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....
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.
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!
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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
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 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?
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.
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"
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 Brandon Lee died to a squib load not just a blank it's self. A squib load is when a bullet fails to clear from the barrel and a new bullet either shoots it out or blows the gun up. In Brandon's case it was a bullet and a blank creating a live round.
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.)
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?"
I swear, any video that deviates 1% of the typical TH-cam video structure has people saying "Straight to the point" or something like that regardless if that's the case.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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?
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
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 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.
‼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 TH-cam :) Thank you so much for the overwhelming support. A new video is out now!
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
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
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.
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…
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.
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
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
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.
@@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
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.
I know of a kid in my school who played Russian roulette while filming himself for instagram, he blew his brains out and his parents came home to the chilling sight of him, dead, gun in his hand, and camera rolling…………. The entire school held a memorial for him,I didn’t know him personally but he was a brother of a friend of mine, the friend was shook
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!
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.
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.
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.
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
@@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
@@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)
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.
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! :)
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
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.
@@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
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. 😂
Never heard of this guy or seen anything he's done but that was really cool to see even though you know obviously he was going to be fine. Still entertaining.
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 TH-camr who ticks so many boxes right off the bat. thank you for the high quality entertainment!
@@fuerstmetternich1997 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
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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".
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!
You have been definitely doing TH-cam 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.
@@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 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.
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 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.
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.
I was a huge fan of Derren Brown's specials back in the day, if you haven't seen it, he does absolutely amazing caricature celebrity paintings these days. A very talented and entertaining man.
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 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.
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!
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.
Completely dependent on the ammo. Revolvers don’t cause high recoil, bullet type does. Just tends to be that revolvers shoot bigger rounds with more gunpowder. But not always.
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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....
This is great for a first video dude, i will definitely check out your channel :)
yo, funny question: is this monetised?
Just found your channel yesterday and your content is stellar mate, keep up the good work!
great first video
this video now has 3.3 million views... the same number of viewers as derren browns video
Those last 2 rounds were the most tense piece of TV I’d ever seen in my entire life.
For reaaaal
What? 😂 are you serious? You genuinely thought he was at any point in danger? 😮
Jesus h Christ, you got jabbed 18 times too huh
@@bugsy742whoosh
@@thaneofwhiterun3562 ahhhh 😮🤣👍🤝
@@bugsy742 XD
"if you ever receive a gun don't shoot yourself"
literally 1984
LOL
"dont tell me what to do!"
"you must do what the deciders decided you must do"
The deciders tell you not to shoot yourself, ooooo @@12DAMDO
5 out of 6 people say that Russian roulette is completely safe
@user-oe9xy2eg7x I think you missed the joke
Well if you think about it, it’s 5 out of 5 people, the 6th one doesn‘t exist anymore
@@SolaireSoulshe's just extending on the joke
100% of people who have played Russian Roulette say that they survived!
1 in 6 people find russian roulette to be mind blowing!
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.
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!
I still skipped to the game 😂
Video essays always starts at the History of Television and how TVs are made...
Inside a Mind
he did pad a lot though, had to skip to the last third
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.
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.
I guess these are the same people that think the earth is flat and the moon is not real :D
@@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.
@@sosmooth13that’s the most concerning part of humanity to you? Lol I can think of a few other problems
@@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.
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
Ikr!
This is so well made, and although I knew that he wouldn't die, it was still terrifying
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.
@@davidfoldberg8004if you rewatch some of his earlier stuff it is obviously staged. The zombie one doesn’t even try.
@@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?
@@davidfoldberg8004 by knowing exactly where the bullet is being placed. It’s dangerous but he has proven to have a brilliant memory / focus.
@@MrSqurk But then it's not actually staged. It's an actual Russian Roulette.
No matter whether it's fake or not he mastered creating a genuine tense atmosphere for everyone watching
Fake, when he shot the gun he looked at the gun and saw where the bullets are placed
@@riskunknown1325 as I said it doesn't matter because they managed to create a genuine feeling of tension like it wasn't
@@seasuper3402 Fake, when he shot the gun he looked at the gun and saw where the bullets are placed
@@AHumanLivingOnEarth as I said it doesn't matter because they managed to create a genuine feeling of tension like it wasn't
@averagerobloxyoutuberr he can't see the bullet in the cylinder though
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.
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I love how you so confidently assume he is a fake and has practised this 100 times
@@leolimitedition Buddy, he's a magician...
@@joshuam4880 doesn’t mean everything he does in life is staged
@@leolimitedition This was literally shot on a tv set, one could even call it a stage
I found it hilarious that the guy was placed in the general direction brain matter would have sprayed had this gone wrong.
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
Absolutely hilarious.
I really hope I'd raise my hand in that situation.
There would have been zero “brain matter” he clearly shot a blank
@@xtra_1807 Have you learned nothing?
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"
The reason, “live”, probably did it is because one’s mind has to worry if something could go wrong. Because, it always could.
If it wasn't live it would be obvious he wouldn't die because they wouldn't show it then.
chinese people when the liveleak appears in the corner of their eyes while working in a steel mill
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@@TyrannicalRegimeOfCanadawtf
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.
Brandon lee
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
@@PumpyGTI agree
Exactly.
@@magnusthered4973 Brandon Lee died to a squib load not just a blank it's self. A squib load is when a bullet fails to clear from the barrel and a new bullet either shoots it out or blows the gun up. In Brandon's case it was a bullet and a blank creating a live round.
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.)
Explained it better than me!
@@reubengorlov I have been noticed by the TH-camr and my day has been improved dramatically, thank you Mr youtube man
@@bigboibebop the power of youtube!
Yes, he messed up on purpose 100%. That's what makes this scary
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?"
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!
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!
@@reubengorlovI'm surprised you didn't have a better turnover on viewers to subscribers, this video is impressively polished for such a small channel
@@reubengorlov ngl I thought you had lots of videos already with the level of quality this is
what are you 2 bois doing here?
@@ampharosgames7526 just surfin the webs and findin quality content like this!
i love the way this video is formated, no unecessary talking and straight to the point.
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But yet he just completely gave false information about the "Rust incident"
It’s literally over 3 min of talking
I swear, any video that deviates 1% of the typical TH-cam video structure has people saying "Straight to the point" or something like that regardless if that's the case.
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.
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.
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.
@@treestuffer no, it absolutely was a blank
@@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.
Firing a blank against your head would kill you as well.
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.
I like how I couldn’t see the gun go off
Derren brown is one of my favourite people. Good to see such a high quality video made about him
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.
That was an EXTREMELY low powered blank. Like less than a firecracker.
@@TargunYssboernHence why it was such a tiny load.
@@radosawrudolf4931 That's what she said!!
Yes, @@Michael.Gunner . That was very funny and everyone is laughing.
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.
Who tf cares about the bullet that shit is staged af
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."
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.
Thanks so much! I'm getting so excited about making more stuff
"you are commentary" lol
@@afrog2666 lmao my bad
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.
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.
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.
Bro that revvie didnt even have recoil.
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
@@ashscott6068 What the fuck is any of this nonsense you are spewing mate.
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
Hopefully not too “mindblowing”
how is watching a "magician" do fake shit on stage mindblowing?
Thanks for not adding the "no pun intended" crab at the end
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?
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
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.
The other dude was never in the line of fire. He was behind and off to the right
Alec Baldwin would say otherwise.
I think they'd be a little more abject to a decent chance of a guy shooting himself in the head
@@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.
i think you misunderstand what russian roulette is
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.
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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 TH-cam :)
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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!
wow the day this aired I was born!
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
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@@lsixty30oop
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
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.
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…
he’s pretty well known in the USA, imo
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.
Surprised it didn't!
" YT acts like a very old lady" not really
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
@@AndrewBrownerlies and tricks are the same buddy
@@captainjames4649 if you have no nuance sure, but people with nuance know when theyve been lied to and when theyve been tricked
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
This was his whole premise. He looked at humanity in a whole, even the ones watching now.
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.
Shut up liar
Lmao I reckon he was not all there upstairs lol, most people don’t shoot themselves
@molotov6792 "lmao" I hope your life turn south enough dor you to try.
Shame he was able to reproduce first.
@@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
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.
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.
Ending message was truly brave so proud of you for saying it
I love how you explain how your giving context and proceed to talk abt smt completely unrelated giving no context to the video
6:50 THAT JOKE IS CRAZY
I know of a kid in my school who played Russian roulette while filming himself for instagram, he blew his brains out and his parents came home to the chilling sight of him, dead, gun in his hand, and camera rolling………….
The entire school held a memorial for him,I didn’t know him personally but he was a brother of a friend of mine, the friend was shook
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!
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.
Well, those last two trigger pulls happened consecutively without any apparent video cuts.
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.
When the gun finally shot, it was clear there wasn’t a real gun going off
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.
@@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.
Darren Brown is so good. I oftentimes go and watch some of his old specials still.
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
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
@@birddaddydettabruh what?
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
@@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
@@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)
I remember binging all his specials when I was younger and it’s really some compelling stuff.
love how this ( like the show ) also had 3.3 million people watching, very fitting
I really appreciate the straight-to-the-point video. No BS. Pure content. 7 minutes felt like 1 minute :) Great stuff
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.
I got a video of Buckshot Roulette recommended to me after this one and I think that says it all
Ah yes an entertaining under 10 minute video essay. Excellent work, this is how you do a TH-cam debut, I can't wait for the next video 😊
A real trigger warning.
He knew it was the last shot but it would still be frightening to do.
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! :)
It wasn’t a real bullet. You could tell by the report
this channel is gonna blowup big time
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
This was amazing man! genuninly loved watching every second am very exited to see what youll do next!
Hopefully if I get popular then we can all make Big Fat Quiz 2
*Damn, I remember watching this live as if it were yesterday.*
*Nice recap.*
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.
How did Darren know
@@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
where is that
@@xxfillex Jesus Christ that ratio
@@naskiviknot anymore! 😂
One look at a revolver can tell where the bullet is
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. 😂
exactly, i call majorly fake
well duh, 6:26 revealed it is a hoax
It's literally stated in the video that it was fake...
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.
Never heard of this guy or seen anything he's done but that was really cool to see even though you know obviously he was going to be fine. Still entertaining.
Bro thought he was in Persona 3
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 TH-camr who ticks so many boxes right off the bat. thank you for the high quality entertainment!
Why are warnings important? Why do we have to cater so the oversensitive all the time?
@@fuerstmetternich1997 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
@@fuerstmetternich1997 Unironically leave and never come back
@@reubengorlov Unironically I couldnt care less about the feelings of the oversensitive.
@@fuerstmetternich1997 Your proud declaration of this makes me think the opposite.
wow i was not expecting this, i thought this was going to be boring but was really intresting
This is Fucking LEGENDARY! The Empathy, the tension, the stakes and the surreal experience of witnessing that must be insane.
notice how there was no recoil when firing the weapon.
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
@@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.
@@XezianI can assure you, blanks don't produce any recoil. At least not the ones that I've shot before
@@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.
@@Xezian as someone who has shot a blank, there is zero recoil
As stated, blanks fired at point blank range can be very deadly, such as it was in the case of Brandon Lee ..... RIP 🙏🏿👀🥂🫡✔️💯🫡
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.
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".
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!
.22 caliber, damn that might have turned him into a vegetable instead of killing him.
this was genuinely FIRE reuben, great job!
You have been definitely doing TH-cam 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.
You assume the only way for people to get better at youtube is to upload videos.
@@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?
@@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.
@@Max_The_Flowerhe did have a channel beforehand though
@@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.
This video was an amazing example of what video essays should be. Congrats lad, and I wish you well on your future ventures.
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
Another banger of a video Reuben 🔥
WHAT A DEBUT!! I'm in love with the editing style and will definitely be looking forward to future vids, this is awesome~
Straight to the point while making the audience hooked on something suspiciously dangerous. Well done, Reuben.
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.
If this was an actual loaded gun, that is impressive. I wouldn't try it even if the chamber was transparent lmao
@@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.
There is no way he would rely on things like feeling the shift in weight.
@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.
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.
The gun had blanks
@@willatano1464watch the video again, thats not a trick
I mean if that guy was a plant and he knew it would be the last round.
@@willatano1464 A blank would still kill him, so that has no bearing on whether it was or was not "real".
@@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.
6:14 “Like the viewer is, Sisyphus,” *Me and the birds by Duster begins to play and the narrator’s voice drowns out*
I was a huge fan of Derren Brown's specials back in the day, if you haven't seen it, he does absolutely amazing caricature celebrity paintings these days. A very talented and entertaining man.
the fact this is your first video this is insane man its so well structured and put together, please keep them coming
Every story I hear about this guy makes me like him more, what a legend
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.
can you elaborate on that "range roulette" game please I've never heard of it before
@@zakguitar2359 russian roulette where you don't point the gun at your head
@@Shrek_Has_Covid19 Yhup!
@@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.
@@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
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!
That ending I can’t
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
me trying to comfort depressed people on reddit and in youtube comments: 7:11
This show will be replicated, I guarantee it. Will give two to one odds that it is remade within twenty years.
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.
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
This was very good thank you. Real or not, being unsure as an audience, must’ve been quite gripping.
Great video!
Your analysis of the episode was thorough and your editing was both funny and well put together
High quality video, and in all seriousness I broke out laughing when the guy said “sheep”
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Wouldn't a live revolver flinch his entire arm up when shooting with one hand?
Completely dependent on the ammo. Revolvers don’t cause high recoil, bullet type does. Just tends to be that revolvers shoot bigger rounds with more gunpowder. But not always.