Who at Fox is making these "decisions"? The skinned predators and now they are telling the Strauses that killing a character a certain way is "too mean", yet there are other less important characters that get killed, even worse?
I do wish there was an alternate ending filmed, though. I think the theatrical ending is too much for the fans. The general audiences won't understand who that woman is and how important her name is.
Anyway, Ricky not dying didn't bother me, but I do think too many people survived at the end.