Review of 'Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Boy, was this a slog. I could appreciate the kitsch for only so long. I was reminded of the quote from John Waters: "Good bad taste is celebrating something without thinking you're better than it... Bad bad taste is condescending, making fun of others." Unfortunately, Jim Shooter's reckless, overwritten mess of a script inspires the latter.
I could see recommending Secret Wars for its historical value, and for the fact that Dr. Doom has got to be one of the ripest villains for popular revision. He is far and away the most interesting character in this (and other) stories. The camp can be rich, as in this morsel - the Wasp in book 6:
"Oh, no! I broke a nail! I don't even have an emery board and I'm thirty-seven trillion miles from my manicurist and it's her day off anyway!"
Moments like these are just too rare to make …
Boy, was this a slog. I could appreciate the kitsch for only so long. I was reminded of the quote from John Waters: "Good bad taste is celebrating something without thinking you're better than it... Bad bad taste is condescending, making fun of others." Unfortunately, Jim Shooter's reckless, overwritten mess of a script inspires the latter.
I could see recommending Secret Wars for its historical value, and for the fact that Dr. Doom has got to be one of the ripest villains for popular revision. He is far and away the most interesting character in this (and other) stories. The camp can be rich, as in this morsel - the Wasp in book 6:
"Oh, no! I broke a nail! I don't even have an emery board and I'm thirty-seven trillion miles from my manicurist and it's her day off anyway!"
Moments like these are just too rare to make the book entertaining. No, mostly it's just boring, which is the worst thing a comic can be.
