This past weekend, I finally saw "Suicide Squad," and despite its flaws, thought it was a pretty decent movie. However, these flaws, along with other books/comics to movie adaptations, places potential franchises in jeopardy. Before I proceed, there may be spoilers; you have been warned!

On Reddit, the user Naydawwwg posted a compilation of deleted scenes from the final movie. Most of these scenes involve important character development, such as Killer Croc's history (which was never shown in the movie) and why he views himself as beautiful. Other scenes features the abusive relationship Harley and Joker's relationship actually is (which is true to the source material), a brief mention of Slipknot's past crimes, and more scenes with the Joker being another obstacle in the Squad's way after they defeat Enchantress.

If you are particularly observant while seeing the movie, you may have noticed some odd editing angles and cuts in the movie. Take for example the helicopter scene: from the deleted scenes, Harley and Joker have a fight which results in Joker pushing her off the helicopter out of anger; the movie portrayed it as a way to save her life after the helicopter is shot down. On top of the movie having to use re-shoots to adjusts those cuts

Why is it important that you know this? Because this is pertinent to characterization in the movie. Some of the characters were just shoe-horned in there, and barely explored upon. Most of the emphasis was placed on Harley Quinn and Deadshot, with some good regard to Diablo. Their part in the movie was phenomenal, but they are not the only part of the team.

Some of the deleted scenes were also utilized solely in the trailer, most likely to increase hype and hope to gain back the money they might lose with the movie; early aggregators like Rotten Tomatoes and and some critics who gave the movie negative reviews may have impacted the excitement. Compounded with the fact that Chinese theaters won't be seeing any Suicide Squad distribution, Warner Bros. may be gearing up for another potential loss after "Batman vs Superman."

Unfortunately, this may be the reality of movie-making and print source adaptations. Cramming information that can probably take 15 hours to read into a two-hour movie is rather difficult. You can distribute a lot of information in books over years, even decades, but you can't do that so easily in a movie or movie series. Some movies are able to pull it off effectively (e.g. Hunger Games, Harry Potter), with some minor scenes being cut. Creative change in production may mix the reception from critics, fans, and the general audience as well. The Marvel Cinematic Universe was able to adapt most of the source material and tailor it into their own storyline, while staying true to the comics.

However, if you try to make three hour long movies in the same vein as the "Transformers" live-action series, then people may start to get bored. Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe's success in the late 2000s, and onwards, comic book movies were at best average and at worst poorly executed. Including speculation of studio interference contributing to the movie's downfall, "Suicide Squad's" lack of authenticity to their characters by keeping out those essential scenes basically shot them in the foot. Not a lot of Joker, misrepresentation of Harley and Joker's relationship, and absolute failure to bring more depth to other characters (i.e. Katana, Captain Boomerang, Killer Croc) was a terrible mistake, but was possibly unavoidable if you do not want to keep people in the theaters for too long.

So, it raises the question: would you rather sit an hour longer in a theater for a more authentic story? Or can you still have the right amount of content in a movie and meet those time constraints consistently? If the DCU can do this correctly with its following movies, we'll see.