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For a movie that can't decide if it wants to be a misanthropic throwback to the 50s sci-fi movies, a ZAZ-style parody or a 70s celebrity-strewn disaster pic, this edit brings a lot more focus to Burton's original sprawling mess of a picture. This edit zooms by and puts the focus squarely where it belongs -- the Looney Tunes-style mischevious and homicidal men from Mars, the real draw of this movie. None of the human characters are compelling enough to merit any more screen time than necessary, so let's just cut right to the chase and watch those Ack-Ack'ers mutilate and melt them.