I am optimistic.
Me too. After a week up here in New England hearing about the Patriots are cheaters from the press, it gets really old watching various news source parasites trying to make a name for themselves.
Being a huge movie, I have no doubt FOX would have fired the director if things were looking bad right off. Look how they stop a TV series. Granted, there has been some pretty bad FOX sequels/reboots (the last Die Hard, AVP: Requiem, Speed 2, etc), but I felt this movie was an "experiment" from day one to change the format of funnybook movies, they way they pitched it.
So, I go on the record also, this movie might not suck as bad as you guys are making it out to.