It is weirdly fascinating how the number of people who don't even know anything has been done to the movies can slowly grow simply if you've got enough clout, and the blu ray box is going to really build that number. (Especially now that the term "special edition" isn't even used. In stark contrast, gotta like the honesty in Ridley Scott's intro in the booklet with the new version of ALIEN:

Upon viewing the proposed expanded version of the film, I felt that the cut was simply too long and the pacing completely thrown off. After all, I cut those scenes out for a reason back in 1979. However, in the interest of giving the fans a new experience with Alien, I figured there had to be an appropriate middle ground. I chose to go in and recut that proposed long version into a more streamlined and polished alternate version of the film. For marketing purposes, this version is being called "The Director's Cut.