even regardless of that, it felt like a mix of oil, water. Whedon may have gone off the rails with his own whedonisms (and his ego), but even he had his stuff re-edited by the studio and Geoff Johns.

Thank goodness somebody at WBD had the foresight to keep Gunn on payroll and promote him. Hell, that wouldn’t even have happened if Disney didn’t fire Gunn in the first place

I do think it’s better.

I'm no hater, but I absolutely think that the 4+ hour cut, which featured tons of superfluous scenes and many of the same lame plot contrivances the theatrical cut featured, was a step down from the mediocre product initially released in cinemas. What a wasted opportunity by a director who finally could have released the best version of his movie possible, but instead settled for just chucking everything back in and assuming more is better.