Search results

  1. Steerpike

    August 2009 :: Where Are We Going?

    So aside from Romeo, no one really knows. We know what we want our destination to be like, just not what or where it is.
  2. Steerpike

    How is magic an art and how can you convey that to your audience?

    http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?t=14432 Make of this what you will.
  3. Steerpike

    Someone's using the "what is theory11" hype machine...

    I don't think bon jour is the phrase you were looking for. Anyway, if it's The Final Countdown cover by Norther, that's slightly more bearable than having to watch reruns of the Dresden Files TV show. Metal makes everything better.
  4. Steerpike

    Mentalism and Hypnosis

    Download it anyway or shut up. Don't waste my time trying to placate me if you have no intention of listening to me. If your next video shows no signs of any attempt at cleaning up and correcting the audio, then I will leave the room so you can whack off to your own videos in private. I've...
  5. Steerpike

    Mentalism and Hypnosis

    Then it didn't belong. And what I posted earlier were not complaints either. I was calling on you to change things. I'm not going to spoon-feed you. O Fortuna for example. Don't you think by my reaction that's maybe something you shouldn't use? Or maybe that you should download Audacity...
  6. Steerpike

    Mentalism and Hypnosis

    Rather than continuing my blow-by-blow deconstruction, I'm going to take a different tack before I leave to get a sandwich. If I was to continue in the previous manner through the whole ten minutes, I would need at least two margaritas. The first performance was bland and pedestrian. It had...
  7. Steerpike

    Mentalism and Hypnosis

    Thoughts as they occur to me. 0:02 - O Fortuna? Seriously? 0:11 - What exactly is the destiny alluded to? 0:22 - Okay the music needs to ****ing stop. Now. 0:23 - ****, my ears! You seriously need to Audacity and do some audio mixing, dude. 0:34 - A pose that reeks of Criss Angel...
  8. Steerpike

    Suspension of Disbelief

    Which is why I said not to clog up the thread with it. "Any sufficiently advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic." -Arthur C. Clarke Make of that what you will.
  9. Steerpike

    Proposition

    Don't accept tips when you're working at a decent-sized restaurant. It cheapens what you do. What the hell does that even mean? You gave bad advice and someone contradicted you with advice dispensed from real restaurant magicians. Now quit your crying. God, everyone on the internet...
  10. Steerpike

    Suspension of Disbelief

    If you want to know exactly why I rag on that series, PM me. I'd rather not clog up the thread. For now, suffice to say that it's not innovation when you just randomly make things up ignoring all historical and mythological context and background, and then claim that you're basing your...
  11. Steerpike

    Suspension of Disbelief

    Character motive, yes. But perhaps also a consistency to the mythos?
  12. Steerpike

    Suspension of Disbelief

    People are being corrupted when I say, "Spectators are asking, 'What's in it for me?" Glad we got that cleared up. I wasn't looking for an answer that I then did not know. I was inviting discussion. I thought your argument was bad and I said as much. Quit your crying. And you failed...
  13. Steerpike

    Suspension of Disbelief

    Hmm. Didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would. Pleasure doing business with you. So my cardinal sin is being a contrarian with a big vocabulary. I can live with that. Now are you going to address the first post or not?
  14. Steerpike

    Magician's appearances changing?

    So wear tuxedos constantly!
  15. Steerpike

    Suspension of Disbelief

    No. Something you want to get off your chest perhaps? I was saying it was a lame argument because it's a strawman. So your response to thinking I might have said something less than flattering about you is to respond with a snotty, petulant dismissal of my opinions and statements? Very...
  16. Steerpike

    Color changes

    It's a refreshing change to be honest with people and not have all the drama.
  17. Steerpike

    Suspension of Disbelief

    Yes I do. The fact that's not entirely true aside, most people with an ounce of performing experience know that the say-it-then-do-it formula is generally bland and uninteresting anyway. And besides that, it's somewhat tangential to the point, relating only in that you failed to create...
  18. Steerpike

    Magician's appearances changing?

    So metalheads are **** out of luck, then? (sigh) Story of my life.
  19. Steerpike

    Suspension of Disbelief

    That would be the suspension of disbelief. So why aren't we shouting at the actors in a play? What do movies, books, plays, and games offer that you're not offering now? You're actually going to use that as an argument? Only if you're so bad at this you can't get them involved...
  20. Steerpike

    Suspension of Disbelief

    To clarify, I'm addressing the fact that some magicians are beginning to take the stance that the supernatural no longer belongs in the presentation of magic, that audiences can no longer buy it so they don't want to see it. But that seems to fly in the face of the run-away success of the...
Searching...
{[{ searchResultsCount }]} Results