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Derren Brown's Hero at 30000 feet.
Oct. 22nd, 2010 07:36 amSo, finally got round to watching Derren Brown's Hero at 30000 feet. Yes, I know it was over a month ago, but I was on holiday then and I've only just got fully media'd up.
Thought it was enjoyable uplifting and convinced me that I really need to focus on turning my life around. Oh... Already working on that*. But it was a good message.
We learned that with a little positive thinking you too can learn to break into the Police Chief's house, steal a van full of party supplies, escape from a straightjacket and land a plane.
Then I read the Digital Spy forums. I was amused about how cynical they all are. Also amused that there seems to be a certain desire amongst everyone to stick to a consensus. Okay. Some people think it was faked. I don't, but I can see their point of view. Their reasons just seemed weird. Some of the objections just seemed a little weird. He wasn't sweating enough, or people talking about how they'd react if they were strapped in a straight jacket on some railway tracks, or their reaction if they saw smoke coming from under the door. You know what - They're all wrong. Nobody reacts how they think they'd react.
Some things do seem a little strange though. I can buy that he was chosen because he was extremely suggestable, and that explains a lot of his not questioning things that with a little thought seem obvious. I'm not totally convinced that there was an arbitrary time limit for him to volunteer. He did seem to have a certain amount of a push from the other "passengers".
Have to wonder how they actually did the train thing safely. Okay - the train was moving incredibly slowly, and it would have been quite easy to have pulled him up, but it seemed that there wasn't a lot of time to do that. Also have to wonder what they would have done had he decided not to land the plane. Would have been a bit of a let down.
*Actually really need to do something different and new and interesting, again... I'm worried about heading back into that rut.
Thought it was enjoyable uplifting and convinced me that I really need to focus on turning my life around. Oh... Already working on that*. But it was a good message.
We learned that with a little positive thinking you too can learn to break into the Police Chief's house, steal a van full of party supplies, escape from a straightjacket and land a plane.
Then I read the Digital Spy forums. I was amused about how cynical they all are. Also amused that there seems to be a certain desire amongst everyone to stick to a consensus. Okay. Some people think it was faked. I don't, but I can see their point of view. Their reasons just seemed weird. Some of the objections just seemed a little weird. He wasn't sweating enough, or people talking about how they'd react if they were strapped in a straight jacket on some railway tracks, or their reaction if they saw smoke coming from under the door. You know what - They're all wrong. Nobody reacts how they think they'd react.
Some things do seem a little strange though. I can buy that he was chosen because he was extremely suggestable, and that explains a lot of his not questioning things that with a little thought seem obvious. I'm not totally convinced that there was an arbitrary time limit for him to volunteer. He did seem to have a certain amount of a push from the other "passengers".
Have to wonder how they actually did the train thing safely. Okay - the train was moving incredibly slowly, and it would have been quite easy to have pulled him up, but it seemed that there wasn't a lot of time to do that. Also have to wonder what they would have done had he decided not to land the plane. Would have been a bit of a let down.
*Actually really need to do something different and new and interesting, again... I'm worried about heading back into that rut.
