NetFlix Has The Almost Uncut Miniseries Version On Streaming
Man, was I ever excited when I saw that NetFlix had this up in its apparently original airing, with 7 separate episodes (the first episode being a 90 minute feature length double episode).
First off, there are a TON of things in the miniseries version that are absent from the more readily available VHS and DVD versions. There's just way more scenes and way more stuff going on. My favorite "new" scene that I had never seen before was Terry and the gang stealing a cop car when they stumble upon an accident on the side of the road. We also get a flashback to Jude and Terry when they were partners and a weird scene where Toddhunter tries to smuggle some mice out of the plant.
But the big disappointment for me was that NetFlix STILL doesn't show the original ending that I've always wanted to see. Nope, it's the same old crappy "Harlan and Gina disappear into a ball of green light for no reason and Terry shoots Andrews and runs off happily with Louis" ending that the video and DVD had. God damn it, anyway, I REALLY wanna see how the series originally "ended" with that inconclusive ending. Where can I find this?
Aside from that, I've always had a soft spot for this, but I think watching it divided into episodes plays MUCH better than the super-long movie version I've always been accustomed to watching. As a series, it just has a better flow and a more compelling use of building tension and climaxes, as opposed to that movie version that just feels really really long.