The Great DC Superhero Reboot

If you're not an avid comic reader you probably have no idea what's going on in New York at the DC Comics Headquarters. But whether you read comics or not and don't know about the ruckus DC stirred up a few weeks ago, I'll quickly summarize.

DC Comics announced their decision to renumber their entire line of comics. A landmark 52 first issues starting at the end of August 2011. Along with the new first issues comes drastic changes to the history and canon of a majority of the DC characters, including younger looking superheroes and even some old faces returning to their infamous cowls.

The Internet and comic book community has been ablaze since this announcement. Many with very passionate opinions against the decision and some with passionate opinions for it. But as I've been following these developments and seeing the different reactions, I started to think about what wasn't being said or spoken about. Although trust me, I could rant for days about it, I wanted to focus on the big question on my mind; why?

Netflix Minute Grab Bag

Netflix Minute is a weekly feature highlighting a title from Netflix's catalog of instant view films. If you want to spend a night snuggled up with a bag of popcorn and don't want to drive to the video store, this is for you.

Last week, I missed my normal mark for a weekly Netflix Minute post. I'd like to think that's because I didn't have too much to say about the prospective movie, so I consequently decided that I'd run a special version of this feature highlighting a handful of recent viewings with a bit more brevity than usual. So, join me after the jump to hear my thoughts on Christopher Nolan's Insomnia, Martin Scorcese's Shutter Island, and Joaquim Dos Santos's Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam.

Netflix Minute: Justice League Crisis on Two Earths

Netflix Minute is a weekly feature highlighting a title from Netflix's catalog of instant view films. If you want to spend a night snuggled up with a bag of popcorn and don't want to drive to the video store, this is for you.

In recent years, DC Comics has been on a direct-to-DVD animated film spree under the name of "DC Universe Animated Original Movies". Some of the films haven't been too impressive, but it's generally agreed upon that they've gotten better as the effort has pushed on. Earlier this year, DC Comics and Warner Premiere released the seventh in the series, loosely based on Grant Morrison's JLA Earth 2 graphic novel. Titled Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, it focuses on an alternate universe where what seems like familiar superheroes aren't what they seem.