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Dan Dare
16-10-2009, 09:13 AM
Sky1 have annouced that Psychic medium Derek Acorah will perform a live séance in an attempt to contact Michael Jackson — live on television. Two shows, one called ‘Michael Jackson: The Live Séance’, the other ‘Michael Jackson: The Search For His Spirit’ are to air in November.
The shows will apparently take place at a secret location where Michael Jackson once stayed. The show will be presented by June Sarpong, and will give fans a chance to reconnect with their hero. DigitalSpy has the full article.
Sky1 director of programmes Stuart Murphy said; “There is an insatiable appetite to find out more about Michael Jackson. He was an extraordinary figure and the curiosity surrounding his life - and his death - stretches well beyond fans of his music.”
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/12/12/thriller460.jpg
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SPAMBOT4000
16-10-2009, 09:29 AM
Heard about this the other day. Absolutely shocking really. Can't believe it's being allowed to go ahead. Thought there were OFCOM guidelines about doing things like seances and the like on TV. Thing is though I bet they'll get shed loads of viewers just from people wanting to see how crass it is so they can complain about it after.
CoolFunkMan
16-10-2009, 09:30 AM
Erm, what? This just sounds terrible, and very disrespectful. Why can't they just let him rest in peace?
Mundi
16-10-2009, 09:38 AM
He's not really dead, your just being ignorant.
http://tvmedia.ign.com/tv/image/article/848/848950/south-park-20080131034948483.jpg
EEVILMURRAY
16-10-2009, 09:42 AM
hosted by June Sarpong
Well I'm out.
SPAMBOT4000
16-10-2009, 10:24 AM
Haha could not agree more! I frigging HATE June Sarpong!!
Dannyboy-the-Dane
16-10-2009, 10:29 AM
Why am I not suprised ...
It does puzzle me a bit that they decide to contact MJ of all dead people. Why not Hitler? Or Einstein? I would argue that those people were more interesting to find out about from a scientific standpoint. But not from a popular standpoint, which just kinda proves the unseriousness of this. If they were really taking this seriously, they would have used this method for more important matters.
uəʌəsʎɐɾ
16-10-2009, 10:38 AM
I guess I'll be down the pub when this is on. All the idiots should be glued to their TVs. Will be a good night!
SPAMBOT4000
16-10-2009, 10:40 AM
I guess it's because the people who actually believe in seances and the like are likely to be ones that couldn't give a shit what Hitler/Einstein would have to say. Maybe we should predict what kind of things Mr Acorah as THE SPIRIT OF JACKSON will say. Surely he's going to slip a 'shamone' in there somewhere.
Stefkov
16-10-2009, 11:41 AM
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Roostophe
16-10-2009, 11:45 AM
What the fuck? :blank:
Why the fuck? :blank:
S.C.G
16-10-2009, 12:09 PM
http://www.pikoko.org/greerjo/images/cat-high.jpg
Jimbob
16-10-2009, 12:21 PM
As soon as i read it was being done by Derek Acorah, he has been proven to be a fake. I am surprised people still watch his shows and that he has been allowed to produce more shows.
I'll be avoiding this, just like the plague!!
Chris the great
16-10-2009, 12:40 PM
in fairness, id love to hear MJ with that scouse accent.
this really is bad taste but my god will it be funny.
I saw Derek Acorah "live" at one of his shows years ago. I enjoyed it, but that was when I was bumming Most Haunted.
I hate shit nowadays.
Retro_Link
16-10-2009, 01:04 PM
...Oh FFS!!
EEVILMURRAY
16-10-2009, 01:27 PM
I saw Derek Acorah "live" at one of his shows years ago. I enjoyed it, but that was when I was bumming Most Haunted.
I hate shit nowadays.
This any better? ;)
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Dan Dare
16-10-2009, 02:42 PM
I know I posted it lately but I think it bears repeating
If I walked into a single mother's house and said I could read her baby's mind, then started shouting four-letter words, claiming I was simply voicing her offspring's thoughts, I would expect to be arrested the moment I stepped outside.
And if, during my "psychic reading", I also speculated about the mother's sex life, and a potentially abusive relationship with a former boyfriend, claiming her toddler was concerned about "men who want to touch mum's privates", and I went on and on in this vein until the mother burst into tears, there in the living room, in front of her child, I'd expect to be arrested, sectioned, and beaten in the back of the van.
And if I allowed a TV crew to broadcast what I was doing, I'd expect to be attacked by a mob, who'd pull me apart and kick my remains around the street, pausing only to spit on any bits of my face that got stuck to their shoes.
But no. In fact the outcry would be muted at best and Ofcom would turn a blind eye - as it did last week, while clearing Channel 5's unbelievably disgusting Baby Mind Reader of any wrongdoing.
I've never fully understood the public's docile acceptance of psychics, or why, when it comes to their supposed abilities, the burden of proof is assumed to lie with the sceptic, as opposed to the sort of shrieking idiot who claims to be able to contact the spirit world (or in Derek Ogilvie's case, communicate telepathically with kids too young to talk).
I'm quite hardcore on this. I think every psychic and medium in this country belongs in prison. Even the ones demented enough to believe in what they're doing. In fact, especially them. Give them windowless cells and make them crap in buckets. They can spend the rest of their days sewing mailbags in the dark.
The audiences that psychics prey on are equally infuriating, albeit less deserving of contempt. They're just disappointing, like a friend who's let you down. Often, they're simply grieving and desperate.
I mean, if you want to believe in psychics, fine. You're a dangerous idiot and I wouldn't trust you to operate a spoon without putting an eye out ... but fine. Your choice. Delude yourself silly. Your world is probably more fun than the real one. There's no death, just an afterlife filled with magic spirits who like to communicate with eerie, ugly, otherwise-unemployable bottom-of-the-barrel "showmen" back on Earth.
But don't accuse anyone with the temerity to question your sad supernatural fantasies of having a "closed mind" or being "blind to possibilities". A closed mind asks no questions, unthinkingly accepting that which it wants to believe. The blindness is all yours.
(If you want to feel your eyes pop rudely open, swot up on the "cold reading" techniques fake psychics use - a combination of guesswork and sly conversational tics which give the impression that the "psychic" is magically receiving accurate information from the ether. A fantastic (albeit pricey) step-by-step guide is available from Ianrowland.com.
Anyway, back to my psychic prison fantasies. The problem with trying to jail all the mediums in Britain is they'd a) see it coming, and escape overseas to somewhere even more gullible, like Narnia, before you'd passed the legislation, or b) call on their ghostly friends in the spirit world to whisk them from harm's reach.
Except they couldn't because ghosts - unlike scumbags and conmen - don't exist. Pity. But that's the real world for you. Often disappointing. But real. At least it's always real.
Ashley
16-10-2009, 02:51 PM
This is what happens when you let Derren Brown rot your airwaves, it opens the floodgate to the other useless shitbags.
Wesley
16-10-2009, 03:41 PM
This is what happens when you let Derren Brown rot your airwaves, it opens the floodgate to the other useless shitbags.
Woah, woah, woaoooh. What? This is completely different? Unless this Derek guy says at the start of the programme, "During this programme I will use illusion, misdirection, tricks and lie." then it is not, my friend, the same.
Yeah, Derren Brown is totally different.
SPAMBOT4000
16-10-2009, 03:44 PM
Yeah, kind of missing the point of Derren Brown entirely there.
Ashley
16-10-2009, 03:52 PM
Woah, woah, woaoooh. What? This is completely different? Unless this Derek guy says at the start of the programme, "During this programme I will use illusion, misdirection, tricks and lie." then it is not, my friend, the same.
Ghosts, magic, Dan's sex life. Its all an illusion Michael.
Dannyboy-the-Dane
16-10-2009, 03:55 PM
Derren Brown does exactly what the Dare of Dan posted above: He demonstrates how easy it is to fool people. He doesn't believe in telepathy, psychokinesis, ghosts, or the like. But many people just don't get that - they think he's for real. Which just kinda proves his point.
Ten10
16-10-2009, 04:52 PM
The dead should be honoured and allowed to rest in peace. Its no wonder when they are disturbed they lash out at foolish ningen.
Ashley
16-10-2009, 04:55 PM
Yeah, Derren Brown is totally different.
Different professions, same useless shitbags. Which is how I'm judging this. Its a personality thing.
I saw Derek Acorah "live" at one of his shows years ago. I enjoyed it, but that was when I was bumming Most Haunted.
According to them, my work place is haunted.
ReZourceman
16-10-2009, 05:31 PM
Derek Acorah is a fucking disgrace.
PW_ONN8odYs
This has got to be one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard of.
MoogleViper
16-10-2009, 05:34 PM
Two words that forever tarnished his reputation? Yeah because he was a reputable, well respected medium before that.
Goron_3
16-10-2009, 05:37 PM
What on earth?!
Can't they just let the guy rest? Seriously, since the mid 80's the media has constantly gone after him and over the last 20 years they've completely ruined him. Jeez give him a break, this is clearly just another way to get money out of his name. I can't believe they're even allowed to do this :/
MoogleViper
16-10-2009, 05:38 PM
I love it how people are saying that he should let MJ rest. As if this is real and he's actually going to disturb Jacko.
Dan Dare
16-10-2009, 05:57 PM
Different professions, same useless shitbags. Which is how I'm judging this. Its a personality thing.
Yeah but DB says 'I'm tricking you. This is fake'
This guy says 'I talk to real fucking ghosts.'
There's a whole world of difference in their intent and delivery. It's knowing showmanship vs conman tricks.
In my opinion, I think it's an absolute disgrace! The man is dead, let him rest in peace. I don't mean 'it's because you'll disturb his spirit' or whatever but I mean all the media and the public never left him alone and now he's dead, they're still at it. I just find it disgraceful. I don't believe any of this "I contact the dead" shit and I certainly don't believe Derek A-BORE-ah. Just another way to make money out of the public from Michael Jackson...yet again :(
I bet so many people will believe this...
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(This reminds me of every single paranormal show ever aired tbh...all the same...South Park ROCKS! :D)
Fierce_LiNk
16-10-2009, 10:33 PM
It is a travesty that "Thriller" is even being linked to this thread, even if it is by thread title and a picture in the first post.
One of my favourite songs, and my favourite music video and dance ever. Me and my mate are determined to learn the entire dance. We've got movessss. You better believe!
As for this: I am going to make a sound that is almost inaudible and unprounceable. Pftftfttwtftftftftftfgrrrtgodlosers. Try doing that in one breath. Its very hard.
It is a travesty that "Thriller" is even being linked to this thread, even if it is by thread title and a picture in the first post.
One of my favourite songs, and my favourite music video and dance ever. Me and my mate are determined to learn the entire dance. We've got movessss. You better believe!
As for this: I am going to make a sound that is almost inaudible and unprounceable. Pftftfttwtftftftftftfgrrrtgodlosers. Try doing that in one breath. Its very hard.
I learned the entire dance! :D
Get ready for Thrill the World on October! I do it almost every year. You can also learn the dance here too if you're interested :)
http://www.thrilltheworld.com/
(I think it might be the biggest Thrill the World yet now. It starts on Sunday 25th October.)
Fierce_LiNk
16-10-2009, 10:43 PM
I learned the entire dance! :D
You have reached God-like status to me.
Eenuh
16-10-2009, 11:02 PM
I learned the entire dance! :D
Get ready for Thrill the World on October! I do it almost every year. You can also learn the dance here too if you're interested :)
http://www.thrilltheworld.com/
(I think it might be the biggest Thrill the World yet now. It starts on Sunday 25th October.)
I actually tried to learn the dance from that site not too long ago, but I had to give up because a) I suck at dancing, b) my room is too small and c) I kinda forgot about it.
But yeah the videos are good learning material.
EEVILMURRAY
17-10-2009, 02:18 AM
How can people here say that we should leave Michael in peace, yet the first post of this topic show Jackson's disregard for such a concept.
Just in for the whole WTF!
Naturally, I think it's incredible that they would even make this.
flameboy
06-11-2009, 04:12 PM
I can't believe they are screening...part of me wants to watch it to see how ludicrous and shitty it is but I really don't want to give them the ratings and think my time might be better spent playing games!
Ten10
06-11-2009, 09:56 PM
The last two hours of tv was full of so much BULL. Saw about 20 mins total. I just find it to be a joke. Anyone could make up that crap, even I could have done it.
/rant
OK, I had to watch it for a laugh.
Absolutely one of the most funniest things I've seen. Most of the stuff he were saying, everyone knew about so WTF?!
Total fake, as we all knew. That MJ fangirl was proper scary though, she looked like a cartoon or something...
flameboy
06-11-2009, 11:38 PM
So guessing he managed to contact him then? well clearly he did otherwise as wouldn't have been a show... sigh what a load of shite....
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