Very true... but I dont think he counted on the amount of backlash the film was going to generate..
That sort of thing has never bothered him before. LOST, Star Trek, Cloverfield. All of those are things he's connected to and fans blame him for mucking up one thing about them or another. He still does whatever he's going to do. Whether you agree with it or not, thats what a good storyteller should do. They should stick to their vision of how the story is supposed to go.