This guy is incredible. Better than David Blaine. Here are some videos. Criss Angel Levitates from one building to another. Video Criss Angel - Hit by Car Video2 Criss Angel - Teleport Video3 Criss Angel - Makes Girl Vanish Video4
he has some pretty interesting illusions... the coolest one I have seen is where he stepped through a plane of plate glass in front of a bunch of people. for those of you who are into magic & stuff like that, you might wanna check out max mavin (mentalist.. some of his stuff will freak you out) Doc Eason (bar magician that does some pretty cool stuff with avarage things you can find behind a bar) and Bill Malone (the man can do ANYTHING with a deck of cards.. check out his "sam the bellhop" schtick)
yeah, ive seen his show a couple of times on tv. he is better than blaine IMO, but nobody really talks about him much
Not to be a party pooper or anything but: In the levitation one, he couldv'e been pulled by some type of string or pulley system, I don't know.... we didn't get to see the beginning where he tries to convince us there's no machinery helping him out. David Copperfield used to do all those flying acts and at the same time convince us that there are no strings involved... So this one is cool, but not overly impressive. The one where he's hit by a car, now that was obviously done through the work of editting. Right before he gets hit, the camera cuts and shows a driver side view of him getting smashed. So it's nothing more than a camera trick. The teleport one was okay but we never got to see behind the garbage can so there's a good chance he could've ran right before the can completely hit the ground and gone through an opening in the crowd where people who were in on it would be. It was pretty impressive how he got on top of the roof in a relativly short amount of time though. Now the vanishing girl, that's a real head scratcher. Unless there's some sort of opening on the ground, I don't see how he did that one. Or maybe the people in the crowd were in on it too and they let her slip through that opening where her slippers were, I don't know. If those weren't the case, then that's a really impressive trick.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting dunksworth:</div><div class="quote_post">Not to be a party pooper or anything but: In the levitation one, he couldv'e been pulled by some type of string or pulley system, I don't know.... we didn't get to see the beginning where he tries to convince us there's no machinery helping him out. David Copperfield used to do all those flying acts and at the same time convince us that there are no strings involved... So this one is cool, but not overly impressive. The one where he's hit by a car, now that was obviously done through the work of editting. Right before he gets hit, the camera cuts and shows a driver side view of him getting smashed. So it's nothing more than a camera trick. The teleport one was okay but we never got to see behind the garbage can so there's a good chance he could've ran right before the can completely hit the ground and gone through an opening in the crowd where people who were in on it would be. It was pretty impressive how he got on top of the roof in a relativly short amount of time though. Now the vanishing girl, that's a real head scratcher. Unless there's some sort of opening on the ground, I don't see how he did that one. Or maybe the people in the crowd were in on it too and they let her slip through that opening where her slippers were, I don't know. If those weren't the case, then that's a really impressive trick.</div> The whole thrill of 'magic' is not trying to figure out how it's done but rather believing in and letting your mind open to the possibility of the supernatural. Angel will admitt himself that there's an explanation behind all of his 'tricks', but that's not really the point, is it?
Well there are people like myself who watch magic shows to not only be entertained, but to try to figure out how he did it. Trust me, I have a lot of respect for the guy and the things he's doing, so just because I've analyzed all his tricks doesn't mean I'm making a mockery of his profession. Maybe this just means I'm too much of a magic fanatic then. Back when I was in high school, I was always the one trying to mimic guys like David Blaine by doing all those card tricks.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Voodoo Child:</div><div class="quote_post">The whole thrill of 'magic' is not trying to figure out how it's done but rather believing in and letting your mind open to the possibility of the supernatural. Angel will admitt himself that there's an explanation behind all of his 'tricks', but that's not really the point, is it?</div> I agree. I hate all the people who try to figure out how they did it....who cares, its entertainment, everybody knows its fake but its for entertainment purposes. Just enjoy it.
