Criss Angel Cuts A Guy’s Arm Apart…Or Does He?
Posted by taylor blue on August 12, 2008
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A week or so ago, I wrote about Criss Angel’s Implosion Stunt saying that it totally looked fake. I know that he can get me a lot better than that. So, of course, Criss didn’t disappoint me. In the episode of the nail gun demonstration (I will talk about that one later!), he answered some questions and took a member out of the audience to hypnotize them and cut his arm in half. I honestly have to say if I was there in person I would have passed out to see it. The comments on YouTube say it was all set up but I have to say…I don’t care. He got me there…I totally thought it was real and have told about a million people about it. I’m glad he stepped it up. Let’s hope the whole season is like this.
Also, I know that doesn’t look like Criss Angel. My kids were watching this show with me and my daughter kept saying…That’s not Criss…I want to see Criss…LOL
Tags: Celebrities, Criss Angel, Cuts Mans Arm Off, Demonstration, Magician, New Season, TV Shows
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criss angel demonstrations are real dont say that they re not!!! ok????
he is the best and u shouldnt tell anything u want about him!! who the hell think u are to talking about him like this!?
Maybe you need to go back and read this post..I am defending him! But he is an illusionist..and he makes things look like they are real…that’s why he is so popular. Do not talk to me like that in my playground…
I have great respect for Chris Angel’s showmanship and skill to physically articulate the delivery of his illusions. Some, I cannot deduce explanations for. Some illusions, however, are more easily explained. The man having his arm cut off by a jigsaw, for example– the explanation is really quite simple. The unfortunate fellow is really a stooge– a volunteer or paid hand that has been pre-selected by Chris and trained to assist in the delivery of the illusion. In this case, the stooge is an amputee. He may have lost his arm in an industrial accident or in an auto collision. From the appearance of the gentleman, however, he has the look of a military sort– bald, relatively muscular, square jaw, and focused gaze. He could very likely be an ex-marine or army infrantryman who lost his arm to machine gun fire or a grenade or in an ordinance blast. He probably wears a high-quality or even cutting edge experimental prosthetic– being that military service amputees often have first acess to cutting edge prosthetics because many programs for their research and developmecnt are dedicatedly funded by the U.S. military. For this illusion, however, his regular prosthetic was removed and replaced under his loose jacket sleeve with a sophisticated robotic limb– one where the materials, size, and mechanical articulation could match the appearance, skin texture/color, proportions, and simple motions of his natural arm. Such robotic limbs are cutting edge and used frequently in shock television productions and motion pictures. They tend to be radio controlled and can be quite realistically articulated by skilled handlers. The mechanical components of the robotic limb are confined to the hand area– the fingers and the wrist area, while the forearm section is inset with small valves, flow lines, and a small electronically controlled pump. It is also equipped with an inlaid reservoir of simulated blood. Again, all of this is used frequently in television and motion pictures. The base at the pre-determined point of seperation where Chris cuts can be very easily textured and conditioned to resemble cut/torn and traumatized human flesh. The cooperative stooge falls into Chris’ stylishly induced “trance”, and Chris then proceeds to cut the prosthetic arm. The prop’s blood flow mechanism is activated once the flow lines are cut, and it continues to bleed from the electronic pumps in its base section still under the assistant’s sleeve. Note, too, that the blood flow could also be from a simple pressure release valve instead of a miniature pumping system. The fake blood reservoire could be pressurized and, as such, would pump “blood” as soon as or shortly after the flow lines become severed. Both methods are common in contemorary special effects. Once the arm is completely “severed” and Chris has convincingly moved the detached segment of the forearm and hand away from the stooge’s body, the fingers and wrist are moved by remote control according to the commands voiced by Chris. The illusion is complete. The shock and confusion are delivered for the audience. And note: the point of the illusion was to see Chris cut off a man’s arm with a jigsaw– not to see him do so and reattach it. As such, there is no need for Chris to restore the arm for the viewers. This is very convenient since the prop was most probably not designed to accomodate that stage of the illusion. Therefore the illusion as performed is complete. Well done, Chris!
What a flucking joke. No one going to cut someone arm off for a stunt. To say it is real is laughable.
@Bob…LOL @ Flucking…