Yeah I been saying this for a long time now. The TDK trilogy was one of the best and worst things to happen for Warner Bros and the subsequent DC Cinematic Universe
TDK trilogy was its own separate thing. Lets not ignore that Green Lantern DID NOT happen and DID NOT work.
The ONLY thing I will agree with is the fact that Goyer wanted to do Man of Steel and pitched it to Nolan which grabbed Snyder. And it is because of THAT success that WB got greedy and wanted to expand it to make its on cinematic universe. Maybe had NOLAN been more involved and hands on, it all would be consistent, but he washed his hands away from it completely because he was done with the comic book genre.
That said, DC NEVER should of caved, and that's my complaint with the Justice League trailer... it was blatant caving in. DC across the board ORIGINALLY wanted to be opposite of that of Marvel in which they wanted their comics, their animated films, and their motion pictures to be more serious and adult. I mean you can attest this is due to Nolan, but their comics been mature and adult well before that.
I WILL SAY THIS with this Nolan effect. It was a heavy impact and influence of the past decade to which even Marvel was influenced by with the 1st Iron Man and Incredible Hulk. Watching those films right now is like night & day.