Home › Forums › Ganymede & Titan Forum › Derren Brown – The Events Search for: This topic has 147 replies, 28 voices, and was last updated 15 years, 4 months ago by Gwynnie. Scroll to bottom Viewing 48 posts - 101 through 148 (of 148 total) 1 2 3 Author Posts October 2, 2009 at 11:09 pm #103951 The PerformingMonkeyParticipant Fucking stupid. Whilst being simultaneously fucking genius! The way it ended was hilariously brilliant, bound to get everyone riled up. Deliberately setting out to piss off the viewers. It could have been executed better though, surely? Though why even go to the trouble of making it look more real when you know doing it this way will get people talking?? The guy should have started crying at the end. Or maybe Derren should have cried. That would have made it funnier. The fake silence and ‘you’ll get your five grand back’ was pretty lame. The guy throwing a fit and storming away, they should have done that instead. October 2, 2009 at 11:11 pm #103952 Tarka DalParticipant For those of us who do want to see the score, can someone explain what happened? October 3, 2009 at 12:58 am #103953 ChrisMParticipant I meant to watch this. I fell asleep. (Not through boredom though. Through late nights/early mornings. Still, nice sleep in on the morrow.) October 3, 2009 at 7:20 am #103955 Pete Part ThreeParticipant In brief (because it’s sure to be on 4oD); a few days prior to transmission, Derren had hypnotised a member of the public (“Ben”) into giving him ?5000 and then forgetting they’d ever met. During the live transmission, Derren “reminded” Ben of this, and then told him he would be placing the 5K on a number on a roulette table in a casino. Due to various reasons, the casino and Derren’s actual location could not be named and the actual gambling would be filmed by hidden camera. Derren explained his various “methods” for guessing the number that the ball would land on (“it’s no an exact science”…or a science at all) and then came the gamble. And he lost. But only just. He guessed the number NEXT to the one it landed on. Which, if you think about it, still SEEMS mighty impressive and slightly more believable The show ended in deathly silence with Derren apologising to Ben for losing his money and telling him they would pay him back. >The guy should have started crying at the end I think he was the only genuine thing in the last twenty minutes. Not a stooge. October 3, 2009 at 8:51 am #103957 Tarka DalParticipant Cheers. October 3, 2009 at 1:06 pm #103966 AndrewParticipant > I think he was the only genuine thing in the last twenty minutes. Not a stooge. I felt exactly the opposite! Didn’t believe him, his reactions. But I’m also totally unconvinced that the live footage actually was live. Didn’t buy the ‘I’m answering my landline while watching Derren’s show in a convenient TV-phone-and-window shot (sans curtains) while failing to notice the camera guys on the other side of my single-glazing’ stuff…and if it wasn’t live, there’s no way he could have been genuine. October 4, 2009 at 2:40 am #104004 The PerformingMonkeyParticipant > Due to various reasons, the casino and Derren?s actual location could not be named Those ‘reasons’ most likely being that it was just a setup in a warehouse in Hackney or somewhere. October 4, 2009 at 9:34 am #104008 AndrewParticipant I think he was in the first truck, next door to the stooge’s. :) October 4, 2009 at 9:46 pm #104026 The PerformingMonkeyParticipant Yeah, that would be most likely! October 11, 2009 at 11:39 pm #104364 GwynnieParticipant Was there one this Friday, too? Obviously DJ took priority ;)… Derren Brown is amazing. I have touched him. Other than that very useful contribution, I’m not sure whether I believed that Derren actually fucked up. He often pretends to have made a big mistake, only to reveal that what he was in fact predicting or controlling is a completely differnt (and more impressive) variable. In this case, if it was actually live, I’m not so sure. “The Events” are not his most impressive work. The “glued to the chair” thing did nothing for me, and the Lottery numbers… well… logic says that it had to be fixed. The explanation he gave made very little sense… October 12, 2009 at 11:22 am #104379 siParticipant You have a thing for touching people, don’t you? Craig Charles, Derren Brown… Anyone else you wish to tell us about? For the record, I have touched Eddie Izzard and Mark Gatiss. October 12, 2009 at 2:14 pm #104390 The PerformingMonkeyParticipant Hope everyone has seen this – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Cc6Bof2_0 Better than the entire Events series?? Maybe. October 12, 2009 at 2:16 pm #104391 GwynnieParticipant Well, it’s not enough to meet these people, I have to touch them too! It solidifies the experience, or something. David Tennant is next on the list, anyway… October 12, 2009 at 2:34 pm #104393 Pete Part ThreeParticipant I can’t believe Derren is a Family Guy fan. He’s just dropped exponentially in my estimations. October 12, 2009 at 4:13 pm #104400 The PerformingMonkeyParticipant > David Tennant is next on the list, anyway? What is it with you WOMEN????? > He?s just dropped exponentially in my estimations. Die. October 12, 2009 at 5:31 pm #104404 GwynnieParticipant Well. You can’t diss the Tennant! Would YOU kick him out of bed? If it helps, I would also love to touch Angelina Jolie, Kate Beckinsale and a host of other ladies. But I feel that Tennant is more accessible at the moment, probably because he’s British or something… October 12, 2009 at 5:49 pm #104409 AndrewParticipant My head’s gone all swimmy. October 12, 2009 at 6:44 pm #104418 Tarka DalParticipant See mine just froze about here… “Kate Beckinsale” October 12, 2009 at 6:48 pm #104419 hummingbirdParticipant > Would YOU kick him out of bed? Erm … possibly. He just doesn’t appeal to me. Of course it all depends how long I’d gone without. October 12, 2009 at 7:03 pm #104422 GwynnieParticipant Well, if you’re ever in a position to kick him out of bed, just send him my way. It’s not so much his looks, I just think he’s lovely. Yeah, Kate Beckinsale is the sex. But possibly harder to meet/touch. Apparently Angelina Jolie ate at a restaurant in my village in Wales during the filming of Tomb Raider 2! October 12, 2009 at 7:12 pm #104428 Tarka DalParticipant What if he grew his hair? October 12, 2009 at 7:35 pm #104436 GwynnieParticipant Will you stop! I don’t have a long haired man fetish. It just so happens to… happen that way. That or the guys I get on with are the kind of guys who have long hair. Yeah. David Tennant would look silly with long hair :) October 12, 2009 at 9:49 pm #104458 Danny StephensonKeymaster David Tennant would look silly with long hair :) He would look more like Richard Hammond… October 12, 2009 at 9:58 pm #104465 GwynnieParticipant Hahah, they do remind me of one another… and Richard Hammond looks a bit strange with longish hair too! October 13, 2009 at 10:55 am #104528 siParticipant Richard Hammond looked okay to a point, but I saw a new photo of him at the weekend, and he looked absolutely ridiculous. October 13, 2009 at 10:56 am #104530 TrenaParticipant He’s the thinking womans David Tennant / Princess Diana. October 13, 2009 at 4:35 pm #104580 GwynnieParticipant You’re comparing David Tennant to Princess Diana? October 13, 2009 at 4:39 pm #104582 TrenaParticipant One down… October 13, 2009 at 7:15 pm #104619 siParticipant i thought trena was comparing richard hammond to both david tennant and princess diana. tennant, because they look a bit alike, and diana, because they both survived a nasty car crash. oh, di didn’t, did she? sorry. October 14, 2009 at 2:41 am #104660 The PerformingMonkeyParticipant > oh, di didn?t, did she? She survived the crash. But not the heart attack-inducing injection later on. October 14, 2009 at 9:56 am #104672 siParticipant Meh. I was attempting controversy, never been my strong point. Plus, twelve years is hardly cutting edge comedy. October 14, 2009 at 10:06 am #104673 TrenaParticipant I was just meandering on an Adrian Mole bon mot I remember from my youth. Carol Vorderman is the thinking mans Princess Diana. Never mind, I meander alot in my own autistically induced way. October 14, 2009 at 8:07 pm #104716 hummingbirdParticipant > Carol Vorderman is the thinking mans Princess Diana. Seriously? Carol Vorderman? They may be thinking but I can’t imagaine *what* they’re thinking. October 14, 2009 at 8:11 pm #104717 siParticipant Two from the top, several round the bottom or something, yada yada yada. October 14, 2009 at 8:13 pm #104718 Jonathan CappsKeymaster Carol Vorderman is a fucking idiot. October 14, 2009 at 8:51 pm #104721 TrenaParticipant Compared to who or what, Multivac? October 14, 2009 at 11:16 pm #104744 GwynnieParticipant Carol Vorderman… needs to dress for her age. But she does look good for it. However old she is. Are there any more Derren Brown Events on? I don’t have a TV. October 14, 2009 at 11:42 pm #104747 TrenaParticipant I hope not, he’s bloody awful now. Like most niche entertainers, once they go mainstream, they lose a certain ‘everything’. October 14, 2009 at 11:50 pm #104748 AndrewParticipant Yeah, he was better in the old days, doing live shows and series on Channel 4. Before he got into doing all those live shows and series on Channel 4. October 14, 2009 at 11:56 pm #104749 TrenaParticipant Every time I hear the words ‘live event’, I reach for my bottle opener. October 15, 2009 at 1:08 am #104752 The PerformingMonkeyParticipant > Yeah, he was better in the old days, doing live shows and series on Channel 4. Before he got into doing all those live shows and series on Channel 4. Lol, I was already typing ‘what the fuck are you talking about’ before I read the second sentence. Totally correct. It wouldn’t really be possible for him to go ‘mainstream’ unless he completely changed his act. Say he co-devised and developed a Saturday night entertainment/gameshow with bullshit psychology as it’s selling point. Or if HE had been the host of Deal Or No Deal! One of the Events should have been him sneaking someone into a game of Deal Or No Deal and winning the ?250,000 going off Derren’s cues. Or not. October 15, 2009 at 6:36 am #104754 Tarka DalParticipant No come on that’s not really true is it. Yes he’s on the same channel, but he has become more mainstream. His old shows used to be tucked away around midnight in the scheduled, were a lot less gimmicky and a lot less advertised. If you asked the general public who Derrin Brown is and asked the same question aboul Paul Xenon a lot more would know who Brown is, yet they used to have comparable sized shows. October 15, 2009 at 9:55 am #104761 GwynnieParticipant Most people still don’t know who Derren is. Then again these are mostly the same people who haven’t heard of Dwarf, their idea of good TV being X Factor and Hollyoaks, so you know… Derren more mainstream? I don’t know. I think he might just be taking advantage of the offers he’s had, better showing hours, airtime, whatever. But his material is getting a bit less impressive at the moment… predicting the Lottery numbers is impressive, of course, but nobody actually believes he did that, right? Mind you, you should still go see his live show, it’s a different experience actually being in the room, seeing people from the audience fall for the stuff you watch on TV and think is all fake. Unless most of the audience were stooges… nah. The sad thing is that it’s very hard to find a nice, underrated thing (book, TV show, band) and keep them as your own forever – eventually, it seems, some producer realises there’s an opportunity and cashes in on it, the band/star/author sells out, and then really annoying people start talking about it as if it’s a totally new thing. October 15, 2009 at 9:56 am #104762 GwynnieParticipant Oh yeah, and then it gets shit. October 15, 2009 at 9:59 am #104764 siParticipant I only watched the first event. Recorded the other three, but not seen them yet, not sure when/if I will. October 15, 2009 at 10:29 am #104765 AndrewParticipant > Yes he?s on the same channel, but he has become more mainstream. But I wouldn’t say he’s lost it. I didn’t care much for The Events, but he’s been ‘mainstream-minded’ all along, in that his act’s always been about getting attention from as many as possible; he’s not targeted niche. It’s not like he was TRYING to be small-time, it’s just that that’s where you have to start. Getting the success you work for doesn’t automatically go along with an abandonment of core principals or skills. And since his recent regular series have been excellent, I’m certainly happy to disagree that ‘going mainstream’ (as if that were a deliberate change as opposed to what happens when lots of people watch what you’re doing) means that you ‘lose everything’ that made you good in the first place. October 16, 2009 at 12:10 am #104792 Tarka DalParticipant Yeah I’ll go along with that. Although I did much prefer the earlier shows. They seemed more honest, which I realise is a stupid thing to suggest about Derrin Brown. October 16, 2009 at 10:29 am #104829 GwynnieParticipant Lulling us into a false sense of security… sometimes I really suspect that the man is evil, other times I just think he’s very, very clever. Author Posts Viewing 48 posts - 101 through 148 (of 148 total) 1 2 3 Scroll to top • Scroll to Recent Forum Posts You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In