To be perfectly frank I can't understand why anyone would want to have garbage mattes still there in the picture. I am not old enough to have seen the films in the theatre initially, but I am certain that no one ever saw them at that time; my dad says he sure as hell never did. They were never supposed to be seen, and are simply a glitch that becomes visible when the picture is transferred to a home format. I find them distracting and irritating now that I've noticed them, and would much prefer they not be there. I have the 2004 dvd's to thank for having seen them in the first place, because I never noticed them at all until then. Unfortunately, I can see them on my old versions now too.

Honestly, would you rather be able to believe the effects you're seeing onscreen are something real that is actually happening, or be reminded that it is a model in front of a bluescreen by a box around it? To me there's no question. I don't want the new versions to have any revisionist changes whatsoever, I'm adamant about that, but simply recompositing is like cleaning up the picture to get what was there originally to look as good as it can. I have no problem with that; in fact I prefer it, as long as it is done right.