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New Comic Book Flick Alert: Mandrake the Magician!

by Scott Weinberg | June 05, 2007

Summary

I'm not much for magicians, but apparently this Criss Angel guy is pretty famous, right? He's got a TV series called "Mind Freak," so somebody out there knows who he is. Anyway, he's turning an old comic book called "Mandrake the Magician" into a movie. Back to Article

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Metafact writes:
on Jun 05 2007 01:48 AM

[b]No good magic movies? LOL![/b]
That last comment (along with the uninspiring director involved) already tips me off to the fact that this Mandrake film is probably going to suck. It's clear that Criss Angel is oblivious to what's going on in the film industry.

Remember when Darren Aronofsky was making The Fountain and he kept talking about how there are no movies that explore immortality (completely ignoring the Highlander series, Tuck Everlasting, The Spring, and two whole Star Trek films)? Then The Fountain came out and it ended up being a major disappointment (yes, I know there are many of you who love that film, I'm merely speaking from a historical point of view). That's because Aronofsky didn't explore any themes that hadn't already been explored, since he mistakenly believed that his film was doing something completely new.

I was never a fan of Criss Angel, mainly because I thought he was basically a gothed-out ripoff of David Blaine. This project has "B-movie" written all over it.

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BrokebackYoda writes:
on Jun 05 2007 06:50 AM

Yay.......sense the sarcasm.

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blank blank writes:
on Jun 05 2007 06:58 AM

if anybody sees this movie, they are an idiot. the end.

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mojodaddy writes:
on Jun 05 2007 07:34 AM

Criss Angel is awesome. Stop the bitching. I probably won't see this but he is fun to watch.

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IMAmoose24 writes:
on Jun 05 2007 10:26 AM

Prepare your mind... For the MIND EXPLOSION!

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Matanuki writes:
on Jun 05 2007 05:50 PM

"Mind Explosion"? lol. Gotta love that Chris Angel, huh? I gotta go with Metafact on this one, he's a gothed out David Blaine. I remember Chris Rock calling David Blaine a "trickless magician". It was a funny joke, but far from accurate. Sure, a lot of his big tricks are stupid. But the same goes for Chris Angel. Both of them are best when doing small tricks in the street. I have no assumptions about this movie though, but Angel loses points for his closing comment for sure.

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Product_of_You writes:
on Jun 06 2007 12:27 AM

I can't watch his show, he's too annoying.

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Matanuki writes:
on Jun 06 2007 02:16 AM

I prefer Blaine. "Because you see, ..it changes."

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blank blank writes:
on Jun 06 2007 06:37 AM

matanuki, please. his name is "criss"

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Matanuki writes:
on Jun 06 2007 10:23 AM

In reply to this comment (#867987)
Yeah yeah. And if you say it, does it make a difference? ;-)

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Callpacas writes:
on Jun 06 2007 10:48 AM

A two-piece Copperfield, a flying Blaine and Angel in a robot duking it out in a satire of TV magic! Now that's something to watch!!

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lindsey writes:
on Jul 10 2007 01:05 PM

he said that movies and magic don't ALWAYS go together that doesn't mean they never have and he's right they don't always go together well it's hard to do what he does on his show and make it believable

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