I found this comment he made interesting:
"Apparently the studio wanted one movie, and Trank wanted another. It shows in the final cut, which is a mixture of both."
Not backing any anonymous internet commenter here, but that's been the rumor for ages. Given the massive reshoots (they made the film go over twenty million dollars over budget after scrapping 3D, they were massive), it's certainly plausible that the final cut would reflect that.



