(tools buzzing)
- What's up, there are currently renovations happening
over my head, which makes this video audibly garbage.
Welcome back, guys.
Today is Monday.
It is time for some magic.
And today we're gonna take a special look at a few trailers.
In the magic scene of stage and illusion,
there are only a few names that come to mind,
two of which are probably possibly
some of the biggest and most famous magicians
of the century,
which are David Copperfield and Criss Angel.
Despite their differences in style,
and performance, and hair,
they are both probably some of the greatest showmans
that we've had, and despite what you think
about either of these people, namely Criss Angel,
he's still done a whole lot for magic,
whether that's putting magic on the map
with his TV shows and, or his new stage show.
So we're not here to tear apart,
or tear down anyone, or make fun of anyone.
What we are going to do, however,
is compare two of these trailers,
so, one of David Copperfield's earliest trailers
for his show, and compare that to today,
with Criss Angel's wacky, zany, rock-and-roll style,
and see how the two compare and how they differ.
If you are going to watch this and sit through this with me,
I do appreciate a like, so go ahead and drop one right now.
(clicks tongue) So, first of all, we're gonna look at
David Copperfield Illusion trailer.
For copyright purposes, I'm going to,
I'm gonna wait 'til the guy's done cutting
random pieces of wood over my head.
(tools buzzing)
How long could that piece of wood possibly be?
(electronic music)
Oh, my god, that hair, dude.
That's pretty sick.
I've thrown over some '80s music over this,
just for your enjoyment.
Ooh.
Little dancing used Kleenex.
That's so cool.
Look at that.
Look at her face.
Look at her hair.
It's so great.
(laughs) You gotta love Copperfield's face, dude.
This is amazing.
Ah, what a magical moment that is, though.
Cigarette through coin.
A nice classic here.
Seeing less and less cigarette magic these days.
See, this is just beautiful close-up magic.
(laughs) That's so great.
He's got his little shoe, puts it in his back pocket.
Takes her ring.
Ring is now gone.
Oof. (laughs)
That's a cool take on a ring flight.
With a little baby shoe.
Here we go.
Tears off the corner of a card.
In a train trolley, no less, so classy.
Oh, wow.
That's actually clean.
Look at that.
Oh, it's on the outside!
Get outta here, that's actually great.
This is just so good.
I love just looking at everybody's hair and style in this.
That's actually really great,
because you have spectators on both sides,
which is pretty impressive.
And the flower opens.
How magical is this?
You don't see this anymore.
Those matches.
There you go.
Ooh, classic crazy man's handcuffs.
Imagine performing this onstage today.
You know what I mean?
Can't do it anymore, it's been overdone,
but this guy did it.
Ooh.
Whoa!
Oh, that's cool.
Produces the pearl necklace for this fine gentleman.
Pencil through bill.
Whoa, so clean!
These are all really simple illusions,
but back in the day, man,
people haven't seen any of this stuff.
This is why he is like the forefather of modern magic here.
All this cool close-up stuff that we don't see.
That we used to not see,
now people are just performing this all the time,
in the streets, and everywhere else.
This use to be dedicated for T.V. and stage.
Imagine that.
They've had to step up their game.
Such a clean corner restoring.
Ah, it doesn't get more clean than that, man.
Look at that.
Ooh.
You kidding me?
So good.
Just wait for it.
Boom!
Instant pain and melting right there.
That's for sure.
And that was it.
That was David Copperfield.
In his prime.
With the hair, with the music, with the flower.
So many flowers.
That brings us to our next trailer.
Hey, let's go!
Whoa, so badass.
- [Narrator] Are you ready
for the magic event of a lifetime,
a visual feast for your senses?
- So, hear me out.
It's a visual feast for your senses.
One of them, your eyes,
'cause that's what you visualize things with.
So, it's a visual feast for your senses.
It's a visual feast for your eye sense.
- [Narrator] Hailed as the number one
magic show of all time.
And recognized by his peers
as the greatest magician in history.
- He's recognized by his peers
for being the greatest magician in history.
So, if I had a trailer for my own show,
I would 100% let people know
that I am recognized by my peers as the greatest,
by the way.
I am the greatest, and they can tell you.
They've said it before,
so I'm gonna say it again.
- [Narrator] The best show on Earth.
- The best show! - Criss Angel
has reimagined live theater as we know it
in a spectacle of sight and sound.
- So, it's a spectacle of sight and sound,
versus a spectacle with no sight and no sound.
You're in for a treat, is what he's saying,
is you're getting stuff for your eyes and your ears.
- [Narrator] At Planet Hollywood Las Vegas.
(rock music)
- You gotta give it to Criss Angel, though,
he's ripped, this dude's ripped.
Like, he's going to the gym, we know that,
and he's singing, this is him singing, this is his band.
Even I think it's pretty cool, man,
that the guy's singing in his own trailer.
I think that's hype,
the fact that he's jacked, that's cool, too.
(rock music)
Hold on.
(rock music)
There's a ninja here?
Is that Criss Angel?
It is him!
He's doing a roundhouse kick to this demon!
(rock music)
Whoa, that's actually pretty cool.
Wait, go back.
(laughs)
Let's look at this part here.
(rock music)
Right here.
Great illusion, I have no idea what's happening,
this a crazy acid trip to me,
but there're people giving him ratings,
Las Vegas Sun, A+,
also the ones who said he had the greatest show,
BBC, A+, Celebrity Radio, A++.
(static rumbles)
The invented a rating for this show,
that's how good it is!
They've given it two plusses!
Crazy!
(rock music)
That's cool.
I mean, let's be honest,
there's a lot of budget here, and I'm totally for that,
like he's gone all-out,
this is like Cirque du Soleil stuff,
which I can appreciate.
If you go there, you're probably in for a great show.
Not gonna like, you're probably in for a great show.
They're gonna tell you how great it is in a second,
though, probably again.
10 stars!
The Huffington Post gives it 10 stars!
I only ever thought there was five stars.
Never thought there'd be a day
where I'd see something, let alone six or seven,
this changes the rating system!
A++, 10 stars, 120%, let's go.
(rock music)
- [Narrator] Featuring more lights and video
than any live production ever.
- "Featuring more lights and video
"than any live production ever."
I'm gonna quick Google search here.
I just wanna fact-checking.
Biggest light show ever.
Huh, turns out it's not Criss Angel.
It's this one.
So, this is a show based on lights, as you can see.
(upbeat music)
There seems to be way more lights in this light show.
So, just saying, there are people out there
who go to light show conferences, and that's all they do.
They don't even talk about magic,
they just talk about how many lights
are gonna be at their next light show.
These guys are working hard, overtime,
trying to get you more lights for your shows.
Criss Angel comes by and swoops it all up
and says, I've got the most lights.
Meanwhile, all the light show guys are like,
what the fu?
Come on, man.
And more video, as well.
More video than any live show.
It's got more video than any live show.
I've got more live than any video,
right here, there's more things happening live
than any video you'll ever see.
Makes sense, let's go.
- [Narrator] Witness more than 75 revolutionary,
mind-blowing signature illusions
in a complete sensory overload.
- (laughs) Sensory overload.
Ah, what is happening?
This is like a demon rabbit playing the violin!
I understand now, it is a sensory overload.
I don't know what to feel.
- [Narrator] In an immersing experience
unlike any other show on the planet.
- What's happening?
So many things!
- [Narrator] Entertainment today,
from the biggest name in Las Vegas magic.
- C-R-I-S-S, A-N-G-E-L.
That's 10 letters.
D-A-V-I-D,
C-O-P-P-E-R-F-I-E-L-D,
16?
That's the biggest name in Las Vegas magic,
by six letters.
- [Narrator] The magician of the century
in the best magic show in the world.
- It just doesn't stop! (laughs)
I want a best magic show counter on this video.
Alright, guys, that was it.
So, today, like I said, I'm not here to,
I wasn't here to mock anyone,
but there's a lot of funny stuff going on in that trailer,
so I do appreciate that.
I do, I can appreciate it.
But like I said, this show
might actually be the greatest show on earth,
and until I go see it, I'm not gonna say it isn't.
It's just so interesting to me
how I see Criss Angel, and I see that he's really trying
really hard to put his place in the magic history,
but I feel like he needs,
I feel like he's constantly trying to prove to the world,
like, I am the greatest,
hailed by my peers, the number one show,
you never see Copperfield out there,
because he kinda doesn't have to flex like that.
He's kinda like, I'm David Copperfield.
I just got it.
And the other guy's like, look at me!
Sick body, women, I'm the greatest,
10 stars, A++.
You know, I just feel like it's trying too hard.
But that being said, this could be the greatest show,
and I'm not here to mock...
what looks like a nightmare after eating too much chocolate,
but in a good way, maybe.
A sensory overload, for sure.
That about wraps it up
for me looking at the old trailers versus the new.
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