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I just watched it on rerun last night

posted 8 years ago by Hans-Wilhelm (1372)
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They completely cut out the scenes at the end where the undersea beings threatened the world with massive tidal waves, as a warning to what they'd do if all the wars didn't stop.

They just rescued Ed Harris and brought everyone up. Totally cut out that whole plot.

[–] olioz (3865) 8 years ago

I think that's the theatrical cut. The director's cut (or special edition) with the real ending is much better. It's also over 20 minutes longer. I don't know why they show the theatrical cut on tv and not the DC.