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I just thought i would share MY thoughts on Blackpool 09. Ofcourse im not infallable, so these are only my opinion.

LECTURES

Latko. I liked his matrix routine , although he did flash a bit, this was down to nerves. I knew what he meant about applying a theme but i personally felt he lingered on this too much. It was nice of Paulo to translate last minute.

Michael Ammar.- I missed this lecture as i was napping in the hotel room and overslept -lol. Im gutted as i think Michael is great. I have seen him lecture twice in Bpool and once in Paisley.

Joshua Jay - well, what can i say, i have never been jealous of anyone. EVER, but i gotta say, Josh has made the green eyed monster turn up. Whats not to like from this very talented magician.

Daniel Garcia - At this moment, Danny Garcia is my favourite magician, his work is innovative and great to perform, those of you who dont already own the Ultra Gaff deck i suggest you do so. There are miles and miles of material in there. I do have to say however i was not too chuffed with David Blaine showing his face during the lecture. It almost felt like he was stealing Danny's thunder. I feel that magicians like Dg and JJ are the true stars, Blaine is the past.

Marc Oberon - PURE AWSOME!!!! - Enough said.

GALA SHOW - Sunday.

If i see another manipulation act im going to poke my eye out with the stick left from my white chocolate magnum.!
However, the final act took me by surprise, Magic Unlimited. up until the final illusion i was not too impressed, the final swtch however was very well done.

Tony Chapek - I have seen Tony's act a few years ago at blackpool, i would love to see something new from Tony. However, it has to be said that his act is the most original i have seen.

Jerome Murat - I love this act, its simply wonderful!! I noticed a few changes this year, did anyone else notice?? It is different slightly right? or did i imagine it?
Im sure in his last one he did not float up when grabbing the head and im sure previously when the head emerged from the box it was very dark and scary, this time it was more . . . i dunno.. non scary.. lol.

Jeff McBride - truly one of the nicest people i have ever met. The man is legendary, however i do honestly think that we could have seen better from him. Sorry Jeff, im just being honest.

Rudy Coby - I really was not too impressed with this act. It was very short and i felt it was rushed slightly. Needs some polishing.

Other thoughts

My only other thought at this time is the idea that BMC could produce a DVD of ALL lectures and sell it (discount for all Tm members! lol). If this is already being done then im sorry for being a nimrod.

Any, just some thoughts, not saying they are correct, just my little opinion.

Dude, Rudy has been doing that act for over 20 years it does not need polishing so what if it wasnt perfect the man is a legend and it was nice just to be in his presence. If you went to his lecture you would catch my drift.

He had been doing it for years but only in December did he get back into magic & even at the start of Feb he didn't know what he was going to perform at Blackpool. I think it could have done with more practice leading up to the gala show but I thought it was amazing to see him anyway.

Russ

The Dan and Dave lecture
I felt this lecture was more about them showing off, and then explaining how it's done, as opposed to teaching the tricks. You've got to love their quick witted patter as well :S

The Jeff McBride Lecture
I was rather impressed by the content of this lecture. He taught 2 tricks throughout the hour. His vortex canes, and the las vegas wishing rainbow. Both rather nice, although it was the other content that I sat amazed at. Obviously his card throwing was a hit, but he also talked about doing magic where people can see. And how confetti makes everything more impressive, from a silk production to mentalism - "you are thinking of the four of hearts" *handful of confetti*

I would be interested to hear opinions from anyone watching the junior close up comp who aren't necessarily my friends...

P.S. I missed my 1000th post - so... 1001! Yey!

crozboz wrote:The Dan and Dave lecture
I felt this lecture was more about them showing off, and then explaining how it's done, as opposed to teaching the tricks. You've got to love their quick witted patter as well :S

I didn't bother with their lecture. I did notice that during the close up in the horseshoe that the least ill looking one of the two was shaking like a groom at a wedding.

Russ

Some one mentioned that it wouldn't surprise them if they were in fact a little autistic. I can see where they were coming from with this comment

russpie wrote:

crozboz wrote:The Dan and Dave lecture
I felt this lecture was more about them showing off, and then explaining how it's done, as opposed to teaching the tricks. You've got to love their quick witted patter as well :S

I didn't bother with their lecture. I did notice that during the close up in the horseshoe that the least ill looking one of the two was shaking like a groom at a wedding.

Russ

He also scowled at the audience as he left, or maybe that was the other one.
I was only 4 or 5 rows away and was very tempted to tell them to speak up.
They're very skillfull guys, but is it really suited to that kind of performing?

Yep. It sounds like I'm having a go but I'm really not trying to be nasty. They are very good at what they do with their hands & I certainly wouldn't want to perform infront of magicians at Blackpool but they chose to do it.

Their voice coach definately needs sacking.

Also, a little sunlight once in a while wouldn't go amiss.

I thought the Junior Close Up was good except the first guy was blatantly robbed of winning he didnt even finish in the top three!

His act was funny and there was no balls up in his act!

d_magic wrote:I thought the Junior Close Up was good except the first guy was blatantly robbed of winning he didnt even finish in the top three!

His act was funny and there was no balls up in his act!

I'm going to agree 99% on that!