BadAssKeith, if you hate the prequels and the SE's sooooo much then why do you keep talking about them? Let's choose a movie I hate... Ah I know! The Texas Chain Saw Masscre 2. The original is a classic, but number 2 sucks. Yet if I was going to talk about the great film that is the Texas Chain Saw Masscre... you wouldn't hear me whinging and whining about how crummy the sequals and remake are, because frankly it is - after all - just a movie. Lots of movies have shit sequels. Terminator 3, Haloween Part #, Jurassic Park 3, Home Alone 3/4 (well I've not seen "4" but I'm sure it sucks), Lethal Weapon 2, 3, 4... Alien Ressurection, Robocop 3. You don't have to whine about all the shitty sequels and versions in the world. Shitty director's cuts/special editions include: Apocolypse Now Redux, Lord of the Rings Extended (no way would I watch those!), T2: Special Edition, The Outsiders: The Complete Novel... I could go on, and on, and on. Some special editions/directors cuts are wothwile - it's a fact that most of them suck.