If you watch Back to the Future and skip Back to the Future III and instead go immediately to Back to the Future III, you are going to be a bit confused.  Growing up I was allowed to watch the first and third movies, but I wasn’t allowed to watch the second until I was in my mid-teens. 

Same situation with Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.  I was allowed to watch that, but not Wrath of Khan or Search for Spock.  When I got old enough that I was allowed to see them, suddenly parts of Voyage Home made so much more sense.

If you’re looking for some deep life lesson in this little anecdote, I fear you’ll walk away disappointed.  Though, I suppose there is some sort of lesson here regarding not removing parts of stories.  Again, I’ll leave it to you to make that interpretation. 

Honestly, I could probably write a novel based on all the things from my childhood that people find incredibly strange.  Maybe I will.  We’ll see…