Derren Brown Thread

[Hughsie]

Any other Derren Brown fans on here? If so what is your favourite thing he has done? Are you watching Apocalypse?

I've always been a fan of his and I think he's just getting better and better. The Experiments were incredible and Apocalypse looks like it'll follow suit.

For anyone who's sat there wondering who the fuck Derren Brown is he's a British illusionist/psychologist/entertainer and he combines all three to make some absolutely fantastic TV.

Here's a taste;

[festive1]

I would not be amused.

[Darth]

Was he the one who taught the guy to be a faith-healer? That was pretty good.

oh wow yeah festive, This would be dickish (If I believed it*).

It wasn't explained to the friends what was going on, who acts like that?
The guys rolling on the floor, liable to get their heads kicked in, he's already shooting them...

[Tino]

Any other Derren Brown fans on here? If so what is your favourite thing he has done? Are you watching Apocalypse?

I've seen him or heard him before on podcasts talking about how to do cold readings, so as to appear to have psychic abilities. I like his work, though this video game stunt seemed really extreme and the reaction of the dupes friends leaves me wondering if everything was as it appeared.

[Hughsie]

Was he the one who taught the guy to be a faith-healer? That was pretty good.

Yep, definitely worth a watch and very relevant to an atheism forum. If you're in the UK you can see it on 4oD I think but I'm not sure about people from the US.

I'd also recommend The Assassin if anyone knows where to find it. He tries his hand at using hypnotism to program someone to assassinate a celebrity and then forget all about it.