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I always thought people were to harsh on Spielberg. He only changed one film (E.T.), and when he did, he still made a point to only include it with the original. I found the special edition, while obviously inferior to the theatrical, a unique and interesting look at E.T. You can tell he doesn't hate himself for it, but just regrets it, which is probably because there was the fan outrage saying "you're rewriting history!" I'm glad he won't revisit any other films in this way (because they don't need to be), but I don't know if I can honestly say I totally agree with his new philosophy. I'm very much a believer in film preservation, but I do see merit in changing an existing work just for the sake of curiosity, whether because of fixing dated special effects or reinserting deleted scenes. While I think it's important to keep films as they were originally released, I don't think people have to marry themselves to only watching the version of a film that was released in theaters, especially when that version could have been altered against the creator's wishes before its release. I see no reason why multiple versions of a single film can't coexist.