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    LicenseFarm: When I was 13 I starred in a production of Little Shop of Horrors at my sleepaway camp as Seymour, so the real ending doesn't surprise me much. I ver... more »
    Seth L: Aww, thanks for posting this, I thought I'd never see this lost little bit of Kaiju! Audry was #145 on the list of "Things that scarred the hell out o... more »
    SeeingI: OK this is my special area of expertise. I want to direct everyone to a collection of full-color stills from the original ending here: [mondomusicals... more »
    Seeräuberjenny: That was great! I hadn't seen that version, but a special edition of the soundtrack included the "original ending" songs, and I was very much intrigue... more »
    TheKeyMaster: They need to re-release this with the alternate ending. So much better then the original. more »
    wyrmwoud: The black and white footage was a workprint that Geffen had pulled from shelves because nobody had actually paid for the rights to release it. When as... more »
    Robert Isbell: the b-w footage is what did not get used so was not processed for color. more »
    Antediluvian: And all the stage versions have the appropriate ending (everyone dies, like in Sondheim musicals), only the movie has the happy ending. It's an awesom... more »
    Antediluvian: eBay was my (very expensive) friend to get this DVD. I saw it for sale at Tower Records when it was first released, said, I don't really have $20 now.... more »
    Mathmos: I congratulate io9 on the very timely presentation of this excellent metaphor for the US political scene. more »
    Cambias: Well, I know one reason they changed it -- that ending goes on WAY, WAY too long! Okay, plants eating the city, got it. I didn't need to see the sam... more »
    amygdala: Awesome. I was unaware that the film's original ending was ever released. It always bugged me that the film had a happier ending than the stage play. ... more »
    ManchuCandidate: The movie would be a better movie with this ending rather than the happy ending (note to the masses, not every damn movie has to have a happy ending.)... more »
    Wubbytoes: Holy crap, that's pretty grim. more »
    NotHellTempest: Tentacle porn anyone? more »
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