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The Contents:
• Rev 4
• Tudor Production
• Castro 360º
• Double Direction Spring
• “Asher, Diving Board Shouldn't be a Double!"
• YTBN 2
• Rev 5
• A Bit Louder
• What The Hell Happened to Syble 3
• The Tudor Tower
• The Tudor Cut 2
You can purchase this DVD at Brian Tudor Productions for $26.25.
For those interested in a trailer, you can see one here.
Prethoughts:
Since the time when I started flourishing around 3 years ago, I have always enjoyed Brian’s extensive list of material. Whilst I didn’t really seem to enjoy his card magic, his flourishing was some of the most creative I’ve seen. Having thoroughly enjoyed his previous Showoff Volumes, I was eager to get my hands on the third instalment. Here’s what I thought…
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DVD - The Foreword:
Wow, has Brian just got out of bed – or is the make-up artist blind? His hair is all over the place; I would have thought for a DVD he is selling he may have bothered to perhaps look half-decent. Either way, I do agree with everything mentioned in the foreword – he sheds light to the fact that people have complained his flourishing isn’t smooth because of his speed, but retaliates and explains he enjoys it being that way. I knew from the first few minutes of watching that this DVD volume it would be extremely different to any other; it is much more personal and is straight to the point.
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Rev 4:
This one-handed cut is the fourth instalment of Tudor's Revolution series. It looks very cool and- uh, there’s no verbal explanation?! It’s just performed slow?! What the f- oh, that was just a quick two-angle run-through…Nice. I’m glad to see there’s verbal explanation here; it seems to be the sort of thing that’s missing in most videos. Eh? Hold on! Rewind – I’ve missed most of it; he’s already pinching packets before I can pick up mine! It turns out this verbal explanation is 21 seconds long. What I thoroughly enjoyed most about his explanations is in his phrase at the end: “That’s the explanation for the one handed Revolution 4, g’luck.” I shall bloo’y need it! You speak as fast as you flourish, damnit!
My Score: 3/5
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Tudor Production:
Very cool, another slow run-through before the verbal explanation. Whilst I don’t see much point of it for a production, I guess it is quite helpful – if his explanation is like his previous, I shall definitely need this if I want to learn it! Ah, on to the verbal explanation... what the hell is this guy on? “One thing is, you can go for the angle I shot it at. And you can also off-beat them too, so it’s not – this is a legitimate f---ing production, it’s no f---ing… You know, yeah, I wanted to choose the Goddamn best angle, who the f--- wouldn’t, y’know?”
LOL. The thing I disliked about this is in its setup; I cannot see anyone getting into this production from a real-life performance as it is far too drawn-out. I also loved the fact that Brian didn’t even take the time to remove a four of a kind in order to explain it; he simply used four indifferent cards. To beat that, he also taught it wrong as only two of the cards ended face-up in the display! Oh, and again, “So.. g’luck”.
My Score: 1/5
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Castro 360º:
I bet you can guess what I will say now. Yeppers, another nice slow run-through followed by a verbal explanation. I have certainly always loved the Castro Cut since purchasing his “Generation Extreme” DVD; I thought it did an excellent job teaching in there. I am sure he’ll do an even better one here… right?.... right?
He beat his record! 15 seconds of explanation, beautifully done, Mr Tudor. I can safely say that those who have no understanding of his techniques from past videos should certainly not buy this - “Okay so, that is – y’know, you gotta learn the Castro Cut, man… Create your own s---, get off my balls.” Thanks for the moral support, I feel much better now.
My Score: 3/5
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Double Direction Spring
It’s that time again, can you guess what I’ll say? I thought so… but you’re wrong – there’s no slowed-down footage here, gotcha!! Ahem, well. In hindsight this is probably a good thing, because his explanation here was actually fairly decent. Whilst he was brief, he went over the movements twice – I suppose that makes up for the lack of footage there. As for the move itself, I’m not sure I completely enjoy it. It’s a very interesting idea but it seems to me a poor attempt at creating something, he’s almost clutching at straws. Either way, I am sure a couple of people will find use for it somewhere.
My Score: 2/5
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::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: SHOWOFF VOLUME 3 Review::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
The Contents:
• Rev 4
• Tudor Production
• Castro 360º
• Double Direction Spring
• “Asher, Diving Board Shouldn't be a Double!"
• YTBN 2
• Rev 5
• A Bit Louder
• What The Hell Happened to Syble 3
• The Tudor Tower
• The Tudor Cut 2
You can purchase this DVD at Brian Tudor Productions for $26.25.
For those interested in a trailer, you can see one here.
Prethoughts:
Since the time when I started flourishing around 3 years ago, I have always enjoyed Brian’s extensive list of material. Whilst I didn’t really seem to enjoy his card magic, his flourishing was some of the most creative I’ve seen. Having thoroughly enjoyed his previous Showoff Volumes, I was eager to get my hands on the third instalment. Here’s what I thought…
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DVD - The Foreword:
Wow, has Brian just got out of bed – or is the make-up artist blind? His hair is all over the place; I would have thought for a DVD he is selling he may have bothered to perhaps look half-decent. Either way, I do agree with everything mentioned in the foreword – he sheds light to the fact that people have complained his flourishing isn’t smooth because of his speed, but retaliates and explains he enjoys it being that way. I knew from the first few minutes of watching that this DVD volume it would be extremely different to any other; it is much more personal and is straight to the point.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rev 4:
This one-handed cut is the fourth instalment of Tudor's Revolution series. It looks very cool and- uh, there’s no verbal explanation?! It’s just performed slow?! What the f- oh, that was just a quick two-angle run-through…Nice. I’m glad to see there’s verbal explanation here; it seems to be the sort of thing that’s missing in most videos. Eh? Hold on! Rewind – I’ve missed most of it; he’s already pinching packets before I can pick up mine! It turns out this verbal explanation is 21 seconds long. What I thoroughly enjoyed most about his explanations is in his phrase at the end: “That’s the explanation for the one handed Revolution 4, g’luck.” I shall bloo’y need it! You speak as fast as you flourish, damnit!
My Score: 3/5
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Tudor Production:
Very cool, another slow run-through before the verbal explanation. Whilst I don’t see much point of it for a production, I guess it is quite helpful – if his explanation is like his previous, I shall definitely need this if I want to learn it! Ah, on to the verbal explanation... what the hell is this guy on? “One thing is, you can go for the angle I shot it at. And you can also off-beat them too, so it’s not – this is a legitimate f---ing production, it’s no f---ing… You know, yeah, I wanted to choose the Goddamn best angle, who the f--- wouldn’t, y’know?”
LOL. The thing I disliked about this is in its setup; I cannot see anyone getting into this production from a real-life performance as it is far too drawn-out. I also loved the fact that Brian didn’t even take the time to remove a four of a kind in order to explain it; he simply used four indifferent cards. To beat that, he also taught it wrong as only two of the cards ended face-up in the display! Oh, and again, “So.. g’luck”.
My Score: 1/5
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Castro 360º:
I bet you can guess what I will say now. Yeppers, another nice slow run-through followed by a verbal explanation. I have certainly always loved the Castro Cut since purchasing his “Generation Extreme” DVD; I thought it did an excellent job teaching in there. I am sure he’ll do an even better one here… right?.... right?
He beat his record! 15 seconds of explanation, beautifully done, Mr Tudor. I can safely say that those who have no understanding of his techniques from past videos should certainly not buy this - “Okay so, that is – y’know, you gotta learn the Castro Cut, man… Create your own s---, get off my balls.” Thanks for the moral support, I feel much better now.
My Score: 3/5
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Double Direction Spring
It’s that time again, can you guess what I’ll say? I thought so… but you’re wrong – there’s no slowed-down footage here, gotcha!! Ahem, well. In hindsight this is probably a good thing, because his explanation here was actually fairly decent. Whilst he was brief, he went over the movements twice – I suppose that makes up for the lack of footage there. As for the move itself, I’m not sure I completely enjoy it. It’s a very interesting idea but it seems to me a poor attempt at creating something, he’s almost clutching at straws. Either way, I am sure a couple of people will find use for it somewhere.
My Score: 2/5
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