Very true - though, given WB's public stancing at the time, I wonder if they even remembered that, lol.
Yep. WB even made several public announcements about "taking their other properties in a darker vein due to the success of Batman." It's why I was so skeptical of MoS initially, then was won over by the "light to show the way" trailers, and then... well, you all know by now, I've made no secret of it. Snyder is a fairly talented cinematographer, by the looks of things; he just shouldn't be the guy that gets listened to on anything associated with the words "character" or "plot ideas". lol