SkydiveStMarys 0 #1 May 6, 2006 Who would want to be stuck in a fish bowl while everyone stares at you.....as you shrivel up like a prune? This is not magic!! Its a stunt! Whatever happened to pulling a rabbit out of a hat?? The dude is weird...now Chris Angel...amaaaazing. BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamdiablo 0 #2 May 6, 2006 I completely agree with you Bobbi. David Blaine just does stunts. He basically does "magic" for the publicity and thats it. I guess him and Chris Angel are just two totally different people with totally different wants. (And Chris Angel is so much cooler!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
divnswoop 0 #3 May 6, 2006 hehe....you should see David skydive!!! He is much better being in a block of ice or bowl of water. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #4 May 6, 2006 Don't think he ever claimed it WAS magic. He is trying to push himself to limits of which no one else has tried. No one has ever stayed under water for 7 days, and no one has ever held their breath for 9 minutes straight. I think it is pretty amazing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #5 May 6, 2006 I think he is strange. No he never said it was magic...but he claims to be a magician. BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vertifly 0 #6 May 6, 2006 some of his tricks are more like a magician's. and some are kinda good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #7 May 6, 2006 He IS a magician. Just like I am a skydiver. Does that mean all I can do is skydive? He is a magician, illusionist, performer, entertainer, stunt man..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #8 May 6, 2006 David Blaaaaaine....Had a straaaange....hobby.... Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #9 May 6, 2006 Sorry he just irratates me...glad that you like him. BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psipike02 0 #10 May 6, 2006 QuoteWhatever happened to pulling a rabbit out of a hat?? hahahah, Chris Rock said the same thing.... "Is america so desperate for entertainment, that we fall for a TRICKLESS MAGICIAN?!?" "Pull a rabbit out a hat, cut a lady in half..." Hahahahaha.....download it if you have no clue what i'm talkin about, i promise its funnier when he says itPuttin' some stank on it. ----Hellfish #707---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #11 May 6, 2006 QuoteI think he is strange. Bobbi Well, you think I'm kinda strange too! Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #12 May 6, 2006 QuoteQuoteI think he is strange. Bobbi Well, you think I'm kinda strange too! Walt *** At least YOU can pull a Raccoon out of a bottle! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #13 May 6, 2006 Or a turd out his ass!! BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #14 May 6, 2006 Yeah and I question our friendship daily. You don't irratate me though, I said David Blaine does.BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
panzwami 0 #15 May 7, 2006 he brings out the best in humanity: Quote The British public took to Blaine in its inimitable style while he was suspended in a perspex box by the Thames; pelting him with eggs, shouting abuse and even flying a hamburger by suspended from a model helicopter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
txhoss 0 #16 May 7, 2006 That dude is great. He does his "stunts"' to try to better understand what his mother went through when she was dying of cancer. As far as "magic" I would say that he is pretty well versed. The best, perhaps not, never-the-less, at least he knows what he is doing (if you do not know what I am talking about please referance his book about the magic). You Have Rig will travel ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #17 May 7, 2006 He may be doing his thing with the very best of intensions..... but..... he's boring.....I'm standing in a box suspended from a crane/immersed in water.... Whatever... get a job. . (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
divnswoop 0 #18 May 7, 2006 QuoteHe may be doing his thing with the very best of intensions..... but..... he's boring.....I'm standing in a box suspended from a crane/immersed in water.... Whatever... get a job. . He spent over an hour doing various little card/ slight of hand tricks after his jump in X-keys. Everybody there thought he was VERY entertaining...but that was just the 30 people standing there that he was interacting with. I'm sure 3000 people staring at him in a box would have a different opinion...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagicGuy 0 #19 May 7, 2006 QuoteI think he is strange. No he never said it was magic...but he claims to be a magician. Bobbi He actually likes to refer to himself as an entertainer. He doesn't call himself a magician, because he does more than just magic tricks. In doing his last stunt, he was more proud of the fact of the diverse amount of people that came to see him. Men, women, children, black, white, latino etc etc. I do, however, think that David's magic isn't all that great. A lot of the magic that you see him do (not the 'stunts') rely heavily on the camera, or on special sets and whatnot. Plus his presentation, albeit original, is pretty lame. I mean he walks up to a spectator with this disgusted look on his face, says "Wanna see something that transcends the mind?", performs the trick in monotone, and then just walks away. Shit, if thats what people want to see these days I might as well start my own TV special, too. Hey, good for him. He makes millions by doing average sleight of hand with poor presentation skills. Congrats, David. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RastaRicanAir 0 #20 May 8, 2006 QuoteWho would want to be stuck in a fish bowl while everyone stares at you.....a?? A douche. Sorry. Monday. Too early to be clever. I just really find his very presence to scream "Douche!". Maybe it's because Hindu yogis have been doing the same type of stuff for hundreds of years without having to hire publicists first.OrFunV/LocoBoca Rodriguez/Sonic Grieco/Muff Brother #4411 -"and ladies....messin with Robbie is venturing into territory you cant even imagine!-cuz Robbie is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #21 May 8, 2006 QuoteQuoteWho would want to be stuck in a fish bowl while everyone stares at you.....a?? A douche. Sorry. Monday. Too early to be clever. I just really find his very presence to scream "Douche!". Maybe it's because Hindu yogis have been doing the same type of stuff for hundreds of years without having to hire publicists first. It's all about money. Hindu monks do it for different reasons. He's just a publisity hound and probably going to make a mint. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #22 May 9, 2006 no 9 minutes, but 7 min something is more than I could ever do.Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #23 May 9, 2006 The only reasion people watch him is because we want to see him die a horrible death preforming one of his stunts. I wonder if there is someone out there with a .50 cal rifle that can make that happenDivot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scaryshari 0 #24 May 9, 2006 hmmmm: fear factor jackass stunts for a mint? Sure, but his stunts are on a broader scale and a little more interesting than eating maggots and rolling down hills in shopping carts. Me likey. is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skykittykat 0 #25 May 9, 2006 QuoteThe only reasion people watch him is because we want to see him die a horrible death preforming one of his stunts. And don't forget that it was live, so you could flip to watch out for some drama during those frequent, annoying commercials that interrupt the program you were watching. I don't have cable Liz Traa di liooar Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
