)1 - That cover is fantastic, and absolutely representative of our project, i.e. a new contribution to a subject we thought we already knew everything about!
I think its purity might be diluted if more covers are made, since they will likely have to resort to more familiar images (I'm not doubting your graphic design skills, Ash, it's just that there probably aren't that many more like that one). Still, I'm happy to turn it into a cover for a multi-disc case myself if I still feel that way when I've seen the others - I'm prepared to be surprised!
2 - Meedermow's re-authored my disc with a menu, without compromising the quality of the feature presentation - I don't see how this can be a bad thing! Aside from ease of chapter selection, it will also have the benefit of tying disc one to the others (which will absolutely demand menus) in terms of presentation.
3 - The text tells it the way it is, and though 'preservation' is perhaps a strange term (easily confused with 'restoration', perhaps?), it does seem to be accepted terminology for what we're doing.
'Uncut' might not be the best way to describe the original version of Evolution, since we all know the reality is a little more complex than that. But it is certainly the earlier production, and you can be quite certain that the modifications made for the Quadrilogy version were ONLY made in order to 'paper over' the removal of the more controversial material.
4 - I will defend 'Appendix' to a bloody death