Talk:David Copperfield's flying
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Okay, first off, YES the rings are passed over David, if the rings were not, then people immedately would know he's being held up by wires. I know this because I have witnessed this trick performed live. Also anyone that has watched the actuall broadcast of The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying and NOT David Copperfield: 15 Years Of Magic, you will see that before David performs the trick, he invites the gallery to inspect the box and the rings that will be used. They are solid, so the theory that the rings were not solid or the box is not solid are false. Now the clincher comes with the following special The Magic of David Copperfield XV: Fires of Passion where David performs a varation of "Flying" as his entrance. The rings are set on FIRE this time. If this device is the one that makes the trick possible, the wires would have been melted by the sheer heat of the fire from the rings. And YES the rings are passed OVER David again. I will say there is some device holding David up to perform "Flying", but this device CAN NOT be the one or david would have fallen to the floor several times during the trick. Dickclarkfan1 17:09, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Flying methodology removed - too many inaccuracies! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.9.128.24 (talk • contribs) .
Almost word for word rip: [1] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.81.15.57 (talk • contribs) .
- That site seems to be gone, and so is the cache entry. With it gone, there is now really no way to tell if that other site got the article from Wikipedia, or the other way around. --iMeowbot~Meow 01:18, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] It is a 4.5 minute video
Please watch the video. Focus on the 2:50 time mark. It is clear that he never passes though the hoops. The hoops are drawn close to him, but his assistants are clearly rotating the hoops around and beneith him so that he never completely passes from one side of a hoop to the other side of that same hoop. In both hoop stunts. It is a clever gesture with the two hoops passing simultaneously, but if you watch with a critical eye, you will recognize that he never passes through the solid hoops. More specifically: the arc of a hoop never passes OVER him. -- 75.26.4.46 03:09, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- You need to specify that kind of detail in a reference in the article. Simply removing the tag without doing that is not okay. Can you make up a proper citation, please? (To be clear: the original program that the clip came from needs to be identified, and it needs to be noted that your observations apply to that performance. That covers accuracy concerns in case the technique changes later. --iMeowbot~Meow 23:15, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
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- I'm sorry to have to be so blunt, guys, but flying is impossible. Copperfield is an ILLUSIONIST, not a witch. His skill is in performing illusions, making something LOOK LIKE it is what it isn't. In reality, he is not flying, he is hanging on wires mounted to a special belt he wears. He is not passing through solid hoops, it's just an illusion that he is. That is his skill.
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- Yes, we all know that it's an illusion. Copperfield isn't a witch and he's not some genius inventor that's invented an anti-gravity device either. We're just finding a satisfactory explanation of his trick, like solving a puzzle.
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Fang Teng 20:56, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reason for Revision
First sorry for not posting more when I made that change. I pressed my return button too soon. I wanted to keep the magic spoiler, and the US Patent number which is evidence, and remove things like 'Thankfully' that is not NPOV and refferences to the wiki proccess, which are unencyclopedic. --Just nigel 08:18, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
