Enjoy Your Newfound Fear of Polka Dots.

[rionaleonhart]

Once again, Derren Brown both fascinates me and makes me want to bury myself under ten feet of solid rock so he can't get anywhere near me. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, DERREN BROWN?

EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING IS WRONG WITH YOU.

(That bit with the ice bath! I could barely watch.)

(Derren Brown could commit so many murders and nobody would ever catch him

Comments

[perrie]

The Assassin was genuinely terrifying. Like, really REALLY good but SO SCARY. When the camera was on Chris in the theatre and they played the ringtone and gahhhhh. He's a criminal mastermind, I swear. Who needs a white cat to stroke when you have parrots?

[rionaleonhart]

The thing that really freaked me out, for some reason, was the really long pause between the trigger and Chris actually picking up the gun. What went on in his head? Did anything? Was that the time it took his hypnotised mind to remember that he had a gun to hand? What happened in that pause?

[perrie]

i think it was possibly him remembering that he actually had a gun there. after all, every other time the trigger went off, he had either been holding a gun, or had one handed to him like derren did in the restaurant. it was really nerve wracking though!

The thing I found really interesting was how quiet everyone in the theatre was. Like, Stephen was talking, gunshots go off and no one screams? really? nobody? it was eerily quiet. they were all obviously like, oh this is clearly just a part of the show, right?

[rionaleonhart]

I was a bit surprised by the quiet reaction from the audience, too. On reflection, though, I imagine that, even if they didn't give the specifics, they would have had to tell the people at the talk that something might happen so they wouldn't all stampede or call 999.

[rionaleonhart]

It must be so strange to be Derren Brown. But not nearly as strange, I suspect, as it must be to be his boyfriend.

[captlebubbles]

He must constantly wonder whether he really does like him, or whether he's simply been hypnotized into thinking he does.

It's what I would wonder.

[xavantina]

I saw the trailer for this last week on Channel 4 and was freaked out plenty. Mostly because I've never actually seen anything with Derren Brown (no Derren Brown in Denmark), yet only a few seconds into the tv spot I was thinking "Oh fuck, it's that Derren Brown guy Riona is always talking about, isn't it?" and that scared me a bit.

So no, I think I'll pass, thank you.

[rionaleonhart]

Now that you are in England, you are no longer safe from him. Beware! (His programmes are absolutely fascinating, but I can understand if they're not your thing.)

[prologi]

He's so creepy/scary, but in an incredibly affable way. Like an evil genius who got sorted into Hufflepuff. (He's goddamn brilliant, oh my god.)

[rionaleonhart]

It's so weird! Never before have I seen anyone who seems so simultaneously like an evil overlord and like a genuinely nice guy.

[thewaterbandit]

Derren Brown is the closest thing we have to a supervillain! I am so glad that he uses his powers for good.

[rionaleonhart]

Well, for only slight evil, at least.

(I actually once received a very kind letter from Derren Brown, thanking me for, er, sending him a ukulele. Which he probably brainwashed me into doing.)

[thewaterbandit]

Ohmygosh, that is the nicest thing! I bet he wrote it on a proper writing desk. With like, ravens on it or something.

I think your comment about him simultaneously being an evil overlord and a really nice guy is incredibly apt. I'd love to have him over for tea but I'm terrified of what he might do.

[captlebubbles]

So how's that unicorn novel coming?