I find it hard to believe that it's that easy to hypnotise someone.
It didn't occur to me that the gun was simply firing blanks; I thought it might have been BBs or something, which is obviously dangerous for putting out zombies' eyes.
If it were me in there... things would have gone badly, cause I'd have started busting heads when I realised the gun wasn't doing anything.
<!--QuoteBegin-Drfuzzy+Jun 2 2005, 04:31 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Drfuzzy @ Jun 2 2005, 04:31 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Obviously fake, you really think he would think hes shooting zombies with a PAINTBALL GUN? Kinda fake to put someone in a trance too, I've never seen it done. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> You should watch darren brown more often!
Derren Brown is awesome, I watch him when ever he's on. He doesn't claim to do anything magical, he's a psychologist and all of the tricks he does revolve around fooling and predicting the actions of the human mind. That is, assuming they are real. He's certainly the most believable as he constantly says throughout his programs that its a trick, an illusion. If its real he's very very clever.
Interesting fact, he did a 'seance' with a bunch of young people, trying to contact the dead or whatever. The program received <b>thousands</b> of phone calls, complaints and questions, people completely freaked out by what was happening on TV and in their own homes.
When he almost shot himself in the head on television playing russian roulette he received about <b>10</b> complaints. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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That's the russian roulette guy? I remember that, never saw it though. And I dunno, the most convincing part was where he just drops the gun. A person playing a role wouldnt think to do that I reckon.
judging by the way he got the 'zombies' to fall, I think they might've actually been hypnotised or something rather than acting :o
Derren Brown loves his catatonic trances... in each show I've seen he usually puts at least one person into one. Usually it's a ringing telephone box and when a happless victim curiously answers it they just zonk out XD
Derren Brown really is quite the illusionist. If you see his TV program you will soon understand there is a clear reason why a person acts like they do. For example, one time he managed to get Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead guy) to buy a BMX by talking to him for 10 minutes and every other sentence he had a reference to a bike in it. Its all subliminal.
<!--QuoteBegin-SoulSkorpion+Jun 2 2005, 05:58 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SoulSkorpion @ Jun 2 2005, 05:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-TychoCelchuuu+Jun 2 2005, 06:52 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Jun 2 2005, 06:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Read the comments. After about 4 they get hilarious. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> .... Oh, my aching sides :/ <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Oh man. That guys the best showman of them all. I love good trolling.
I don't think this was staged... or if it was, he's the worlds best actor. He looked really, genuinely freaked out.
It wasn't a case of "just a few flashing lights"; there's more to it than that. If you noticed, Derran was watching the guys reaction through a camera. He knew exactly when and where to push the right buttons in that man's brain. The human nervous system is a funny thing.
As to whether it was a paintball gun or a gun firing blanks.... I have no idea. I assume the zombie people had blood bags, but then, Derran didn't seem to so much as flich when the guy shot him several times at point blank; and afaik even a blank round at point blank is going to cause some serious damage.
That was the best bit, him being shot lol <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Jun 2 2005, 07:34 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Jun 2 2005, 07:34 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Faskalia+Jun 1 2005, 09:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Faskalia @ Jun 1 2005, 09:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Too bad, that he didnt engage melee combat with one of the actors.....ähh zombies, i mean. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> ...Did you just put an umlet over that "a"? Why? Madness! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> No, it is because i am german and we have many words, that use the umlets above letters thingy <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
btw it is "Übermensch" and not "ubermensch" and we dont say ahh, but ähh.
<!--QuoteBegin-Faskalia+Jun 2 2005, 10:33 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Faskalia @ Jun 2 2005, 10:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Jun 2 2005, 07:34 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Jun 2 2005, 07:34 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Faskalia+Jun 1 2005, 09:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Faskalia @ Jun 1 2005, 09:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Too bad, that he didnt engage melee combat with one of the actors.....ähh zombies, i mean. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> ...Did you just put an umlet over that "a"? Why? Madness! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> No, it is because i am german and we have many words, that use the umlets above letters thingy <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
btw it is "Übermensch" and not "ubermensch" and we dont say ahh, but ähh.
Überschallflugzeug=super-sonic-aircraft Äpfel=apples <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Yea, but writing out ueber just doesn't look good; and setting up a system so Alt+Shift switches to German for über just isn't common for many people <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> .
(I'm curious as to what the the key next to backspace is for, since it adds an apostrophe, but only after you type another letter).
I'm pretty sure anyone who doesn't have extremely lucid dreams would be a bit freaked out to realise they'd just entered a video game world; even if it would be fun to be there it would probably be extremely adrenaline packed.
On the gun: Between going up to people who seem unresponsive and possibly diseased; would you rather use a fairly ineffective weapon or hand-to-hand? I know I'd rather shoot at stuff and prevent it from getting close to me, if the choice is to be made.
I'm also going to have to say it's not a paintball gun, otherwise the person in the wedding dress would really be hurting from those 5+ point blank shots.
<!--QuoteBegin-Nil IQ+Jun 2 2005, 02:15 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nil IQ @ Jun 2 2005, 02:15 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't think this was staged... or if it was, he's the worlds best actor. He looked really, genuinely freaked out.
It wasn't a case of "just a few flashing lights"; there's more to it than that. If you noticed, Derran was watching the guys reaction through a camera. He knew exactly when and where to push the right buttons in that man's brain. The human nervous system is a funny thing.
As to whether it was a paintball gun or a gun firing blanks.... I have no idea. I assume the zombie people had blood bags, but then, Derran didn't seem to so much as flich when the guy shot him several times at point blank; and afaik even a blank round at point blank is going to cause some serious damage. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Blank rounds doesn't have to technically mean it actually fires something. Having worked in a theatre and had to, on several occasions, using a blank firing gun, i can tell you that nothing comes out except smoke and a damn loud noise, they're used entirely for the effect, without having to propell something out.
However, even with those sorts of rounds, it's still not entirely safe, and i wouldn't allow a person, clearly going apeshit, to hold and fire it at real people. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
there are two different types of blanks, ones that make noise, and ones that have muzzle flash. ones with muzzle flash DO shoot part of a cartriage about 10 feet. What they should have given him is a Co2 powered airsoft gun. Realistic looking, kickback, sliding chamber, ect... Dont know if its real, but if it is, hes not to intuitive for not shooting the door, wonder why in the hell there is a canister on the end of a gun (as for not having guns parts of Europe, you still have movies and TV ffs.) wonder why the glass didnt break when he shot the window, ect...
<!--QuoteBegin-Faskalia+Jun 2 2005, 10:33 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Faskalia @ Jun 2 2005, 10:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Jun 2 2005, 07:34 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Jun 2 2005, 07:34 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Faskalia+Jun 1 2005, 09:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Faskalia @ Jun 1 2005, 09:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Too bad, that he didnt engage melee combat with one of the actors.....ähh zombies, i mean. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> ...Did you just put an umlet over that "a"? Why? Madness! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> No, it is because i am german and we have many words, that use the umlets above letters thingy <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
btw it is "Übermensch" and not "ubermensch" and we dont say ahh, but ähh.
Apparently the show had to 'edit out' the really bad screams....... This was disturbing,but very clever. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> The power of just adding a few well-time flashes on-screen.......Natural Selection anyone? Getting a skulk suit would be a pain though.
<!--QuoteBegin-SuitePee+Jun 2 2005, 10:44 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SuitePee @ Jun 2 2005, 10:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Apparently the show had to 'edit out' the really bad screams....... This was disturbing,but very clever. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> The power of just adding a few well-time flashes on-screen.......Natural Selection anyone? Getting a skulk suit would be a pain though. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Just dress up a couple of dogs.
There are no Äpfels <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Oh I see, trying to hide those delicious Äpfels from me, eh?
Well <a href='http://www.google.com/search?q=%C3%84pfels&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official' target='_blank'>google sees through your plan,</a> buddy!
There are no Äpfels <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Oh I see, trying to hide those delicious Äpfels from me, eh?
Well <a href='http://www.google.com/search?q=%C3%84pfels&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official' target='_blank'>google sees through your plan,</a> buddy! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> æbler, åler, øer
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It didn't occur to me that the gun was simply firing blanks; I thought it might have been BBs or something, which is obviously dangerous for putting out zombies' eyes.
If it were me in there... things would have gone badly, cause I'd have started busting heads when I realised the gun wasn't doing anything.
You should watch darren brown more often!
One word
HEADSHOT!!!
*Raises hand.
Plus, in the UK we don't have guns. So how do you expect someone to know how to check a gun?
Besides, Darren Brown has done cooler things.
Interesting fact, he did a 'seance' with a bunch of young people, trying to contact the dead or whatever. The program received <b>thousands</b> of phone calls, complaints and questions, people completely freaked out by what was happening on TV and in their own homes.
When he almost shot himself in the head on television playing russian roulette he received about <b>10</b> complaints. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Derren Brown loves his catatonic trances... in each show I've seen he usually puts at least one person into one. Usually it's a ringing telephone box and when a happless victim curiously answers it they just zonk out XD
.... Oh, my aching sides :/
.... Oh, my aching sides :/ <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh man. That guys the best showman of them all. I love good trolling.
It wasn't a case of "just a few flashing lights"; there's more to it than that. If you noticed, Derran was watching the guys reaction through a camera. He knew exactly when and where to push the right buttons in that man's brain. The human nervous system is a funny thing.
As to whether it was a paintball gun or a gun firing blanks.... I have no idea. I assume the zombie people had blood bags, but then, Derran didn't seem to so much as flich when the guy shot him several times at point blank; and afaik even a blank round at point blank is going to cause some serious damage.
Also, you want to try and find the show he did where he played russian roulette with live rounds.
...Did you just put an umlet over that "a"? Why? Madness! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
No, it is because i am german and we have many words, that use the umlets above letters thingy <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
btw it is "Übermensch" and not "ubermensch" and we dont say ahh, but ähh.
Überschallflugzeug=super-sonic-aircraft
Äpfel=apples
...Did you just put an umlet over that "a"? Why? Madness! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No, it is because i am german and we have many words, that use the umlets above letters thingy <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
btw it is "Übermensch" and not "ubermensch" and we dont say ahh, but ähh.
Überschallflugzeug=super-sonic-aircraft
Äpfel=apples <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yea, but writing out ueber just doesn't look good; and setting up a system so Alt+Shift switches to German for über just isn't common for many people <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> .
(I'm curious as to what the the key next to backspace is for, since it adds an apostrophe, but only after you type another letter).
I'm pretty sure anyone who doesn't have extremely lucid dreams would be a bit freaked out to realise they'd just entered a video game world; even if it would be fun to be there it would probably be extremely adrenaline packed.
On the gun: Between going up to people who seem unresponsive and possibly diseased; would you rather use a fairly ineffective weapon or hand-to-hand? I know I'd rather shoot at stuff and prevent it from getting close to me, if the choice is to be made.
I'm also going to have to say it's not a paintball gun, otherwise the person in the wedding dress would really be hurting from those 5+ point blank shots.
It wasn't a case of "just a few flashing lights"; there's more to it than that. If you noticed, Derran was watching the guys reaction through a camera. He knew exactly when and where to push the right buttons in that man's brain. The human nervous system is a funny thing.
As to whether it was a paintball gun or a gun firing blanks.... I have no idea. I assume the zombie people had blood bags, but then, Derran didn't seem to so much as flich when the guy shot him several times at point blank; and afaik even a blank round at point blank is going to cause some serious damage. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Blank rounds doesn't have to technically mean it actually fires something. Having worked in a theatre and had to, on several occasions, using a blank firing gun, i can tell you that nothing comes out except smoke and a damn loud noise, they're used entirely for the effect, without having to propell something out.
However, even with those sorts of rounds, it's still not entirely safe, and i wouldn't allow a person, clearly going apeshit, to hold and fire it at real people. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
...Did you just put an umlet over that "a"? Why? Madness! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No, it is because i am german and we have many words, that use the umlets above letters thingy <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
btw it is "Übermensch" and not "ubermensch" and we dont say ahh, but ähh.
Überschallflugzeug=super-sonic-aircraft
Äpfel=apples <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Mmmmm.... Äpfels.
Plural: Äpfel
There are no Äpfels
Plural: Äpfel
There are no Äpfels <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lets raise the average forum users confusion level:
Pferde-Äpfel=Horse-****
This was disturbing,but very clever. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The power of just adding a few well-time flashes on-screen.......Natural Selection anyone? Getting a skulk suit would be a pain though.
This was disturbing,but very clever. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The power of just adding a few well-time flashes on-screen.......Natural Selection anyone? Getting a skulk suit would be a pain though. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Just dress up a couple of dogs.
Plural: Äpfel
There are no Äpfels <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh I see, trying to hide those delicious Äpfels from me, eh?
Well <a href='http://www.google.com/search?q=%C3%84pfels&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official' target='_blank'>google sees through your plan,</a> buddy!
Plural: Äpfel
There are no Äpfels <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh I see, trying to hide those delicious Äpfels from me, eh?
Well <a href='http://www.google.com/search?q=%C3%84pfels&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official' target='_blank'>google sees through your plan,</a> buddy! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
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