Hans_Gruber Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Meh, it's was pretty boring, he would never have shot himself in the head in a million years. It's just an illusion, that's what he is, an illusionist. This was not an illusion Daz, he was doing something that he could do in his sleep only this time he had a gun at his head to add to the pressure. He gets the person to count to six and he is able to tell from the way that the person says the numbers, which number they are thinking of and in this case the six numbers represented the six chambers of the gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Ok ask yourself this: Would the bosses of Channel Four REALLY risk a guy shooting himself on live tv? The fines would be enough to take the channel off air. The whole thing was staged, even the ###### up was a wonderful bit of acting and judging by most of the posts here, it realed you all in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borbus Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Yea i agree with jon. They would not risk a guy shooting himself on live TV. Same with david blaine. They know they cannot die or they would not show it. With david blaine channel 4 have already scheduled his exit so he must be coming out. Another thing how do we even know that the derren brown thing was live. There was no audience, it was in a secret location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielsrees Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 me thinks its wrong. it obsene and vulgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielsrees Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 hey bob m how are you? i thaught you were dead? :punk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Ok ask yourself this:Would the bosses of Channel Four REALLY risk a guy shooting himself on live tv? The fines would be enough to take the channel off air. The whole thing was staged, even the ###### up was a wonderful bit of acting and judging by most of the posts here, it realed you all in. How many times do I have to say!!! There was 5 minute delay...if he killed himself it would be taken off air! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted October 6, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 6, 2003 its all about risk, during a wwe ppv a few years back someone died live, though it wasnt on camera someone died and they still contunied the ppv. RIP Owen Heart, now can someone rip this and post a link :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted October 6, 2003 Subscriber² Share Posted October 6, 2003 Dudes, believe me, my uncle committed suicide, and the police report noted it was illegal, but that no action would be taken! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Ok ask yourself this:Would the bosses of Channel Four REALLY risk a guy shooting himself on live tv? The fines would be enough to take the channel off air. The whole thing was staged, even the ###### up was a wonderful bit of acting and judging by most of the posts here, it realed you all in. How many times do I have to say!!! There was 5 minute delay...if he killed himself it would be taken off air! And what would happen when the C4 bosses are then accused of manslaughter? Face it, its rubbish and any sane person would realise so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borbus Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Yea its true. No doubt C4 will be accused of paying derren brown to risk his life and subsequently kill himself. It cannot be real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPeedY_B Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I don't see why everyone's being so sceptical, Derren's good at reading people and they way they think, this was just a little bit more dangerous. I had read before the show that if he was in any doubt at all he would simply call it off (which is crap TV, but better than the alternative..) and if anything was to go wrong then channel4 were prepared to show a message of some sort. If this was truly real, then I say he's nuts for having that much confidence and trust in his own abilities. If it was fake.. then it was still damned good TV :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron901 Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 damn i wanna see the show. anybody happen to have a copy??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibby Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 bah C4 Trusts darren, so they let it show and just incase he did shoot himself the delay would of sorted the prob out. so many people just still thing it is a con. as i said before and a few others, he knows how to read people. so when the dude that said the numbers out, Darren could read what number it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morganpugh84 Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Ok ask yourself this:Would the bosses of Channel Four REALLY risk a guy shooting himself on live tv? The fines would be enough to take the channel off air. The whole thing was staged, even the ###### up was a wonderful bit of acting and judging by most of the posts here, it realed you all in. How many times do I have to say!!! There was 5 minute delay...if he killed himself it would be taken off air! And what would happen when the C4 bosses are then accused of manslaughter? Face it, its rubbish and any sane person would realise so. People have died on tv before! Look at Owen Hart in the WWF (WWE now). He died and they just cleaned up the mess and carried on the show!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Derren signed a disclaimer to C4 and The guy who selected saying he takes responsibilty for his life etc etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me101 Veteran Posted October 6, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 6, 2003 here's a screen capture of the C4 event, my cousin pointed this out to me a few minutes ago... http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/.../2182311391.jpg and a link to the story... Yahoo UK News: Magician survives Russian roulette stunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermoss Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 I still think it was real - Derren looked real nervous after his 3rd shot - at the sandbag! And at the very end they both looked a bit emotional - Derren didn't even close the show by saying thanks for watching - just did one of those 'man hugs' and stood around speechless! Much better entertainment then watching a man in a box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me101 Veteran Posted October 6, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 6, 2003 and from a link on the digital spy forums... http://64.27.77.176/russ/ there was some video footage posted... at the same site but it has been pulled... glad i grabbed a copy :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPeedY_B Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Just spotted this (Attachment is a zipped torrent), It's 170mb, I have no idea of quality etc as I haven't downloaded it myself yet. Derren_Brown___Russian_Roulette.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobsgrg Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 'No-one endangered' by gun stunt Derren Brown's show did not break Jersey gun rules Jersey police have indicated that the live Russian roulette TV stunt which was broadcast from the island on Sunday night was a hoax. Illusionist Derren Brown asked another person to load a revolver with one bullet in the Channel 4 show filmed at Francheville Farm, Grouville. Brown then pointed the gun at his own head, and pulled the trigger a number of times, stopping when he guessed the gun would fire. Superintendent John Pearson said Jersey police were informed of the stunt before it took place. However, having examined how the stunt would work, they were satisfied it would not break any of the island's gun laws. We were absolutely satisfied that... no-one was in any danger whatsoever Superintendent John Pearson Asked if he had been concerned that somebody was going to fire a loaded gun at their head, he said: "If what was portrayed on TV was going to happen, then we did have concerns. "So a senior officer contacted Channel 4 and then we found out. "We were absolutely satisfied that, firstly, there would no offences committed in Jersey in relation to any laws at all and secondly, that no-one was in any danger whatsoever." Mr Pearson said that to hold a firearm "that could fire a lethal shot" on the island would have required a licence and the programme makers did not have a licence. Media alert Asked whether that meant it was not a real gun, he said: "It is not for me to go into the intricacies of what Channel 4 did to make this programme. "All I can reassure you is that we are entirely satisfied that no offences were committed." Handguns are illegal in the UK, but Mr Pearson pointed out that certain firearm legislation in Jersey was in fact tougher than the UK. For instance, unlike the UK, it was illegal to hold an airgun in Jersey without a licence. He added that the Jersey police had contacted Channel 4 after being alerted by a national newspaper that the show was to be filmed on the island. Channel 4 would only say in a statement: "In making and broadcasting this programme, Channel 4 was very mindful of its responsibility to ensure the safety of all involved and liaised with the Jersey police in advance of filming there to ensure that no offences were committed." Source BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3169388.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borbus Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 thanks hobsgrg so we were right all you non-sceptics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadean Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 If a bullet was fired at the magician's head it would have gone through and killed the sound guy too! Haha! :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 thanks hobsgrgso we were right all you non-sceptics Some people really have lost the ability to think for themselfs havnt they :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted October 7, 2003 Subscriber² Share Posted October 7, 2003 However, he succeeded. He is an illusionist (in some ways), and created the illusion. Also, the thing about it being done on Jersey as opposed to UK mainland was to enhance the illusion. What he did, was just as legal/illegal here as it was there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwarren Veteran Posted October 7, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 7, 2003 People didn't seriously think he was gonna load a bullet into his head did they? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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