Should this be shown considering?
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Derren Brown, the acclaimed psychological illusionist, returns to Channel 4 for an amazing 70 minute special on Wednesday 8th September at 10pm.
Hero at 30,000 Feet takes an ‘average Joe’ on an extraordinary psychological journey which will culminate with him facing a life-changing decision of whether to take control of a Boeing 737 packed with passengers, which he believes is about to fall out of the sky.
Viewers will also witness the extraordinary personal challenges the subject has already been through with Derren in the run up to this event, as he becomes empowered by life-skills that transform his unconfident character.
Derren Brown says: “I hope it’s a show that people take something from. We easily let life pass us by, and ultimately this is about engaging with life and understanding that it is the choices we make right now that define us, not what we’ve done in the past.
“One unwitting volunteer gets to have a deep understanding of this, and for him to experience real and lasting change, I have to push him to the extreme.”
A master showman, Derren describes Hero at 30,000 Feet as his “favourite and most ambitious TV project to date” and promises to have the nation glued to their seats as the drama unfolds in his latest Channel 4 special.
It follows the success of previous television specials such as Russian Roulette Live, Séance, The Heist and The Events – a series of four 1 hour specials which included How To Win The Lottery and How To Take Down A Casino.
His latest feat will see Derren using his powers to make positive, lasting change to someone’s life and has involved months of planning and secret filming.
He says: “The show was born from a desire to do something edifying. The experience of doing it has been truly extraordinary: genuinely changing someone’s life in such a good way has left us all on cloud 9 ourselves.”
Considering this Saturday is the anniversary of 9/11 should this be shown?
Hero at 30,000 Feet takes an ‘average Joe’ on an extraordinary psychological journey which will culminate with him facing a life-changing decision of whether to take control of a Boeing 737 packed with passengers, which he believes is about to fall out of the sky.
Viewers will also witness the extraordinary personal challenges the subject has already been through with Derren in the run up to this event, as he becomes empowered by life-skills that transform his unconfident character.
Derren Brown says: “I hope it’s a show that people take something from. We easily let life pass us by, and ultimately this is about engaging with life and understanding that it is the choices we make right now that define us, not what we’ve done in the past.
“One unwitting volunteer gets to have a deep understanding of this, and for him to experience real and lasting change, I have to push him to the extreme.”
A master showman, Derren describes Hero at 30,000 Feet as his “favourite and most ambitious TV project to date” and promises to have the nation glued to their seats as the drama unfolds in his latest Channel 4 special.
It follows the success of previous television specials such as Russian Roulette Live, Séance, The Heist and The Events – a series of four 1 hour specials which included How To Win The Lottery and How To Take Down A Casino.
His latest feat will see Derren using his powers to make positive, lasting change to someone’s life and has involved months of planning and secret filming.
He says: “The show was born from a desire to do something edifying. The experience of doing it has been truly extraordinary: genuinely changing someone’s life in such a good way has left us all on cloud 9 ourselves.”
Considering this Saturday is the anniversary of 9/11 should this be shown?
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On a side note, it is bound to be a con anyway. They could not possibly allow an untrained person to take control of a passenger packed plane.
I worked in Russia in the late 70s and early 80s....
you ought to ask Aeroflot about that
Sounds like an amazing show nevertheless
It's on tomorrow night.
Well Lost premiered just 11 days after the third anniversary in the USA, and depicted a plane crashing - I don't see what relevance a TV show about a psychological illusionist using all of his techniques to get a person to act heroic has anything to do with terrorists hijacking some planes and using them as weapons 9 years ago in a completely different country to the one this show is airing in.
The fact is, there are around 150 plane crashes every single year.
Let's face it. If channels in the USA can create a show which depicts whether the IRA or the Taliban are the better terrorists and have them compete against each other to declare a winner, I'm sure America can cope with something completely unconnected to 9/11, other than it featuring a plane, going on air in another country.
No.
Hear, hear!
Derren Brown's a tosser though.
Well I'm sure he thinks the same of you as you do him.
I'm getting that impression...
Or maybe I glanced at it too quickly.
Because Derren Brown is an overrated, over hyped con artist... I am still waiting to win the lottery :eek:
It may be an urban rumour but i did hear a story about an Aeroflot pilot flying to Moscow taking a bung to land at the other Moscow airport rather than the one he was scheduled to fly to.
I was going to eat Chilli con Carne for dinner on Saturday, should I change my plans out of respect too?