holy spirit...But yeah the thing criss does is make your eyes see wats really not true....

Oh yeah? Where are you from?

Originally Posted by CJB

i see how he did it now. That is kinda sad but I read the rest too. It says hes still a good street magician which i already know. And I've seen criss do little stuff thats true and not changed by camera. a lot of his stuff is still pretty impressive. the article also says that hes trying to entertain too. And it is a way to entertain cause when i first saw it i was amazed. Sadly he probably does that stuff for rating on the show. But its still fun to watch isnt it? We all know that you cant really do some of those things anyway right? So I guess as long as the stuff he does still makes people go "woah!" or other frases i dont want to type I still think hes a good magician/illusionist.

Indeed. But some magicians can make give you that same feeling without ever having to use edited videos or hired volunteers.

Originally Posted by SevenYears

Yeah, if you don't read the youtube comments, click here to find out how the split was done:

Learn Street Magic| Criss Angel Revealed

aaah, so that's how he did that

Hey Sevenyears, can you get one that explains his levitation cause I want to know how hwe does that.

There's a few revealed tricks at youtube. Type in: mindfreak revealed, or, criss angel revealed.

YouTube - Cris Angels' Levitation Revealed

Thanks Not knowing was killing me.

Originally Posted by Aex

Indeed. But some magicians can make give you that same feeling without ever having to use edited videos or hired volunteers.

Well I never really have seen any magic shows in my life. Criss is the only one that i saw a lot of tricks from. So I don't know a lot about any other magicians. I'm sure what you say is true though. But I still think he's pretty cool cause of the stuff mentioned before and that he also makes me wonder how cool it'd be if you could really do that stuff like levitating and walking on water. (not cutting myself/others in half, i dont find that fun to be able to do to someone.)

Some of the things, like walking on water and those extreme levitating illusions, are those that astonish me. Maybe they are edited videos, or maybe they aren't. However, there are a few things Criss does that I don't know if people can come up with a reasonable solution. One of those tricks is making the car disappear with only a fire extinguisher out in the open as it drives at a high speed. I've heard some things like "he turns left and hides behind the stacks of hay," or something as stupid if not more. Editing might have not worked, because I don't think he can have kids acting so well like they did and not give it away.

I also want to know how he did the levitating above the pyramid-shaped building one his first episode of season 3. Alot of the people on the ground acted real to me. I can tell if someone's acting or not, because it's obvious enough to know if you think about it. Those people didn't seem to be acting, so how could he pull off that feat?

i wonder that too. He shows how he does small levitations on a video, nothing special he uses something in front o make it look like hes levitating. But he doesnt explain how he does it from extreme heights like the pyramid thing and inside it from the top of the lobby area. I still wonder how he does that. The camera even zoomed up after he did it showing no kind of crane or anything.

You can never tell for sure whether someone is truly astonished. You can tell if they're acting poorly, but never that they're surely not acting.

Criss Angel's levitation is of good quality. But David Blaine can deliver it far better than he can. I've always found his displays to be more entertaining, despite the fact that he barely leaves the ground.

But there's really no point in arguing over who's got levitation licked. David Copperfield can fly. And not only does he put on an incredible show, but he eliminates the possibility of suspension in front of a live audience.

YouTube - david copperfield flying