arvindj227,
You cannot expect every review to be positive. This is the real world. Get real.
Of course, there are positive reviews. Most of the postive reviews mentioned that it works great with laypeople. Good, excellent! Almost all other CTBs fries laypeople.
Some positive reviews said it is great if you "add on" to it. The point is you have to add on other techniques from other CTB (which is NOT taught in FS)
I think people would want to know what FS really is, without all those "add ons" from other CTBs.
It is a CTB with a slow penetration that was covered by the hand. The "factory sealed" part is not convincing as you cannot let them inspect and break the seal. Big signed coins are totaly out of the questions.
Of course, the penetration still fries people, like every other CTB.
Steerpike,
I do think that it would be a stronger effect if you can sign the coin. Just look at bullet, people keep mentioning it is great because you can use a signed coin. It is not about method. It is about the impact of the effect.
If they see their signed coin inside the bottle, they will really go nuts.
Perfectly legit. If you have the skill to pull off a switch convincingly, I see no reason not to use it. I see no reason why this should be a complaint.
We are talking about a bottle switch here, not a deck switch. Have you tried doing a bottle switch before? It is NOT easy.
First of all you have to find matching bottles. (which is hard, as you don't know which bottle the audience would give you.) You can try to influence their choice of bottles but again it is very risky.
Then you have to pull off the switch. It is not as simple as you think it is, especially if you are doing this close up on the streets. Heck, even Criss Angel flashed when he did a bottle switch in his TV special.
And to all those street magic lovers out there, I don't think a bottle switch is practical to them.
Can the penetration take place in the dead center of the bottle when performing it surrounded? - Yes. (true, but the bottle has to be horizontal, so it is still at the bottom, effectively))
No reason this should be a problem.
There is a problem when people might thought that you can hold the bottle vertically and penetrate it from the side of the bottle (and you can see the coin sinking down the bottle which is much more visual in my opinion). Other CTBs have done that before, hence people might get confuse.
The fact is, you can only have the coin penetrate in the bottom of the bottle. (If you hold it horizontally, the side becomes the bottom)
Do the spectators actually SEE the penetration occur? - Yes, the slower the miracle is performed, the better. (iffy - they never see a penetration, but they will think that they did, depending on what variation you perform)
Kenton Knepper's Wonder Words work miracles here. I use them to actually convince people they can feel the copper coin and the silver coin switching places.
Yes, of course if you use Kenton Knepper's Wonder Words (NOT taught in the DVD), you can influence your audience to make them feel things you want them to feel.
But for most other CTBs, you don't even need the wonder words as people can really see the penetration.
You have to use wonder words for FS, because the penetration is fully covered by the hand. They did not see the penetration at all.
This thing was advertise as visual, and yet the penetration is covered.
Of course another method is taught in the DVD, but you cannot show the coin and bottle as seperate objects right before the penetration.
Is everything immediately examinable after the miracle occurs? - Yes (same as indecent...examinable once you "clean up")
It's still examinable. And clean-up isn't really a hassle provided you have proper audience management skills.
I agree with you that clean up is not a big issue here. Almost CTBs need clean ups anyway.
Before the release of FS, some people are bashing other CTBs because those CTB need a clean up. Rumors about FS ending perfectly clean are all over the place.
It would be nice to inform those people that, like all other CTBs, you need to do a clean up.
The reviews you're taking as gospel are hardly what I would call neutral. I see problems with all of them, but you're latching onto them because they tell you what you want to hear.
I'd say you're everything you profess to hate.
In my opinion, they are indeed neutral. You even help to prove that point.
Look at how many "no conflicts" you put in your post. You only disagree with a small part of the review (and I responded to that in my post)
