Amazing statement, so succinct. So true. If only Lucas would agree with this and stop all the nonsense.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/steven-spielberg-sorry-he-made-all-those-changes-t,61801/

Beautifully relevant quote: “I realized that what I had done was I had robbed the people who loved E.T. of their memories of E.T. And I regretted that.” By way of penance—and reinforced by informal audience poll—Spielberg promised that the upcoming Blu-ray release of E.T. would have only the original, untouched, guns-and-penises version.