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I Am Legend scrapped its original ending because test audiences 'felt cheated' by the big twist
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All I can say is, I agree. Legend ultimately wasn't for art, it was for money, and the way the test screening was handled shows that.
My point was really just sad acknowledgement that creators often don't get to follow through on the vision they want to create because the money says otherwise, and that's disappointing.
One can hope that they learn after the umpteenth flopped Marvel movie. I'm just worried since people whose entire vocabulary is "profit!" are buying up great artistic film studios nowadays.
Hopefully we'll see a renaissance sometime soon. And artistic minds getting together to define the next chapter that's not "Disney or no way" but full or art. I don't mind mindless entertainment, I watch some myself, but I do mind quality options becoming needles in a haystack.