From what I heard, they screen tested both versions of the movie, the directors version and the one edited by the trailer company, and both tested equally the same. Rather than defer to the director, they chose to take the scenes which tested the best in each version of the edit, and combine those together into the mess we saw.
Suicide Squad had a pretty cool trailer. It was so popular they gave the movie edit over to the studio that made the trailer.
From what I heard, they screen tested both versions of the movie, the directors version and the one edited by the trailer company, and both tested equally the same. Rather than defer to the director, they chose to take the scenes which tested the best in each version of the edit, and combine those together into the mess we saw.
https://www.cbr.com/suicide-squad-ayer-cut-theatrical-release-tested-the-same/
Holy shit, really?
That is Sony levels of stupid.