Having seen the Snyder cut now? I think they could have saved a lot of money, and just gone with Snyder's version. It actually does have a happy ending. All you have to do is cut out the Knightmare sequences and some of the epilogue. Not hard to do at all.

I don't understand why they didn't go with it. I started watching the Whedon after it - and it's very choppy action wise, and not lighter at all.

Whoever made these decisions? I hope they got fired. Because my god, what a colossal screw up.