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Love your sig Lore! That performance mad me laugh a lot! x EDIT: I meant "made", not "mad". How embaraaasing! Hello Julie! Nice joke!

I kind of am here, much to Mark's disappointment. I'm still pretty doom-y

Simon! You're here! It's like The Beatles are visiting Abbey Road after many years, and also like Elton John buying a new hat. Maybe more the 1st one, if either.

The genius that is Mark Watson. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkYuOzyikik]YouTube - Mark Watson - Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow[/ame]

I'm sure that's not allowed anyway. Still, I don't want to look into it too much. It was the greatest piece of entertainment I've seen for quite a long time. He certainly knows how to make a show!

New episode was okay, but not amazing. As everyone can probably tell by my avatar, I'm a big Amstell fan, and this show was missing a bit of Amstell! (Well, all of him really) And I agree Alison, Corden laughed a bit too much. I spent most of the show thinking, "I really want Noel Fielding's David Bowie top" Rhod Gilbert hosting next week. Should be quite good.

I've watched them all, and loved every one. I'm quite sad it's over now, but what a way to leave! Deliberately setting it up, to make it look like he was genuinely one out. He got everyone to feel that feeling he talked about at the very start of the latest episode. The gambling feeling. A lot of people do believe that Derren was genuinely one out, but I'm not one of those people. I actually got a bit annoyed at loads of people saying things like "LOL HE fAAAAAAAILED" when to me it was quite obvious that he'd planned to "fail", and that was the genius of it. Can't wait till I see him live next year.

If you head over to the "Entertainment & Arts" section you'll already see a bit of disscusion about it. Just check the "Derren Brown" thread.

Ah he's alright. I prefer the 4th man on the moon. Er...Moony Joe?

You mean Derren Brown? If so, he's never claimed to be psychic or anything like that, and whenever people say he is, he's 1st to point out that he does not believe that. Derren uses Suggestion and a load of stuff like that.

When I was a bit younger, I'll admit that I liked David Blaine. However, after seeing him do all of this hanging of eagle's beaks nonsense, and knowing how simple some of his tricks are (Most of them are bought, ready to use, especially the card ones), I just decided he's a big idiot. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYxu_MQSTTY]YouTube - David Blaine Street Magic: YouTube Edition![/ame] This makes me laugh a lot though.

Yeah, it is. Even Derren said "If anyone asks me how I did it, I'll say it was just a trick" or something along those lines.

I do believe the thing I posted on twitter is right. If you think about it, it is impossible to predict it correctly. It's just luck. I'd like to believe he somehow predicted it, but that's just too much. I'll post it here as well, so people can make their minds up. http://poeljames.googlepages.com/HowDerrenDidIt.html and here is the video, which is an example of how the frozen screen thing may have been done. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqAt2akPHJ8]YouTube - derren brown's lottery trick - possible solution[/ame] Watch the show that was on last night, on channel 4 for the other possibility.

The fact is, he made people believe that he could. He's just an entertainer really. You'd also call him an illusionist, and he did create the illusion, to a lot of people, that he could predict the lottery numbers. The lottery show, set out to do exactly what he mentioned in that trailer. "Even the simplest tricks, can make the most secure systems vulnerable" Has anyone seen "The Heist"? That was super fascinating to me, and also worrying if the skills Derren had, were in a criminal's hands.

Did anyone watch last night then? Whatever your thoughts are on it, you can't argue with the fact that it was brilliant entertainment, and Derren has so far, achieved the "Events of Misdirection" he is aiming for. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTTPrpdcpBw]YouTube - 'The Events' | Derren Brown | 11th September[/ame] (Well, I suppose you could argue with it being brilliant entertainment, if you don't like him at all. If that's the case, then why are you in this thread? To Boooo at him!?)

I'm very surprised with myself, but I have somehow, still not listened to the album, and I'm still planning to wait until Monday (U.K. Release date). How does it rate against the other albums?

Indeed he is! Since this is Coldplaying, and Simon Pegg has a lot of fans on here, here is a link to the time he did one of his "things" to Simon. http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?hl=en&source=hp&q=derren%20brown&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#q=derren+brown+simon+pegg&hl=en&emb=0 Click on the 3rd video down. It should work. and if that doesn't work, direct link here. http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/did-you-really-want-that/33873

Derren Brown, in my opinion, is a truly interesting and brilliant man (Was a thread for a "Darren Brown", but that's not right.) To achieve his results, he combines magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection and showmanship. He's not like your average David Blaine or any nonsense like that. If you don't know this man, you really need to give him a whirl. I'd suggest watching an episode of either "Trick Of The Mind", "Trick or Treat" or one of his live shows. In all of Derren's work, no stooges or participants are told about it beforehand. I'll post a link here, so you can get a feel of what his shows are like, but you really need to watch and episode or two, to get a feeling for his real genius. http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2428437236878343763&ei=IDaqSuuuGdCA-Abiqcz-Dw&q=derren+brown&hl=en# (Please note, that video above can be a bit scary, but nowhere near as scary as it must have been for the poor chap involved) I'm sure other people that know him will be able to tell you he's really rather good. Nathan?

Thing is Simon, I don't want it to leak. It spoils the "Buying a brand new CD of unheard material!" feeling. I will be able to hold off until release now.

I love "The Resistance" (The Song), and am I right in thinking the album hasn't leaked yet? If so, that's great I think. Will surely leak soon though.

Slumdog Millionaire - 9/10 Really enjoyed this film. Hurrah for Danny Boyle!

We'd alsoall have to meet up and everything. Cost a lot for travel, and a lot of people on here will be underage as well. So many troubles! Why don't you just go on a nice walk instead? I know a place with air!

I would ask him, why he was at "CA", Cookers Anonymous. I was there 'cause I made a proper bad bolognese once... So bad, it was actually a ham sandwich. I should point out at this point, that I have no reason to believe that Albie can't cook a ruddy good Bolognese!

Well, you like Michael Schumacher..Why don't they swap jobs like one of those TV shows? Thom Yorke would be up against Hamilton for the championship, and Michael Schumacher, would be singing "Just" at Wembley.

The album is amazing. I'm trying to do the same as Nathan, and not overdo it, but I'm listening to it this very second, so I'm not doing a very good job! All tracks have got better, everytime I listen. To start with, I really wasn't a fan of "The Jeweller's Hands", but now, it's possibly my favourite track. "Pretty Visitors" is a raaaaaaawkin track. "Secret Door" is amazing as well. So, to sum up, GOOOOOOOOOD!