Baronlando said:

Don't you understand? It's a double standard. Why was Robert Wise spared the fans outrage merely for being dead? Why didn't fans conduct a seance to yell at him for Paramount's decisions? And why have fans consistently failed to build a time machine to yell at 90s Ridley Scott for not releasing all the various versions he had no control over? Where is it?

The double standard is your own.

Robert Wise was alive and well in 2000---he even contributed a commenatary track to the DVD highlighting why he made the changes he did-----all those peeved off Trekkies obviously failed to make their voices heard ----when the theatrical cut was witheld eh?