As for this cut, i am sad that Donner isnt involved, but really like he said, he CANT be involved--the Richard Donner that shot that footage no longer exists. He is a different person now and to have Richard Donner cut the film would be impossible. So i hope his assistant does a good job. My feeling is that it will be similar to the Fincher workrpint of Alien 3--good overall, better than the theatrical even, but still missing just that extra bit of quality that would have been obtained had the director been directly involved.
What I'm REALLY dissapointed is that theres no extended Superman IV!! That was a more significant cut than the Donner SII cut! Argh! I know a lot of ppl dont like SIV but it was my favourite when i was a kid and i still think it is stronger in parts than SII and has that great comic book feel to it. I guess we should all be thankful that we finally have something to replace the barebones dvd set with (which is currently on sale now, i guess to get rid of all the stock since no one will buy it after next year--i pity the bastards who are picking it up now).