I guess I don't see any of that as an "issue". An issue to me would be say if they fired someone and needed to reshoot due to recasting. But none of that happened here. Something didn't work as originally shot, and they reworked the story through reshoots. That to me is normal Hollywood, as very few movies get released as originally shot.
Anyways, we'll see how it turns out.
As for Borderlands, as I recall I said it could be bad I just didn't automatically subscribe to the "smoke there's fire" system that you do.
Also on the don't read as things automatically as negative, I'll say likewise.