This is my little review for the singularity, by Alvo Stockman (obviously)
So my initial
thoughts on this DVD were a little iffy, as were almost everybody's. The Demo really shows nothing,
the product page is a little skippy, and it wasn't advertised as much as I thought it would. I
remember hearing all the hype on the forums and everywhere else over it, and in the end I had to
just trust my fellow Magicians on this one.
There are 2 demos up. One of which really is just a
teaser, and the 2nd is an actual performance speed performance of the actual effect. I think the
reason to show almost nothing is because there really is NOTHING to see. The most physical thing you
do in the routine is just spreading the deck. That's almost all the action required, and it just
looks SO clean! There's nothing more to be said on that
Now for the teaching. I have a few of
Alvo's books and some of his downloads. I personally love his teaching style. He slips a few
"uhhs.." and "aaaaands.." every now and then but it's really well thought out and nothing distracts
the learning. Keep in mind though, that this is a VERY difficult effect to do.
The bonus section
was amazing. It had pretty much nothing to do with the actual singularity effect, but Michael Weber
is AWESOME. He goes through a really cool mindreading routine in full detail with Alvo. That runs
for almost an hour. Plus, afterwards, Alvo goes back to the studio to teach some bonus clever ideas.
PLUS, after that he has a full practice session with a really nice instrumental score.
Overall,
I would rate this DVD a 4/5. It seems like the packaging and "inside" work lacked something I can't
pick apart. And it's VERY difficult to perform and it's not advertised as so. SO there it is. Nice
work!
