Yeah, the Donner Cut isn't perfect, but it made a decent film really good. I really appreciate the "adult"ness of it. The first hour is entirely character driven and actually a bit slow, but in a good way if you connect with the characters. And unlike the Lester cut, the villains have a lot of menace and there is a quite a bit more of a darker tone to the film. Thank god those awful small town Texas scenes were chopped out, and the White House assault is pretty neat now. The only complaint I have is that the climax doesn't have enough action--which is maybe why they re-vamped it for Lester--and the new special effects are probably worse than what they would have actually done in 1980. I didn't think the screen test footage stood out too much. Overall, it's an interesting and mostly effective salvage.