Dangerous is Daniel Madison's second DVD release. I am hopeing sincerely that it won't be his last. Oh, and in my sudden fetish for flourishes (yeah... let the jokes start rolling in. Adjones? Minise--- Anyone seen him? I haven't seen him on here in forever!) I picked up this DVD set hoping to learn flourishes. There will be a review for Motion in a while. But for now, on with Dangerous!
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One of the most talked about projects of 2008, Dangerous represents the definitive work of underground magician Daniel Madison - a massive two volume (two-disc) DVD anthology of d+M's work, past and present.
Volume I is entitled Mystique, and is dedicated to the magic of d+M. Complete with live performances shot on location in the U.S. with additional footage filmed in the United Kingdom.
And they didn't lie. (Except they are a bit misleading with the fact that it says live performances. There are about 4 or 5 that aren't in front of an audience.)
Case and DVD Menu: The case is cool looking, with the classic Theory11 design having Daniel Madison walking through some really cool looking place you have never heard of as a shadowy figure in twilight. Then at the bottom it says Artist: daniel+Madison.
The Menu is really easy manuever, and all I can say is "Wow". As soon as you pop the DVD in the player, it shows Daniel doing this really, really cool thing with a knife and his hand. Seriously, you have to see this to believe it. It then has 4 options to select from: Play All, Scenes, Credits and T11.
Quality: This DVD, as with other T11 DVDs are High Definition and some of the best quality DVDs out there.
Teacher: It's Daniel Madison. What more can you want? No, I am just kidding. He is a great teacher. Performer, not bad, but not the best. Yeah... okay, so he isn't the BEST presenter, but he has a cool accent! The performances are however fun to watch.
Teaching: You will be able to learn from this. Everything is filmed in black and white, but I didn't notice that until the end of the DVD. Regardless, everything is super easy to understand.
Difficulty: It depends on the trick. There are some that are really easy, and some that are really hard. There is definitly something for everyone here!
Effects: These are the awesome effects presented on this DVD.
Bad Influence: Remember that old trick you used to see in all the magic books? The one where you say, "I want you to pick the 3 of Spades. Now pick the 4 of Clubs. Now I will pick the Nine of Hearts." and of course they are all correct? This is definitly the definitive version of that plot. This time, the spectators choose all the cards and it plays together very, very nicely.
4/5
Aces: A four ace production. A really neat four ace production. Imagine this: The spectators shuffle the deck, then you take it back. In a few quick flourishes (that aren't hard) you find the first ace. Then, the second is found in your back pocket. The third is found when the deck visually vanishes, and the third ace is split in to two. This is gimmickless and really nice. Oh, and he has the best line that disses Piss Angel, so...
4/5
Angle Zero: This is really, really cool. A card is taken, the corner torn off and vanished. It can appear anywhere you want, and it is the same corner. Not a duplicate. There are litterally thousands of applications for this. I don't however know how he comes off as saying it is his. The plot has been around forever, the only things he added were a few subtulties.
4.5
Catch: Not something I will perform. In a very quick display, a card chosen seconds earlier appears between two aces that shoot out of the deck. Really cool looking but kinda angle sensative.
3.5
Color: A color change based on the shapeshifter. This is just a modified version of it, but he actually teaches two versions. I liked the second one better, but you might like the first. They are the same in handling, just on different positions on the hand.
3.5
Half-Vanish: Kinda a fusion of the vanishing card plot and a sandwitch effect. I liked this though because with a simple wave of the hand, half of the card is gone, then the other half, and two cards on the table from the start contain the card. It uses no duplicates and is fairly easy.
4.5
Heritage: Aside from Angle Zero, this is the best effect on the DVD. This has the magician holding four cards from the start. The spectator selects a card out of the deck. When inserted and the packet is flipped over, the spectator has chosen the card making a perfect poker hand. This is really easy and definitly something I will use.
4.5
Lapse: A two card transposition that I wasn't impressed with. Two cards are signed, one lost in the center and found in your back pocket. Then the card is pulled out and put on the table and found in your back pocket again. Then the one that was previously on the table is turned over and shown to be the other one, lost in the center. It sounds cool, but I don't like the mechanics and it seems to fast for the spectators to follow.
3.5
Focus: Another color change. This is really cool. Your hand, inches away from the deck, does a quick waving motion and the card changes. It is very clean looking, but needs years of practice to do fluidly, which is the key to this ones deception.
4.0
Role Play: I love this one. The spectator chooses a card which is lost in the deck. The magician then hands the spectator the deck and the card is found in a very magical way. This reminds me of an in the hands version of Ted Lesely's Spectator as the Mindreader. Another thing I definitly will use.
4.5
Breach: A very, very very awesome looking card thru glass table top. Very, very, very, very (have I used that enough times? No? Okay then.) very, very, very, very, very, very visual and insanly hard to do. He teaches how to bring it up thru the glass and down thru the glass. Bringing it down is easier, but it is very angle sensitive.
4.0
Cost: This DVDs cost was only 25 bucks if you buy them both. If you only bought one, then it was 30 dollars. For something this awesome though, I would have paid more.
Overall: This DVD had a lot of awesome tricks on it. The only thing I question is why, in the U.K., Chris Kenner's book is always on the table. (It is a great book, but I digress.) He is a great teacher, his effects are great, a well put out DVD, and I hope to see more from him sometime in the near future.
Thanks for reading!
What the persons said:
Quote:
// something.dangerous.has.arrived
One of the most talked about projects of 2008, Dangerous represents the definitive work of underground magician Daniel Madison - a massive two volume (two-disc) DVD anthology of d+M's work, past and present.
Volume I is entitled Mystique, and is dedicated to the magic of d+M. Complete with live performances shot on location in the U.S. with additional footage filmed in the United Kingdom.
And they didn't lie. (Except they are a bit misleading with the fact that it says live performances. There are about 4 or 5 that aren't in front of an audience.)
Case and DVD Menu: The case is cool looking, with the classic Theory11 design having Daniel Madison walking through some really cool looking place you have never heard of as a shadowy figure in twilight. Then at the bottom it says Artist: daniel+Madison.
The Menu is really easy manuever, and all I can say is "Wow". As soon as you pop the DVD in the player, it shows Daniel doing this really, really cool thing with a knife and his hand. Seriously, you have to see this to believe it. It then has 4 options to select from: Play All, Scenes, Credits and T11.
Quality: This DVD, as with other T11 DVDs are High Definition and some of the best quality DVDs out there.
Teacher: It's Daniel Madison. What more can you want? No, I am just kidding. He is a great teacher. Performer, not bad, but not the best. Yeah... okay, so he isn't the BEST presenter, but he has a cool accent! The performances are however fun to watch.
Teaching: You will be able to learn from this. Everything is filmed in black and white, but I didn't notice that until the end of the DVD. Regardless, everything is super easy to understand.
Difficulty: It depends on the trick. There are some that are really easy, and some that are really hard. There is definitly something for everyone here!
Effects: These are the awesome effects presented on this DVD.
Bad Influence: Remember that old trick you used to see in all the magic books? The one where you say, "I want you to pick the 3 of Spades. Now pick the 4 of Clubs. Now I will pick the Nine of Hearts." and of course they are all correct? This is definitly the definitive version of that plot. This time, the spectators choose all the cards and it plays together very, very nicely.
4/5
Aces: A four ace production. A really neat four ace production. Imagine this: The spectators shuffle the deck, then you take it back. In a few quick flourishes (that aren't hard) you find the first ace. Then, the second is found in your back pocket. The third is found when the deck visually vanishes, and the third ace is split in to two. This is gimmickless and really nice. Oh, and he has the best line that disses Piss Angel, so...
4/5
Angle Zero: This is really, really cool. A card is taken, the corner torn off and vanished. It can appear anywhere you want, and it is the same corner. Not a duplicate. There are litterally thousands of applications for this. I don't however know how he comes off as saying it is his. The plot has been around forever, the only things he added were a few subtulties.
4.5
Catch: Not something I will perform. In a very quick display, a card chosen seconds earlier appears between two aces that shoot out of the deck. Really cool looking but kinda angle sensative.
3.5
Color: A color change based on the shapeshifter. This is just a modified version of it, but he actually teaches two versions. I liked the second one better, but you might like the first. They are the same in handling, just on different positions on the hand.
3.5
Half-Vanish: Kinda a fusion of the vanishing card plot and a sandwitch effect. I liked this though because with a simple wave of the hand, half of the card is gone, then the other half, and two cards on the table from the start contain the card. It uses no duplicates and is fairly easy.
4.5
Heritage: Aside from Angle Zero, this is the best effect on the DVD. This has the magician holding four cards from the start. The spectator selects a card out of the deck. When inserted and the packet is flipped over, the spectator has chosen the card making a perfect poker hand. This is really easy and definitly something I will use.
4.5
Lapse: A two card transposition that I wasn't impressed with. Two cards are signed, one lost in the center and found in your back pocket. Then the card is pulled out and put on the table and found in your back pocket again. Then the one that was previously on the table is turned over and shown to be the other one, lost in the center. It sounds cool, but I don't like the mechanics and it seems to fast for the spectators to follow.
3.5
Focus: Another color change. This is really cool. Your hand, inches away from the deck, does a quick waving motion and the card changes. It is very clean looking, but needs years of practice to do fluidly, which is the key to this ones deception.
4.0
Role Play: I love this one. The spectator chooses a card which is lost in the deck. The magician then hands the spectator the deck and the card is found in a very magical way. This reminds me of an in the hands version of Ted Lesely's Spectator as the Mindreader. Another thing I definitly will use.
4.5
Breach: A very, very very awesome looking card thru glass table top. Very, very, very, very (have I used that enough times? No? Okay then.) very, very, very, very, very, very visual and insanly hard to do. He teaches how to bring it up thru the glass and down thru the glass. Bringing it down is easier, but it is very angle sensitive.
4.0
Cost: This DVDs cost was only 25 bucks if you buy them both. If you only bought one, then it was 30 dollars. For something this awesome though, I would have paid more.
Overall: This DVD had a lot of awesome tricks on it. The only thing I question is why, in the U.K., Chris Kenner's book is always on the table. (It is a great book, but I digress.) He is a great teacher, his effects are great, a well put out DVD, and I hope to see more from him sometime in the near future.
Thanks for reading!
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