"actually i gotta get rid of these guns" into this charming man made me react in such a visceral way. i think they picked the right ending but this one is so funny
I can understand why they made an alternative ending. Mass shootings started to become so widespread during that time, and still is after 10 years. Matt Johnson had balls picking the actual shooting ending at that time.
I mean some good some bad. The watch system is clever and was more of a plan then the actual ending. Owen basically rescuing Matt, and realizing what was about to happen and how he just prevented it, saved his life and others, is nice. But like, it's just anti climatic and for a character as insane and well written as Matt to just fumble the bag and just go to class like nothing happened is kinda lame. Plus, y'know, a whole movie of planning just for this ending. It may have been better that instead of the bathroom there was the shot of Matt alone like in the original. But then again nothing can beat, "Owen, it's me" so I'm glad this got cut.