Here’s an alternate take I found on the Lost 20 scene that cuts it down further to use basically only finished footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIQTcvtHvhw
At that point though, I’m not sure if it’s even worth including. Thoughts?
I agree that it is some much needed context. But it is an awful long time to hold on one shot. And the trouble is finding appropriate live-action scenes if you were to do a brief flashback.
Another thing to consider is that the audio transition from the end of the deleted scene back to the normal scene isn’t fully there, either. The “vibration” noise (I don’t know what else to call it) of the archives sort of just appears again when the deleted portion is over.