My theory is the original ending was super controversial in focus groups. The main characters were basically the next messiah, there was this whole subtext about usurping major religion, destabilizing the world, etc. The ending we got basically abandoned all character development up to that point. There was probably a better ending out there that got scrubbed in favor of a “Let’s just kinda play it safe” nothing burger.
My theory is the original ending was super controversial in focus groups. The main characters were basically the next messiah, there was this whole subtext about usurping major religion, destabilizing the world, etc. The ending we got basically abandoned all character development up to that point. There was probably a better ending out there that got scrubbed in favor of a “Let’s just kinda play it safe” nothing burger.