The most significant cut occurs before the opening credits. In the theatrical version, we see astronaut Patrick Ross (Justin Lazard) on a Mars mission stepping into a pool of alien goo. Simple.
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The CGI budget ran out. The final 30 seconds of this scene exist only as low-resolution animatics on the DVD menu screen. MGM refused to pay for the rendering of the "centaur" form, forcing the filmmakers to use the explosion ending. The most significant cut occurs before the opening credits
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