nightstalkerpoet said:

We asked for a release of the OUT, and got one.

There's a certain causality you're following that I don't buy. I simply don't believe the GOUT was released because of consumer demand. I don't think it even factored in. As far as I can tell, there were only two reasons the GOUT was released: to shut down the burgeoning bootleg laserdisc business, and to make the Special Editions look appealing when contrasted with a really awful transfer.

Given that, we have nothing to be thankful for, unless that "thank you" is followed by "may I have another!"