Did you get stuck to your chair?
Derren Brown: The Events ‘How to Control the Nation’
Post a comment below and let us know if you got stuck to your chair, how long you were stuck for, or if you found it harder than usual to stand up, or if it didn’t work at all and you think it was all a load of rubbish.
I got stuck. Twice. I watched it by myself once and got stuck. My Mam walked in and decided it was hilarious. Then my friend wanted to see our recording of it (on BT Vision) and he didn’t get stuck, but I went and let myself get stuck again! XD
And he filmed me getting stuck. And I couldn’t do anything to stop him! THAT is what was horrible about it 😛
But if one little film can get me stuck to my seat, it’s scary to think how that could be used elsewhere! 🙂
Awesome show!
Was amped as shit, got my heart racing, but didn’t work for me. I HAD to take that piss right before the video. Still, Derren Brown is a fuckin prophet! Thanks for doing all this man.
Nothing happened to me, Derren. I have to say I was really disappointed as I am like your biggest fan. Nothing happened to my sister and mum either. I think your twitter statistics are totally wrong….i think the numbers are much much lower. x
Didn’t work on me but my son said it worked on him.
Wow – mad number of comments!!
Nope I didn’t stick – in fact I got up easier than usual, as I have a bad back (presumably as I was relaxing so much)… so thanks for that Derren. Maybe you should market a miracle cure instead..!!!
Literaly Stuck to my chair, Laughed my head off! Went to enigma great show! Glad this worked. Derren, Thumbs up! : )
I was able to get up but my legs felt very weak so I sat down again. It was almost like my body was saying to me sit sit sit sit sit sit sit. My legs were too shaky and I could not remain standing for too long.
Derren thanks for the experience.
Thanks derren, had the best laugh ever last night. Was on a train home from london to manchester when live show was on so watched when we got home @ about midnight or i’d have been phoning in…. It didnt work on me (as usual….. nothing has ever worked on me during the tours either and i mean ever) but it worked on my other half who normally at the tours isnt affected either. Sooo funny to watch as he really couldnt move (though sorry derren but i managed to “release” him by talking to him before ur “cleansing tone”). Liked the flashed images of the man tied to the chair though…. soooo, thanks derren and cant wait for next week though again ill have to watch it later as i work friday nights…. boo.
Was well and truely stuck for nearly an hour, until my husband came home and pulled me off the sofa! My legs then collapsed when I tried to walk. Found the whole thing really relaxing though.
I was’nt stuck but my legs and arms were heavy however it felt like it was working towards the end
Wasn’t stuck! 🙁 got really strong pins and needles though and didn’t think I was going to be able to get up. Mum couldn’t stop giggling. Think it definitely did something anyway. x
My legs and back felt a tad heavier, but I could still get up.
i got stuck for like two minutes it was sooo scary and my mum got stuck too 😛
well done derren!!!
On me did’t work, maybe because I’m Italian and I know the trick 😉
For me it’s not a subliminal messages, but the
hypnotic technique 😉
Worked on me the third time only for a min or so. The reason must be because you were in the same place for over 2 mins your muscles will be tired and the dull music thats the reason just because your tired you can’t get up. Also the 3 sublineral pictures I expected helped (which sublineral messages etc are illegal)! But good anyway!
I didn’t watch it the first time round because I was a bit scared, :P, but I tried it later on when I was sure that my head wouldn’t explode or I wouldn’t be turned into a zombie slave or something…
I didn’t get stuck, I was able to stand up fine, but my arms started to feel really heavy.
Then I sat down again, and as the instructions to get unstuck started playing my legs started to feel heavy, and my arms and lower back got sore.
It kind of felt like I had been at the gym or something….
It was fun though, thanks for the experience Derren 🙂 Looking forward to next week!
Even before the Subliminal film was played, I felt myself getting very transfixed by the screen. By the time the short film came on, my heart was racing. I started to feel heavier and heavier, when it was finished I tried to put weight on my feet to bring myself up, (even though I could lean forward), but my feet kept on slipping. Then, I tried to use my hands to push myself up and I just didn’t have the energy I could lift myself so far and then I felt like I was being pulled back down again. I stayed like this for about 5 minutes until the blue releasing screen came up. It was very wierd, but very clever.
I watched it twice. I was lying on my bed first time so didn’t work, but was sitting downstairs in chair 2nd time and I got stuck for about 2 mins. My feet were stuck to the floor and I had odd cramps and tense muscles in my legs lol, was a scary 2 minutes!!
6 ppl in room not one of us stuck
really wanted to tho
not impressed
I just couldn’t keep shaking at all afterwards, so i had to sit down though i could easily free myself from the seat.
the subliminal messages where really obvious and i think it was really bad of you to use them.
Didn’t work for me and most people who tried it and the stuff about it not working on the internet it bollocks because you can get videos with the same pixels and stuff as t.v 😐
the fact that you told us what it was going to do was probubaly what gave it away but i supose you have to for safety.
i stuck not for long probably due to fact i had a drink.wife and daughter had to wait untill the end when the unstick stuff came on.Good job Derren keep it up.
Didn’t work, just made me feel sick
First time I watched it, didn’t get stuck but when I tried to get up I felt a weight on the backs of my calves which caused me to fall onto the floor. My mum got completely stuck and it lasted until you brought up the blue screen. V.funny for my Dad watching me. Did it for a second time at my friends house. This time my feet and legs were cemented to the spot (well it felt like it). Had a mini panic and my friend laughed at me (didn’t work on her). She made us watch it a another time and got stuck again (but didn’t panic just annoyed).
I was completely unable to stand up! It even worked on the internet! (HD video though) So weird, I was the last person I thought this would work on
Watched the video at home and first time my boyfriend couldn’t get up for about 15 seconds but I stood up instantly and then we watched it on channel 4 +1 and he was fine but I found I took three or four attempts to get up we both felt too heavy to stand and a bit shaky. I am always amazed at Derren Browns knowledge of the human mind to be able to influence people so subtly yet so well, especially some of the audience on the show who were really stuck down!
hi derren i was standing up as i just came in from the pub and i was stuck i couldn’t move my legs they were stuck i couldnt believe it my mum thought i was having a laugh but i couldnt move your a great guy awesome trick
the blips(flashes) that is what did it . the blips make you react to it and the video just makes you consentrate
sorry if i misspelled i’m 12
I couldn’t get up no matter how hard I tried, my legs felt so heavy!
wtf a man tied to a chair ,does it make you jump and freeze
It didn’t work! I wanted it too though. I felt my arms get heavy and then i fought against it so i think thats why! It just felt strange!
Nope i’m afraid it didn’t work on me =[ disappointing, as I am a HUGE fan of yours and i was really willing it to work. I am going to try it again sitting right in front of the tv though. In the meantime, I’m loving the events, loved trick or treat, loved trick of the mind, loved Derrren Brown:mind control, loved the heist, messiah, russian roulette live and especially loved your book ‘tricks of the mind’! So please don’t be downheartened by all these idiots saying you’re a fake or whatever, we all know you’re a genius Derren 😉
I wonder if the “subliminal flashes” were just meant as a joke, although they did happen at least three different times and I slowed it down so I could see the black and white illustration of a man tied to a chair with a moustache (Houdini?). The rotating lines video seems to be meaningless apart from the eerie soundtrack; maybe it’s a combination of the two that does the trick for some people… I could feel myself really relaxing and starting to get into a trance like state, but I was probably thinking too much about the picture I’d noticed and I could get up when I really wanted to.
I was stuck not able to even move off the back rest, felt like I was being vacuumed into the chair every time I tried to move and didn’t like it so freaky, Then I had enough and told myself it’s not true and was able to stand, a bit shaky but after a minute or so like normal. I don’t know how but maybe I wanted to be stuck and by will power when was willed myself out.
Did not work at all. Sat with my boyfriend, affected neither of us. We were watching a recorded version though… would that have made any difference?
i got stuck it felt as if someone really heavy was sitting on my legs and my feet could come of the floor slightly and then became really heavy. i could move my back but i was trying my harest and just could not get up. i was so open to it though so i wasnt suprised it happend to me. i loved it though. i seriouly could not get up intill they played they played the relesing noise.
I DID THIS 3 SEPERATE TIMES AND EACH TIME IT WORKED FOR ME AND GOT MORE POWERFUL EACH TIME!!!!!
it was amazing.
but when the film played i went into a trance like state and could remember what happend at the start and end of the film but i couldnt remember anything i did in the middle.
all i can say is its amazinggggg!!!!!!
Just watched the repeat today Sunday 20th Sept on BT Vision.
Around halfway into the film I started to feel like my behind was moulded to the seat and my back was a part of the sofa, at the end I was completly stuck. When I tried to move I found that I couldnt even get my hands off my legs until the next set of instructions about remaining calm and when it said lean forward my back released.
With all my strength, as an ex Rugby player I could not raise my behind from the sofa pushing down with my hands I became red in the face and sweating from the effort. As soon as the release was shown I could stand and move freely with no ill effects.
A wonderful Event and I look forward to the next one.
Sim Sala Bim
Well what can i say…. amazing i tried this twice and twice it worked… my mate walked up to me and didnt belive me and moved my hand shock it around then let go and my hand stayed where he left if i didnt even gtet the acid burning fealing u get frm my mucels my hole body was frozen except my neck up waz an amazing feeling and stayed like that both times untill the coulered screens said learn forward then my hand droped and i could move Well done Mr Brown!!
funny thing is im the biggest sceptic of all i thought Darren was just another con artist with camora tricks but no my mind has changed now Thank You!!!!!
Didn’t work on me, but I suspect that’s because I was sceptical to begin with. I was also watching a recording (in HD though), if that makes any difference.
I do wonder if this has any similarities to Sleep Paralysis though…
Hmmm just watched it on sky plus with the girlfriend and no joy for either of us. Damn it.
Wish it did work, I so want to believe in this kinda thing. Any suggestions as to how to increase the chances of it working much appreciated.
Yours ‘wanting to believe’
Jon & Wanda
This had no effect on me, but I was probably less likely to be affected given I’d been reading about various things that are not allowed to be broadcast, and was suspecting a ruse, placing me in the wrong frame of mind.
I think Derren danced around the issue of what can be broadcast perfectly–just enough of each so that no one can accuse him of either, if that makes sense (and if it does you probably know more on the subject than I do).
However, my wife claims to have been firmly attached to her seat. She could lean forward and move her arms, but was visibly struggling and, despite several attempts, she was unable to stand until the blue releasing tone.
During this I questioned if she could move her feet, which she could. She described this as “like having the lower half of my legs stuck in mud, so I can move them but it’s difficult,” and said that upper half of her legs were firmly stuck. She also said that my standing up appeared to increase the effect, as did struggling against it.
Very interesting!
I didn’t get stuck and I couldn’t find anyone who did but i do believe people were. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up and i felt really heavy and sshaky though 😀 it was really weird..
ok, i watched it like 3 times and it didnt work, i dont know if it was because the lights were on or if i got up too early, but i got up when deeren said to look at the screen and you’ll notice as you get up you’ll get even more stuck. this was just before he told his audience to stand up. but i did notice that as i stood up i saw another subliminal effect??? and at the end of the show he says that there was not any subliminal effects during the show. hmm im confused and i really did want it to work… maybe itll work the fourth time ;]
I know how you done it, as i seen the flash’s you put through out the program and the messages you kept saying….
saw the last one before the film witch was a man chained to a chair, then i want back and looked at them all.
im on to you…
and i didnt work on me 😀
It was quite difficult to get up. To be honest from a sofa sitting as per Derren’s instructions, unless you shift yourself forward it is usually very difficult to get up , i.e. just by pushing with arms / legs.
It’s had to get up from that position regardless
“it didn’t work at all and you think it was all a load of rubbish”
this.
You should make a poll by the way.
I felt a bit of panic and fear rising up when the image of the person tied to a chair appeared but as I remained calm the feeling subsided and I wasn’t stuck.It was really entertaining but I felt sorry for Vicky Green on her video.It was enjoyable,thanks.x