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Zach Snyder gets his groove back
It’s not often that directors get a chance to fix their mistakes. Screeners and test audiences help a little in giving studios insight as to how well their movies will be received, but it is not until a movie goes out to the general audience, and Twitter reviews are tallied, that a director or studio knows if they made the right moves.
The entertainment business is particularly difficult, because unlike the rest of the business world, it does not rely upon developing products or services that help satisfy people’s needs. Entertainment is an incredibly subjective experience and can therefore be incredibly difficult to get right.
Furthermore, fans feel increasingly empowered to demand more accountability from the studios for whom they have bequeathed the responsibility of housing their favorite franchises. Sometimes they get it right — Captain America. Sometimes they get it wrong — Ghostbusters. Other times they get it right AND wrong — Star Wars sequels. And then we have the peculiar case of what has become lovingly known as the SnyderVerse.
Zach Snyder initially rode in on his white horse to help start construction on the DC comics cinematic universe. After a string of hits…
