Derren Brown - How To Control The Nation

[cocaine]

yeahh my mistake was convinced he was in a wheelchair - ie, being unable to get out of the chair. but being tied to a chair works too

[LoveToStack]

The thing is it didn't fail though? A small number of people were stuck.

I don't know anyone who was stuck. The people on TV who were allegedly stuck could easily have been actors. He says actors and stooges aren't used but also in interviews he has said he's not opposed to lie to reach a given outcome. Also just by having some people in the studio be unaffected he's able to convince everyone else watching that they were just too strong-willed to be affected.
I personally hope there's a bigger picture because all of these have been a bit of a let down.

[Neversoft]

Guys I'm still stuck someone please call an ambulance for me.

[Immenseman]

emergency services on their way.

[The Professor]

Has anyone suggested that it might have just not worked over the airwaves as well as he thought it would? If he had such a success rate in the studio (providing he didn't use actors as he claims) where they have an advanced sound system and a jockoff screen, maybe he didn't try it with a normal TV with built in speakers and stuff.

Idk I like to defend him because he's such a good showman and that makes up for some of his simpler tricks and non-events but its getting much harder these days

[tdi]

wow, i hate it when people were like, 'derren brown faked the lottery scam, i hate him.. but i'll watch the next one to voice my opinions against said trick just to get myself noticed'
it's the same with many tv programmes, how people watch say, top gear for example, just to complain about petty things.

personally, with derren brown, whether his performances are fake or not, i think they're executed well and provide somewhat good entertainment value and i will continue to watch his programmes. if you don't like his stuff, don't watch it?

anyway, I got stuck, but only for a couple of seconds and then I was able to get up.. still felt quite heavy but it was quite wierd. I watched it with 2 other people, one of which it didn't work on and another who was stuck for a good 3 minutes. I wish I got stuck longer but it's sky+'d so I'll watch it again and see what happens.

[Famish]

It didn't affect me or any of my family for that matter, a large handful of friends were affected though.