"We took 10 seconds out of that scene. So people shouldn't [get to worked up over it]," he grinned. "I think it's one of those cases where the fantasy exceeds the reality."

Still, fans can look for that scene -- and others -- in an upcoming DVD that Cameron is compiling, but one that he stopped short of labeling with a phrase we hear all too often. "The 'director's cut' is what we release," Cameron said. "What we do is we do a special edition, where you could select a longer version of the film that has some scenes reinstated. But it's really more of a fan version than a director's version.

"[The fan version] will be 10 to 12 minutes longer," he revealed. "Something like that."