lindz wrote:Personally I thought this show had set a really high standard of magic until last weeks show although I thought Piff was brilliant and from this week I liked Richards act but the rest of the acts for me have not lived upto previous standards. Bar the 2 I said earlier and Soma last week and Romany this week who I thought were interesting but missing a little something the rest of the acts in my opinion have been embarassingly poor. I also think Alan Rorrisons routine was good but his character didn't seem to go with the show. Over the last two weeks the show has just seemed to fall to bits for me poor magic, poor acts, inexperienced magicians, poor personality etc I could go on. Hopefully next weeks show will pick up again and reach previous standards I believe Michael Vincent is on again so at least we know we have one superb act already without watching I just hope the rest are up to it. I feel it's a shame because this show seemed to be hitting laymen in the right places which is good for magic. I have also had a few friends say to me the acts have been sub standard to the rest of the shows aswell also I have had magic friends who have said the same so it is not only me it is magicians and lay people have noticed this aswell.
I'm not denying the fact that some of the acts haven't been amazing from a magician perspective, but at the end of the day, it is the producers who decide the acts - not magicians.
My comments previously made were regarding the apparent slating of Richard's routine, where he apparently cannot win amongst magicians no matter what he does!
Klangster1971 wrote:(and whilst I'm thinking about the briefcase, did Richard not state at the beginning of the act that the prediction was in the briefcase? Or am I just misremembering it....?)
Misremembering it - he stated that he placed a bet on the outcome, which is where the case comes in. The prediction was on a betting slip.
