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Scott Brown
Scott Brown is a senior writer for EW and a frequent contributor to National Public Radio -- he has the tote bag to prove it
If you think the proposed Batman vs. Superman represented a new nadir for our Cinema of Excess, thumb through Chapman's illustrated history of sword-and-sandal one-sheets until you come to Hercules Against the Moon Men and utter a relieved and or disgusted sigh of '''twas always thus.'' As a coffee-table book, Retro is adequate, particularly if said coffee table is located on Fire Island. Appreciation will vary with the reader's tolerance for majestically sucked-in guts, the lurid section of the Sherwin-Williams color wheel, and cartoon damsels who seem to be constantly contemplating fellatio. Too bad Chapman's repetitive, grammatically challenged prose -- despite a few good historical asides -- is about as nimble as Victor Mature.
Posted Nov 29, 2002
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