“That was actually a quote that didn’t show up in the finished piece, but that Diane [Nelson] gave me,” Riesman recalled. “It was to the effect of ‘we are a director driven place and Zack [Snyder] had a vision that didn’t necessarily sync up with what our vision of these characters is, but we respect that he wanted to go for that and that’s part of our philosophy’.”
Quite honestly, I think Snyder does his best with those one-shot comics like Watchmen and 300. Even his Dawn of the Dead remake was pretty good – I think for a more elaborate story which actually captures the essence of DC, you needed someone else in charge. Geoff understands this vision (the dude is Feige-level) and thankfully helped save WW. Throw Patty a lot of praise for sure, but Geoff guided this thing from start to finish because he knew what made Diana tick.
This might be a reason as to why I am more excited for Doomsday Clock than Justice League.