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  • jezez. Got some creepy Tarantino mood going on there with the needles and the blind mice

  • lol this wasn't a magic trick, it was just an excuse to stab robbie williams with needles

  • is this for real?!?

  • Because of some reason I think this is Needle Through Arm as in the magic trick.

    Because first of all: if it would have been real, at least in a controlled setting like this, the needle would have been sterilized in an autoclave and sealed in plastic. (I've gotten temporary "extreme" piercings before and they all were)

    And second, I'd expect Robin to sue channel 4 for this if it was real.

  • it reminds me the movie Hannibal ....!

  • aaaaaaaaaany way....here's the explanation for people in the dark

    you can find the needle trick explained by searching "needle through arm explained" (bloody thing won't let me post links in here :/

    so no hypnosis or anything >_>

    as to the point of the video...

    His arms weren't actualy penetrated, but when he saw the needles "in" his arms he felt like they were...hence the show's name Trick Of The Mind

    but it was really kinda pointless since he didn't even explain the basic part

  • @vorantz but he bleeded?

  • @lain777 did you check out the needle through arm trick? :)

    it's fake blood

  • @vorantz mm.. well i dont ..realy think that derren brown would use magic tricks because he hated magician who disgust their trick as real.. but of course i cant be sure

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  • This turned me on a little bit. Wait, what?

  • he can't sing for shit!

  • his arm starts bleeding once the plane crosses over at 6:15

  • 3:36pm Saturday (BST) - Time in United Kingdom

  • worst derren brown bit ever. clearly uses a fake layer of skin on the surface of the arm. seen this trick before. robbie was in on it , duh. no closeups of the arms after the needles were removed as they would have left an obvious (and very fake) wrinkle. really not what you'd expect from derren brown. people on here reading way too much into it. lame!!!

  • @jamesiemchugh It IS a trick, but you're so off-base that it's making me cry from laughing uncontrollably.

    Seriously, stop talking out of your ass. Yes, it's a trick; nothing penetrated anything. But your bullshit theory is the only disappointment on this page.

  • @jamesiemchugh is not fake, it is hypnosis

  • @TheMatc OK it is hypnosis, but is it working ? I mean ... he seems to be about to cry ! :S

  • @IngallsLE that doesn't mean it's not working, when you do that methode it's incredible the reactions you get from people, that's 'cause they don't see and feel what you say as completely real even if they're in a Z3 state of trance.

  • lol at him acting like such a badass big guy afterwards, though he was pissing his pants at the time...

  • although he puts the needles through tattoos...not so easy to fake in a moment

  • Anybody else sing with him

  • lol I love Alexlsons message...'other dude'. Thats Robbie Williams! :p Hes massive!

  • haha i love Robbie's speech at the end

  • plane at the beggining anchors his feeling at the moment=good.

    plane at the end reminds him of the feeling he had before, making him forget the pain and feeling good again.

    but i still dont get the whole point of it though. and the three blind mice-? dont get it much

  • @wyz101 : It's a trick!! Has nothing to do with hypnosis. And I even bet the sound of the planes is done afterwards in editing.

    But it doesn't matter, does it? It's all about making people believe, and he does an excellent job.

  • @monosporto it is hypnosis

  • its the magic trick needle thru arm

  • He could have also applied a numbing agent to his skin to reduce the pain.

    Although I really don't see how the producers would let him do that. Maybe they signed something, i don't know.

  • Regardless of whether or not this was fake, it was delightfully creepy. :D Wonderful entertainment. I love Derren Brown.

  • I was kinda hoping he would erase his memory

  • nah thats def. real, i could sense darren was kinda freaking out wen the plane went by, because the other dude was freaking out. i thnk he may have been more aware cause of alll the noise, there for he could feel more pain wen darren was pullin out....lol pullin out. "uhh

    go bak to the nursery rhyme" haha

  • sounds from all the comments we dont have any peircers in the bunch.. there is actually no pain after the enitial peircing.. sliding the steel through mostly just gives a weird uneasy feeling which makes me believe this is real.. if he was actually hypnotised for the insertion he would react in the exact way he did upon seeing them for the first time (keep in mind he was extremely relaxed when awoken from hypnosis)

  • did you not see his pain? he obviously felt something when it bled..

  • you never get a close up shot of the needles going in cuz they don't really go in. it is done with glue or rubber cement. that he then pinches to make it look like its in his skin. try it at home with just white glue. you can do it too. this is just an illusion.

    very easy

  • Agreed. No way the producers would allow him to stick needles into Robbie Williams' arms anyway.

  • Derren Broke Robbie =(.

  • o wow, poor robbie he looks so full of pain at the end, but he didnt want to admit it

  • that was freaky

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  • sex

  • The whole thing had such a creepy overtone.

  • Please tell me that was rubber cement. If its not I'll probly go crazy.

  • is it just me or does robbie williams talk like he's on morphine all the time? he's doped out and wants to hug some teddy bears

  • lol

  • Ha, Derren's thinking: "that was for millenium you pointless git!"

  • It was filmed at millenium mills, is this a wry comment on DB's behalf?!

  • "it was just like 'wauw that looks good!'"

    liar.

  • Watch very closely at around 2:50. Look at how he chooses items from the box, how he holds them, and how he is carefully applying something to Robbie's arms.

    Terrific showman, though, love his work!

  • such a shame we dont hear that tuneful singing anymore nowadays...

  • at 5:24 you can acctually see the latex slip, darren realiezes it, then darren quickly changes the angle of the arm so the plaster hides in the shadow...

  • Ha Ha Ha Ha here is the spoiler do not read any further if you want to keep on making these funny suggestions on how he does it...

    Its latex Gentleman you get in any magic shop the needles are fake and have a little false blood which is released at a certain pressure applied...the question is was Robbie in on that trick or did Derren work from zero to hero meaning: Could he had Robbie hypnotized applied a latex sheet with one of Robbie's tattoo on it before Filming...???? I love Derren

  • ...how signification are the plane and song? Merely distraction, or something more significantly pyscological?

    Also possibility of "Three Blind Mice" being some kind of trigger for a state of mind, something Derren does quite a bit.

  • Well, the suggestion that he needs a children's song to focus on implies that something painful and a bit creepy is about to happen. Also, it breaks down Robbie's confidence to have him singing it. The negative suggestion that he should not think about the arm (else it will hurt) creates exactly the effect Derren seems to be after. Oh, and, there is "cutting" in the tune, reinforcing the expectation.

  • Since I've been posting on a couple of DB videos with possible explanations I'll give this one a go.

    The slings slow (or maybe even stop) blood circulation or at least nerve endings have pressure on them (a specific part of the upper arm maybe - like getting a dead arm).

    It does look like it went a bit wrong at the end when Robbie feels pain (there was a bit of blood too so maybe circulation doesn't stop but the nerves are impeded)

    Possible?

  • Oh my god, I love this music, it's Miles Davis from the soundtrack of L'Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud. Probably the greatest film noir soundtrack of all time.what

  • so... wat actually did he do ?

    just stab him with 2 needles :S

    a can do that lol

  • He stabbed him with two needles without Robbie even being aware of it. Can you do that, too?

  • yeah sure all a'll need is 2 needles n a liter a vodk, can u get me that, then all perform ur trick :L lol

  • That made me LOL

  • creepy yet cool! lol. I love Derren

  • SPOILER!!!

    DO NOT READ ON IF YOU WANT THE MYSTERY!

    honestly, i was shown this trick by an old friend , right in front of me. Its a standard magicians standby and takes 10 minutes to set up. More in this case because of painting the tatoos on. The needles are real and contain blood in the bulb ends, the skin is fake and is painted on, I honestly forget the name of it. It looks like skin and acts like skin. They would have to paint on the tattos afterwards. Robbie was in on it:)

  • Shame!

    Watch some more Derren Brown vids before dismissing this as a cheap trick

  • Yeah..Sadly thats true :/..

  • Derren has a very dark sense of humour yes, but he is not cruel. He is just a master of manipulation, mis-direction & mental influence, he has studied the human psyche for many many years and has perfected it.

  • i've always wanted to do that to robbie williams - derren brown you are a legend!!1!eleventy!

  • What was the point in that? I don't understand...

  • An exercise of mind over matter he put robbie in a trance/mediative like state but as soon as he was aware of what was happening he felt queazy and reacted to the discomfort,he also started to bleed but only after being aware of the situation.

    I don't think it show off Derrens skills as much as our ability to control the body through the mind through some pretty simple techniques.

    Its practised by many different religions and belief systems all over the world.

  • our ability!?!?!?

    i can stick a needle in my arm without inductions and no ppain!

    this is just a trick for you to see! belive me you can bite an onion just like an apple without any induction

  • I don't care what you stick in your arm in your spare time,that's your business.

    Try sticking a knitting needle through your tongue or walking over hot coals without the mental preparation.

    That's the last comment I'll make on this so don't bother trying to fish a reply from me.

  • you can buy that trivck at magicgeekdotcom the rest is just showmanship

  • You've got it. The effect for Derren was actually the effect afterwards that Robbie started to feel pain; Perfect suggestion you show people there's something sticking in their body and they DO start to feel pain.

    It would've been more fun with a guitar string across his neck.

  • Poor Robbie. It looks like the loud noise of the plane ruined his concetration & caused him discomfort & pain.

    haha! "I want those for the tour! Maybe Derren can come on your with me & insert them." lol!!

  • I think his left arm does bleed! Either my eyes are playing tricks with the shadows or his arm drips a bit of blood as the plane passes at 6:18 all the way until the needle is pulled out completely.

  • ruber cement??? than how did he copy the tatoo he went true???

  • Derren Brown is hilariously sinister.

  • I love how people on here act like they know everything.

  • anyway, this is nothing new. people to play piercings all the time.

  • i love all the it's fake comments. really, it doesn't take a genius to know there are no blood vessels IN/ON/huh? the skin, it's just skin! it's just like putting a needle on the thick/calloused part of your thumb.

  • my guess is that as long as he keeps saying that rhyme it keeps him in a state of comfort and he cant feel the pain. its just a guess tho

  • The needle is put on the arm, and then the skin is glued around it, so as to look as if the arm has been peirced with the needle.

    Notice how there is no blood, and how the camera makes a point of not showing he arm while it is being peirced.

    I thought that derren brown was above this old illusionists trick, but apparently not.

  • ur wrong, FUCK U MISS

  • Nope, not wrong.

    Look it up.

    Don't get me wrong though, Derren Brown is amazing.

  • You'll notice that they show the arms again afterwards - if the skin was simply glued around the needles for the act, the skin would still be glued together. Also, look closely at around 6:15, and tell me that it looks like the skin is simply folded around and glued.

    The reason he's not bleeding is that you have so much extra skin on that area of your arms. Derren isn't cutting into anything or piercing anything besides skin, and skin doesn't bleed. :]

  • It dissolves with saliva.

  • yeah, ive seen this trick on some magic revealed show, its totally obvious its not real, he puts the glue on then pinched the skin, , then wipes off the glue lol

  • Yep, you are right, when he first wipes his arms he is putting rubber cement onto his arm. He then rubs vaseline onto the needle. he pinches the skin around the needle, note there are then no close up views of his arms. the bulb at the end of the needle has stage blood in and there is a hole about half way along the needle which allows the stage blood to come out under the pinched skin.

  • if the skin is glued around it? why is the tattoo still whole? wouldn't it have to have been folded around the needle?

  • In the left arm I don't think it is through the tattoo, and I don't know about the other arm. I can't see it well enough.

  • ok i love derren but this is fucked up

  • WTF this is crazy how does he not notice??

  • This one didnt work, Robbie was aware and not hypnotized enough.

  • oh shit!! x

    tht lukt painful

  • wooo, Stokie!

    lol anyway,

    didn't know Robbie did this

    brilliant though

    Derren Brown is utterly amazing <3

  • I adore Derren - I do - and watch in awe of many of his clips. But this one disturbs me somewhat. I just don't see what's go good about it. RW is clearly in pain (ok, less than he would be if I stuck needles in his arms but in pain nevertheless) and I just don't see what's that good about it. It's a weird one.

  • I bet Derren just wants to feel all over Robbie while he's tied..

    I would :D

  • Such a cool new spin to put on the old needle through arm trick! I've never considered doing it to a spectator! Hmmm, going to have to try that...

  • Weird one. I felt quite sorry for Robbie there, thought Derren was a bit mean...

  • great singer ain't he?

    derren's brilliant...

  • he looked in pain

  • "it's a bit odd and unnatural" what are you a nazi?

  • nothing wrong with being gay...its a bit odd and un-natural but some people are and every one has to get over that! lol im not gay most will probably think i am but if i know im not then thats ok.

    derrens wickid! i wish he could hypnotise me into making me doing revision! lol x

  • I don't mean to have a go at you, but I do think being gay and sexual practices besides heterosexual intercourse are completely natural; it is unrealistic to expect sexual attraction to be perfectly procreatively efficient- THAT would be unnatural. Even straight people thwart "nature" by having sex for pleasure using contraception and those who are heterosexually attracted to infertile people are just as "unnatural" in your terms, as they may as well be of the same sex. WTH is "natural", anyway?

  • naaa its just like a discussion not an argument and i dont get offended by people that havent even met me or people i know coz its how we are... and we cant do anything about it. if you dont mind me asking...are you gay? and i suppose natural is the way we were ment to evolve...like the way god ment it to be or 'the big bang theory' eitherway its meant to be simple...lol

  • wait hold on, you are using evolusion and god in the same sentence? now that's unnatural, usually people argue and believe in one or the other.

    and it is natural for the same sex to love each other, and to say if i'm not gay or if i am, that is beside the point. love is a natural thing no matter the circumstances.

  • hmm actually, re-read the sentence again, "i suppose natural is the way god meant it to be or the big bang theory" (the big bang theory is the theory of evolution)

    i believe in the evolution theory, and my opinion is that religion (not just christians, mainly muslims) are destroying the world.

    yeah you have attraction to males because of jealousy and stuff theres more ,but anyway i was saying homosexuality is unnatural because believing in the evolution theory there is no way to reproduce!

  • homosexuality is not un-natural. and it does not go against the evolution theory if you really know your stuff.

    there are plenty of homosexual behaviors in the animal kingdom. female geese mount female geese. male monkeys do it with male monkeys. dude, you got to read more.

  • yeah, thats to show dominance, not to have a bit of bum fun! lol

    dogs do it and all of em do to prove to them and the others they are more dominant! so i think you should read more. in the human race we show dominance by other means than fucking them.

  • yeah dogs hump another male to show off to the female

  • yep, domination.

  • what was the point of tht

  • so, I wonder if they are going to release trick of the mind series 3 and if they are, when? I absolutely love derren, i think he is so creative and has some awesome stunts. cheers

  • well, it proves robbie williams can't sing anyway. lol

  • I like derren brown's technique.

    I saw most of his works, and it was awesome.

    but I think this one's not too effective.

    it wasn't that convincing, though.

  • 1st of all: Derren isn't gay - he's an absolute genius, if a little cruel. But aren't we all?

    2nd: the point was to show the strengths and weakness's of the mind, and for a 3rd...urm ... Robbie Williams is a weener!

  • Yes he is gay, he admitted it, go do some research.

  • Derren brown has a boyfriend

  • Derren is gay

    it says so in newspapers

    shame hes a good looking man

  • I really didnt get the point of that

  • Robbie really hit those high notes on the rhyme LOL

  • for once i thought darren was about to spank robbie! kinda reminds me of Mr Slave from south park..

  • I like how tough he is at the end xD

  • Is Darren really gay? I wouldn't know, I'm from Poland :P If he is, what a shame, he's quite a hottie =)

  • "perhaps derren can come on tour with me and insert them" hahaa

  • I don't know the background to this trick but you have to wonder why Robbie would put himself through this trick. Its just kind of weird and not particularly impressive compared to the usual standard of Derren Brown tricks

  • i think derren fancies robbie big time.

  • i think derren fancies robbie big time.

  • that was fuckin spooky! :D

  • that was like watching a Hannibal Lecter movie. Derren was so peaceful while Robbie was obviously very unnerved

  • Hahah it is a bit like a Hannibal Lecter movie :D

  • it is eh?

  • that was freaky

  • "If you keep still and don't freak out, it willn't hurt at all." heehee

    My favorite part is when he gets the guy bleeding.=/

  • that was pretty dark

  • boring

  • For someone who makes their living through singing, Robbie's rendition of 'Three Blind Mice' was ironically poor.

  • hahaha

  • he's being hypnotised so im guessing singing skills kind of diminish with that.

    Also, i wouldnt call that singing... thats called talking. He spoke the rhyme not sang in it!!!

    p.s-im not a fan of robbie!

  • what the hell was that!?

  • this is the most easiest trick to do..

    first he hypnotized him..so that he dosnt know what he's doing...

    then he applied some glue to his arms...when he said...its gonna feel a little cold and wet..

    then...when the camera moves....he simply put needle on his arm..u can even do it with a matchstick...and glued the skin together on the both sides of the needle...and it looked like..as if he actually inserted the needle insi

  • i no how they do i!!!! there is this needle(duh) and then u get some special glue and then he glues the skin togetherso theres a small hole between the two sides of the skin, then the magic dued just slides the needle through

  • I swear to God Derren fancies Robbie a lot XD

  • I think he just wants to stab him.

  • lol  Either that or wanted to teach him a lesson: Robbie said that he had sixteen tattoos, so perhaps this trick was Derren's way of saying not to get any more! :-D

  • I think it has to do with the fact his arms are hanging there, so there'll be less blood in his arms. Thats why there wasn't any blood at pulling the needles out. By singint that song he wasn't payin attention to his arms or something which made it possible for derren to put them in

  • What was the point of that one. It's the only Derren Brown video that I've seen that has absolutely no point... Guy got stuck with a needle... He bleed.... Derren watched..... airplane flew overhead.... spooky music... the end.....

  • yes i agree

  • that aeroplane has something to do with the trick

  • Robbie Williams is a gaylord and I hate him.

  • Gay hey...does it matter..I dont see him crying like a baby...you hate him...why... for being successful? hmmm

  • do u love robbie?

  • hate is a strong word... and coming from a man whose talents include mking videos of pissing over a balcony.

  • i think dat ic guy is a robbie fanatic......u cant blame him lol

  • fanatic not... I just dont insult people who are succesful at what they do

  • yea, it's kind of gay. I actually don't like this video of derren b.

  • I don't like it either, but not because of the gay innuendos but because it just makes me cringe; I don't like injections, so, you get the idea :-D

  • Is is just me or is something about this clip kind of um, gay?

  • 2>>> the point of it is to 'arouse' fear in robbies mind.. Derren asks him is it 'PAIN' or comfortable?...it 'DOESNT hurt'...'DONT freak out'...'it WONT hurt(this will get robbie questioning wether it DOES hurt,he WILL freak out...BELIEVING that he has got needles in his arm)...then he says'You CAN WATCH..'over here'..(while the blood squirts out from the needle 6.12)...no injury atall...its all about the FEAR!!! brilliant trick:D

  • lol.i cant believe the number of tits that think Derren has fucked up by pulling out the needle the 'wrong way'.he's a pro at what he does...a stupid mistake like this would not happen.1>> the needles arent actualy in the arms,just in between the (plastic?) that was apllied with the wipe....and the arm.

  • act #2 , robbie williams gets gaged and anal proded

  • lol

  • his voice so crap

  • For me it looks like he cheated on Robbie's mind for some time... but when the mind started to get control of the body.. it returned the blood to his normal corse and thats what it looks to happen in the 2nd needle... that's why he made him return to the same trance state again the body was again beeing controled by his sub-conscience and avoided the blood to flee. I don't see other possible explenation

  • I think that was coincidence, must have been.

  • look up the "make a scar with bubble gum" video. Aye, ther be a wee tiny clue.

  • I tranced my girlfriend. Now I use her butt as a pin cushion. Now, where can I put my tools?

  • I don't really understand the point of this thing. He stuck some needles in him, and for all we know he put some numbing stuff on his arms first. What's the big deal here?

    Side note....when he went to remove the second needle, I thought Derren had fucked something up, lol.

  • I don't get it either. Someone explain?

  • He did fuck it up... the needle got stuck because he left it there. Derren rips his flesh, then swiftly puts him under.

    For the record, Robbie was very sporting, because I'd have chinned him. Derren's a legend, but that's way out of order.

  • lol, I enjoyed seeing Robbie constraint cause I really hate the talentless ass! WOOHOO Derren was using him as a pin cusion. But I saw no point to the experament, lol.

  • he asks him to slow down the song... the song acts as a deepening tool. The mind becomes so occupied and becomes redundant the mind switches off.

  • Don't quite believe it's real. The glue is a much better explaination than the lack of blood and the numbness.

    Furthermore, Derren is not one to hypnotise an addict ;) that's bad mojo.

  • Its clearly hypnosis. Actually its easy to hypnotise an addict.  The bodys mechanisms only react if there is a nervous response to the pain.

  • I read his book, where he clearly says it's not a smart idea to hypnotize anyone drunk, epileptic of addict. That's why I have my doubts.

  • It depends on the context of whats going on surly. He is clearly in trance right there. As stated before the mind becomes ocupied by the redundant song and shuts off somewhat its a redirected vocus. Hypnosis is nothing to doubt its a natural thing that happens with the mind or should I say "TRANCE STATES"