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right how come david blaine has changed from awesome street magic to just stunts????

will we see him do street magic again any1 know?

I think that David Blaine has admitted defeat. The street magic torch has been handed off to Criss Angel. It's sad really, Blaine was alot better at Street Magic.

Now, what is he trying to prove by his stunts?

Well, I believe that he is trying to prove himself worthy of fame. Sure he does the stunts for publicity... but isn't that his job?

He's trying to make people realize that anything is possible if you are determined. I respect that, he is a very motivating person.

Does he have a death wish?

Of course not, as I said before. He does this stuff for a reason... you ever had a role model? Well his was Houdini... if you had a role model wouldn't you want to be exactly like them?

You may have heard there are skeptics surrounding his stunts... if he really is in there... or if it really is as hard as it looks.

Maybe he is making it easier in sneaky ways... but isn't that what a magician does

I thouroughly enjoy the stunts he does, they're an inspiration to me.

I thought he was trying to become Houdini. Atleast I hope he is, cause when he gets up to the stunt where he lets people punch him in the stomach I'll be first in line. jk. David Blaine is cool in the fact that he's set the bar pretty low in that nothing he does is all that difficult and his mumbly lazy eyed spooky guy has gotten lay people thinking magic is cool again and not just something chessy vegas acts and bad comic do. (sorry to all the bad comics and chessy vegas performers I've just offended.)

Just my opinion...twwaahh

intresting views there...

i dont mind his stunts but it just seems more like a publicity stunt rather than a hudini stunt.....mind its probs just me but i still do have a lot of respec for him but i just miss him doing his tricks cause he was so good at them

Well,

Im a big fan of david's not because of his street magic, granted he is good, and that i think is down to his personality. But within his stunts i believe he wants mainly to prove something to himself, ok yes the fame and money is also a factor, but i dont think it is why he does.

I have the old video from the above the below, when he tell a story about his mother whilst she was in hospital.

Not going to go into it but she inspired him to push his human boday and not worry about the little things in life.

Dont know if anybody else has seen this video but it is well worth watching,

Anyway my point is this, i feel he is a proven street magician as we would probably agree, now its just purly on to the next test in his life, to push and test the human body.

Good luck to him

I would never put Houdini and David Blaine in the same sentence. Houdini was a master escapologist. All Blaine is is a publicity hound with his great feats of "endurance." To me it's just a "Big deal. Who cares?" type of thing. He does some good magic but his ultra low-key personality is just such a turnoff for me.

Lash wrote:I would never put Houdini and David Blaine in the same sentence.

lol.

Blumunky wrote:

Lash wrote:I would never put Houdini and David Blaine in the same sentence.

lol.

agreed



That's a gem

Also, Houdini was a fairly good publicist himself in his time.

To be honest anyone in their right mind in the magic biz would get as much self generated publicity as possible.
Then again, should "in their right mind" and "in the magic biz" really be in the same sentence?

Blaine has his way of mixing magic with human endurance. Not the first to do this, but arguably the highest profile magician to do so. You don't like it, slip an Angel dvd in or flick over for the umpteenth repeat of dirty sanchez. Millions still like the fella a lot, and I for one while not the biggest fan respect the name he has made for himself, his magic and magic in general. I think he has helped a lot in making magic become more popular.

You would moan if it was a case of "Aww for crying out loud, he's very good at them but all he ever does is card tricks!"

[quote="magicmonkey I think he has helped a lot in making magic become more popular.[/quote]

Monkey, im not disagreing here but, as i have stated im a fan, however i would like to point out that making magic popular it has a negative effect, not saying that im against making magic popular but if you go onto say for example ebay riight now and search magic ebooks i guarrenty that there is several different David Blaine secrets revealed for as little as £1

This cant be a good thing for the magic world???

good point, very true

it is so accessible nowadays.

magicmonkey wrote:

Blumunky wrote:

Lash wrote:I would never put Houdini and David Blaine in the same sentence.

lol.

agreed



That's a gem

Okay, so I have to laugh at that one myself.

Also, Houdini was a fairly good publicist himself in his time

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I guess where I draw the line is that while Houdini did generate a lot of publicity for himself, I consider his escapes to be more "magical" than say, going without food for so many days or standing still in an ice block or whatever it was he was doing. As I have admitted before, Blaine does some good magic and he's made magic popular, but overall, I just consider Houdini more of a magician than I do Blaine.

Who is inferring Blaine's stopped doing street magic?

Did you not SEE the Drowned Alive TV show? Have you been under a rock since all the latest Blaine-related street magic products have been flooding out? Strange Travellers, DisJointed, Self Tying Shoelaces?

Not quite sure what's being inferred in this thread, but I would certainly say perhaps DB has had his peaks, and although he's not in the limelight as much, anyone taking a look at E.com will know that he hasn't CHANGED from awesome street magic to just stunts.

He's always done a mixture of the two. However, after the crazy media excitement at his bigger stuff, it seems that his other work and closeup/street magic is overshadowed.

However, Blaine's involvement with down-to-earth magic is far from finished. Perhaps you should read a few more magic magazines and get involved in the magic community a bit more, Ash. Then you'd realise the inaccuracy of your statement!

seige wrote:although he's not in the limelight as much

I dont think its a case of not being in the limelight as much, when he is doing a stunt, he is all people talk about, then he just dies away for a while untill another stunt comes up!

Just like a pop group when the have no releases