They wouldn’t have needed to. Scott was very much a movie maker who understood the blockbuster genre. He wouldn’t have tried to turn Superman into a morose, neck snapping idiot who couldn’t give a shit about saving people, just to be edgy.
Yeah, clearly you believe narratives more than what actually occurred on film. It is a very common occurrence with MoS. Cavill Superman saved more people, in person, than Reeve Superman did in their first appearances not to mention the entire world twice over from the World Engine and Zod.
The studios only interfered with Snyder’s movies because he did such a bad job. And even then, they didn’t interfere with Man Of Steel, because they were coming off the success of The Dark Knight. They messed with BvS because it was bad.
Did Patty Jenkins do a bad job, too?
They tried to cut the No Man's Land scene in WW, arguably the best scene in the film. What about when they edited Suicide Squad behind Ayer's back, was that Snyder's fault, too? They did not want James Wan to consult Snyder when he was creating Aquaman. He did it anyway and directed their highest-grossing film.
It is cute that you think the execs are some kind of auteurs doing what is best to improve the medium. They literally do not understand these characters, Patty Jenkins said as much in the link, or the genre and were simply doing what they thought would make the most money like limiting runtimes so they could get more showings in a theater in a day. They were disappointed MoS did not make $1 billion and were sure their meddling would produce that result in the future. It is that simple.
No, they did not interfere with MoS and it is hands down the best DCEU film yet with action scenes that are yet to be surpassed in the genre 10 years later as a result. People like you are the reason they had to put lines like "That's [Striker's Island] uninhabited!" and "The port is abandoned." in BvS and make sure the climaxes of both versions of Justice League took place in the middle of nowhere. Just because people got their knickers in a twist because there was collateral damage when two gods clashed in a world made of cardboard. You know, something that raised the stakes and made it clear a Superman was the only thing standing between the survival of Earth and complete annihilation.
What would Scott have given us? Another happy-go lucky, mugging for the camera campy Superman with a deus ex machina ending? We got that. It was called Superman Returns. It was boring and it sucked. If that is what entertains you in the 21st century then more power to you.
From the criticism I hear online Wonder Woman 1984 is the Superman movie everyone wanted in 2013: Upbeat tone, smiling and winking at the camera, giving the villain a chance to redeem themselves. Again: Lame, boring, and corny. That is a DCEU movie made without Snyder's influence outside of casting Gadot/Pine and fully approved by the WB execs.
You did not like Superman breaking Zod's neck? Would if he have been better if he depowered him, crushed his hand and then threw him down a bottomless pit with a smile on his face?