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Sometimes I feel like modern comics are harder to read because they seem to be written in a way that only particular people from of a certain age and culture understand.

You see, old comics were written for everybody, with themes anybody could understand:
The original Metamorpho run starts with Rex trying to have a normal dinner but taking advantage of his abilities for casual things. Suddenly, a bus with children has an acciddent and he saves them; quickly, after the kids are taken out of the bus, Rex tries to comfort them with silly transformations so that they forget their shock and fear, and start laughing. With this, you quickly undertsand what kind of man Rex is, what does he do and how does he feel.

But the latest Metamorpho run is written like it's a sitcom featuring characters that you are supposed to know, making dialogues that feel like a pastiche to some show, who knows which one(s).
And the transition from sitcom to mythical-cosmic battle to solaris feels juxtaposed, like, to have some impact.

Ironic since the Superman movie was meant to attract new fans, and I have found myself enjoying the old runs, Year One or even the awful Terrifics run rather than this one which some people may have picked up as their first Metamorpho run.

Can someone figure out why is this comic written like this? I am out of the loop, as I am not from the USA