This was my first video, and by my evolved standards, my worst (I mean, do you HEAR that commentary?!?!?). Please check out my channel page for more video essay/documentaries presented in a much better and less annoying way! There's another one about Derren Brown, I think it's good. Thank you for watching though! Is it real or fake....
@Quisshy
2 ай бұрын
This is great for a first video dude, i will definitely check out your channel :)
@cuboidmelon
29 күн бұрын
yo, funny question: is this monetised?
@MidnightSvshi
15 күн бұрын
Just found your channel yesterday and your content is stellar mate, keep up the good work!
@thatgreenplant1353
Жыл бұрын
5 out of 6 people say that Russian roulette is completely safe
@SolaireSouls
4 ай бұрын
@user-oe9xy2eg7x I think you missed the joke
@jutika5746
4 ай бұрын
Well if you think about it, it’s 5 out of 5 people, the 6th one doesn‘t exist anymore
@chesterchub
4 ай бұрын
@@SolaireSoulshe's just extending on the joke
@zejayee
3 ай бұрын
100% of people who have played Russian Roulette say that they survived!
@Athan2048
2 ай бұрын
1 in 6 people find russian roulette to be mind blowing!
@quasar9768
Жыл бұрын
"if you ever receive a gun don't shoot yourself" literally 1984
@Maperr_
Ай бұрын
LOL
@retakermain8334
24 күн бұрын
"dont tell me what to do!"
@joshuam4880
Жыл бұрын
He's a great actor and performer, his head backing up and preparing for the gun to fire at 4:15 as if he has not practiced this exactly 100 times really adds to the realism. The fake hesitation after and explosive display firing quickly was also brilliant.
@EEEEEEEE
Жыл бұрын
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@leolimitedition
10 ай бұрын
I love how you so confidently assume he is a fake and has practised this 100 times
@joshuam4880
10 ай бұрын
@@leolimitedition Buddy, he's a magician...
@leolimitedition
10 ай бұрын
@@joshuam4880 doesn’t mean everything he does in life is staged
@joshuam4880
10 ай бұрын
@@leolimitedition This was literally shot on a tv set, one could even call it a stage
@humanmerelybeing1966
Жыл бұрын
6:43 Blanks can absolutely kill someone, and unfortunately it's already happened on a set. Jon-Erik Hexum was an actor who jokingly played Russian Roulette with a blank, shooting himself in the temple. The expanding air from the muzzle blast, even without a projectile, was enough to send a chunk of his skull into his brain, leading to his eventual death.
@magnusthered4973
Ай бұрын
Brandon lee
@PumpyGT
25 күн бұрын
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
@user-ln6sj1lw3p
17 күн бұрын
@@PumpyGTI agree
@lyucii822
9 күн бұрын
Exactly.
@torque8899
Жыл бұрын
Those last 2 rounds were the most tense piece of TV I’d ever seen in my entire life.
@jshbld6582
Жыл бұрын
For reaaaal
@bugsy742
Жыл бұрын
What? 😂 are you serious? You genuinely thought he was at any point in danger? 😮 Jesus h Christ, you got jabbed 18 times too huh
@thaneofwhiterun3562
Жыл бұрын
@@bugsy742whoosh
@bugsy742
Жыл бұрын
@@thaneofwhiterun3562 ahhhh 😮🤣👍🤝
@thaneofwhiterun3562
Жыл бұрын
@@bugsy742 XD
@babab003y
Жыл бұрын
no 10 minute intro, no pretending to be the most analytical and smartest man on earth, just 7 minutes of pure information and entertainment. what a video essay should be.
@VAFranky
Жыл бұрын
I loathe videos where it's hard to find the info mentioned in the title because it's filled with so much nonsense and needless over analysis. Much appreciation for the uploader, totally worth a sub!
@cbreezy
Жыл бұрын
I still skipped to the game 😂
@SalveASMR
Жыл бұрын
Video essays always starts at the History of Television and how TVs are made...
@ChryI
Жыл бұрын
Inside a Mind
@Maebbie
Жыл бұрын
he did pad a lot though, had to skip to the last third
@helrem
11 ай бұрын
What fascinates me is that even knowing that it was acted, I could STILL feel the tension and discomfort, the fact that it ended without music reinforces this more to give a reflection We need more stories like yours, keep it
@stitchgor3
2 ай бұрын
Ikr!
@stardusst
Жыл бұрын
i love the way this video is formated, no unecessary talking and straight to the point.
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Жыл бұрын
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@hotsauce4169
11 ай бұрын
But yet he just completely gave false information about the "Rust incident"
@mrkingjesse378
10 ай бұрын
It’s literally over 3 min of talking
@ZelphTheWebmancer
Ай бұрын
I swear, any video that deviates 1% of the typical KZitem video structure has people saying "Straight to the point" or something like that regardless if that's the case.
@TipoHombre
Жыл бұрын
This is so well made, and although I knew that he wouldn't die, it was still terrifying
@davidfoldberg8004
Жыл бұрын
though you didn't know until it finally happened. It was only a logical guess that he wouldn't die because of his history of tricking people - he could have put a blank into the gun, but then again, if you fire a blank at such close distance then you will be badly wounded, if not out-right killed.
@MrSqurk
Жыл бұрын
@@davidfoldberg8004if you rewatch some of his earlier stuff it is obviously staged. The zombie one doesn’t even try.
@davidfoldberg8004
Жыл бұрын
@@MrSqurk How would he stage a gun that is completely harmless so that it creates a loud bang each time it fires and lets out a cloud of smoke and sparks that accelerates just like a regular firearm?
@MrSqurk
Жыл бұрын
@@davidfoldberg8004 by knowing exactly where the bullet is being placed. It’s dangerous but he has proven to have a brilliant memory / focus.
@davidfoldberg8004
Жыл бұрын
@@MrSqurk But then it's not actually staged. It's an actual Russian Roulette.
@scottcheg9
Жыл бұрын
what I find funny is, Darren even tells people that what he’s doing is a trick yet some people still think that his acts are real magic/telepathic powers.
@gonufc
Жыл бұрын
I remember the story about some bloke accosting him and going "Alright, you can drop the act and tell me- you have powers don't ya?" and refusing to hear otherwise.
@Dan-hh5pk
Жыл бұрын
I guess these are the same people that think the earth is flat and the moon is not real :D
@sosmooth13
Жыл бұрын
@@gonufcthe most concerning part of humanity. That wonderment has gotten us pretty far at times, but also holds us back in situations like that lol everyone wants everything to be a conspiracy or the result of some greater power so bad.
@ChillPill365
Жыл бұрын
@@sosmooth13that’s the most concerning part of humanity to you? Lol I can think of a few other problems
@BringDHouseDown
Жыл бұрын
@@Dan-hh5pk believing magic is real(which is just the ability to tap into higher dimensions and manipulating yourself or the world around you, physically or mind-wise/soul/energy) has nothing to do with being an absolute moron and thinking the earth is flat. Magic can be explained, I wouldn't even call it magic, just super-human abilities of people who understand how to tap into the framework/system of creation, something that apparently certain organizations can do, and it is all about training your mind and energizing yourself in energy points on Earth.
@idealmodernsystems
11 ай бұрын
Pure showmanship. He knew exacly what was going to happen and which bullet was which, but played it for the entertainment value. The "pause" after the "mistake" was the most rivetting piece of television I've ever seen. Amazing stuff.
@redram5150
Жыл бұрын
I found it hilarious that the guy was placed in the general direction brain matter would have sprayed had this gone wrong.
@Evanz111
Жыл бұрын
I think there was a transparent plastic screen in place, but it still would have been just as disturbing to witness it go all over that too haha
@WitchKing-Of-Angmar
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely hilarious.
@OzymandiasWasRight
Жыл бұрын
I really hope I'd raise my hand in that situation.
@xtra_1807
Жыл бұрын
There would have been zero “brain matter” he clearly shot a blank
@TheFudily
Жыл бұрын
@@xtra_1807 Have you learned nothing?
@seasuper3402
Жыл бұрын
No matter whether it's fake or not he mastered creating a genuine tense atmosphere for everyone watching
@riskunknown1325
Жыл бұрын
Fake, when he shot the gun he looked at the gun and saw where the bullets are placed
@seasuper3402
Жыл бұрын
@@riskunknown1325 as I said it doesn't matter because they managed to create a genuine feeling of tension like it wasn't
@averagerobloxyoutuberr
Жыл бұрын
@@seasuper3402 Fake, when he shot the gun he looked at the gun and saw where the bullets are placed
@lotusoux
Жыл бұрын
@@averagerobloxyoutuberr as I said it doesn't matter because they managed to create a genuine feeling of tension like it wasn't
@blitzkrieggaming8341
Жыл бұрын
@averagerobloxyoutuberr he can't see the bullet in the cylinder though
@FXG4MERR
2 ай бұрын
3:02 had me dying 😂 Derren's confidence in the writing of the word "Cow", as he's usually right, just to hear the contestant respond in the monotone voice: "Sheep."
@twistedcoasters1533
Жыл бұрын
I’ve seen this guy perform live, and let me tell you, his live shows are just as good if not better. I’ve never seen a show hold a room like that. And the things that happen are just mindblowing
@Splorf-Max
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully not too “mindblowing”
@DeFausti
Жыл бұрын
how is watching a "magician" do fake shit on stage mindblowing?
@diegoabche
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for not adding the "no pun intended" crab at the end
@mysoundiicon8473
11 ай бұрын
he gets you do put a side human decency so that is't becomes ok for alot of ppl to not only watch it but so that no even trys to stop it.. yeah it was trick so the odds of him dying are zero. but if the odds are zero why were you watching? did you expected him to die or wanted him to?
@blakksy
Жыл бұрын
My dad said he remembered watching this and he just felt the room drop. No music, no speech, no nothing just the video and "Live". He said the live added so much but he cant put his finger on it, adds a layer of creepiness. He said he felt like he was watching a horror movie. And he said he knew he was going to live, but there was that lil bit of him saying "what if he doesnt"
@mauretaniafan1133
Жыл бұрын
The reason, “live”, probably did it is because one’s mind has to worry if something could go wrong. Because, it always could.
@teasippingguy9316
Жыл бұрын
If it wasn't live it would be obvious he wouldn't die because they wouldn't show it then.
@kobold7466
Жыл бұрын
chinese people when the liveleak appears in the corner of their eyes while working in a steel mill
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Жыл бұрын
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@monoytnecoproductions1997
Жыл бұрын
@@TyrannicalRegimeOfCanadawtf
@bigboibebop
Жыл бұрын
If he did know he would walk out of this alive, he intentionally messed up his guess with five to prove there’s “real” danger of him messing up, then he stalled on the next one to let the silence build tension for him. How quickly he fired the next two shots is interesting because the viewer barely has any time to recognize “wait, that was empty. That means the next one is the bullet” and feel that sense of relief before he fires it. Then with the bang of the gun all the emotion comes flooding in, and his performance showing his relief really sells it. The guy in the back really thought he was about to die, though. (the way he talks about the gun in his collection gives me a feel he either recalls it as his greatest trick or the only time he could’ve actually died during a stunt. I can’t determine which through his tone.)
@reubengv_
Жыл бұрын
Explained it better than me!
@bigboibebop
Жыл бұрын
@@reubengv_ I have been noticed by the KZitemr and my day has been improved dramatically, thank you Mr youtube man
@vividvisions693
Жыл бұрын
@@bigboibebop the power of youtube!
@sethsmith6042
Жыл бұрын
Yes, he messed up on purpose 100%. That's what makes this scary
@Cripplified
Жыл бұрын
I mean you'd have to assume he did this without a bullet in the revolver and having the answer given to him afterwards hundreds of times before going to a live round scenario. But even if he was 99.99% sure he was correct, he's still human. Everyone in that scenario would have their intrusive thoughts about "fuck what if this is the one time I somehow made some minor error and I might actually die?"
@ApparentlyShane
10 ай бұрын
Is it weird that this is one of my favourite moments of the 2000s? Like I don't think there's been a single piece of TV I've watched that has filled me with so much tension. Even though I know how it all ends, but it still gets me. ...goddammit, I love Derren Brown.
@ParityS
Жыл бұрын
The setup around this trick was absolutely masterful. It builds so much tension and suspends our disbelief, because if you just only watch the part where he shoots the gun you can instantly tell that it is fake. A real revolver shot would be incredibly loud, this sounded like a cap gun. And also the big giveaway is that there was no recoil. Shooting a revolver with one hand would have sent his arm flying up at least a little bit no matter how hard you try to control it. And thats exactly why the setup was so important! Because in the moment, you don't notice nor care about any of the things that are obviously fake.
@CODA96
Жыл бұрын
Thought the same. Also, nobody would be as stupid as to play russian roulette on TV and even if someone wanted to - no channel in existence would take the risk of actually broadcasting someone shooting himself in the head for thousands if not millions. It was clearly a blank gun. Sure it goes *PENG* but nothing else. Even if it exploded in his face, his ear would just ring a while.
@treestuffer
11 ай бұрын
you should watch more shooting videos on youtube and stop assuming everything will sound like it does in movies- where specialized microphones are used to capture the sound. your phone would have done a similar job catching the audio from a gun. this doesn't go anywhere for or against it being a blank, i'm just saying you can't assume based on the audio. recording close up gunshots accurately and not having them just sound like a pop is actually really hard.
@thescatologistcopromancer3936
11 ай бұрын
@@treestuffer no, it absolutely was a blank
@treestuffer
11 ай бұрын
@@thescatologistcopromancer3936 it may very well have been a blank, and considering the stunt, probably was a blank. i'm saying the audio we hear isn't sufficient to determine if it is a blank or not. i've heard recorded .22 and 9mm gunfire on microphones of varying quality that sounded exactly like this. this is physics and the nature of high decible/high pressure waveforms.
@iunnox666
11 ай бұрын
Firing a blank against your head would kill you as well.
@iokiandheiz3535
Жыл бұрын
Not only was the program incredibly intense, but this video was super well made too. You're gonna have a hard time topping this but I've subscribed!
@reubengv_
Жыл бұрын
Video is releasing on the 2nd August, I know for a fact it won't get this many views but I'm so grateful for it!
@GlorifiedGremlin
Жыл бұрын
@@reubengv_I'm surprised you didn't have a better turnover on viewers to subscribers, this video is impressively polished for such a small channel
@that_arty_person6957
Жыл бұрын
@@reubengv_ ngl I thought you had lots of videos already with the level of quality this is
@ampharosgames7526
Жыл бұрын
what are you 2 bois doing here?
@iokiandheiz3535
Жыл бұрын
@@ampharosgames7526 just surfin the webs and findin quality content like this!
@reubengv_
7 ай бұрын
New Derren Brown-themed video out now. Go check it out. :)
@nobodyava
7 ай бұрын
🙃
@ta1al
7 ай бұрын
I came back after watching that video, you level up your skills with each video, keep it up!
@yeetmaster07
7 ай бұрын
even though i knew youtube would take down this video if it showed him dying i was still sick to the stomach with how terrified I was for his safety. i looked away for the last two shots and when i heard it go off i looked back slowly and was relieved to see him ok
@cameronelder1404
Жыл бұрын
With no recoil from the gun🫣, and a gunshot that sounded more like a bible being dropped on a desk🙄, I’d say the guy sitting in the direct line of fire behind him had the second safest seat in the house. 😂
@TLVids1
Жыл бұрын
exactly, i call majorly fake
@qwardel7799
Жыл бұрын
well duh, 6:26 revealed it is a hoax
@reubengv_
11 ай бұрын
‼PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU COMMENT‼️ It's a stunt by a magician. Before commenting "FAKE!!! FAKE!!!", yes, it probably was. Please watch the full episode of this because I cut out a lot for pacing, it's available on KZitem :) Thank you so much for the overwhelming support. A new video is out now!
@lsixty30
Жыл бұрын
A better example would be the death of Bruce Lee's son Brandon Lee on the set of The Crow. Thank you for having the stones to make this correction!
@TimSzabo
Жыл бұрын
wow the day this aired I was born!
@scrubaatividya
Жыл бұрын
I actually DO know of a case where a blank killed someone, I don't remember it exactly but it was on an episode of '1000 ways to die' in which a jackass father decided to "prank" his daughter and her boyfriend by loading his revolver with blanks and then barging into her room and "shooting" her boyfriend, he laughed at them and went "they're blanks!! hahahaha see? they can't hurt you" then put it to his temple to prove a point only to kill himself because blanks still contain gunpowder and cause a gun to recoil. essentially what happens when a blank is shot as point blank as it gets right up against someones skull is exactly what a bullet would do just lacking the entry wound, it caused the area around where the barrel was placed to completely fracture and break his skull and it also resulted in obviously his brain being severely damaged and either almost instantly or outright instantly killed him, blanks are not safe at all regardless of if a real .357 or a blank cartridge was used in the stunt had the round been placed in any chamber other than 1 or 5 and presuming nothing was truly rehearsed and everything was pure chance then he would've been dead moments after pulling that trigger
@busebuse8968
Жыл бұрын
Şp
@busebuse8968
Жыл бұрын
@@lsixty30oop
@FirstFamilyCharger
Жыл бұрын
That was an EXTREMELY low powered blank. Like less than a firecracker.
@radosawrudolf4931
Жыл бұрын
@@TargunYssboernHence why it was such a tiny load.
@Michael.Gunner
Жыл бұрын
@@radosawrudolf4931 That's what she said!!
@shoppingcart69420
Жыл бұрын
Yes, @@Michael.Gunner . That was very funny and everyone is laughing.
@Broockle
Жыл бұрын
i thought it was a real bullet, he just knew it was in the 6th chamber. Which is still pretty dangerous if you screw up.
@heroiccombatengineer6018
Жыл бұрын
Who tf cares about the bullet that shit is staged af
@drosera88
10 ай бұрын
Darren Brown has always acknowledged that some of what he does is real, and some of what he does is faked. The fact that he's able to blur that line to the point where it's impossible to tell what is and what isn't is what makes him such an extraordinary entertainer.
@floorrice1
Жыл бұрын
It is genuinely impressive that a channels first video can be so well made, and cause the channel to get such a following. I was very hooked throughout the entire video. Well done, and keep up the good work, and I’m looking forward to your next upload!
@joebhstuff
Жыл бұрын
watching that was anxiety-inducing, even though i knew he obviously didn't shoot himself lmao. Great video: you're commentary was great and perfectly matched the vibe of what was going on. Looking forward to seeing more! Think I'm now gonna go down a rabbithole of Derren Brown clips.
@reubengv_
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! I'm getting so excited about making more stuff
@afrog2666
Жыл бұрын
"you are commentary" lol
@joebhstuff
Жыл бұрын
@@afrog2666 lmao my bad
@MrStealthy007
Жыл бұрын
"Potential trigger warning" 0:01
@the711devin4
11 ай бұрын
This is the most brilliant display of acting I’ve ever seen, we all know that he survives but we still get pulled into the atmosphere he created and are every bit as anxious as those who have no idea what will happen next.
@BaronVonQuiply
Жыл бұрын
The ear protection was a nice touch, but everyone who'd ever heard of insurance or producers knew the gun would never go off with someone standing in the line of fire. Should have moved him out of the way to make it more convincing.
@HeckmanBrad77
Жыл бұрын
The other dude was never in the line of fire. He was behind and off to the right
@michaelsteane9926
Жыл бұрын
Alec Baldwin would say otherwise.
@NopeNopeNope9124
Жыл бұрын
I think they'd be a little more abject to a decent chance of a guy shooting himself in the head
@jamesd.980
Жыл бұрын
@@HeckmanBrad77 He was also behind a very thick sheet of bulletproof glass. If you look closely, there's a reflection when Derren gets up and walks over to him, and also a long thick vertical line, which is the edge of the bulletproof glass. Given the fact that there was no chance of any harm coming to either of them, it's easy to miss, but the attempt at realism is still there.
@burp2019
Жыл бұрын
i think you misunderstand what russian roulette is
@VanceHelw
Жыл бұрын
Rust shooting incident was using real live round, not blank. and a blank at point blank still produced extreme force from the powder charge, strong enough to fracture skull and causing brain damage, a blank only safe at a certain distance, there're incident of actors died from shooting blank point blank at their head, and there're also ballistic test videos from youtube.
@salvadorromero9712
Жыл бұрын
American actor Jon-Erik Hexum got his big break in 1984, starring in his own network TV show, the spy adventure Cover Up. On a delay on set Hexum unloaded all but one of the blanks from his revolver and--as a sort of joke about the unpleasantness of the interminable pause--played Russian Roulette with it. He lost. Blanks are only safe at a distance where the gases have room to dissipate; pushed up tight against his skull, they pressed a disk of it into his brain and killed him. Remembering what tornadoes can do to brick walls might have helped him. Hexum's death resulted in changes to protocols on set; you don't leave live weapons for actors to play with between takes anymore. But his, along with Brandon Lee's, seem from a quick Google search to have been brought up a lot by the press after the recent Rust incident.
@FUBARGunpla
Жыл бұрын
a better choice would've been brandon lee, bruce lees son. he died on the set of the crow because a projectile was stuck in the barrel and acted a bullet when the blank went off, killing him.
@thelegendaryloaf9285
Жыл бұрын
Bro that revvie didnt even have recoil.
@ashscott6068
Жыл бұрын
It doesn't matter. There was never any chance of anything going wrong. He could have put that gun to his head and pulled the trigger six times and walked away, as could anyone else. Because that's how mentalism works. You're only selling the IDEA, that it's a learned skill and you could be wrong. You can't be wrong, because it was NEVER about "reading" anyone. There's nothing mental about mentalism. It's just illusions under a different name. Many of the tricks Derren does are straight off the shelf. Yup...you can go into a store and BUY the trick
@doubleaabattery7562
Жыл бұрын
@@ashscott6068 What the fuck is any of this nonsense you are spewing mate.
@tuetue2823
Жыл бұрын
Mate, I was blown away (pun intended) when I realized this is your first video un this channel. What a wonderful start! You really put effort in making quality content, so keep it up! You have our support
@stereoberryes
Жыл бұрын
proper warnings in the beginning, providing context for anyone who doesn't know the main man of the video, subtitles, getting right to the point, damn! instantly subscribed. It's not often that one sees a KZitemr who ticks so many boxes right off the bat. thank you for the high quality entertainment!
@armingleiner5292
Жыл бұрын
Why are warnings important? Why do we have to cater so the oversensitive all the time?
@stereoberryes
Жыл бұрын
@@armingleiner5292 it's easier to explain with an example. like there should be warnings for flashing lights to prevent someone from having a seizure, and such
@reubengv_
Жыл бұрын
@@armingleiner5292 Unironically leave and never come back
@armingleiner5292
Жыл бұрын
@@reubengv_ Unironically I couldnt care less about the feelings of the oversensitive.
@reubengv_
Жыл бұрын
@@armingleiner5292 Your proud declaration of this makes me think the opposite.
@Leiws
Жыл бұрын
Derren brown is one of my favourite people. Good to see such a high quality video made about him
@SonOfTheOne111
Жыл бұрын
He pretends to be a materialist, but he’s an occultist. He practices mind control by making use of demonic entities. UK is infested with witches, and most of your famous atheists are secret occultists.
@Dr.UldenWascht
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully this won't get demonitised as YT acts like a very old lady. And as you mentioned, people who think there was even a 0.01% chance of this going any other way, are not familiar with Derren Brown and his work ethics. The fact that the whole thing is a trick however, doesn't take anything away from the magnificence of his performance.
@reubengv_
Жыл бұрын
Surprised it didn't!
@skoop651
Жыл бұрын
" YT acts like a very old lady" not really
@AndrewBrowner
Жыл бұрын
i dont get how its any kind of magic or trick... they just use a "blank" but it wasnt even a blank it had the power of a cap pistol.. they could of ran that scene 20 times if they wanted.. he also could of just been told which chamber it would be in ahead of time more of a lie than a trick to me but some people dont have the subtlety to know the difference
@captainjames4649
Жыл бұрын
@@AndrewBrownerlies and tricks are the same buddy
@AndrewBrowner
Жыл бұрын
@@captainjames4649 if you have no nuance sure, but people with nuance know when theyve been lied to and when theyve been tricked
@misterG2006
10 ай бұрын
I remember watching this live and it was super tense! Looking back now I suspect he knew which chamber had the bullet but the showmanship was top notch! :)
@ToxinBrewer
11 ай бұрын
2:45 shooting an empty water bottle at point blank range to demonstrate how a gun works has to be the most british thing I've ever seen
@yu2hu
Жыл бұрын
6:14 “Like the viewer is, Sisyphus,” *Me and the birds by Duster begins to play and the narrator’s voice drowns out*
@Evanz111
Жыл бұрын
I’ve seen this man live once, and somehow despite all my skepticism, my mum fell for every single one of his hypnosis tricks. Would really love to see more Derren Brown stuff covered. A shame he’s not as well known internationally as he is here in the UK…
@crypticshadows
Жыл бұрын
he’s pretty well known in the USA, imo
@LoveTwoExplore
Жыл бұрын
I believe it was a trick but still the way Derren Brown fired a blank at the sand bag before the final two shots really made that ending what it was. Without the fake out it wouldn’t of been as mesmerising
@RiccardoMarcelliPacicio
9 ай бұрын
The entire video is really good but just the last 2 seconds made me subscribe instantly. Really, I watch just two of your videos and they are really good, straight to the point, without anything extra. I love them
@DownrestYTP
Жыл бұрын
This is amazing, I love how you did the video. The straightforwardness is something that I really enjoyed. I look forward to seeing more videos!
@reubengv_
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@NeoRipshaft
Жыл бұрын
Darren's really good at distracting people with irrelevant information - his tricks are generally quite basic and almost seem like cheating but that's kind of the idea... the real trick is to make people believe there's a complex explanation when in fact it's laughably simple and dishonest, which is the true essence of trickery 😆- always helps to remember the most basic rules of magic - there is never any real danger, and no good magic performance is capable of failure - ie no room for chance to impact the intended results. You can be 100% certain there is no round in the revolver (edit: to be clear - this means no blanks either) because that would be insane, so just think about what has to be the case to explain everything else and it's not that hard to figure out.... provided you have some familiarity with video composition and what's possible with some fixed camera angles.
@elio7610
Жыл бұрын
Well, those last two trigger pulls happened consecutively without any apparent video cuts.
@georgepantzikis7988
Жыл бұрын
He means there was a small explosive device where he pointed the gun and supposedly shot. It looks like he shot, but he really didn't. The guy he selected was wearing ear protectors so he wouldn't have been able to discern whether the sound came from the gun or from the end of the room.
@collander7766
Жыл бұрын
When the gun finally shot, it was clear there wasn’t a real gun going off
@Greyfoxdbz18
Жыл бұрын
Also, I would like to add that there must not have been any real danger because of the way the guy was seated behind him with no shielding or protection. there have been cases where the bullet of a gun can change direction after passing through a body. There's risk of being shot just being in the same room. They were really confident that there was no bullet. It's one thing for Derren Brown to accept the risk of shooting himself but to put another life in danger is another thing entirely.
@vashman01
Жыл бұрын
@@collander7766 Yeah it totally sounded like a cap gun. That's what I suspect he used in the gun chamber to create the smoke effect.
@noblereign492
Жыл бұрын
This was his whole premise. He looked at humanity in a whole, even the ones watching now.
@h-dawg969
11 ай бұрын
Darren Brown is so good. I oftentimes go and watch some of his old specials still.
@v6cole
11 ай бұрын
A real trigger warning.
@Jbrowni3
Жыл бұрын
Had a friend who had a kid with a guy who decided to play Russian Roulette a for fun with his friend. Needless to say, everyone in his apartment building heard a sudden shot at 2am from within the building. Next day a friend who lived in the building told me he heard a gunshot inside and it woke him up terrified. Found out the next day Player 1 of 2 was found dead, self-inflicted gunshot wound. Stupid and senseless death. I went to visit the friend who’s BF did this, and her distress was palpable. But the child- she knew nothing. And she kept coming up to me calling me daddy (seemed like he was never around much) seeking attention. You could tell they had little to no support. Was a horribly sad situation.
@logangustavson
Жыл бұрын
Shut up liar
@molotov6792
Жыл бұрын
Lmao I reckon he was not all there upstairs lol, most people don’t shoot themselves
@abdou.the.heretic
Жыл бұрын
@molotov6792 "lmao" I hope your life turn south enough dor you to try.
@bustavonnutz
Жыл бұрын
Shame he was able to reproduce first.
@molotov6792
Жыл бұрын
@@abdou.the.heretic lmao I’ll never put a gun to my head, glad you think that way though, although I heard it’s bad for your mental health to wish harm upon others and yeah that story did make me laugh a little bit because I get the feeling it’s not true, if it is, I’ll eat my words but until then it’s funny if it’s fake and a tragedy if it’s real
@pathetic_girl
Жыл бұрын
this is so goddamn well put together man. crazy seeing how far youve come.
@reubengv_
Жыл бұрын
Could easily say the same thing about your stuff, thank you for being along with the ride for so long!
@pathetic_girl
Жыл бұрын
@@reubengv_ :D
@4DK1L
Ай бұрын
0:50 DO NOT EVER DO THAT AGAIN 😭😭 that knocking freaked me the hell out last night 😭
@Not_petrol
7 ай бұрын
4:20 If I understand this right this I think is thought through to perfection because to a viewer it looks like a miscalculation and a Fuck up moment but it might have been done to make it feel more real and more scary and not staged
@venomshot2815
Жыл бұрын
The thing is, the last two shots didnt have to be tense. If he fired it at the bag it either shoots or he knows with 100% certainty that it's loaded
@birddaddydetta
Жыл бұрын
Not quite. The bullet was in either one of the last two chambers, which supposedly makes it 50/50. He could've either pulled the trigger against his dome and then pulled the trigger to the bags, or alternatively he could've pulled the gun against his head and then turn it to the bags and shoot it to reveal that the next chamber housed the bulled
@oriolopocholo
Жыл бұрын
@@birddaddydettabruh what?
@SpeedcoreDancecore
Жыл бұрын
He did it in the other order, first head and then bag. There's no entertainment in firing the last three shots at the bag
@venomshot2815
Жыл бұрын
@@birddaddydetta there's no rule which says that he should point it at his head every other shot, so if he shot at the bag and it didn't go off he could do that again
@raulpetrascu2696
Жыл бұрын
@@venomshot2815the point was that he would point it at his head if he thought it was empty and away when he thought he guess the bullet right He thought it was the 4th so he aimed it away expecting it to fire but he was wrong, leaving him with a 50/50 remaining guess (the excitement of the stunt is that he is still in danger). So he was trying to figure out if it was in the last or the 2nd last, he figured it was the last so he pointed the first at himself and the one that now ofc had the bullet away and fired and he was correct (doing it quickly, because it's a guess and could be the other way round and got him killed). You're right that if he pointed the first away he would know (and then he obv wouldn't shoot himself after, realistically, -tho russian roulette does imply he would), but that would mean that he was entirely wrong and the stunt failed. He needed to guess, correctly The only reason he pointed at the sack and nothing happened the earlier time was that he messed up (supposedly). Making it more exciting because you think wait he was wrong already now what's he gonna do he could mess up and die Yeah I guess the idea is that he would have to shoot himself with the bullet, maybe. That is a kinda dumb idea. Clearly he was committed to guessing it right tho so what you say isn't something he would do (if it wasn't a hoax)
@calincretu335
Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate the straight-to-the-point video. No BS. Pure content. 7 minutes felt like 1 minute :) Great stuff
@firestorm5432
Жыл бұрын
I like how I couldn’t see the gun go off
@CoffeeSuccubus
Жыл бұрын
His balls were so heavy, the bullet refused to come out
@Enz3d
Жыл бұрын
i love that you put so much into these vids without spending half of it promoting yourself or sponsors, it makes them really addictive to watch.
@chopstickingstylus
Жыл бұрын
You have been definitely doing KZitem for years. This style of editing and writing is so simple, professional and original on an actually interesting subject on a video. I don't know what made you make a new channel, (assuming you had an old one) but I will definitely subscribe for more of this type of content! Literally better than 90% of video essayers already.
@Max_The_Flower
Жыл бұрын
You assume the only way for people to get better at youtube is to upload videos.
@NrettG
Жыл бұрын
@@Max_The_Flower ...yeah? You expect a musician to be ready for a concert full of 1000's just by only doing performances in front of a mirror?
@Max_The_Flower
Жыл бұрын
@@NrettG Making a video in your own home is different to performing in front of people. You can pace yourself while at home, it could take you a couple months to record everything and put it all together while on stage you only have a couple of hours not including all the preparation you’d have to do beforehand.
@captainghost7044
Жыл бұрын
@@Max_The_Flowerhe did have a channel beforehand though
@Max_The_Flower
Жыл бұрын
@@captainghost7044 I wasn’t saying that this specific person didn’t upload any videos before, I was saying that you don’t need a visible timeline of uploaded videos to improve.
@larrywalsh9939
Жыл бұрын
4:58 - "Any normal person's heart rate would be fumping." My heart has never fumped even once.
@LAclips_
Жыл бұрын
High quality video, and in all seriousness I broke out laughing when the guy said “sheep”
@jackmorris303
Жыл бұрын
Ah yes an entertaining under 10 minute video essay. Excellent work, this is how you do a KZitem debut, I can't wait for the next video 😊
@maximusstorm1215
Жыл бұрын
My Mother and Father went to a Derren Brown show recently after my late sister's death. She was called Ellie. Towards the end of the show, Derren ended it with "I have one last thing to say, and what I am about to say won't mean a thing to many of you, but to some, it will." He just stood there and said "Ellie." My Mother just broke down into tears and my Father was dumbfounded. They said it's the most profound thing to ever happen to them. Especially seeing as they went to the show to take their minds off it and it wasn't very long after it happened. Damn bruh, I do miss her.
@gaugehoughton2403
Жыл бұрын
How did Darren know
@xxfillex
Жыл бұрын
@@gaugehoughton2403Presumably he didn't and just said a random name because it would mean something to someone, and if it didn't, then nobody would be able to tell
@real.jimmy23
Жыл бұрын
where is that
@naskivik
Жыл бұрын
@@xxfillex Jesus Christ that ratio
@lavaking1113
Жыл бұрын
@@naskiviknot anymore! 😂
@CommanderNoob
11 ай бұрын
This video was an amazing example of what video essays should be. Congrats lad, and I wish you well on your future ventures.
@SolarZL
7 ай бұрын
Yeah, the title was "_____ is genius and heres why". He didnt make a 2 hour video about the life story of this dude, he just went to the poijt
@juststoppingby390
Жыл бұрын
Derren is the best showman of his time. His set ups are incredible. He uses his intelect and poise to direct every scene. The man is a genius
@sirsnake9536
Жыл бұрын
Ending message was truly brave so proud of you for saying it
@Ridlay_
Жыл бұрын
Even if it was an elaborate trick, gosh darn it is one brilliantly well executed one. Like what even would be the trick there? Who knows! No matter what, absolutely brilliant.
@willatano1464
Жыл бұрын
The gun had blanks
@gave2haze
Жыл бұрын
@@willatano1464watch the video again, thats not a trick
@JamesEtc3417
Жыл бұрын
I mean if that guy was a plant and he knew it would be the last round.
@platyhelminthes2877
Жыл бұрын
@@willatano1464 A blank would still kill him, so that has no bearing on whether it was or was not "real".
@Dezu123
Жыл бұрын
@@platyhelminthes2877 All u really need is a guy to be planted which was super easy to do since this guy was picking who will do it.
@phee9430
11 ай бұрын
channel 4 in the early 2000s was literally one big black mirror episode
@BlueDuck.-
Жыл бұрын
I love how you explain how your giving context and proceed to talk abt smt completely unrelated giving no context to the video
@jackuw
Жыл бұрын
this was genuinely FIRE reuben, great job!
@Sphere723
Жыл бұрын
With some practice and the right revolver, you can get a very good idea which chamber a round is by rotating the cylinder in your fingers and feeling the shift in weight. It looks like Brown does exactly this, completely rotating the cylinder three times before settling on the final position to have the gun in before starting the shots. I'm sure the gun/round was chosen to make this as easy as possible and he just practiced. Everything else is a misdirection.
@danielaviladeoliveirasilva1872
Жыл бұрын
If this was an actual loaded gun, that is impressive. I wouldn't try it even if the chamber was transparent lmao
@Serrifin
Жыл бұрын
@@danielaviladeoliveirasilva1872 It wasn’t a loaded gun, but it was still impressive, I like how they showed the barrel for the shot when it’s empty but conveniently cut it off when it ‘shoots’ for real and disguised it as not being able to change angles since he shot in quick succession.
@DM-rc4yu
Жыл бұрын
There is no way he would rely on things like feeling the shift in weight.
@Sphere723
Жыл бұрын
@DM-rc4yu it seems like it was also a fake round in someway. But he still needed to pull off the trick. When he sets the cylinder he isn't guessing.
@Equinox0709
Жыл бұрын
Imagine a russian roulette game but there is no bullet in the chamber but the players don't know that.
@Nekolaws
9 ай бұрын
Straight to the point while making the audience hooked on something suspiciously dangerous. Well done, Reuben.
@lordtomtom
Жыл бұрын
notice how there was no recoil when firing the weapon.
@sneeky6869
Жыл бұрын
Because it was a blank... He never claimed it was a real bullet- Blanks can also kill especially at point blank to the head lmao
@Xezian
Жыл бұрын
@@sneeky6869 a blank would still produce recoil since there would be a pressure coming out the barrel. Just cause no bullet leaves doesn't mean that the energy produced by the blank doesn't go anywhere, just that it can dissipate and spread out after the pressure wave leaves the barrel, but as you should realize this does mean that energy is still moving through and coming out the barrel.
@salj.5459
Жыл бұрын
@@XezianI can assure you, blanks don't produce any recoil. At least not the ones that I've shot before
@zeke1220
Жыл бұрын
@@Xezian Recoil force is opposite the force imparted on the projectile. With a blank the projectile is... the air in the tube. Because the air in the tube is considerably less dense than a bullet there is little/no recoil.
@sneeky6869
Жыл бұрын
@@Xezian as someone who has shot a blank, there is zero recoil
@zach.reimer1021
Жыл бұрын
This is Fucking LEGENDARY! The Empathy, the tension, the stakes and the surreal experience of witnessing that must be insane.
@bauspanderu
2 ай бұрын
I don't know what you're talking about, everyone I talked to so far who played russian roulette survived, so it cannot be that bad.
@MPDE907
10 ай бұрын
the guy shot someone and then he was stressed at the end lol
@Thegbear
Жыл бұрын
Darren Brown is a perfect PSA for how easily you can be scammed. You think you’re immune, you think you’d outsmart whoever has targeted you, but he shows beyond a shadow of a doubt, you’re more vulnerable than you think you are.
@cattysplat
Жыл бұрын
Most people are literally scammed everyday legally. Its called sales. Marketing and advertising can even do it on their own. Most people willingly chose to be scammed out of their money, because life is boring and they want to believe in fantasy, "buy this product and I will change/my life will change for the better".
@Kyle17206
Жыл бұрын
You can tell it's a blank because there's 0 recoil. My guess is the barrel was plugged so the gas would escape from the gaps in the cylinder rather than the barrel
@glennabate1708
10 ай бұрын
He knew it was the last shot but it would still be frightening to do.
@LegalizeTheNuclearBomb
Жыл бұрын
The "Gun" had zero recoil lmao
@tylerfortniteninjablevins8360
2 ай бұрын
9mm bullets don’t have much if you’ve ever shot one
@1234cm1
2 ай бұрын
He fired a blank. Still enough to kill but only dangerous to him They say as much in the video lmfao. Need subway surfers to keep your attention on the video?
@uzer-zm9yi9fk7h
2 ай бұрын
Yo swagman
@MrCrapDude
Жыл бұрын
I remember binging all his specials when I was younger and it’s really some compelling stuff.
@schrodingersgat4344
Жыл бұрын
My friends and I have played "range roulette" for years. The only danger is faced by the piece of paper on the other end of the range. Even so: The more times you hear "CLICK!" the more nervous you get. Even though you are safe from doom... ....a part of you is convinced that the paper and you are one. That part of your brain doesn't want you to pull the trigger.
@zakguitar2359
Жыл бұрын
can you elaborate on that "range roulette" game please I've never heard of it before
@Shrek_Has_Covid19
Жыл бұрын
@@zakguitar2359 russian roulette where you don't point the gun at your head
@schrodingersgat4344
Жыл бұрын
@@Shrek_Has_Covid19 Yhup!
@schrodingersgat4344
Жыл бұрын
@@zakguitar2359 1 shooter, 1 revolver, 1 round. If it goes "CLICK!" you live to try again. If "BANG!"..well, you're out. Ideally you actually want out early. The tension is hard to describe. [We usually have 3 participants. Each has his own round of ammunition. Load, spin, shut, (aim) "fire".] The further along you get, the more you start to identify with the target. In the case of a 1st try "BANG!" {In this range game} you can be afforded a second chance.... ...unlike the real game.
@zakguitar2359
Жыл бұрын
@@schrodingersgat4344 oooh okay thank you for explaining I guess it's the kind of experience you have to try yourself to know how it feels
@rainmacneil8392
Жыл бұрын
As soon as he said "British magician and mentalist" I had all the info I needed.
@RyuHaya
Жыл бұрын
.22 caliber, damn that might have turned him into a vegetable instead of killing him.
@jamyman4876
Жыл бұрын
the fact this is your first video this is insane man its so well structured and put together, please keep them coming
@mrkrabsx8669
Жыл бұрын
4:59 "any normal person's heartrate would be thumping" My heartrate during the whole sequence: 60-70
@bybambi
Жыл бұрын
any normal person... in james's position aka not sitting behind a screen watching a prerecording with a disclaimer and a narrator 20 years later
@skellykenz
2 ай бұрын
Of everyone I’ve asked who played Russian roulette, they’ve all survived
@GodMcQueen
11 ай бұрын
*Damn, I remember watching this live as if it were yesterday.* *Nice recap.*
@Phoenix0F8
Жыл бұрын
me trying to comfort depressed people on reddit and in youtube comments: 7:11
@X1erra
Жыл бұрын
Thank god I didn’t get to see this back then. I would have a much stronger intrusive thoughts had this been part of my childhood.
@FunkMasterJunk
Жыл бұрын
He fired a blank. There was no slug that exited the barrel. Don't tell me he didn't know where the blank was placed.
@KaneyoriHK
Ай бұрын
Honestly, the lack of music, the way everything is, it's so anxiety inducing. It's well done
@Hames69
Жыл бұрын
This was amazing man! genuninly loved watching every second am very exited to see what youll do next!
@reubengv_
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully if I get popular then we can all make Big Fat Quiz 2
@hanskneesun123
Жыл бұрын
Derren did a trick where he asked a member of the public to collect something from a supermarket, he used suggestion on his volunteer and listed some examples, one of the examples being crisps such as 'salt and' he didn't finish the sentence. I instantly knew that they would go and fetch vinegar for him, but to add another layer Derren guessed the exact route the helper took through the store to get there, the route had been on display since the beginning of the trick.
@MrKruger88
Жыл бұрын
I don't understand how anyone would have thought it was real.
@X-SPONGED
11 ай бұрын
That was a masterstroke of acting. The fake "oh shit" face, the implication that the stunt may have gone array due to an error, the hesitation to the eventual shot. It's fucking amazing. We all know it's fake and he'll be okay afterwards, that's why he put in the point and click part to make us think this is where the fuck up will happen. Even long time fans would be worried even if only for a moment after seeing him do that.
@lewisisdaman
Жыл бұрын
No fucking about with the intro. No making the video over a certain length of time for monetary reasons. No messing around with sponsors or patreon accounts. No stupid over the top ads. Great content. You sir just earned yourself a sub! P.s. I just realized this is your first video. Keep up the great work bro and hopefully you'll come up with your next video soon!
@Dixon_Myass
Жыл бұрын
This video is great. Short, digestible, with an interesting premise and snappy, funny editing. It pains me that this sort of stuff isn't the majority of youtubes recommended or trending. Keep it up.
@Soldier7.0
2 ай бұрын
That dude in the corner was cleaning crew bro
@imjody
Жыл бұрын
May have been 3.3 million views before, but you've brought that up to well over 5 million. Thanks for sharing.
@esmazufaireen3545
Жыл бұрын
Damn, this is one of the best "review" about The Russian Bullet by Derren. It's like I'm watching Oppenheimer movie for 7 minutes. It also has pretty good humour. I can't belived that this is the first content on this channel!
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