Not all changes are bad. 1776 is a good example. The 25 minutes of footage restored althought not in the orginal theatrical release were in the orginal Broadway Musical. So in a way what was seen in the theaters was not the story in its orginal form but what was released on DVD is. And unlike Stars Wars the scenes improve the movie. Some of the scenes were taken out for stupid reasons. For example, a whole musical number was removed because President Nixon didn't like it. He felt it cast Republicans in a bad light

You see the song had those in congress opposed to declaring independence singing "To the RIGHT never to the left always to the Right forever to Right!" I understand how this could upset Nixon but should a scene from a movie about American indepence be removed because the President doesn't like it? I think not. This scene and others like it should have stayed in the orginal theatrical release and I sm happy that they have been put back in. The OT however is a different story.