Let me explain this to you Mebejedi, and Zion. Editing work is censoring it. David Lynch directed Dune right? He's credited as director for the Theatrical version - even though it isn't exactly how he wanted it. But you won't find him credited on the 3-hour TV version, because Lynch was opposed to it. So rather than saying "so bloody what, we made the theatrical version the way we wanted over you, we're going to do it again" - they said "yes, okay we'll acknowledge that this isn't your movie". I mean how capatalistic would it be to destroy the thatrical print and then just make available the 3-hour tv version?

I like director's cuts. Made from the original material. Anything else is re-making the movie peice by peice no matter how small. Although Lucas would probably argue that his original theatrical versions are not unauthorised versions, they are still the orignal authorized versions. You are just creating different unauthorised versions, like the tv version of dune. Except that it was an authorised version since it was made by the owner (studio). How can you cherish originality in edited forms? I know that the 1993/1995 LD's aren't theatrical - but at least they were made only from original material.