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So what was the exact line? Human diaper? Adult diaper? My diaper? Your diaper?

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I mean you didn’t attempt to buy the 3600 Prospect Street house did you? I am sure there are fans out there that would put in a bid.

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Not obsessed enough to buy it, apparently!

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Hey Ghetto, where you find it? Are you a dentist?

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Human diaper? Pretty bizarre line.

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I do not object terribly to TVYNS but I have to admit that like most touch-ups it needs more work. That’s the big problem with retouching old films. Once you’ve done it, you want to go back and fix it again and again and again. Look at how many version there are of Star Wars. However I do believe that they are making progress each version being slightly better than the last and they used audience reaction in some cases to determine what to change in the next release. I can see the same thing happening here.

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Well its case closed I guess, except for the following statement?:

Karras is a priest, so I know he didn’t deprive her of a full cigarette.

Oh really?

So then using CGI to paint out the cig is the only option? What a shame? I am not betting to see it removed in any new release any time soon.

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Yeah. At least the other one was a shorter liminal. Maybe in a future release they can cut the frame count down thus making less in your face. (Pun intended)

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I agree that there is a temptation to overdo and under-do when they retouch films, which seems to be getting more and more common. Has anyone seen the remastered original Star Trek episodes? Some of them are tasteful. Some of them are less tastefully done.

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Thanks fada for such an in-depth analysis. Never realized it was so complicated an issue. Is it possible that something was cut from the final and remained cut in the new version that would had explained this. Perhaps a take showing the new cig being lit? I am not clear if you have ruled that out or not? Also, you believe inserting a close-up of Chris taking a second cigarette would not work?

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Maybe they can shoot a new take of Chris taking another cig. If its a close-up of the box with just hands it would be easy to do. Do you think its necessary though? I mean you don’t think that the audience could assume it was implied?

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Why does everyone think that CGI blood looks unreal?

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According to the wikipedia article on the Exorcist some fans believe that Chris did take a second cigarette off screen.

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Yeah probably did everything they could to give ppl the don’t look at me message.

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You have respect for Billy Graham? Why?

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