When Avatar hit theaters last December, it went on to gross more at the box office than any other film in history (not counting inflation). Naturally, it managed to stay in theaters for quite a while, but as happens to all movies, it was eventually pushed out by the new stuff. It only makes sense then, that James Cameron and Fox would take the opportunity to put it back out there to soak up some more money when the chance arose. Now that chance has arisen. There’s no mammoth movie currently hitting its opening week in theaters, and Cameron’s had time to insert about nine minutes of deleted footage that we haven’t seen yet, so he adds the deleted scenes back in, the movie re-invades select theaters, and bam, everybody’s happy. But how good is this cut of the film, is it worth paying a 3D ticket price to go see it again, and what new stuff do we get to see? Here is my assessment of the Special Edition.

Those looking to savor one last morsel of Lost are in luck with “The New Man in Charge,” a never-before-seen epilogue included among the special features on the recent Lost season 6 and complete set DVD and Blu-ray releases. Though these twelve minutes of extra footage do address a few questions left unanswered in the finale, don’t expect this material to be anything more than supplementary. The answers we get are not necessarily the most important ones.