[ManInKhakiExorcist]

Haha. 😀 Awesome.

Awesome work, Justy. Nearly perfect.

And I ADORE the inclusion of the CUT Captain Howdy face in “Cigarrete”. Brilliant. 😐 Also fantastic is the editing-in of that E:TB shot where he just kissed the crucifix. Nice timing in your editing, on both these scenes. One criticism, however: All that added E:TB footage in the “waiting on steps” scene; it borders on ugly (for all the wrong reasons, that is!) and distracting. The flames are “much too vulgar display of power”, you see. But for everything else you’re providing here for those of us without the editing programs, I forgive thee. 🙂

Gosh, I like this film better already, even before you put these back into the film itself, one day. 😉

I greatly appreciate what Hatter is doing with his fan-cut, but putting these scenes back in — perhaps even using Justy’s handiwork here — that is a fantasy I cannot shake.

Yeah, so what happened to our NERD emoticons…? My message sorely lacks one. No, I have no shame; Dominion is an excellent film, on its own, independent of the original film. Who knew, all those years post-the original, such a film could be made? Cheesy as it might sound, I think it’s divine provision — or intervention, if you like. Theologically — if not my own personal non-Catholic theology — it delivers. And it entertains. And despite its minor flaws many of us have managed to not get hung up on, instead appreciating the bigger picture, the good and evil it thoughtfully portrays. This is a hallmark for Paul Schrader, and he should be proud of his film, and his cast and crew. Marvelous work, even if it isn’t the carbon-copy-attempted, cartoon misfire that temporarily replaced it. Wait… PERMANENTLY? I mean, Renny Harlin’s fiasco lacks “Prequel to the Exorcist”… just one of the two prequel-films bears that distinction and honor.

To think, it’s already technically 5 years old. I trust it will endure for many more, through all the nitpicking. Easily.

The perfect prequel story to THE EXORCIST, if not the perfectly cratfted final result. I’ll live.

Anyway, thanks again, Justy. It’s work like yours and Hatter’s that will help keep this sole Blatty-blessed Exoricst prequel/sequel alive and admired and revealed to current and future audiences, directing them (back) to the crowning jewel of the series: THE EXORCIST (TVYNS, of course! Okay, half the time…! 😛 ), and hopefully THE EXORCIST III, as well.

M.I.K.E.

Ps.Keep at the ‘Church of St. Michael’ scene. You can do it. 😛

[hatter76]

Splended Work, absolutely Splended.
I liked the Howdy shot, I have a really quick shot of Pazuzu in my version rite
before merrin turns to find Cheche.

The Scene with with the solidiers marching is about like mine.

I admit I Should have been useing the deleted scenes, but A few of them Seemd so damn difficult to put in and have it fit correctly.

Ironicly The Shot of Merrin Kissing the Crucifix is the way I was trying to get it, But I got so impatiant I sat that aside.

I gotta admit Im a bit Jealous 🙂

[ManInKhakiExorcist]

Hatter, no worries. Justy will provide you with his clips, with any luck. Fingers crossed. 😉

Justy: A couple additional thoughts I had:

Could you do a Lt. Rolf Kessel (of the SS, silly!) version of the Cigarrete scene, substituting his face and/or footage of his face speaking (from first scene) for Paz’s? 🙂 As effective and brilliant as the “Howdy” version you’d made is, a Kessel version would not only fit with the novel, if you recall, but it emphasises the pain Merrin still goes through. The Howdy version — while frightening and giving us a glimpse of deleted Howdy footage from the final scene where Rachel does-in the possessed Fr. Francis with the knife from the stone sheath of the St. Michael Statue in front of the church — it seems to implicate that Paz is in fact not contained in the church from the get-go before Merrin and co. unwittingly unleash him by cracking open his front door, so to speak, setting him free to infest poor Cheche.

I get the idea that since he’s imprisoned under the church, Paz is in fact NOT the Devil Himself who is probably more intrepid and free and might be able to leave as he pleases, and if so could validate the presence of the Howdy face you added in the scene to marvelous effect (again.

Anyway so, since Paz would then be lesser in power than the Devil Himself (who could leave at will, presumably, in order to tempt and frighten humanity for millennia instead of being imprisoned in the bowels of a lost church since the 5th century AD), I’m not so sure he should be able to “get out” like that. Then again, maybe the face we see isn’t Howdy’s, but Satan’s (DH = Devil Himelf), as just comparing the “Captain Howdy” face of this film to that of the original film, there are distinct differences in facial features despite the obvious cosmetic similarites by virtue of there being two differenct actors in the makeup — Crawford and Dietz, respectively. Incidentally, it can then still be argued that the Howdy face glimpsed in the original Friedkin film could be either Pazuzu or Satan. I suppose, then, this is all open to interpretation. 🙂

Thoughts?

M.I.K.E.

[Justin]

Good points there, Mike. But just remember, the next scene is Merrin’s dream … which contains Mr. Howdy himself.

That brings me to the theory that the *essence* (probably not the right word, but I’m sure you understand what I mean..) of Pazuzu is free to roam around the minds of his prey/the location where he is ‘trapped’, and is basically harmless until completely unleashed.

( And maybe, since the whole lion headed/wings/tail etc thing is pretty hard and somewhat silly to imagine, maybe the Captain Howdy face is only what our minds capable of conjuring up? )

With that said, I would have loved to be able to dub Kessel’s voice over the “… hey Priest?” part instead of just lowering the tone to sound evil, but unfortunately there’s no clips of him saying that. But.. replacing Howdy with Kessel , while fitting with the novel, just isn’t scary – and that’s the whole point of this scene – to up the creep factor – yeah? 😀

There’s always room for any other missing novel scenes, that maybe are in The Beginning. Ideas?

[ManInKhakiExorcist]

But, Justy — it COULD be scary, if you were to juxtapose (“juxtapose” © 1973-infinity William Friedkin — don’t you get a kick out his commentaries when he drops that word?) Kessel’s face over a different human voice, is what I’m thinking. Whatchoo say? 😀

Oh, and your speculation about the roaming spirit/essence of the demon seems plausible. Good ideas, man.

M.I.K.E.

Ps. Other scenes…You might be able to gut the solo Fr. Morning “bird” scene from Exorcist III, sort of as an epilogue. An enigmatic one that could mean a lot of things. And, as I recall, it doesn’t look all that modern/1990. It might, therefore, be seen as a “Meanwhile, elsewhere on this fragile planet…” scene. I know, it sounds crazy, but who knows?

Anyway, by re-viewing the scene while seeing Legion after first seeing such a new version of Dominion, things would come full circle, theoretically, if that makes any sense. 🙂

Oh, and that deleted “St. Michael’s Church scene”, plus E:TB’s ending (oh, you know the one! 😉 )

[hatter76]

this is my Variation, Please forgive the jittery audio problem.
The last shot of Merrin is obviously from the beginning, there is Dust on his face, In My Cut of the Movie, the Pazuzu Statue is blown up and there is Dust, thats my Logic on why he would have it on his face in the closeup.

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[Justin]

I started this fan edit back in the xmas holidays, just to amuse myself… plus Mike kept nagging me to re-add the deleted scenes. 😛

Still haven’t finished because I haven’t had the time, but hopefully these coming holidays (in 3 weeks) I will be able to complete it – or nearly.

Anyway, here’s a few clips. Most are unfinished.

This was a deleted scene I re-added into the film. Some music from the original Exorcist soundtrack was mixed in, and a few small effects (such as the ‘Captain Howdy’ flash).

This was a deleted scene I re-added into the film using the footage from the Dominion DVD special features, and snippets from Exorcist: The Beginning.

Using a snippet from Exorcist: The Beginning, I added a close-up shot of a silhouetted Merrin, which was used for the Dominion poster, but not in the film.

This was a deleted scene I re-added into the film. I think it still needs a bit of work, particularly the audio which is a little out of sync.

This was a deleted scene I re-added into the film. I think it turned out quite well, but the continuity is broken as the trucks are driving past while the gate is still shut. So, I will have to go back and fix that (which shouldn’t be too hard)

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