danny_boy said:

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?

I've said this before and I'll say it again.....though some may not like Star Trek OR the Star Trek Bluray set, what Robert Wise DID when he did the directors cut was what George Lucas SHOULD have done with the Star Wars Trilogy S.E.. Robert Wise told his team to redo the effects shots chosen and make them look like they were done in the same time frame as when the movie was first done. And they accomplished just that.

Robert Wise respected Star Trek and ALL those that worked so hard to make the original version of the first film look and feel the way it did. He did not want to hide or deny it....he wanted to honor it and them.