It's funny that the studio version with the altered beginning won over the original, because most reviews say the movie started great then, suddenly started sucking around the midpoint mark and beyond.
So the parts where the producers intervened were good, and the original parts shot by the director sucked, which puts into question people's outrage over so much studio interference.
It seems that DC and (non-Marvel) studios have been hiring too many directors who care more about creating their "vision" than honoring the source material, and the fans are fighting back.