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http://www.ellusionist.com/liquid-metal-2-by-morgan-strebler.html

Indeed.

Santa, take note.

Interesting! Must get that.

I do wish he'd take his hat off. He won't feel the benefit.

I still have to get to grips with liquid metal 1!

Does it annoy anyone else when a sequel comes out which contains all of the original alongside the new material. Its almost like a kind of punishment for early adopters. I remember when I found out that Calen Morelli's Transit (which I had pad top dollar for a week earlier) was included as a bonus trick on the similarly priced compilation Function 9.

That said, I got the benefit of that marketing model when I bought Fibre Optics Extended... I am torn as to whether it's a good idea or not. Fibre optics extended was more like a kind of second edition where the bulk of the material was identical but there were extra nuances, whereas Function 9 was heaps and heaps of new with an older release thrown in as a bonus.

So I guess the question is: is Liquid Metal 2 a few extra moves and endings fro Liquid Metal 1, or is it a whole new separate routine that happens to have the originals included?

Not that it matters to me, I'll probably take years to even grasp the original. Other people may wish to know though. If you buy this, Beardy (or Lawrence or anyone else), you should mention it in a review

-Stacy

I'm halfway through it now, and have to say that the teaching of the original routine isn't as good/in as much depth as in the original dvd, so I would still (at this point) recommend the original for anybody starting up.

I'll review it when I have finished ad had a play around with a few of the newer bends (though I haven;t come across any yet).

I will be honest though, having not watched LM1 for coming on 7 years, it is nice to have a refresher course. Though I can do all the bends, he does mention one or two things that I wouldn't have taken on board all those years ago before I realised I would take metal bending so seriously

Wow. I hadn't realised the original Liquid Metal was that old.

My annoyance with the Transit/Function 9 release was that they weren't even a year apart. I guess if it's been so long a new release is justified.

-Stacy

I've just finished watching it - First impressions:

Firstly note that I don't do the LM1 routine as taught, but rather have developed my own routine using LM1 as inspiration. However, let us assume that you are performing everything as taught.

The strengths of the main part of the LM1 routine was the lack of prep. You could be handed a fork and just go with it with pretty much any fork (after a bit of practice). It was a very nice routine which left the volunteer with a very nice souvenir.

So what is LM2? Is it an entirely different routine? Is it an adaptation of the original? Is it just a dvd with different bends on?

No. I have always rated Morgan Strebler as one of the best metal benders in the worlds, taking metal bending as an idea and making it commercial. That is why I have always recommended LM1 to beginners over Banachek's dvd. MS makes it workable in a working environment.

LM2 is in a nutshell, part 2 to LM1. If you were to take the LM1 routine and perform it, being left with a bent fork with "splurred" tines, you then begin the LM2 routine at that point, and start destroying the fork. The tines twist and break off, the head and shaft of the fork separate etc. And it does, to be honest, look good.

The downside I can see though is that you no longer have a souvenir for your spectator to take away with them, having destroyed the fork.

LM2 also includes some extra ideas for the original routine - using shadows to show the fork bending, etc. You also see MS put a corkscrew in the tine using his bare hands!!! F**king Hell!!!!

And the line of the dvd?

"You can do the shadow bends in the daylight...in the nighttime...anywhere you can get a shadow"

It just made me chuckle

All in all I would still say get LM1 to begin with, before you get LM2. The original routine was only retaught on this dvd because there isn't enough new material (maybe 20 minutes worth?) to warrant an entirely new dvd on its own, but it was taught in much, much, much more detail on LM1.

For those who have LM1 and who work metal bending in the real world, I would say it is probably worth picking up LM2 at less than £20 just for a couple of nice ideas, and just to watch MS tine corkscrew with his bare hands, but don't expect anything groundbreaking.

I want to work a few of the ideas to gage the reactions in comparison to my usual routine, before I give my final thoughts on the product

I would also say that LM2 isn't as workable as LM1, as it does take preparation. For those of you who, like me, can easily go through 100-200 forks minimum a night, it doesn't make sense to have 200 normal forks and 200 prepped forks! It just wouldn't be workable!

It would be something to perform at the smaller gigs, where you don't go through as many forks, rather than the massive ones.

I would never recommend going with only 10 prepped forks because, once they are used up, you're buggered (unless you can retire and re-prep for a few minutes!)

Great review - and from a guy who REALLY knows about metal bending! (Chris not Morgan!) LM1 is a classic must have, this sounds like a nice optional extra TBH.

I couldn't resist:

LIKE!

Does it tell you how to clean up afterwards, so as not to pee off the pub landlord?

Thanks for the candid review! I hope you enjoy performing some of the new material!
Morgan
PS It's true "You can do the shadow bends in the daylight...in the nighttime...anywhere you can get a shadow" LMFAO

Hey, look.

*points*

It's Morgan!