Topic: The Happenings (Nat Geo)

[puffalan84]

Illusionists Barry and Stuart set about making the unbelievable believable to the unsuspecting residents of towns across the UK and America. Using magic, misdirection and suggestion, they slowly create a rumour amongst the town folk that something extraordinary is happening in the quiet place they call home. Creating a whirlwind of press interest and buzz among the town's unsuspecting residents they go about creating weird and wonderful stories similar to a movie experience as ghosts, alien invasions, vampires and a secret psychic army take over

Just finished the first 2 episodes.. creepy  ..

Sorry if there is a an existing thread already..

[Dan]

Finished watching the first episode.


Incredibly fake. Sure, the duo are pulling some magic but a majority were incredibly, painfully faked to pass as "magic" tricks.


Just look at the editing. For a legit magic trick you can't count the number of times the scene cuts to different angles. The major setups had no continuous camera shots, which gives away the secret that the participants are in on the tricks.


This is the TV version of that terrible movie "Now You See Me". To anyone who has seen that film, notice that the only "real" magic trick was in the very first scene with the cards. The rest of the movie's magic tricks were done with CGI and camera edits.