I'm glad I made you smile, Moonwalker
Well, you know, I also have Moonwalker the movie and I can watch the original version of Smooth Criminal whenever I want. So it's not for me that I would like to see the long version of the short film on this new DVD set, but for the public who don't really know MJ yet. Michael Jackson has a huge public but only a few real fans if we compare. But everybody has to see his videos as they were made, not only the fans who buy everything. And the DVD set, because it looks very good, will be the first DVD that the public will buy to know who MJ was. It will become a classic, I'm sure, because it looks excellent. So it has to show MJ's work exactly as it was done by him, I think it's important. This is the only thing I was trying to say here. But some people say it's disrespectful. What can I do? lol
About the shorter version, if Michael knew it, I'm sure he didn't like it. I can't talk for him of course but we all know what a perfectionnist he was. Unfortunately Sony did a lot of things that Michael didn't like to approuve in the past (the Bad album cover, the remixes on the B sides of the Dangerous singles and on Blood On The Dancefloor, just to name a few examples). So he was used to this kind of concessions he had to make with Sony. And I'm sure the edit version of Smooth Criminal is one of these examples.
It was made to be seen as it is in Moonwalker. The public should watch it like that.
Thanks for your support, anyway
It's good to see some people say what they think without judging others. I know it's not easy for most of the fans in here because they are not used to real discussions. But it's good to be able to talk even when we don't agree with each other. It's always good to get different points of view.