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Originally posted by eyewitness86
I will keep asking even though no one ever gives an intellegent answer:
If Criss is just using props that cannot be seen and paid witnesses, then WHY ON EARTH is he the only one making money? Are you saying that you really believe that anyone with some talent and a willingness to trick video and pay off witnesses can do what he does? If so, then WHY is no one else doing it? Is Criss the only ' illusionist' to like money and fame? Are ALL the other performers OK with always being second act to Criss?
Is the nature of competition and performing one of laid back acceptance of others acts or is it an aggressive industry with talented newcomers trying to break in and make a name? I think we all know that the latter is the one that makes sense.
Originally posted by eyewitness86
I will keep asking even though no one ever gives an intellegent answer:
If Criss is just using props that cannot be seen and paid witnesses, then WHY ON EARTH is he the only one making money? Are you saying that you really believe that anyone with some talent and a willingness to trick video and pay off witnesses can do what he does? If so, then WHY is no one else doing it? Is Criss the only ' illusionist' to like money and fame?
So, Criss feats are NEVER duplicated
Unreal...sometimes I think that most of you have lost your critical reasoning abilities
Here it is: The TOTAL and UTTER absence os ANY evidence of the following: Paid witnesses that remain silent forever;
props that could account for the event,
as none are seen or possible under certain conditions, or they WOULD be seen;
any other performer doing the EXACT same event WITH props and showing us how it is done.
Thats another major issue: If Criss is doing some high class trickery and thats all it is, why have we not seen an expose of any kind duplicating the events?
Daylight levitations, like the golf course event, are not duplicatable with props that cannot be seen!!
'Criss had a crane that was at the edge and paid all the people to act suprised and the wires are all invisible".
That reeks as a way to explain the plain and simple event: Criss showed up on a golf course and levitated in front of a crowd of strangers, who were flabbergasted at what they saw.
Why is the simple truth so trying for some of you?
Criss is the King of certain elements, as proven by the effort Blain uses in a two inch levitation...
the rest of you simply refuse to believe the plain truth and will accept the most far out and totally UNPROVEN assumptions about how it is done before you will see the truth
...but that is a fault of your character and your inability to accept the facts blinds you to always falling back on the most mundane and easy to imagine answer....given a limited imagination, that is.
Originally posted by InSpiteOf
Originally posted by eyewitness86
That reeks as a way to explain the plain and simple event: Criss showed up on a golf course and levitated in front of a crowd of strangers, who were flabbergasted at what they saw.
yea he just "showed up" with at least 3 camera men, more than one boom mic operator, probably a director and safety crew, got lighting and sound levels (because you have to get those levels otherwise the shots are useless) and started filming. Totally random and spur of the moment indeed...
Originally posted by eyewitness86
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If Criss is just using props that cannot be seen and paid witnesses, then WHY ON EARTH is he the only one making money? Are you saying that you really believe that anyone with some talent and a willingness to trick video and pay off witnesses can do what he does? If so, then WHY is no one else doing it?
Here it is: The TOTAL and UTTER absence os ANY evidence of the following: Paid witnesses that remain silent forever; props that could account for the event, as none are seen or possible under certain conditions, or they WOULD be seen; any other performer doing the EXACT same event WITH props and showing us how it is done.
Originally posted by stevenreanimator
I want to applaud every single person in this thread, "deniers" and "believers" alike. I spent the past month or so reading every single point, counter point, video, theory, debunking, rebunking (is that even a word?!), etc.
I've watched pavil and eyewitness and paul_richard and violet and everyone else involved truly put so much time and effort into this discussion and it really made me in awe about the entire thing.
Paul and Eyewittness do bring up the fact that Criss speaks of his demonstrations of "Mind, Body, and Spirit" as proof that he is using a higher power of some sort to do his levitations and a few other of, what I believe to be, his illusions.
CA: " ... 90 percent of the illusions are from as far back as 15 years, some 10 years and it took that long and NASA to be able to bring it to fruition ..."
RL: So without giving away secrets explain what NASA contributed.
CA: I cannot say.
RL: What was the space -break through with NASA that enabled you to do this.
CA: I can’t say. I can only say NASA.
RL: So something that NASA discovered in outer-space you are using?
CA: Something they utilize for their space shuttle
is also something that is utilized in the show. You cannot see this
anywhere, nor can it ever be copied because it is so technologically
advanced - the only two people that have some of this technology are
this show and NASA. That is a true statement.