Because, without someone with actual storytelling talent to spearhead this franchise, it's essentially in the hands of a director/producer that rivals Michael Bay in terms of narrative and studio heads that wouldn't know how to put a story together if I held a gun to their heads.
Love him or hate him, Nolan had a vision that was universally well-received. Why? Because he understands his story, he understands his characters and he understands where to take it all.
Snyder is clueless. However, if you want someone who can put together mindless and admittedly beautiful slow motion sequences, he's your man. That's where his talent ends. He certainly isn't the person you hand over the keys to. Especially if those keys are to one of your more profitable franchises.
Studio heads had lightning in a bottle with Nolan's trilogy. The first thought is obviously to replicate that. Well, without a talented filmmaker at the helm, it's going to come off as a lifeless, cheap imitation. Scratching their heads at the first flop (BvS), they naturally go into panic mode. They commandeered what COULD have been a promising film by David Ayer and morphed it into something that's apparently so tonally dysfunctional, it feels like the Fantastic Four fiasco all over again.
That's the problem. Studios need to drop the interference and hire talented, dependable filmmakers. Will it cost more to hire a well-known/well-received and competent director? Absolutely. But what little bit more a greedy studio spends on the director they can make up for when their product doesn't circle the critical and financial drain due to poor reception.
Stop trying to recapture what Nolan did. Hire a filmmaker with a new and interesting vision, and leave them the hell alone. Why hire them if you can't trust them???
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