I look forward to when you'll post all of the non-minor (trimmed cuts for time etc) changes you made and see just how many most of us (prob just me) never even noticed. Even reading your list in the post above there is just so much that changed - though through the fluid editing and now more intiguing story it is hard to remember the annoyances of GL's version anymore... nearly.
It does make me wonder just how much GL has changed the OT already - and how much he may change the OT in the future... even such a 'simple' sound effect can change the feeling or the intensity of a scene...