New 52 isn't the same. It's just more issues added onto the issues that came before. It's a semi-reboot in the same way Crisis on Infinite Earths, Zero Hour: A Crisis in Time, and Infinite Crisis were reboots. Basically, everything is still canon, except when it's not, and when it's not, there's an in-universe explanation (whatever history changing shit happened in the crisis). The only actual reboot DC has ever done was that period in the late '50s/early '60s when they rebooted The Manhunter from Mars, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, etc. But then Flash of Two Worlds retconned it into not being a reboot anymore.
Also, you know better than to pretend comics have ever been a respected form of literature. They're going through the exact same thing video games are going through, hipsters and sjws calling them "art" as a way to say only the ones they like are valid. The only difference is that comics, as a more niche market already decimated by economic factors, stood even less of a chance and is even more destroyed.
Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but most of the shit in the textbooks you're talking about are just different interpretations and focuses, but not the actual facts themselves. That will happen in the study of history. As new facts are uncovered or new connections are drawn, interpretations may change. That's not to say many of those interpretations may not be stupid or outright wrong, but it's a perfectly valid academic process, and textbooks being updated is not the same as rewriting novels, even if many of those updates are garbage.
Catchy as fuck
Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick, and Susan Sarandon are all well respected actors. Though it's largely Tim Curry's charisma that carries the picture.
The weirdness is the fun. It's an homage to b-movies. If you're not paying attention then some stuff may seem to come from nowhere, but it's all built up.
Basically, you're a no fun allowed faggot.
Granted, its being gay as fuck does unfortunately attract hordes of SJWs.
If they found a faggot as good as Tim Curry it wouldn't be a problem. But instead they got some flavor of the month meme faggot to make the ultimate hipster sjw shit.