Well, one Snyder cut is over. After years of rumors and fan campaigns, people finally got to see Zack Snyder's "Justice League" earlier this year. And since Snyder himself likes to talk openly about everything involved in the film, other "Snyder Cuts" have been discussed.

More specifically, the topic of whether Snyder would consider redoing 2009's "Watchmen" came up in an interview with Uproxx. The film was a bit controversial thanks to an entirely new ending that deviated from the original story.

For those who don't know, the "Watchmen" comic ends with a giant "alien" squid landing in New York City and causing untold mental and physical devastation. But that "alien" was actually a creature created by Ozymandias to avert a global nuclear war. In the film, that was changed, with Ozymandias framing Dr. Manhattan and causing a series of explosions in cities around the world.

"By the way, I love Watchmen. I have no regrets. I love that movie 100%. It's exactly what I wanted," Snyder told Uproxx.

"I think there's a great college class that someone could teach about the difference between Dr. Manhattan and the squid. And why we chose Dr. Manhattan and how it works thematically in relation to the climax of that book."

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Snyder admitted that despite his love for his own original take on the ending of Watchmen, he would consider going back to change it: but since he just made a movie called Justice League, he might consider it. I just feel like Squid would be a slightly longer film than Doctor Manhattan, because it's a little bit longer."

I think it should be done, and I hope they bring to "Watchmen" the ending that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons gave us in 1987, an ending that the HBO miniseries "Watchmen" used to great effect and never needed to be changed in the first place.

At the time, Snyder claimed that he needed to add "about 15 minutes" to the film's running time to properly explain the squid's appearance. Because "it would have been pretty crazy" otherwise. He told Uproxx that he had to set some things up for the squid.

That's odd. We don't actually see anything about the squid until it has already landed in Manhattan and killed everyone. There is a warning about what Ozymandias was up to, though, including a reference to the dead psychic's brain being stolen.

The film's ending is not out of the blue, and there are scattered scenes that add some background to the final attack. Basically, Ozymandias tricks Dr. Manhattan into letting him study his powers in the name of developing clean energy, but instead he duplicates his powers to fuel the bomb.

Perhaps an oversimplification, but there is not much backstory needed. This is a large alien squid created by Ozymandias and used to unite humanity against a potential invasion. It is not the most complex concept to wrap your head around. Snyder was able to prove that his cinematic orthodoxy does not necessarily have to be of epic length.

Snyder has been criticized for replacing much of the humor and nuance of Watchmen in order to make an action film, but the film is quite faithful to the original. Except for the ending and some of the costumes.

Director Snyder did not even hesitate to show Dr. Manhattan's penis, something the MPAA usually takes issue with.

Despite its flaws and criticisms (which are not unwarranted), I really enjoyed Watchmen. At least I enjoyed the Ultimate Cut, which was released on DVD a few days after its theatrical release. Yes, like "Justice League" and "Batman vs. Superman," "Watchmen" is an example of how Snyder's film improves when it is not tied to traditional cinema running times.

Going back to "Watchmen" and giving it a true "Snyder cut" experience and restoring the original comic book ending would make a good movie great.

I have argued for several years that Snyder and Warner Bros. should have kept the original ending. After all, I always felt that the idea of humanity suddenly joining forces in fear of an alien attack was more realistic than Ozymandias correctly predicting the possibility that the US and USSR would be tricked into nuclear disarmament after being bombed. Even if the bombs were dropped by seemingly omnipotent members of the Blue Man Group.

That humanity would finally put aside their differences for the sake of aliens is not the most novel concept in science fiction, but it makes sense. Frankly, it was always a shame we didn't get to see Squid on the big screen.

You can imagine my excitement when the squid finally made its hideous appearance in the HBO miniseries Watchmen. And it was made on a TV budget, so who's to say it wouldn't have looked awful in the movie, and 2008 wasn't that long ago.

Whether Snyder would seriously consider restoring the original ending to Watchmen is not the question. In fact, it is unlikely to happen. Even if the cast were to return and Snyder were to use effective anti-aging techniques to restore the youthful look of the late 00s.

The problem is one of logistics. A major factor is that "Watchmen" cost between $130 and $138 million to make, but grossed only $185.3 million at the box office. According to conventional thinking, a film must earn twice its budget at the box office to break even. Watchmen" did not even reach half of that amount.

Besides, the Snyder cut actually happened only because the fan campaign demanded it. How many will actively campaign for "Watchmen" to receive similar treatment? We don't have the time or energy to compete with the major Hollywood studios.

Sadly, the main hurdle is that director Zack Snyder and Warner Bros. seem to have parted ways for good. The director has spoken at length about his time working on "Justice League" and the DCEU, and it appears that the two have parted ways for the time being.

Snyder himself has even said that the studio is "actively anti-Snyder." Deborah Snyder, Zack Snyder's wife and producer of many of his films, admitted that the two wanted to make the next "Army of the Dead" at Warner Bros.

Not only did Netflix offer a larger budget and automatically allow two more "Army of the Dead" films, but the Snyders were given considerable creative freedom. Warner Bros. was apparently adamantly opposed to "Justice League" during its difficult production process. Furthermore, Netflix was willing to invest in original IP, while Warner seemed to spend most of the decade digging its heels in the ground.

In short, it seems unlikely that Zack Snyder will return to Warner anytime soon. Even if he had the money and interest in the tentacled ending of Watchmen.

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