Derren Brown - The Heist

**Ziss** · 01-01-2006, 11:42

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The current date proposed by C4 for Derren's new special is Wednesday January 4th 2006 at 9pm. This is of course subject to change.

"Derren Brown: The Heist" sees the "devil-bearded mind-fiddler" (Zoo Mag) using his unpleasant skills to persuade some middle-management busuinessmen and women into stealing a hundred thousand pounds in what they believe is a genuine (and supposedly unfilmed) armed robbery. The participants believe that they are taking part in a seminar where Derren teaches his skills, and a follow-up documentary to see how they're getting on.

The participants in the show also unwittingly take part in a re-construction of the famous 1960's Obedience experiment by Stanley Milgram: a harrowing demonstration of people's readiness to deliver apparently lethal electric shocks to a human being, merely because a man in a white coat tells them to. Reference: http://www.stanleymilgram.com/milgram.php

The show will be as dramatic and thought-provoking as you should by now have come to expect from The Great One.

Anyone else tuning in for this? It sounds awesome!

***Hunter*** · 01-01-2006, 12:02

Derren Brown is a complete joke if I do say so. I honestly don't know how people can watch what he does. That Russian Roulette was a fucking disgrace, he is a piece of scum.

I will probably come back and Edit this to release some more frustration later.

**Ziss** · 01-01-2006, 12:04

Oooooooo, the anger.

Gunplay · 01-01-2006, 17:08

Derren Brown is one of the few reasons to watch TV.

Can anyone remember that show he done last year? It was called something like ''Messiah''. One of the finest pieces of television I have ever seen.

**Original?** · 01-01-2006, 17:31

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Originally Posted by ..: Hunter :..

Derren Brown is a complete joke if I do say so. I honestly don't know how people can watch what he does. That Russian Roulette was a fucking disgrace, he is a piece of scum.

I will probably come back and Edit this to release some more frustration later.

Hunter you're slipping, you've made decent posts recently, fair enough have your opinion but at least give us some reasons as to why you think this.

Derren Brown is a genius, some of the things he does are so funny, did anyone see the one where he placed that guy in the game he was playing? I'll definitely be tuning into this.

**laughin man** · 01-01-2006, 17:32

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Originally Posted by Gunplay

Derren Brown is one of the few reasons to watch TV.

Can anyone remember that show he done last year? It was called something like ''Messiah''. One of the finest pieces of television I have ever seen.

he had a great trick he used to walk up to people in the street an get them to hand over there wallets

He is a legend for that if it is true love to find out but its dodgy

Gunplay · 01-01-2006, 17:45

Someone must know what I'm talking about. It was the show in which he went to the U.S. Persuading so-called experts from different walks of life making them distinguish him as ''special''.

Top Gun · 01-01-2006, 17:47

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Originally Posted by Gunplay

Someone must know what I'm talking about. It was the show in which he went to the U.S. Persuading so-called experts from different walks of life making them distinguish him as ''special''.

Yeah I can remember that he made all of there ways of life look ridiculous.

**Ziss** · 01-01-2006, 18:12

I've seen the wigi board one, and the one with the blindfold. But the best so far, has to be where he played (I think it was 7 or 9) of the best chess players in the world. I think he won 5/9 or something. Then he told them he actually remembered the move each person had made, and played it against their opposite number. Awesome.

PES ADDICT 117 · 01-01-2006, 20:41

I thought the one where he put the guy in the game was absolutly class, he is a genius!!

dee-dee · 01-01-2006, 20:52

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Originally Posted by Original?

Hunter you're slipping, you've made decent posts recently, fair enough have your opinion but at least give us some reasons as to why you think this.

Derren Brown is a genius, some of the things he does are so funny, did anyone see the one where he placed that guy in the game he was playing? I'll definitely be tuning into this.

That one was genuinely freaky. I felt sorry for the guy he did it to. I would be shitting myself.

***Hunter*** · 01-01-2006, 22:22

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Originally Posted by Original?

Hunter you're slipping, you've made decent posts recently, fair enough have your opinion but at least give us some reasons as to why you think this.

Derren Brown is a genius, some of the things he does are so funny, did anyone see the one where he placed that guy in the game he was playing? I'll definitely be tuning into this.

The guy is smart, there is no doubting that but I just don't believe it. I did see "highlights" of that Arcade Game/Reality Game one a day or so ago. Very very strange but I honestly just don't believe it, I have never really believed hypnotism and I will probably never believe it unless it is performed on me. I watched some of the Russian Roulette a while ago and it was a waste of time, I have never really liked him since then. But I suppose he is much better than others in the sense he doesn't just do card tricks etc.

**Ziss** · 01-01-2006, 22:24

The Russian Roulette one is the only one I haven't seen. I heard he either cocked it up, or had everyone believe he cocked it up.

**Original?** · 02-01-2006, 00:23

Hunter, go and see him live and you'll believe, it's not essentially hypnotism, it's all using mind manipulation in the way minds work. He's a fascinating man and there's no way you should write him off from a single episode of his.

Believe

cadey · 02-01-2006, 00:29

The seance (sp?) was quite impressive, reeled me right in.

Anyone else watch that?