Alice Cooper - Prime Cuts (Limited Edition 2-Disc Set)
by Neal Preston

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DVD Review: Supplemental material ultimately disappointing
Summary: 4 Stars

The question here is the 80+ minutes of new material available on a second disc in this limited edition release. And the answer is that despite a noble effort, in the end, this new material fails to deliver.

Starting with the noble effort, the additional material consists of interviews and performances - natch. But they actually went to the trouble of interviewing the guys from the original Alice Cooper Group. Their comments are intercut with comments from Alice leading up to a performance of a song. Here's where the disappointment begins.

These musical performances are fairly recent. They are shot in such a way as to only reveal Alice - you can't see which band is doing the playing. And it appears they were shot without an audience creating a deadness, a flatness, no reaction or energy for Cooper to bounce off of. Indeed, stack these performances against the same songs captured on the "Brutally Live" DVD and they pale considerably.

It was great that they filmed the original guys for the interviews. But what this release called for was the unearthing of more rare videos, film, and concert performances from the old days.

The final disappointment comes with the second disc itself. The material on the second disc is accessible through this rather frustrating "board game" interface. Every time you choose "Play" on the menu, it just replays the menu. You must choose "Coopergame." This brings up a playing board reminiscent of the old "Chutes and Ladders" game but showing chains and snakes. By pressing the "Enter" key on your remote, a purple dice rolls across the screen - its final number causing an indictor to move along the board. Everytime you hit the top of a chain, you get to see a videoclip from the disc.

Now this would have been okay - fun even - if it gave you access to some hidden material. But as the only way into the main items, it's just a nuisance.

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