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Good point, I didn't notice that. I really hope he isn't serious as these are by far the most idiotic posts i've ever read.

You say reactions dropped a lot, that's your problem, they didn't for me. I don't see why anybody should make videos simply because you want to watch them. Your analogy of the actor/ painter obviously does not work on any level so i'm not going to bother to reply to that. I can assure...

I did not say you were inexperienced, I said you do not seem to have experience of mixing flourishing and magic. The reason people do magic for the camera is to get feedback so they will be able to perform the trick better for a live audience. Many of us enjoy watching flourishing videos...

It looks quite nice but I think i'm going to pass on this one, in my opinion many recent 1 on 1's just aren't worth it. They appear cheap at first but when you compare them to what you might get on a $25 DVD they don't look quite as appealing. Imagine if a DVD was released that contained...

I can read it, I just said it makes you look stupid, although you are doing that quite nicely even without the bad spelling. You're making no attempt to respond to my arguments in a logical way, simply ZOMG!!! ZOMG!!!I R!! COOL !BETER THAN U LOLZ!!!!. I'm more than willing to have a serious...

I would recommend getting Dangerous first, the effects are easier and more practical for the real world. The Devil's Picturebook is very interesting and one of the best DVD's I own however I find that i'm not often in a situation that is suitable to perform the effects on it. The real value of...

I've noticed that as well, 'could care less' implies you actually do care to some extent. As for deck collecting, it doesn't interest me at all.

It quite possibly is, I just don't like it when people try and use the term to dismiss flourishing as trivial and insignificant.

Just because there are more videos being done for cameras does not mean people don't perform for live audiences. It is much easier to film in front of a webcam than get someone to follow you round with a camera. I frequently perform for live audiences but having a cameraman following me...

I found those videos very difficult to watch because the camera was constantly moving and often zoomed in too much. At some points I could hardly tell what cuts you were doing. As for the flourishes, from what I could see they looked fairly good. A couple of moves weren't as smooth as they...

I just checked 2 dictionaries, both say spelt is a word. Here's a link to an online dictionary. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/SearchForm.html?_action=displayEntry&code=A&entry=32669#0

I completely agree, I can't see how anybody could actually believe in them. However, you could probably still do some interesting magic effects based on them. I seem to remember Wayne Houchin said you could do Indecent with Zodiac cards and have the card with the spectators symbol on go into...

I'd recommend the Art of Astonishment books, they are some the best books i've ever read. The effects are brilliant and they're really fun to read as well.

Actually it does refer to 3 discs, but they aren't going to choose to not make another one simply because it would cause a problem with the name. Also, there are 2 Star Wars trilogy's with 3 films in each one, the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy.

My thoughts: Good Points It's a decent trick that spectators will probably find quite entertaining. While not original I guess most people start by creating effects like it, so you're thinking in the right way. Bad Points The editing was horrific, just completely unnecessary. The...

I think this is the absolute worst thing you can do. What are going to achieve by challenging to do it themselves? If they can't do it you haven't gained anything, you just look very insecure and immature. Can you imagine a well respected magician such as David Blaine, Wayne Houchin, Chris...

I completely agree with this, the worst thing you can do in any situation is start arguing with the spectator. If you did flash something and they saw it you're insulting their intelligence if you try and say they're wrong. If they made up their own method then they have already convinced...

Surprisingly I don't think i've ever had a spectator come up with a strange explanation although as i've heard people talking about it a lot it seems that it happens quite often. I guess it's because you have fooled them and they don't like that feeling so will immediately try to come up...

I'm not quite sure what you mean when you say 'get out of it', i'm guessing you mean how to cleanup at the end. As with many effects on the Devil's Picturebook you simply have to choose the right moment to do the moves. After something else has just happened and everyone has relaxed a bit you...