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Emotional Intelligence [E.I.] by Luke Jermay (DVD) Jermay's room-shattering THREE PHASE mind reading routine. Entertaining a room full of people has never been this easy! Completely impromptu. Can be done on business cards.
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7 of 7 magicians found the following review helpful:
Good Money Maker... But Old School
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on April 8th, 2010
When I bought this I was impressed. I've been doing magic and such for a few years professionally as
was not new to the mentalism scene. I bought this on a whim, and it really impressed
me.
Yes what he teaches isn't new techniques and yes it does rely heavily on showmanship and presentation, but it is a good routine and an easy one to get gigs with. This has happened to me as the story below will show. I was working in my office and my boss called me into her office for a meeting. As I was in I see the head of department, plus one of the execs there. Apparently she had told this exec that I do magic, and the exec wanted to see a trick. Not having anything on me I decided on a whim to do EI. Asking her for her own business cards I performed E.I. I ended up getting 4 high priced shows from that 2 minute trick and a couple of wedding gigs - which I put down to this trick! I think that really says enough about this routine... Did this review help you?
You basically pay for the effect, the method is so obvious
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on January 1st, 2009
If penguin showed the whole trick on the demo, no one would buy this. I think that the video made
the effect seem much better than it is. In the video it shows phase 2 by having a spectator read
another spectator's mind. What they show is not half of it. This method is dead simple and its kind
of annoying how the effect is way different in the preview than it is in the actual dvd.
With all of this being said, I think the effect is a really cool idea, but Luke is no creative mastermind for releasing this trick. I will use this on certain people who don't look very smart. If I were you, i would try to somehow see the real trick, and then decide if you want it. This method is as old as the hills and is not worth 30 bucks Did this review help you?
Could be better
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on October 29th, 2008
This was my first introduction to Luke Jermay, and I have to say I wasn't impressed. The
presentation seems to take far too long for what you get. Yes, I understand this isn't some quickie
effect you rush through, but if you watch the spectators on the video (like the blonde lady he
misreads for Ambition instead of Education) you can actually see them looking around and away like
they're bored to tears at times. I'm fairly new to mentalism tricks, and this probably wasn't the
DVD to start with. I'm sure his other stuff is great because of the reputation he has though.
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Serious Business
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on November 17th, 2010
I saw this by accident and thought it might be an excellent effect to use in my upcoming stage
performance. I read in many other reviews that the techniques used are not only simple but very
traditional as well. As I watched it I realized that this is true. I am very satisfied with this
and plan to use this in the future. The fact that it is impromptu makes this even better, seeing as
I have people come up to me all of the time, asking me to perform. Everything in EI is rather
outstanding, however I gave it only 4 stars, because for the last phase of the routine, I already
know. Not that it is bad, it's an excellent mentalism routine which I've used in the past. I would
definitely recommend this to anyone who is interested in stage magic and/or mentalism.
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Simple trick, great routine
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on November 16th, 2010
This routine seems to have polarized the buyers: it's either great, or very disappointing.
Those that rate this negatively do it for three reasons. First they say that the secret is quite straightforward and simple. It indeed is: it uses some of the basic and rudimentary secret, all of which are learned when one starts getting into the field of magic. But then, mentalism is always about getting a peek, isn't it :-)? The methodology might seem basic, but only to the magicians. Spectators are really baffled by the entire routine. Those who think that the phase three is straightforward (and hence not worth the money) I would recommend to go and read Minds Blowing from James Biss: his password routine utilises the same exact principle, and Biss says it gets amazing reactions. Not every routine should be designed to trick the magicians! The second negative comments comes from the fact that Luke does not seem particularly interested and sometimes seems detached during the explanations. Well, Luke often comes across as that, to be honest. However, in this video, he does excellent teaching, focusing on many small details and observations. Third objection is about the presentation itself. I fully agree that the way Luke packages the performance is very personal (attacking the psychic seers), and that it tends to be quite wordy. However, I do believe that if you play this out very quickly and neglect the process and the build-up, you loose a lot, hence lot of practice and good scripting (possibly finding the way it fits your presentation style) are compulsory. Overall, I would say that this is a very good video with powerful routine, good teaching and wide range of performances. I don't give it 5 stars, as it is presented in a very personalised manner and hence might not suit everyone. Did this review help you?
I\\\'m really glad I came across this. I\\\'m just wrapping up reading 13 steps. If you can build up
the suspense and put some showmanship in there, you\\\'ve got yourself an apparent mind reader! So
easy, so fun, so good. I really enjoy Luke Jermay.
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Old Trick, New DVD!
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on April 5th, 2010
This is a trick for you only if you are new to mentalism. By new, I mean that you are asking
yourself what is mentalism and if there was any way to convince someone that you can read his or her
mind. This dvd does share some ways to perform a very old trick, but not worth it. This is my first
Luke Jermay product, and it will probably be my last.
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A 3 phase routine that needs work
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on April 2nd, 2010
I wish I could say something really spectacular about this video, but it is at best mediocre. I have
to give Jermay credit in that he didn't edit this thing down during the performance because he could
have and we would have understood why. When the person you're performing the trick for on the video
actually looks bored and keeps looking around as if to say, "When will this be over?", it's time to
get another trick. That being said, this is an incredibly long video with a lot of teaching on it.
Even though it's only one routine being taught, the teaching can be applied to other mentalism
effects.
This is basically a three-phase effect that is supposed to supply perhaps 15-20 minutes of material for you. If you choose to do this, however, you are going to bore your group to tears unless they really find you fascinating or are simply really good friends. Jermay seems to go on forever before actually beginning the effect, and then unnecessarily explains to the spectator how the first letter of the cards form the words "THE SCAM". After talking about fake psychics, then mentioning "THE SCAM", the spectator is then supposed to believe you can read emotions and minds for real? Nope, not gonna happen. Derren Brown has performed an effect very similar to this, but his pacing is much faster and it serves to streamline the whole thing. I'm not saying you should rush through the effect, but I AM saying you should "trim the fat" on the presentation given herein. Jermay has some nice ideas on cold reading that you can apply to other work if you want to. I do like the fact that you get to involve another spectator during phase 2 so this becomes a little more interactive for others. Also, if you can somehow get phase 3 to work flawlessly for you, it ends with a bang. That's going to take some practice though, and you're going to miss it a bit in the beginning. Did this review help you?
If you're new to mentalism, maybe.
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on October 4th, 2009
I'm a little baffled by the dramatically positive reviews. If you're brand new to mentalism, OK,
maybe you're be impressed. But I *hate* effect demo videos that are edited to mask the effect. Upon
seeing the full effect on the DVD, you'll know exactly how the *entire* thing is done without
watching anything in the explanations section! That, to me, is not a good thing. Unless, like I
said, you're a total newbie, and haven't read or watched much mentalism before.
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This is for the Beginner!
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on July 21st, 2008
I learned a valuable lesson from buying this DVD. If you have 13 steps to mentalism, have been
doing magic for at least 2 years steadily to an intermediate/advanced level, you are NOT eligible
for this DVD! Granted this DVD is the best for what it is, the material on this DVD is not original
or principal shattering. Some of the "secrets" to this performance are way to obvious for the
intelligent layman. Seriously, if you are not new to mentalism don't buy this! If you are new, go
right on ahead and get 13 Steps to Mentalism too! In addition, don't expect much from Jermay's bit
on cold reading. I'm surprised that Jermay didn't even mention NLP! All in all, I feel sorta
degraded for this purchase. I should have known from the trailer that it was simple stuff.
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